Tag: knitting
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Well that’s not scary: Turning heels is actually easy knitting
Turning heels when knitting socks isn’t scary or difficult. Promise. I walk you through the heel turn on the Ya Basic bed socks with videos showing you just what to do. Cosy feet in no time.
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Why I’m supporting Bluebell Care
Something you may or may not know about Woolly Badger knitting patterns is that 10% of all sales goes to Bristol-based perinatal mental health charity Bluebell Care. I possibly haven’t talked about it enough up until now, because I’ve been so busy trying to get patterns ready and test knits done and websites built and…
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The Woolly Badger guide to yarn substitution
There’s been a lot of talk in the online knitting community over the past few days about how to make sure that knitting is financially accessible for as many people as possible. As a large part of that responsibility rests with designers, and the yarns we choose to use, I wanted to lay out my…
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THe story of the Beatrice shawl
The lace and stocking stitch Beatrice shawl pattern may have just launched, but technically, its goes back to 1997. I’d just moved back to the UK after a stint in Australia, and I started at a new school. Which was where I met the friend after whom the Beatrice shawl is named. But I can’t…
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Never have I ever knitted… (or, the knitting bucket list)
For someone who considers themselves a seasoned knitter, there’s a surprising amount of knitting that I’ve not done. And I’m not just talking about all the planned projects that currently just exist in the form of a load of stashed yarn and some dreams. I mean there are loads techniques, and types of knitting, that…