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I love designing hand knitting patterns, from acessories to decorations. Here is a selection of my patterns available in the Woolly Brew yarn shop, Pittenweem, Fife, on Ravelry and from Di Gilpin.
All about how I design and make knits...
First of all, design... Starting with thinking, sketching and a little research, followed by a long cycle of swatching, evaluating, tweaking, re-swatching, trying a full size piece, going back to the drawing board and doing it all again and again until it's right.
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 sunshine vivacious skein on stool |
 lalland blue enigma & coruisk on patio s |
 colliston yarn ornioco graffiti fvivacio |
 rainsbow of yarn vivacious WOW |
 j c reniie stash on table |
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 colliston yarns orinoco garffiti & unkno |
 fyberspates on patio shade B&W |
Next, selecting and winding yarn into cones
Knitting (hand-powered on my little domestic knitting machine), hand finishing and making
and adding embellishments
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Washing and blocking to shape
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You can see me hand washing using my trusty posser (my Grandma's, from the 1930s). I use eco-laundry products.
Blocking is the process of drying the knitted piece to shape- I've posted a tiny video of mitts drying on wooden glove blockers over the range.
Blocking is especially important (and time consuming) for lace, where I pin it out hard using, blocking wires and pins to open up the lace to reveal it's glory.
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