In the Making...

Field & Lea is inspired by nature and includes inspiration such as dandelions, bluebells and fields. Colour and texture are the core part of Field & Lea. The mood board below was the inspiration that I was working to. It uses two strands of 4ply / fingering marled together throughout, which allows the colours to play a big part in the design. You could easily use stash yarn and your creativity to knit your own. The pattern was designed, originally, for a mystery KAL with A Good Yarn, Cleethorpes , so it is separated into 4 distinct parts. The yarn is two strands of 4ply held together, which creates fun, marled colours but you could easily swap this for a worsted weight yarn, if you prefer. There's a lot of knit and purl texture involved, so it's a simple enough knit but the changing patterns and use of colour means that you don't get bored.  There are a couple of interesting but relatively simple texture techniques in the pattern and there are several video tutor...

I’ve just completed the most stunning little cardigan. It’s covered with cables and bobbles, with a lace edge. I’ve really enjoyed making it (it’s at A Good Yarn at the moment, as a shop sample, if anyone wants to see it in the flesh) The one word I keep of thinking of is “heirloom”. It’s one of those special pieces of knitting. The pattern is Lace Edged Cardigan by Debbie Bliss and it’s from the Celebrating Family pattern book. The original was done in Debbie Bliss Eco Baby but mine is done in Baby Cashmerino . The yarn is really lovely to work with and blocks really well. Here's my Ravelry project page I did a little experiment while making this. I made both of the sleeves and blocked just one of them.  Can you spot which one?  It really does make a huge difference to your knitting – so if you’re not a convert to blocking yet…. By the way, I did block the other before I was finished! The back is just as gorgeous as the front...