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Stephen West Daybreak
£5.00
Daybreak is a semicircular shawl, featuring clear graphic stripes that echo a rising sun. The generous wingspan allows the fabric to drape comfortably around your shoulders and neck. There is plenty of room to play with colour in the three sections of this arched shawl.
There are three sizes available to knit Daybreak. Small (Medium, Large)
Yardage: Colour A: 135 (240, 325) yds / 123 (219, 297)m, Colour B: 200 (270, 440) yds / 183 (247, 402)m
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Mode At Rowan Aldeburgh
£5.00
Aldeburgh - Quail Studio
This sophisticated menswear zip sweater is knitted using Merino Soft. Knitted in simple stocking stitch with a detailed v pattern and matching rib stitch to the hems. All wrapped up with a zipper for easy wear.
Featured yarns - Mode Merino Soft
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Rowan Summerlite DK
£9.50
Summerlite DK - Martin Storey
A brochure of 12 handknit designs for women and using Rowan new yarn Summerlite DK. Inspired by the lush, green rolling landscape and traditional stone buildings of the English countryside. This brochure features easy, relaxed yet elegant knits designed to compliment your favourite pair of trousers, skirt or summer dress. All knitted in a muted, yet fresh and light palette of summer colours. A range of very easy to intermediate knit designs Knitting Techniques used - Simple to knit textures, lace and eyelet techniques together with more intermediate-level slip stitch and cable techniques.
Featured yarns - Summerlite DK
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Jane Crowfoot Mexican Diamonds Blanket
£6.95
I really love traditional Mexican textiles and often look at woven fabrics, embroidery and crewel work for design inspiration. This design was also inspired by the repeated, jagged edged, diamonds found on woven rugs.
I have created a flower motif to sit at the centre of this design to echo floral embroidery; I think the use of surface crochet slip stitches around the outside of the leaves enhances the idea of hand stitching. I am particularly pleased with the flowers that sit on the edge of the blanket as they create a really unusual border.
I thoroughly enjoyed designing this project and I hope you will enjoy making it too!
Blocked measurement: approximately 132cm (52in) x 110cm (43 1/2in)
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West Yorkshire Spinners Bluefaced Leicester Aran Collection One
£3.75
Bluefaced Leicester Aran Collection One - Jenny Watson
WYS has teamed up with top designer Jenny Watson to create some exclusive designs using our beautiful BFL yarn in Aran. The combination of the soft and luxurious yarn with Jenny's innovative designs will ultimately evolve into some fantastic garments. To fit chest 28-46 in.
Featured yarns - BFL Aran
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Kate Davies Davaar
£22.00
Looking out beyond the lighthouse, there is once again that restless end-of-summer feeling: to knit a sweater, to tell a story, to turn your face to the sun as you prepare for darker nights and colder days …
A collection of 10 designs, inspired by a beautiful tidal landscape
Essays and photography, celebrating the island and its story
Like many other artists, makers and writers, Kate Davies and Tom Barr have been inspired by Davaar, the spectacular tidal island whose rocky silhouette defines the Campbeltown coastline. Kate began by creating a new collection of garments and accessories and, alongside this balanced and varied range of Scottish knitwear, Kate and Tom tell the story of Davaar in words and pictures exploring the shifting relationship of land and water, the island’s distinctive and immediately recognisable built structures, its interesting wartime experience, and the controversial painting and preservation of what is now its most famous feature. With Tom’s beautiful photography celebrating the landscape of south Kintyre, this is a book to be inspired by, and to think with, as well as to knit from.
It’s time to cast on, and to set forth for Davaar…
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The Knitter Issue 181
£7.99
The Knitter - Issue 181 September 2022
From modern colourwork and chic cables to vintage-style lace, classic Fair Isle and gansey textures, there's lots to tempt you in Issue 181! Designs include a sideways-knit textured sweater, a lace pullover in autumnal colours, Fair Isle legwarmers and a pair of neat cabled socks.
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Rowan Tea Garden
£10.50
Tea Garden - Martin Storey
10 elegant, garden-inspired summer patterns by Martin Storey, with colours, stripes, cables and lace.
Featured yarns - Summerlite 4ply, Summerlite DK
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Purl & Jane Brockabank Jumper
£4.50
Brockabank Jumper - Purl & Jane by Jane Ellison
I love this cable plait and try to use it wherever I can. This rib is another good one because I like to have a row off wherever possible – a row in the pattern where you can relax. In this rib, you have a knit row where you can relax, and in the cable you have the wrong side row where you don’t cable so you can relax here too. I think knitting should be relaxing so this combination works perfectly! And if you wanted an adult version then you’ll find one in my Simple Knits book!
