"If you like it then you oughta knit a cat on it!"
Cat Knits by Marna Gilligan of 'an caitin beag' (she of sinister cat fame!) is a book of 16 knit designs all featuring Marna's signature kitties on a mixture of garments and accessories. It's a wide-ranging book actually - it feels like there's more than 16 items in there. Each chapter covers a different yarn weight, so there's a 4ply section, and DK section, an Aran section, and a Chunky section. Each section has a garment AND matching accessories included, and they range from nice simple textures, to stranded colourwork (like sinister cats), to intarsia. Intarsia! I swear that this...
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Looking back at the Four Seasons Collection by Jaya 🥰
The fourth and final design of the Four Seasons Collection by Jayalakshmi of Apoorva Designs has now been released and so this feels like the perfect opportunity to look back over this wonderful collaboration. If you would like to know more about Jaya take a look at our interview with her HERE. We introduced the Four Seasons Collection in another blog post which you can read HERE but at that time the designs were all very much under wraps so now we can talk you through all four of them! Spring - Echoing Green The Echoing Green Shawl is a top-down, half-circle shawl knit...
The Drift Collection... four years on! We revisit an ECY classic.
Today marks four years since the release of our Drift Collection! Can you believe it?! I know some of you will have been involved in test-knitting for it and will know how big a deal it was for us. I (Victoria) still worked alone at that point, and producing a quite large collection from loads of different designers, whilst still running the business, was a huge challenge. I did most of the photography myself (I couldn't afford to do anything else!), but did have a paid tech editor, and proof reader, of course. Meanwhile I was also still dyeing yarn,...
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Single skein project ideas
Do you have any stunning single skeins sat in your stash that you can't decide what to do with? There are so many beautiful patterns but it can be tough to narrow down the selection. We have taken the hard work out for you and suggested some of our favourites: Fuss Free Festival Shawl by Louise Tilbrookhttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fuss-free-festival-shawlSuch a simple design giving a beautiful final project and ideal for TV knitting. Humbug Scarf by Joanne Scracehttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/humbug-scarfQuick, easy and great for showing off variegated yarn Summer Blooms Shawl by Jayalakshmihttps://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/summer-blooms-shawl-3Published on Knotions website HERE, this beautiful shawl uses Titus 4ply and makes a lovely...
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Ten transitional garments to knit for Autumn/Spring layering
As makers, we LOVE Autumn and Spring for wearing and showing off our favourite knitwear, it's good to be able to wear layers, combining colours and textures for warmth and comfort. In Britain we can get several seasons in a day during these seasons - that's why we love to talk about the weather so much - so we need light weight yet warm knitwear that we can take on and off several times and combine with a variety of other different clothes. The question is: which one to knit first?? Wray: This is a beautiful light layer with...