Tag: Christmas knits

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!

The Finishing Line: Christmas Knitting Pt 5

January 9, 2017

I won – This year I completed all my Christmas knitting in time and avoided having to wrap any half finished knitted gifts. What’s more I did so with an hour to spare! OK, it was Boxing Day, but it was done before our extended family arrived and no food was sacrificed in the completion of the knitted gifts so we were able to feed everyone as well. Compared to previous years this feels like … More The Finishing Line: Christmas Knitting Pt 5

Nobody can see your feet: Christmas Knitting Pt 4

December 23, 2016

As nieces and nephews get older I keep getting reminded that they may not be so keen on knitted gifts from their aunt. Now, whilst I firmly believe they have fabulous taste and that my knits would meet any style criteria they may have, I thought perhaps I’d be on safer ground with socks for my teenage nieces. They live in an apartment with tile and wooden floors, so socks are at least useful. So we have … More Nobody can see your feet: Christmas Knitting Pt 4

New Years Knight

February 5, 2016

I’m still catching up with Christmas knitting reports but now for the finale – My Knight’s sweater. The plan here was to knit a sweater that would look like chain mail for my Knight enthusiast nephew. It seemed like a pretty straightforward plan until I got started with it. It started with choice of pattern – I struggled to find a garter stitch hooded sweater so I plumped for Atherton by Nancy Elizabeth Munro. Meanwhile I’d … More New Years Knight

Socks for Christmas: Christmas knits 5 and 6

January 11, 2016

It used to be a bit of joke in our family that if you couldn’t think of a present for my Dad, then socks were always useful. Each year my Dad would get a selection of socks, some serious, some jokey and there were certain relatives who could be depended on year after year to replenish his sock drawer. Well this year I became that relative. I did at least knit the socks and we … More Socks for Christmas: Christmas knits 5 and 6