Love this book! Whether you are a completely new knitter of a very experienced one this book is invaluable.
For the newbie knitter there are pages and pages of how to's to get you started and teach you how to knit from scratch and for the experienced knitter instructions on 400 different knitting stitches including both written description and charts.
Why is this handy? Well let's say you've been knitting for some time and you want to have a go at designing your own patterns this book describes the stitches per repeat which makes it so much easier to develop a pattern.
Using this book you could make endless afghans of patchworked patterns. Definitely worth buying and having in your library, you will refer to it often.
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This book is so handy, specially for those new to knitting, there is a great collection of quite simply designs that are easy to follow and make up. In particular the crossover vest which doesn't have any buttonholes to do... always a pain for a new knitter to get to grips with and the beanbag and blanket designs are straight forward and a great introduction to knitting where you end up with a nice end product and not just a ropey square that ends up going in the bin... yeah I did that... A lot at the start.
What a day.... in order to be able to go to the Show it meant going in to London with my hubby, a 6am start!!! Horrors! Haven't seen that time of day for a while... well not since my last doll show... ok really that wasn't that long ago LOL
Once I got on the tube at Park Royal I thought ok this isn't so bad... until I got to Earls Court to discover there were no trains to Olympia... What??? Apparently London Underground were uninformed that there were any shows on at Olympia.... don't think the hundred or so ladies standing on the platform were terribly impressed.
So I had to get a bus, yes a bus! Haven't been on one of those in donkeys years, not since I moved out of London anyway. So that was an adventure, have to admit the bus wasn't as bad as I remember, at least it didnt smell the way I remembered buses smelling.
I met up with my friends Ceinwen and Donna at the venue and when I say the place was teeming with women I am not jesting, it was wall to wall women all dying to get their hands on the many goodies that were on offer.
I loved the quilt display on the 3rd floor, there was some A-MAZING work up there,
I came home with some goodies thanks to my lovely parents in law who gave me a lovely birthday present.
Some of my purchases!
As soon as I saw this range of Cross Stitch kits I thought mmmmmmm yes have to have some of those! I love the designs, I would love to see these done in Silk Painted form... ohhhh there's an idea!
Some gorgeous fabrics, and boy was it ever difficult to choose, if I had had a donkey to carry it all home I probably would have come home with a lot more!
And I just had to have some more of this thread, I bought some a few years ago, it cross stitches up into some gorgeous cards, space dyed silk threads.
I've found the most beautiful wool, it's by King Cole and it's called Riot. It's so soft and fluffy and I love love love the varities of colour that it comes in. The wool is variagated, posh word for meaning mixed colours in no particular pattern, I love using this wool for knitting baby booties because it means no two are ever the same, the variation in colours is always a surprise.
The particular style I've used for these booties is a very simple design which just gives the Riot wool the chance to shine.
There's some amazing colour blends available in Riot. try Yarns 4 Less who have Riot in some wonderful colourways.
An excellent knitting book for the inexperienced knitter, the book contains 20 handknit projects all very simple in design and using very basic techniques on the whole.
You will find some slightly more challenging patterning but mostly it is in the form of embellishments and patterns. But there are enough very simple patterns to get a new knitter started. by the time you've completed some of the really simple ones you will feel confident enough to tackle adding the embellishments.
All of these Erika Knight designs are knitted in natural fibres, cotton yarns, bamboo, baby cashmerino. You can substitute these for ordinary acryllic 4ply and double knitting but you need to be aware of the changes that will make in tension. So make sure you do swatch tests first.
Who knew that those sticky little squares that are stuck on the corners of all those letters and cards that come through your door every day could be so valuable. PreemiesUK take donations of stamps and sell them to make money to purchase wool and other materials to make tiny baby items which are then donated to Early Baby Units all over the country.
Tiny early babies need to be kept warm but their turnover of clothing is really high, all of the items have to be soft, warm but also have to be washed at very high temperatures for hygiene reasons so they don't last long in a hospital setting.
So take a pile of these....
and trade them in for some of this....
and then create lots and lots of these....
To keep delicate new lives warm and cosy when they are at their most vulnerable and need the most loving care.
All this work is done by the lovely volunteer ladies at PreemiesUK just because they can!
And you can help just by sending your donations of stamps or wool, buttons, ribbon and fabric to:
If you want to offer help with knitting tiny items that is welcome as well, knitters, crocheters and sewers are all helpful and welcome, more information about PreemiesUK can be found on their FB page just click on the link PreemiesUK Facebook Page
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