Untwisted and twisted stitches – a knitting tutorial
Find out how to make twisted and untwisted stitches when knitting. A how-to knit tutorial for right- and left-handed knitters.
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February 20, 2014
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Meander wrap
Meander wrap is my latest hand-knit design. The pattern is published by The Knitter magazine. This design plays with the idea of randomness.
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February 3, 2014
Making my wool wash bag
Sewing for knitting I thought I'd take a break from the technical knitting posts and tell you about a sewing project that I finished last year, but have not had the time to write about. This time I decided to make the laundry bag from the Great British Sewing Bee…
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January 24, 2014
How do your stitches sit? – a knitting tutorial
Are your stitches sitting pretty? How do your stitches sit on your needles? In this post, I shall explain the different ways in which stitches may sit and how you can control which way they sit, for knitting both left- and right-handed. In my last post, I wrote about a…
January 16, 2014
Understanding knitted fabric – a knitting tutorial
Knitted fabric Let's start with an easy one Before we can look at knitting techniques we have to understand the structure of knit fabrics. Let's look at the commonest knitted fabric, known as stocking stitch. You make this by knitting and purling alternative rows or knitting every round. Stocking stitch fabric…
January 9, 2014
These hands are my hands
The joys of being left-handed These hands are my hands. They look like normal hands. Everyday tasks But these hands write like this! These hands can manage to use right-handed scissors fairly neatly. These hands use a knife and fork in a conventional way. But they hold a spoon with…
January 6, 2014
An old year has ended, a new one begun
Happy New Year! The Old year I've just read my post from a year ago (Beginnings and Endings), in which I commented on how little hand-knit I had done for myself. Or indeed hand-making of any kind, since I had been designing and making machine knit samples for my MA.…
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January 2, 2014
Christmas craft fairs
Busy, busy, busy The last few weeks have been incredibly busy here at the Being Knitterly Studio. I've done a lot of knitting, both in preparation for new workshops, new patterns and samples for kits, followed by photography, writing instructions and winding mini-balls for those kits. I have also been…
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December 31, 2013
Knitting kits and Christmas craft fairs
I'm launching some knitting kits soon and I shall be selling them as well as paper copies of my patterns at two Christmas craft fairs. Craft in the City The first craft fair is Craft in the City in Waterstones, Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham 10 am–5.30 pm Saturday 30 November and…
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November 22, 2013
Fun of the fair
A fair has been held in Loughborough for nearly 800 years. The original charter was granted in 1221 by King Henry III for a fair on St. Peter's Day (in July). Later, a second charter extended it to three days and in 1228 a third charter changed the dates to…
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November 20, 2013
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