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Tin Can Knits Max & Bodhi’s Wardrobe
£12.00
Inspired by our two darlings Max and Bodhi, this collection is filled with modern wardrobe staples. Nothing says love like a baby covered in woolies, so grab your needles, and cast on for a little cutie today!
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West Yorkshire Spinners Collaboration In Design
£10.50
Collaboration In Design - Rosee Woodland, Emma Vining, Helen Metcalfe and Francesca Hughes
At West Yorkshire Spinners, experimenting and developing British yarns is our passion. So to create this amazing garment collection we commissioned four talented designers to join us in a unique collaboration of their ideas and our new ColourLabDk.
Emma Vining, Francesca Hughes, Rosee Woodland and Helen Metcalfe have each brought their own distinctive individual styles to the project. The result is a formula for success and a diverse range of fantastic patterns for you to create. From Rosee, there's vibrant and playful Scandinavian-inspired designs. Francesca's focus is on contemporary garments in lace-like textures that reveal the charm of neutral shades. Helen celebrates strong shapes using cable and bramble stitch whilst Emma re-invents the classics in beautiful bold shades and intricate cabling.
Inspired by the great stitch definition and 18 bright solid shades of ColourLabDk yarns, our collaborators have designed 8 original womens handknits in 100% British wool for you to create at home.
Featured yarns - ColourLab DK
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Jane Crowfoot Bohemian Blooms Crochet Blanket
£14.95
Bohemian Blooms - Jane Crowfoot
This blanket design was inspired by the work of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant of The Bloomsbury Group and in particular their home 'Charleston Farmhouse' and the murals they painted at the nearby Berwick Village Church.
I had wanted to design a project using Charleston as my inspiration for many years, so I decided that this project should be a trade heirloom piece. I have used a collection of high end Rowan Yarns, including Soft Yak and Baby Merino Silk in DK weight yarns and have also chosen to use beads for an extra focal point.
The patterns for this project are available within a 96 page soft bound book 'Bohemian Blooms', which includes more detailed information about my design inspiration and step-by-step images for each of the crochet motifs.
A new take on the traditional CAL style project. Work through at your own speed and in your chosen order using Jane's beautiful colour pattern book to guide you every step of the way!
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Purl & Jane Clayton Baby Cardigan
£4.50
Clayton Baby Cardigan - Purl & Jane by Jane Ellison
This baby cardigan uses the same stitch pattern that I used on the adult Clayton Vest, the pattern I shared with you yesterday. I love this stitch detail. I also love moss stitch, there I’ve said it! When I say I love moss stitch in the studio to visiting knitters I get two replies – “Oh yes, I love it too” or “Do you, I don’t!” Never anything in between! So this pattern is perfect for knitters, n o matter which of those replies they would have given. There are a few rows of stocking stitch alternating with moss stitch so, if you love moss stitch, you can knit the stocking stitch getting excited about when you will start the moss stitch again and, if you don’t you can relax on the moss stitch rows knowing that soon you will be knitting the stocking stitch!
To fit: Newborn to 2 years
Recommended yarn: Fyberspates Vivacious 4ply
This cardigan is unisex and I’ve kept it simple yet different by adding the button detail and then you can always add the perfect colour buttons on afterwards for baby.
This cardigan is knitted in one piece until the armholes.
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Fyberspates Vivacious Volume 1
£10.50
In this first volume of Vivacious knitwear, we invite you to celebrate the weekend with ten stunning modern designs for women. Featuring designs from Belinda Boaden and Rachel Coopey in Vivacious 4ply and DK.
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Pompom Quarterly Issue 15
£9.50
Issue 15: Winter 2015
Time to feast your eyes on our glam-tastic winter edition - all inspired by the Art Deco and Art Nouveau stylings of iconic 1960s-70s British brand, Boba. We have ten modern knits designed through the lens of the Biba aesthetic, which in turn was inspired by even earlier periods. We shot part of this issue in a 1920s style cocktail bar in London and in the spirit of reviving vintage trends (as Biba itself did in the 1960s and 1970s) our winter recipes are new takes on classic cocktails, adding a little extra seasonal spice and sparkle.
Featuring designs by: Bristol Ivy, Olga Buraya-Kefelian, Cirilia Rose, Rachel Coopey, Courtney Spainhower, Kiyomi Burgin, Jemima Bicknell, Sophie Scott, Amu Van De Laar, Clare Lakewood.
