Luxury yarns hand dyed in Cornwall in beautiful wearable colourways
Brioche knitting is a distinctive technique that creates a raised textured ribbed fabric. It uses the same knit, purl, and slip stitches that you will already know, but in a different combination.
Discover the Rhombile Brioche Scarf knit kit and some brioche knitting tips in our interview with pattern designer Sandra of The Feminine Touch Designs.
If you buy hand dyed yarn it will usually arrive in a skein or hank. You can’t use the yarn directly from this or it will become a big tangled mess – that’s one headache you want to avoid!
Thankfully there are some easy ways to wind a yarn ball so that you can get started on your project without too much delay. The way you choose may depend on what equipment you have available – which may be none. Don’t worry – that’s not a problem.
5 tips to make your next yarn show the best yet! Your tickets are book and prepaid, transport is arranged, and it’ll soon be time for the big yarn show that you’ve been waiting for…so exciting! But hang on –
So many times at shows I hear customers say ‘Oh I couldn’t make that, it’s too difficult.’ Or ‘I can’t use yarn that thin/thick’. We are all too good at blocking things that take us out of our comfort zone,
So you find yourself in the yarn shop again looking through the shelves, trying to find the ‘perfect’ knitting yarn for your latest project, after you realise they don’t have the yarn the pattern calls for. You feel stuck, not entirely sure if the yarn you have your eye on will do the job.
Choosing the right knitting yarn for your project can feel daunting, but today on the blog I want to help by giving you some tips that I find help me.
One of the most useful resources I couldn’t work without are my stitch dictionaries, which enable me to create patterns such as my Lacy Heart Shawl. These are a few of my favourites: The Harmony Knitting and Crochet guides are