Knitting

The top half of a hand knit blue and grey sweater against a beige background

Sunday Picnic Sweater

This is the simplest sweater I’ve knitted. It’s also the third sweater I’ve knitted, and the only one I haven’t unravelled. The pattern is by Angeline Webb on Ravelry. I used KnitPicks Wool of the Andes worsted yarn in Peacoat for the sleeves and back, and an undyed skein my mother gave me for my …

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A pair of feet wearing blue, green, and white knitted socks on a multicoloured quilt

Boyland Socks

This is the Boyland sock pattern by Laine in their pattern collection 52 Weeks of Socks. I used one skein of Cascade’s 75% superwash merino and 25% nylon yarn in “Snow”, and a few tiny skeins of fingering weight yarn hand-dyed by Wild in the Woods– one and a half skeins of a blue-purple colour …

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Let’s Twist Socks

This is the Let’s Twist sock pattern by Raquel Gaskell on Ravelry. They are the first pair of socks I’ve knitted. find the pattern here! This was a great pattern for a beginner sock knitter, although I would recommend knowing how to do cables beforehand. I used a beautiful yellow hand-dyed yarn with specks of …

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