Knitting Now and Then

I have been knitting a pair of socks for my sister - just finished them.  My New Year's knitting resolution was to knit both socks o...

I have been knitting a scarf for my sister for quite a while now - I wrote in August about knitting a swatch for it,  here .  It's been ...

I have been trying out stitch patterns for a scarf I'm planning to knit for my sister.   I bought the yarn at Ribbon Circus in Hebden Br...

I just discovered mistake rib!  It's obviously not new, as it already has a name, but it's new to me. The discovery came about bec...

I don't usually write about my knitting projects until they are finished, because sometimes they don't work out.  Sometimes I have ...

I have been knitting a cardigan for months now, and it is not turning out well.  I have knitted most of the body twice, and I'm still no...

I have had another attempt to find a stitch pattern for Rowan silk-wool DK yarn.  I am thinking of knitting a cardigan in the 6 balls of yar...

I have been musing on what to knit with the 6 balls of  bronze-y coloured Rowan silk-wool yarn I bought  recently.  I have borrowed a copy ...

I have an old hand-knitted jumper of my mother's that I have kept because of all the time and effort that  clearly went into it.  I rece...