

intarsia cast-on
This post is just a quick note on how I cast on separate blocks of colour to work in the intarsia technique. It is a technique I have...


designed to make you smile
You know the problem. You are at a party; you put down your bottle of beer and, when you turn around to retrieve it, you cannot find it...


knitting animal hats becomes addictive
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falling in Amazon rankings
One of my new favourite go-to places on the Internet is the Amazon Author Central. For the first time, I can see quickly and easily how...
this is the deal
I wonder if I had pushed for a better deal for Animal hats to knit, we would all have thought harder about the investment of time and...


missed it
Oops, I missed this. It appeared in the October issue of Knitting magazine. The back of this hat is black which means that when the hat...


hats in a box
The publishers of Animal hats to knit have returned the hats. I was told the projects wouldn't be returned until six months after the...


animal hats to knit
The time has arrived [drum roll], Animal hats to knit is to be published on the 7th October 2014. I wish I had more to show you, but I...


good bye
Today I delivered the last piece of copy for Animal hats to knit. I wrote the introductions to each pattern in a flurry of inspiration,...


the three hats that shaped the brief
More mistakes will follow, but these three hats helped to fine-tune the brief. Nothing too decorative or fanciful – do not try and...