Lullaby Blanket: tips and palette suggestions
The Lullaby blanket pattern includes four yarn weight options – this post explores several colour palette concepts for this simple striped knit.
colourwork
We LOVE colour! Colourwork knitting includes stranded knitting (also called Fair Isle knitting), slipped-stitch knitting, and other techniques such as blending yarns (marling), stripes, colour blocking and intarsia too! We have tutorials to help you pick a pleasing palette too.
Layering With Mohair
Lately we’ve been having great fun combining lace weight mohair yarns with other yarns, resulting in beautiful painterly effects.
How to plan a steek in a Strange Brew colourwork sweater
What is steeking? Steeking is cutting your knitting, and it is a particularly useful technique when knitting colourwork. Using this technique you knit a sweater in the round as though it were a pullover, then ‘steek it’, cutting it up the front, it to create a cardigan.
Crunchy Leaves: a Strange Brew Example
One way that I find beauty in everyday things is dressing my children in handmade items. This is Neve’s lovely Strange Brew, with a palette inspired by crunchy fall leaves.
How to Design a Strange Brew Yoke
This post is all about designing your own Strange Brew sweater. It is the first in the series.
Applying Colour to Stranded Knitting Motifs
This post is part of our ‘How to Strange Brew’ series. This section is focused on applying colour to stranded knitting motifs.