Category: Knitting and Making

New Pattern Launch: The Websley Cowl

August 19, 2026

Today is the turn of the Websley Cowl, a lovely light and airy lacy cowl that is cool to knit but warm to wear. The Websley Cowl combines striking lace patterns that create a scalloped edge as they work on the bias, and a contrast I-cord on both edges to perfectly accentuate this shaping. The lace pattern itself is quick and easy to memorise and so deceptively easy that it makes a surprisingly quick knit; … More New Pattern Launch: The Websley Cowl

Creativity, Problem Solving and the Joy of New Pattern Releases

August 13, 2026

After a few years of manic knitting, and designing, but not actually releasing any patterns, I feel that with 5 patterns released since December and 2 more currently scheduled for August, 2 for September, and a formal collaboration underway, I can finally say I’m back designing regularly again. As a result, while I’ve been busy working on new designs I’m a little conscious that my recent blog posts have mainly focussed on pattern releases rather … More Creativity, Problem Solving and the Joy of New Pattern Releases

Festive Knitting Retreat – a wonderful breath of fresh air, and lots of knitting!

December 16, 2025

December got off to great start when I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Susan Crawford Festive Retreat in the Lake District. What a wonderfully heady combination of knitting, the incredible landscape of the Lakes, the poetry of William Wordsworth, the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth and the joy of making new friends while sharing the experience. The first evening as we arrived the sitting room quickly became the hub of getting to … More Festive Knitting Retreat – a wonderful breath of fresh air, and lots of knitting!

A quick project 10 years or more in the making

May 30, 2025

Today I want to share with a you what could be a quick sewing project, although I have to admit that it has taken me at least 10 years in the making. You may be asking whether I’m generally someone who starts a project with a great deal of enthusiasm and then doesn’t quite get round to finishing it? Well, you may have a point. I often like the creative problem solving part of a … More A quick project 10 years or more in the making

It’s a wrap, or maybe a cowl! My up and down year in knitting (and crochet) 2024

December 31, 2024

Last night with a mammoth graft 192 stitches I finished the last project I’m going to finish this year. I had hoped a colourwork vest which just needs the shoulders joined, the steeks cut and the hems and necklines added would come in under the bar of this year, but it’s not going to. So it’s a good time for my end of year knitting round up. One reason I was really hoping that colour … More It’s a wrap, or maybe a cowl! My up and down year in knitting (and crochet) 2024