knitwise

The right side of Winter...

We must be on the "right" side of Winter because the new Rowan magazine 47 is here! 

I don't know about you, but I always look forward to knitting Spring/Summer knits in the Winter...  Maybe it is all those grey skies that make me yearn for bright colours or maybe I just  want to swap all those layers of clothes for light and airy cotton tops. The truth is, although I have quite a collection of knitting books and lovely patterns which I'll make one day, I can't resist the call of the new season's patterns...

This year, Rowan is also launching its first ever brochure entirely dedicated to crochet. Summer Crochet features 12 designs by Marie Wallin. Unfortunately, my crochet skills are very poor! I am OK for Granny squares but when it comes to crocheting a straight line, I am hopeless!... They say "practise makes perfect", so maybe I should just do that because I would love to be able to make myself a crochet top for the Summer...

Tiny things...

  I am back to where it all started!...

I learned to knit when I was about 15. My best friend enrolled me in the worthy cause of clothing her baby nieces. She taught me the basics and to me, the novice knitter, it was more fun to learn to knit tiny clothes and booties than the traditional first scarf...

Strangely enough. I have never knitted for my own children: not enough time and the idea of knitting two of everything for the twins put me off from the start.

The news of an expected baby in the family came just when my knitting needles stood idle. I had forgotten how much fun it is to knit tiny things!...