We are particularly smitten with Katie Green's Bowerbird comic, which beautifully illustrates the unending potential and dreams we have for newly acquired yarn. In addition to lovely illustrations, we have some excellent writing for you this issue, with articles on Activist Embroidery by Francesca Baldry, Lora Angelova's explorations as a Heritage Chemist, and Anna Maltz shares her ideas on beating the winter blues. So get a head start on beating those blues and join us in embracing the glamorous side of winter knitting with this line up of woolly lovelies.
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Baa Ram Ewe York Minster
£5.00
York Minster - Alison Moreton
A blanket inspired by the stained glass windows of York Minster, with three size options. Featuring four jewel coloured shades of Dovestone DK contrasted with dark grey borders in Coal. Constructed from garter stitch squares that are easy to make, requiring only knit stitches and simple increases and decreases: this a perfect project for beginners.
Sizes small (medium, large) are 68x79 (90x112, 112x134)cm / 27x31 (35.5x44, 44x53)".
The blanket shown uses 1 skein each of 5 colours of Dovestone DK: Coal, Rhubarb, Chevin, Lotherton and Parkin. There is very little left over, so if you want to make this size using only 1 skein of each colour make sure you knit exactly to tension (you can use your tension square as one of the blanket squares!).
For a small (medium, large) blanket you will need 1 (2, 3) skeins of Dovestone DK in each of 5 colours/ 320m (640m, 1280m) of DK weight yarn.
You will also need a 4mm/US 8 circular needle, minimum 80cm/32" length (you can knit the squares on straight needles if you prefer, but a circular needle is required for the border).
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Erika Knight Bilberry
£5.00
Crochet in Wool Local. This lightweight neckerchief is worked in a simple filet lace pattern with flower motifs at each end. It is worked from edge to edge horizontally working the flowers at the sides of each row across the pattern. It can be adjusted in length and width as advised in the pattern. Measurements Length approx. 102cm Width approx. 19cm
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The Knitter Issue 211
£7.99
The Knitter - Issue 211, January 2025
Cast on something beautiful to wear in 2025 with our special pattern collection in Issue 211! Garment designs include a stylish raglan sweater from Sylvia Heidinger, a modern Fair Isle tunic by Carol Meldrum, a neat cardigan with a lace collar, and a cosy textured sweater.
We have smaller projects for you, too, such as a cabled headband, a lace hat, Fair Isle mitts, and a spectacular cable, lace and colourwork scarf designed by George Cullen.
Our masterclass examines the long-tail tubular cast-on technique, and we have a fascinating article about Miss Marple and detective fiction’s fascination with knitting.
Our special supplement will be a must-have for all Beatles fans: it features an amazing Sgt Pepper colourwork yoked sweater pattern for men and women, in sizes 34in to 63in!
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Tin Can Knits Mad Colour
£15.00
Mad Colour is all about play! Dive into your stash, fish out your hidden treasures and mix it up.
With five garments and a kaleidoscope of accessories, all sized from munchkin to momma, this collection is designed for experimentation. Get ready to overdose on rainbows, polka dots, stripes and a whole lotta sweet sweet ombre!
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Purl & Jane Leighton Jacket
£4.50
Leighton Jacket - Purl & Jane by Jane Ellison
This simple garter stitch jacket is perfect for new knitters or for those coming back to knitting and want to try out their skills on a straight forward easy pattern. This jacket is basic squares with a tiny bit of shaping and without any stitches to pick up at the neck. With this in mind, make sure the front edges are neat and join in any new balls at the side seams.
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Hunter Hammersen Curls 3: Versatile, Wearable Wraps to Knit at Any Gauge
£19.99
Curls 3: Versatile, Wearable Wraps to Knit at Any Gauge - Hunter Hammersen
Curls are marvelously flexible, wearable wraps that work with any weight of yarn, can be knit at any gauge, and look beautiful at any size.
Knit them small and wear them as a cowl. Keep going to make a scarf. Do a bit more, and you've got a shawl. They form a wonderfully curved shape that drapes beautifully around your neck and shoulders and can be worn in lots of different ways.
Use your favourite yarn, and knit at whatever gauge gives you the fabric you like best. You're in charge, you can't mess it up, and you're going to love the result!
One small note, the structure of these pieces lends itself much better to charted instructions than to written out instructions. So please be aware that all the patterns use charts. If you're new to charts, never fear. There is a lovely introduction to using charts at the front of the book. Read through it, and you'll be ready to go in no time!
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Kate Davies Snaw Paws
£5.00
Cosy, seasonal mitts or mittens with a jolly snowflake pattern and optional snowball pompoms
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Debbie Bliss Time For Tweed
£5.95
Six designs for women featuring Luxury Tweed Aran, Luxury Tweed Chunky and Cashmerino DK.
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