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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
Washing and blocking to shape
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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