A couple of weeks ago we had a little sight seeing trip to London for the weekend. Obviously I needed a bit of knitting to take with me for the journey, and I had nothing appropriate on any needles, so a new project was called for. Having found a very charming skein of sock yarn […]
Needlecase
Something a little different…
A few months ago my son asked me if I would be able to knit a Leeds United cushion for his girlfriend to give to her Dad. I said I’d give it a go but it would have to go to the back of the queue!! On a recent trip to a lovely yarn shop […]
Knit a Shell
I first introduced my Shell Scarf on the blog last August and now, finally, I’ve published the pattern for anyone to buy online!! I was waiting for the scarf and pattern to be assessed by my City and Guilds Tutor, and then I decided to make an alternative version, which would be easier to knit, […]
Fern Scarf
I am working at increasing the number of knitting patterns available to buy from my website at the moment. The latest addition is called Fern Scarf – named after the Fern Lace stitch pattern that I have used. Last week we had some gorgeous spring sunshine so I ventured out into the garden to take […]
Pretty Petal
I’ve added these cushion knitting kits to the shop on my website. I really hope that people will love them and enjoy knitting them. I used Bluefaced Leicester wool from West Yorkshire Spinners. This beautiful yarn is spun at the mill in Yorkshire using British wool. Bluefaced Leicester is highly valued as it is so silky […]
Easter Bunnies
This is my first blog this month as I’ve been away on holiday with my family. We had lots of fun in the snow and arrived home totally exhausted!! Now we are home winter is on the way out (almost) and, as we are rapidly heading towards Easter, I decided to dig out a project I […]
Sunshine in February
At the beginning of April 2015 I wrote a blog about my MASSIVE cushion which I had knitted for our garden bench. This cushion really is enormous and probably not what anyone else would want to knit (although if you do get in touch and I’ll sell you a copy of the pattern!!). However I […]
Exciting News
Now that seven months have gone by since we closed the shop in Tadcaster, it might be time for me to be thinking about doing something new!! I have promised myself a gap year and believe me a gap year is what I am having. I am using this time to do the things I […]
Workshops Past and Present
Before Christmas I came across some photographs from workshops that we ran from the shop in previous years. This was one of my favourite things to do in the shop. Although they took a lot of planning and organisation, it was always a great buzz to have a room full of people all getting creative […]
Fun and Festive Knitting
My last blog was about the lovely Knitted Bible which came to our local church. I came away from my visit with a pattern for a knitted angel ,which people were being invited to make and donate to a collection at local churches. I thought I would contribute a few to the collection and enjoyed knitting […]