Venta, the neck warmer to end all pub discussions about neck warmers has had a pattern revamp. In the interests of updating, I have made a couple of small adjustments to the pattern, donned my lippy and taken some new photographs, and Venta is now up for sale, here through my site (having previously only been available on knitonthenet). So
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Listen to Sister Diane’s free episode of Craftypod 2.0 which is all about the art of letter writing with Donovan Beeson. Then go and Write a postcard to someone you haven’t seen in a while. See David Hockney’s exhibition, A Bigger Picture which is still on at the Royal Academy until 9th April. Read the new issue of The Knitter
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The BBC weatherman reliably informed me, with a cheery smile, a couple of days ago that February is always the coldest month of the British year. If you’d asked me, I would have said January, but this past week has proved him right. It has been bitter, with snow to boot. We live on the south coast and snow, although
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The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design by Shannon Okey, Cooperative Press: 2010. The Knitgrrl Guide is a very useful reference book to keep handy for all (newer) designers, as it is really the only one that specifically deals with the business end of knitwear design. If you’re looking for a book to help you do the actual designing itself,
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