Farewell to Penguins – changing my business name.
Today marks the first step in changing my business identity. As of today, my social media and Payhip pattern store are all changing to BronaghKnits. When I started designing, I didn’t expect it to...
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My cable knitting used to regularly be accompanied by what we might call "strong language" as I dropped or realised I'd lost my cable needle for the hundredth time.. I love cable patterns, but I was...
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My cable knitting used to regularly be accompanied by what we might call "strong language" as I dropped or realised I'd lost my cable needle for the hundredth time.. I love cable patterns, but I was...
View ArticleTip of the week: Decoding cable patterns
When I talk to people about why they are intimidated by starting a cable project the answers is often that the terminology or abbreviations seem so complicated. They seem surprised when I say that all...
View ArticleTip of the week: Use your previous cables as a guide
Once you have decoded your cable instructions and established the first few rows of your project, you have already knitted yourself a quick cheat sheet. If you reach the next cable in your pattern and...
View ArticleNew magazine pattern: Anika yoked top
Knitting magazine issue 227 is out and it's all about texture. I've a couple of patterns and tutorial in it but today I'm just showing you Anika. This short-sleeved 4-ply top is worked bottom-up in the...
View ArticleFirst rule of business, know your market or perhaps not with the Ecomcrew and...
Today a big topic on “knitting Twitter” or at least the social media that top my feeds has been a video from Ecomcrew a pair of North American ecommerce gurus where they explain why they have bought...
View ArticleYour goldilocks cast-on and other options
Do you have a favourite cast-on? The one that’s not too tight, not too loose, with a bit of elasticity (but not too much) and gives an edge you like. Just right like Goldilocks and the bears’ porridge....
View ArticleGetting on the right side of your knitting
In the various online knitting spaces I frequent I’ve come across a couple of interesting discussions on what “right side” means in a knitting pattern. It’s a tricky one because the phrase can be used...
View ArticleTip of the week: Check out your yarn labels, they are a fount of info
I'd like you to take a look at your yarn stash and read some labels. Quite often when we start a project we just discard the labels or leave then to languish in the bottom of the project bag, but they...
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