• Free Patterns
    • 3 way neck warmer
    • A smidge of mohair
    • Asymmetric wrap
    • Bunny cowl
    • Flecks of colour
    • Garden stripes
    • lace cowl
    • Learn to knit mitts
    • Mohair wrap
    • Motorbike muffler
    • Mottled mohair scarf
    • Quick and Easy Shawly scarfy thing
    • Reversible cable scarf
    • Strawberry ripples
    • Summer lace stole
    • Tapered scarf
    • Textured cowl
    • Two colour cowl
  • Year of Lace

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Category Archives: design

A simple scarf in 3 yarns

October 12, 2012

I had some left over lace weight and a skein of natural mohair.  I had Kid Silk Haze and Mayhem …

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Basic shawl design

July 30, 2012

I was asked the other day if I would sell the pattern for my shawl.  The person looked confused when …

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Mitts that fit

July 22, 2012

I have small hands.  I’ve made a few pairs of mitts over the years that have never fitted properly simply …

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My hem doesn’t hang straight.

April 21, 2012

I made a swing jacket and every time I put it on the sides hang longer than the middle of …

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The cable design

October 3, 2011

I want a reversible wrap where the 2 sides are not identical.  This is what I’ve come up with:   …

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The start of a new design

October 2, 2011

This will be one of the edges of the 3 Button wrap

Around the corner

July 24, 2011

Well the planning was worth it.  I’m really happy with the result.  I calculated what row I would be on …

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3 button wrap idea is taking shape

July 17, 2011

For a while now I have had an idea to make a 3 buttoned wrap.  This is effectively a large …

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Revisiting the Asymmetric wrap

July 8, 2011

I have just been told that I wrote the Asymmetric wrap pattern as a garter stitch wrap instead of the …

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2 new small circulars and a pair of mitts

May 18, 2011

Well I’ve finally got them going after a dreadful start.  The new circular needles keep curling up and having 2 …

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Goals

April

1. Finish my Wurm

2. Get to the bust line on my v neck tunic

3. Weave a scarf that includes sari silk

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One of my books:

Victorian Lace TodayVictorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An interesting look at lace knitting in 19th century London with patterns updated and translated into modern US lingo.

A lovely collection of shawls and scarves beautifully photographed.

I will be knitting more from this book.

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The same lace weight alpaca/silk is in all 3 scarves. Different textures, different colours, different results. #handmade #handknit

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