If you’re going to bang on about how important it is to always knit a tension square, don’t forget to put gauge instructions in your own patterns. On this note, I have just updated my George coffee cup cosy pattern to include said requirements, after an email from a knitter who couldn’t make the cosy […]
A Wednesday Warning Read More »
Following Natalie at the Yarn Yard‘s great idea, I’m going to be blogging each Monday about making. This past weekend I have been finishing off and resolving a couple of big ongoing projects and thinking a lot about making (which in fact is the subject of a whole other blog post which will be forthcoming).
Making Monday, the first. Read More »
As illustrated by the handsome beast above, we are in the midst of National Wool Week here in Britain. This week marks the highlight of this year’s work by the Campaign for Wool with lots of coverage in the media and events running around the country. The week (and indeed the campaign) centres on promoting
It’s National Wool Week: 5th-11th September Read More »
A clever piece of marketing for the opening of Westfield Stratford City shopping centre in London, (via The Hairpin) This is a great video of two dancers, male and female, with a myriad of costume changes showing the changing fashions in Britain since 1911. I particularly like the piece reflecting the Second World War which
100 Years of What Britain Wore Read More »
