a pair of fun-to-knit commemorative accessories
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Dirken
four fold symmetry and pine-cone structure
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the best laid schemes . . .
. . . O’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley
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MacKinnon
unashamed colourwork nostalgia
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Garden hat
a beautiful garden-inspired hat that seems as much grown as it is made
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Monk’s Belt Hat
Hand-knitting and hand-weaving speak eloquently to one another in the beautiful work of Janet Bowen
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Claire in Easwas
sorry Claire, the hat is mine!
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easwas
A hat of beams and rafters
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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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brilliant corners
Morning, everyone! Today I’m introducing a new hat, and a new shade of Milarrochy Tweed. First, the hat, which, just like the yoke of my Land o’ Cakes cardigan, is worked in variations of 2×2 corrugated rib and which, just like that pattern, I designed on the hoof, experimenting with shade combinations and rhythms in…
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Morrone is out
Just to let you know that the Morrone pattern is now available on Ravelry and kits in both colourways are now available in the shop This fun hat has really reignited my knitting. I feel another project coming on.
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a hat and a hill
You may remember that I mentioned I fancied designing and knitting myself a new hat as part of the It’s on Your Heid knit-along, currently running in our Ravelry group I wanted to create a hat with deep, folded ribbing to cover my chilly ears; which sat on the back of my head (which is…
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Ester
Meet Ester, the new hat I’ve designed with Shilasdair Ester is a comfortable, slouchy beanie, designed to make the most of three beautiful shades of plant-dyed Coara – a springy blend of BFL and Shetland. The three natural dyes used here are birch, madder, and alder – whose soft and subtle palette I really wanted…
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Corryvreckan
This week’s release from Bold Beginner Knits was borne out of the need to swatch.
How on earth are these crazy waves made?!
Hat 101
Good morning! I’m feeling festive today and have released a new pattern – the 101st that I’ve designed and published. Its name is Hat 101, and appropriately, it is a sort of sampler of many of the things I enjoy about making and designing hats. Hat 101 involves simple, rhythmic two-colour knitting and small, interconnected…
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Offbeat
Last March, at Edinburgh Yarn Fest, I spotted Anna Elliott wearing a great hat (Anna has many great hat designs). She’d knitted this particular hat in Buachaille shades squall and furze and it was really striking. In its bold, graphic simplicity it immediately reminded me of the mid-century ceramics that had inspired Anna to create…
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