The Knitter magazine has just published the patterns for my Seed Heads collection. The hat, cowl and gloves all feature a stitch pattern inspired by poppy seed heads in my garden.
© Amy Gwatkin 2016 Striated cowl Let me introduce Striated, which is about to be published in the Spring 2016 issue of Pompom Quarterly. Spring is my favourite season, but here in the UK, it can be a bit chilly. I wanted Striated to be light, but provide warmth when needed. So,…
The Knitter magazine has just published the pattern for my Cymru cowl. Cymru was inspired by Welsh bedcovers or Carthenni.
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.…
Twist Collection - a new pattern Sometimes I knit swatches just because I like the look of a stitch pattern and I'm curious as to how something as simple as knit and purl stitches can create the pattern. Twist Collection started from that sort of curiosity. I'd seen a stitch…