Taking you on a rather different walk than you will be used to seeing on the KDD blog.
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Write by the Sea
The inaugural Write by the Sea Festival in Argyll, celebrated writing and writers exploring themes connected with the sea, food, coast, nature and place
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downstream
Downstream, a simple top-down cardigan with raglan shaping, is a sleek and wearable knit.
Progressing through the Bold Beginner Knits patterns, I find my confidence in my knitting has grown…
Corryvreckan
This week’s release from Bold Beginner Knits was borne out of the need to swatch.
How on earth are these crazy waves made?!
Blossoming
Recently Kate suggested that for my next project I could have a go at her iconic Owls sweater pattern. Now, as you will know if you have been following my learn to knit journey, it had only been three months since I had picked up the needles…
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a fresh new shade
I’m very excited to reveal a wonderful new shade of Milarrochy Tweed yarn.
Introducing Cowslip.
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Learning to knit in the round
My circular needles have arrived!
The learn to knit book gives an introduction to knitting in the round, explaining that this technique is effectively making a spiral to form a tube of knitting, rather than seaming flat pieces of fabric together.
My first knit project
Here we go. My first ever knit project and first time reading a pattern – fingerless mitts.
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