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New Pattern Release: The Clarissa Socks

June 30, 2026

I’m so pleased to be able to share with you my new pattern release, The Clarissa socks, today the last day of June for a number of reasons. New pattern releases are always exciting, but this one is even more so given it is named for Virginia Woolf’s fictional character, Clarissa Dalloway, who hosts perhaps the most famous party in modern literature in June. In the UK, Dallowday is celebrated on 16th June, while here … More New Pattern Release: The Clarissa Socks

Boot weather is the perfect reminder of the joy of hand knit socks

November 5, 2021

It’s that time of year when we, northern hemisphere sock knitters, can smugly and joyously rejoice and luxuriate in our hand knit socks, if we have prepared that is. Hopefully, by the end of this post if you haven’t knit socks before you may be convinced to give them a try. Previously, when living in the north of England, I spent most of the year with my feet booted. There would be a few days (and … More Boot weather is the perfect reminder of the joy of hand knit socks

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

Afterthought Heels from Yesteryear: Another ‘Nothing New Under the Sun’ realisation

December 12, 2016

I’ve written before about how easy it is to overlook how innovative and creative previous generations of knitters were. Putting it like that I’m sure many of us would say, ‘oh no, not at all’, but then we come across something that reveals, in our surprise, exactly that. Today I want to share a pattern from a book that sparked my interest for exactly this reason. This is an American pattern book by Clarks O.N.T … More Afterthought Heels from Yesteryear: Another ‘Nothing New Under the Sun’ realisation

Socking it to Christmas : Gift knitting Pt 1

December 8, 2016

Last year’s gift knitting experience was a chastening one. The final knit gifted was completed on the 8th January. Whilst the fact that my nephew received it wrapped up with the sleeve stitches on waste yarn does not appear to have dampened his enthusiasm for his sweater, it dampened my enthusiasm for last minute gift knitting. This was reinforced by the fact that my niece never received the sweater I was knitting for her until … More Socking it to Christmas : Gift knitting Pt 1