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TOFT Edward’s Crochet Imaginarium
£16.99
Kerry Lord's third amigurumi book is a crochet book like no other. Edward's Imaginarium contains 23 flip book pages allowing you to mix-and-match the heads, arms and legs of monster-like creatures to design your own fun creations! This book contains an almost infinite number of basic and challenging projects to inspire and instruct both beginner and advanced crafters. Ignite your creativity with this interactive flip-book that will keep you and your imagination busy for years to come. All the projects inside have been shown made from TOFT DK wool, however the patterns will work with any yarn and at any gauge. You can let your imagination truly run wild!
With one standard form, 23 heads, 23 arms, 23 legs, 8 colour patterns, and 5 tails, this innovative flip-book enables you to make over one million different monster creations!
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Laine Publishing Magazine Issue 17
£22.00
Laine Issue 17, Summer 2023
Issue 17 — aptly named Here Comes the Sun — feels like the first tender rays of sunshine after a long winter. The inspiring summer knits, together with the fun and quirky photo location (@midcentury.brick, chosen as one of the most beautiful homes in Finland), create a colourful, happy and relaxed mix with a subtle vintage feel.
Summer 2023, includes:
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- 140 pages
- 11 knitting patterns (both charts and written instructions provided): 4 sweaters, 3 cardigans, 1 top, 2 shawls and 1 pair of socks.
- An interview with the French designer and debut author Cinthia Vallet, known for her charming knitted animals. Cinthia talks about her design process and the joy that toy-making can bring to adult knitters.
- An article about an Australian sheep farmer who shepherds a flock of Finnsheep 15,000 kilometres from their homeland.
- Jeanette Sloan’s Fibre Talk: a regular article on Jeanette chatting with interesting people. In this issue, she meets Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, a couple making crochet art inspired by their Māori heritage.
- Five Ways by our regular writer Päivi Kankaro. In this issue, Päivi gathers experts’ tips on how you can start designing your own knitwear patterns!
- Where I Knit: a regular piece that pictures people knitting in their favourite spot. In this issue, we meet a Finnish knitter who likes to knit in nature.
- Seasonal recipes to inspire your summer cooking: tomato confit, lemon fizz mocktail and almond pavlovas.
- Book reviews.
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West Yorkshire Spinners The Perfect Re:treat
£10.50
The Perfect Re:treat - Georgia Farrell
The Perfect Re:treat pattern book is a collection of 12 sumptuous homewares, cosy jumpers and snug accessories designed by Georgia Farrell. Whether your escape is to unwind with a quick-knit or to challenge your mind with a range of textures & detail, this collection has something for all moods.
Featured yarns - Re:treat
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Jane Crowfoot Lotus Flower Shawl
£6.95
Within the City Palace complex in Jaipur there are four gate buildings that surround the inner courtyard, which leads to the Chandra Mahal - the main palace building within the complex. The four gates are adorned with themes that represent the four seasons and Hindu Gods. The Lotus Gate, which sits to the Southern side of the courtyard, and is dedicated to Lord Shiva-Parvati was the inspiration for this design. The Lotus Gate represented the summer and the incredible painted patterns within the archway around the central wooden doors feature a continuous fanned flower tessellation and Lotus flowers in full bloom are featured on the facade.
The Lotus Gate alone features a huge amount of wonderful surface pattern and therefore design inspiration, but it is the Peacock Gate, which sits to the Northern side of the courtyard and is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and the winter season, which is the most ornately decorated. If you ever get a chance to visit Jaipur, you must make sure you go to the Palace and seek out the gates, or, if you're not likely to visit India, you can always search online.
The design is relatively easy to crochet. It is a "join as you go" project, which you could find a little tricky if you have never done it before. The printed brochure pattern includes lots of step by step images, charts and diagrams to help.
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Rowan MDK Field Guide 12
£13.75
Modern Daily Knitting Field Guide No. 12 Big Joy - Jen Geigley
Feel inspired by Modern Daily Knittings 12th Knitting Field Guide. This book focuses on how giving can warm the heart. It features 5 chunky knits by Jen Geigley, using Rowans Big Wool to help keep you (and others) warm this Winter.
