My Large Knitted Globe is my most detailed knitted earth design out of all three of my globe patterns, the other two are my Mini Knitted Globe and Medium Knitted Globe. This Knitted Globe the most accurate and detailed simply because it is the largest and I was able to Read more…
In 2017, when I first started launching my designs I began with all the cosmic and space related designs that had captured my imagination. One of the first designs to ever be added to my Ravelry store was my Medium Knitted Globe Pattern. Once I had created that design I Read more…
My ultimate favourite thing to do is to watch science fiction TV shows whilst knitting or crocheting. For some time I wasn’t sure how to combine my two favourite hobbies, science fiction and crafting, so I was over the moon when I had the idea to design a Knitted Solar Read more…
I created Percival around 6 months before I was able to tell anyone he existed. When you create a design for a magazine you can’t share the design before it appears in the magazine you see, so it has to be a secret! So I took him on trips and Read more…
I first designed my baseball and cricket ball pattern a number of years ago when I wanted to create a handmade gift for my partner. I couldn’t find many knitted gift ideas suitable for guys, so I designed my own Knitted Cricket Ball. My Knitted Cricket Ball Pattern was my Read more…
Meet Percival the Knitted Puffin, a little chubby puffin inspired by the sea. Percival was born in 2018 when I started designing his knitting pattern on the beaches of Bournemouth. His pattern is on Ravelry. I had the idea for Percival when I was creating a design proposal for Knit Read more…
I make spheres A LOT and they transformed my knitting, so in this post I will share with you how to knit a sphere using a pattern that I have written up just for you. When I first started knitting, straight needles were the only type of needles I had Read more…
How to Increase Invisibly in Knitting with Pick Up Increases When I knit particular designs, like my knitted globes, I want my increases to be as invisible as possible so that the focus is instead on the colourwork, and in those cases I use Pick Up Increases in my knitting Read more…
Today, the 28 November is Red Planet Day, which is the celebration of the Planet Mars! I only discovered that this day was a thing last week and I am over the moon I found out about it (oh yeah pun intended!). The best way to celebrate this day is Read more…
I quite happily annoyed my whole family on New Years eve by asking each one of them to share their resolutions for 2017 with me. I was not happy with a “err I don’t know…” and continued to ask until my family had at least pondered it for a minute. Read more…