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Planet Handmade
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I haven’t been able to blog for a while because I am busy developing some very exciting new patterns for you. The good news is that the shoot is this weekend, the bad news is we don’t know what the weather has in store for us – although you can probably imagine! Today I had […]
Scrumptious Knits by Carol Feller
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I’m very happy to have received another lovely book from fellow designer and friend, Carol Feller. Her ‘Scrumptious Knits’ features 7 patterns worked in ‘Scrumptious’ yarns from ‘Fyberspates’, a lovely independent yarnie in the UK. Although Fyberpates is a hand-dyer, her Scrumptious yarn range is in fact commercially dyed in. It is widely available from yarn shops in […]
I love Nostepinnes!
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For a number of years now one of the most used items in my knitting toolkit has been my nostepinne: It’s a very beautiful piece of wood designed for winding centre-pull balls of yarn. As a lot of the yarn I use arrives in skeins I find my nostepinne invaluable. I do have a mechanical ball winder — […]
Contemporary Irish Knits
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I am honoured to be a stopping off point in the blog tour for ‘Contemporary Irish Knits’, a wonderful book by my fellow designer and friend, Carol Feller. I first met Carol last summer at an infamous knitting event in Scotland where the European contingent of tutors enjoyed some, um, ‘downtime’ together between classes and […]
Bambeanies
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It is my great pleasure to be a host on the ‘blog tour’ for WoollyWormhead’s new book, ‘Bambeanies’. The book is a wonderful collection of 20 patterns for childrens’ Hats designed by Woolly, available for sale from her website, from Amazon, and from all the best yarn shops! In June Woolly was a fun companion on our trip to […]
Knitting School
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Observant regulars at my blog may have noticed some changes on the tabs menu above, including a tab called ‘Knitting School’. I’ve added this following discussion in our Ravelry group concerning my suggestion for a new KAL starting mid-September. As with my previous KALs I intend to use this one to guide fellow knitters into developing those […]
TNNA
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Things have been very busy with Ann Kingstone Designs since the KAL for Where’s My Cow? finished. The main reason was that we were pulling together my book, Novel Knits, which is now finished and will be published for sale within two — three weeks now. Another reason was all the work involved in preparing […]
What game do baby cows play?
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Please note that the pattern parts for ‘Where’s My Cow?’ have now been deleted from my website. The full pattern will shortly be available to purchase. Peek-a-moo!! Dad would be proud of me for that one! ;0) It has been a glorious day in Brighouse, and I have managed to catch some of the sunshine […]
Lanthir Lamath
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Currently I am reformatting the pattern for Lanthir Lamath to condense it onto one document. Before releasing the final pattern I thought you might like to see some of the images from the recent photoshoot. My friend Sally looks particularly elven in the scarf, and I am delighted with how these came out.
Maths
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Please note that the pattern parts for ‘Where’s My Cow?’ have now been deleted from my website. The full pattern will shortly be available to purchase. A few weeks ago I spent hours searching for a mathematical formula to help me calculate the total area of a cone! This was in the interests of being […]