Featured yarns - Big Wool
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West Yorkshire Spinners Simple Rib Socks
£3.75
Simple Rib Socks - Winwick Mum
Our Simple Rib Sock pattern designed by Winwick Mum is suitable for beginners. This pattern will show you how to make ribbed socks with a durable and cushioned heel. Create striking and cosy socks for both men and women. This pattern is for a medium sized sock approximately 8 inches however the length of the sock is easily adjusted for larger feet. This pattern uses 1 x ball of Candyfloss Signature 4Ply for the plain rib pattern alternatively to create the contrast heel and cuffs you will need 1 x ball of Pink Flamingo and 1x ball of Candyfloss.
Featured yarns - Signature 4ply
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Mode At Rowan Tottington & Heydon
£5.00
Tottington & Heydon - Quail Studio
Heydon hat is a versatile knit with options to knit either in the round or flat. Crafted with warm and cosy Alpaca Cotton, you may choose to finish with a pom pom for a touch of luxe!
Tottington snood is knitted in a simple lace stitch using Softest Alpaca. This straightforward yet highly effective pattern adds intriguing detail to this cosy piece.
Featured yarns - Mode Alpaca Cotton, Mode Alpaca Wool, Mode Softest Alpaca
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Marie Wallin Cherish
£22.00
Cherish - Marie Wallin
Cherish is a special collection, as Marie has curated the collection from 12 of her favourite designs from past collections. All have been knitted into Marie's British Breeds yarn and have been recoloured - some with different colour orders to the original designs and some of the garment shapes have been changed in some way. Four designs are knitted in the round and eight designs are knitted flat. All the flat knitted designs can be knitted in the round with the addition of steek stitches at the side seams and armholes.
Featured yarn - British Breeds
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Purl & Jane Lily Scarf
£4.50
Lily Scarf - Purl & Jane by Jane Ellison
This was one of the most loved patterns when I launched them at my local yarn show, Yarndale in 2019, so much so that I had sold out of them by lunchtime on Saturday! However because my printers are local and so very kind they printed some more and delivered them so I had more by the afternoon and nearly sold out of them again by the end of the weekend!
At the end of a busy day, I like to sit down and switch off for half an hour or an hour or so, which is not so easy to do with things buzzing around your head. Garter stitch is a good start to soothing those thoughts and calming the mind. I played around with many designs for the edges and they all looked good but they weren’t all fulfilling my desire for a simple pattern to switch off and relax with, a pattern that has a simple repeat but also looks classic and so I just kept making it more and more simple until Lily was the perfect pattern! I wore the Lily Scarf I had knitted over the Yarndale weekend and it’s so light you don’t notice that you have it on…until you take it off and feel the chill from the air on the back of your neck. It keeps you warm without you even knowing it!
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Rowan Covet
£12.65
Covet - Kim Hargreaves
A collection of twelve, classic women's designs including elegant cardigans, relaxed sweaters and cosy longline jackets.
Featured yarns - Kidsilk Haze, Alpaca Soft DK, Kid Classic, Brushed Fleece, Alpaca Classic
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Carol Feller Akoya
£5.00
Akoya - Carol Feller
This spring I wanted a versatile, stylish and flattering cardigan that was simple enough to be worn with just about everything. This cardigan keeps the basic styling simple, its short style is worn with negative ease, but small lace and cable details at the hem, cuff and neckline keep it interesting.
As the waist band sits just below the natural waist the wide ribbing pulls in snugly without needing to decrease the stitches. The bustline is designed to fit with a little negative ease which creates a form fitting garment without any side shaping.
Worked from the bottom up body and sleeves are joined at the yoke and worked together in one piece. There is minimal finishing when you are done, just bands and a small underarm graft.
Recommended yarns: Fingering/4ply
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Mode At Rowan Holt
£5.00
Holt - Quail Studio
An essential addition to any closet, the Holt men's sweater embodies timeless elegance. With a round neckline and a stocking stitch design, this sweater is knitted using Alpaca Wool.
