Once you have been knitting for a little while, you might find yourself lusting after all manner of fancypants equipment, and there is a lot of it out there. But what do you really need, and for the beginners, what are the things that you will find most useful? In a short series, I’m going […]
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It has certainly been an eventful couple of weeks here at Knittist Towers. I clumsily tripped over an out-of-alignment cat igloo and having unthinkingly put my arm out to catch my fall, found that my wrist really hurt. To cut a long story short, I had sustained a hairline fracture in my scaphoid bone i.e.
Here’s a lovely children’s stop-motion animation from Charlotte Blacker that recently won her a prestigious animation prize from the Royal Television Society. The Little Red Plane tells the knitted story of a boy and his cat who deliver parcels by air, throughout the land. As well as working on her animation for 6 months, Charlotte
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It has been really busy since coming back from Knit Nation last weekend. It has been a whirlwind, make no mistake, including manic sewing up and lots of work on Susan’s new book book. For that reason, I do apologise for the short delay in getting some pictures to you of the Susan Crawford Vintage
Here’s a quick cross-post from the knitonthenet blog to let you know what I’ve been up to lately. I’ve been upcountry in Southport, assisting Susan Crawford in the makings of her new book. We’re all still working hard on the final parts of A Stitch in Time volume 2. Susan has been pattern grading, Gavin
