Beautiful Sock Yarn & Wool for Your Next Project
Are you looking for a great striped sock pattern for using leftover sock yarn?
After finishing Mitt Envy I had plenty of the lovely clear blue silk sock yarn left and flicked through my sock pattern books looking for inspiration.
I saw Hot Waves designed by Lynn Hershberger published in Joy of Sox by Linda Kopp and knew that it would be beautiful in a cool colourway instead of the warm colours in the book. The pattern is a lovely combination of stripes and fair isle.[Read More]
Retro Hat using Stranded Knitting came from The Handknitter’s Design Book by Alison Ellen, published in 1992 by David & Charles although she simply calls the pattern “Hats”.
The hat pattern suggests using wool, cotton, rough silk or any DK yarn, so the combination of the Noro Silk Garden Lite which knits to a DK weight and the Rialto DK merino was perfect. The pattern started by casting on 6 stitches in the centre of the crown and then worked the increases for shaping the crown first, then the stranded knit chequerboard, and finally casting off at the edge.[Read More]
There is something incredibly moreish about the gorgeous soft Shetland wool. I have a large stash of shetland wool in both jumper weight and lace weight because it comes in such a glorious collection of colours – just like a knitter’s paintbox. But when you collect lots of single balls of different shades of shetland wool what do you then do with them?
If you are anything like me, you always find it interesting to see where other knitters get their ideas for a colour scheme. I love creating the mood board for a project. It is a wonderful way of seeing if I like how the colours are working together. My mood board tends to grow along with the project.[Read More]
This beautiful slouchy Fairisle hat is inspired by Wild Heather designed by Amanda Jones and published in Irresistible Christmas Gifts to Knit a free pattern booklet that came with a magazine.
As usual, I made changes as I am pretty much incapable of knitting a pattern without tweaking it.[Read More]
The Norwegian Star Hat is a really cute stranded knit hat using only two yarns. Looks great on. It is a excellent choice for improving your stranded colour work skills although not for a complete beginner.
While perusing patterns for fair isle hats on Ravelry I came across a wonderful collection of hat patterns “Hats, knitted in stranded knitting with multicoloured yarn” designed by Ruth Sorensen.[Read More]
Hello, I'm Nicolette Kernohan. I love sharing unique knitting projects, exploring colour & inspiring your creativity. Knitting Squirrel sells knitting wool & sock yarn in glorious colours & fibres.