Featured yarns - Mode Alpaca Wool
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Tin Can Knits Snowflake
£5.50
Knit in DK weight yarns. Everybody needs a holiday party sweater. For children, gaudy bright colours are fun. Grown ups sometimes aim for something a bit classier. Either way, the crystalline lace yoke of this sweater adds a bit of sparkle and pop to a classically simple silhouette. Wear while sipping eggnog and herding sugar-crazed kiddies!
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West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft Shetland Colours
£13.50
The Croft Shetland Colours - Sarah Hatton
With designs for all the family, this collection features 14 patterns which work in harmony with the yarn both solid and tweed to create something truly special.
Featured yarns - Croft Shetland Aran
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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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Jane Crowfoot Norwegian Wood Cushion Cover
£6.95
This design was inspired by Jane's trips to Norway. The cushion uses some traditional Scandinavian designs, such as lice stitch, which features on the back lower panel, alongside Jane's own stranded footwork patterns and beaded rows.
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Pompom Quarterly Issue 34
£12.50
Issue 34: Autumn 2020
This autumn issue of Pom Pom sees our collaboration with the multidisciplinary artist Ocean Rose. Their theme of 'Home' makes for a dreamy collection of cosy autumnal knits, evoking the places that bring connection and comfort. This inspiration was chosen long before our current situation of sheltering in place, and has brought about the unique challenge of our models capturing this quarter's beautiful knits with micro-shoots in their abodes.
Ocean, known for their naturally hand-dyed yarns, has brought their poetic voice, palette, thoughtfulness and sensitivity to these pages. Our designers have conjured their own interpretations of home with pieces that create a sense of warmth, not just against autumn chills, with references to traditional patterns and their bonds to special places.
Featuring designs by: Sylvia Watts-Cherry, Aurélie Tixier, Tressa Weidenaar, Armenuhi Avanian, Malia Mae Joseph, Audrey Borrego, A L Leong, Isabel Alé, Tiffany Wong, Weichien Chan, ThePetiteKnitter.
Alongside the patterns we have articles from Sukrita Mahon sharing their wisdom on choosing yarns, and Elliot Maud on self expression and belonging in the fibre community. Cat Seixas shares her recipe for a no-bake cheesecake, an easy dish which is the ideal excuse to find the occasion to celebrate. For makers, mending seems to go hand-in-hand and Maya Skylark provides a tutorial for a pocket sized tool kit that you can keep close to home.
We acknowledge the privilege reflected in these pages that show the warmth and happiness of home. We hope this issue can speak to a deeper sense of safety and belonging than just the place you rest your head. As Ocean puts it, 'Home is where you are, where your energy rests, home changes, and transforms. Home is our connection to all we hold sacred. Home is..'
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Laine Publishing Finnish Knits
£24.00
PRE-ORDERS ONLY. This magazine will be shipped on 14th January and will be available in store from the 16th January. If other items are ordered at the same time as this pre-order everything will be shipped together on the 3rd December.
Finnish Knits is a fascinating one-off issue of Laine Magazine dedicated entirely to contemporary Finnish knitwear design. Featuring 164 pages and 18 knitting patterns from Finland’s top designers, interesting articles as well as beautiful photography, this special edition is a true collector’s item!
Finnish Knits includes:
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- 164 pages
- 18 knitting patterns: 9 sweaters, 1 slipover, 1 top, 2 hats, 3 pairs of socks, 1 pair of shorts and 1 shawl.
- An interview with the Finnish crime writer and avid knitter Satu Rämö. Her popular “Nordic blue” books — featuring a knitting police officer! — have gained international fame.
- A feature about Finland’s most renowned yarn store Titityy and its founder, Tiina Huhtaniemi, whose guiding principles have been fostering community and renewing the local knitting culture.
- Inspiring products for knitters from beloved Finnish brands.
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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 Crag Jumper
£4.50
Crag Jumper - Purl & Jane by Jane Ellison
A simple cable looks so effective while at the same time being so exciting to knit! In this design I used two of my favourite cable patterns – one I call the honeycomb, I’m not sure if this is it’s ‘official’ name but it makes me think of bees and honey every time I see it, and the other the cable plait. This pattern evokes feelings of childhood and playing hairdressers and plaiting my sisters hair…..which then naturally progressed to finding scissors and properly playing hairdressers!!
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