how to understand (and memorise) a large colourwork motif
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Making Light
the book will soon be published!
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Lilias Day
a making light bonus
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Ciar
meet the first pattern from Making Light!
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MacKinnon
unashamed colourwork nostalgia
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Powdermill
A cardigan with kaboom!
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mooch
my new favourite outdoor sweater
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set for September
Collar de Pilar – with long sleeves
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knitting (and fitting) colourwork socks
how might a colourwork sock differ from one knitted in plain stockinette?
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Lilias Day (in colour)
A colourful sweater, in the snow
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green shoots
I think the month of January – and perhaps particularly this January – often seems rather dark. These are certainly dark days for many of us around the world, but there are some visible green shoots, improving prospects, and the hope of brighter days ahead. I wanted my first design of 2021 to speak to…
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a few nice things
There is a lot going on here behind the scenes (I’ve been writing a book and designing a new collection with our brand new yarn) and I’ve not found myself with much spare time for blog posting . . . but in amongst all the hard work I’ve been enjoying some nice things, such as…
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A square for Adrienne Rich
Are you interested in designing your own blanket squares using the Square Share pattern template? If so, this post is for you! In what follows, I’ll describe my process when developing and designing a chart for a blanket square, inspired by the work of Adrienne Rich. If one has favourite poets, then Adrienne Rich is…
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fabulous projects
Inspired by Islay was released a couple of months ago, and it has been making me very happy to see so many new projects from the book springing up on Ravelry, and so many beautiful garments appearing. As you know, I particularly enjoy designing and knitting colourwork, and The Oa is one of my favourite…
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Oa 2
Morning! As we are well ahead of ourselves with the preparation of the Inspired by Islay book, Tom and I took yesterday afternoon off and went out to Glen Etive. On the way I got Tom to stop above the Bridge of Orchy, so I could take some photos of his Oa Hoody — I…
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Islay colourwork
Good morning! We’ve now reached the half-way point in the Inspired by Islay club and I thought I’d catch up here by showing you the last three patterns I’ve designed. The collection has been created in four groups of three (each of which features a different style of knitting, and is inspired by a different…
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