It’s hard to believe that we’ve nearly completed a year of Confident Knitting! It’s been amazing to see the myriad beautiful projects started and the new skills mastered by so many of you. We hope the book has given you a big confidence boost! Today, I’d like to show off some of the beautiful customer projects shared over in The Knitalong Hub this winter … from hats to homewares, some fabulous projects have come out of our last three knitalongs!
Read moreMore Grab Stitch Patterns To Love
We love this month’s featured technique, grab stitches, and it turns out — so do you all! The reception to this month’s technique and accompanying pattern, the Saturnus Cushiosn by Jimenez Joseph, has been glowing over in The Knitalong Hub (you can see some beautiful projects already taking shape). But what if you’re burning to try this more-ish stitch pattern out, but not in need of a cushion? Never fear! Jimi has been experimenting with amazing grab stitch textures for quite some time … let’s have a peek at some of the patterns!
Read moreFuss Free Seams with Mattress Stitch (Video Tutorial)
Hands up, who here avoids seaming like the plague? That used to be me, until I met a project to good to miss and faced my seaming fears with the help of a video by Jen! And you know what, I learned that not only is seaming not scary, it can be really satisfying!
Read moreGrab Those Stitches! (Video Tutorial)
This month is all about creating amazing surface textures with the magic of grab stitches. This is a really fun technique that, I’m willing to bet, is new to a lot of our readers. There are several really cool things about this technique. First, the texture grab stitches create is really amazing! Second, grab stitches make a reversible fabric that looks great on either side. That reversibility is on full show in this month’s Confident Knitting pattern by Jimenez Joseph, the Saturnus Cushions. The light blue sample shows off grab stitches on the stocking stitch side of the fabric, while the orange sample features single grab stitches on the “wrong” or reverse stocking stitch side. Finally, once you get the hang of the technique, it’s something you can really run with, unleashing your creativity and creating unique textures.
Read moreSaturnus Cushions + Grab Stitches
Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe the time has come to introduce you to the penultimate Confident Knitting pattern, but it’s true! And oh, do I think you’re going to enjoy this one. What better way to see in the new year than with some fun and funky new cushions to jazz up your living room? I’m very pleased to introduce you to the Saturnus Cushions, designed by the amazing Jimenez Joseph! And these beautiful cushions let us explore the exciting world of grab stitches!
Read moreWhat's Next for Confident Knitting?
We’re well into September now, which means the digital, every-month-a-surprise portion of Confident Knitting has come to an end … but the learning and fun certainly hasn’t! Ebook updates have landed and print copies are making their way across the world. Let’s have a peek at what we’ll be learning over the next stages of the journey!
Read moreConfident Knitting: The Designers
It’s here, it’s here: LAUNCH DAY! Which is exciting for a whole heap of reasons. You can now buy Confident Knitting! Which means we’ll all be casting on together soon! And, most immediately exciting: I can finally shout about the out-of-this world team of designers whose patterns we’ll be learning with over the coming months! These folks have been so amazing over the last year as we have worked on the book – through one of the most difficult years I can remember. They’ve come up with some really beautiful designs, and I know you’re going to love knitting them! So without further ado, let’s say hello to the team!
Read moreComfort Blanket Patterns
What sort of knitting are you doing at the moment?
I’m craving a mixture of things so simple I can’t possibly go wrong (those are famous last words of course!)… as well as projects that are a little more absorbing. I’m being a knitting butterfly and flitting between projects, doing a little of what I fancy as and when.
Read moreSo good, I couldn't put it down...
I still have a few projects I worked on over the summer to catch you up with. I’m not sure where the weeks are going at the moment. We are nearly at my trip of a lifetime to Rhinebeck (whoot!), and I’ve no idea where September went. But before I give you the inside on what else I’ve been working on, I wanted to talk about what happens when a project is so perfect that you can’t put it down…
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