I mean, I did say we were going to do something rather charming! This is, of course, optional, you do not have to do it! It's the sort of thing I'm going to start including as extras for patreon folks (I haven't made the patreon public just yet, but stay [...]

All blocked and ready to be stabbed over and over and over and over again in the name of embroidered goodness.

Oooooh, so I don't think I ever showed you the finished top on this hat! Well, I showed you the top back when we had only one set of embroidery on there, but not with both. And really, I could not love the top more if I tried, so it's [...]

Here's the bit where I shamelessly remind you that these are coming out Tuesday (as always, barring any disasters, which is a thing we have to say these days because the disasters are such a constant barrage). ⁠ Also as always, if you mostly follow me on instagram or twitter, [...]

Now we pause for a moment to admire how very very lovely this is. I mean, admittedly, very simple.  I fully admit it is not fancy. But oh it has a certain appeal.

I mean ok fine. Stockinette does have its charms. I'll be honest and say I'm still really really really missing, you know, doing things as I knit. But the end result is lovely. I just need to get a marker and go in there and color on this a bit [...]

Secret additional bonus, the inside is darn tidy and the folded over bit gives you a good place to ditch your ends. I've got a long tail there because I am for sure going to embroider the snot out of this, because the thought of lots and lots and lots [...]

Was that a whole lot of work and bother for a very simple result? I mean possibly? But really, you can say that about pretty much any thing you knit by hand. And honestly, that was literally the first time I'd done a turned hem, it took me about thirty [...]

Ok, so here's the actual joining bit. Look at the wooden needle. See how it's got rather a lot of stitches on it? And how they're jammed up awfully close to each other? Yup, well that's the sets of stitches we picked up in the earlier post. One from the [...]

This is two views of the same thing. I'm taking the stitches freed up by my provisional cast on (on a metal needle) and the live stitches already on my needles (on a metal needle) and interspersing them (on the wooden needle). I've got two different kinds of needles just [...]