Last week I was in idyllic rural Dorset for the book photo shoot. Yes, it is exactly like the movie clichés of red brick and thatch, sheep and fields. It was beautiful.
I’m going to share a few pictures to give you an idea of how it went on the shoot, but it’s a bit tricky because I am not ready to share all the designs just yet! Continue reading
Hello!
It’s Allison here today as Louise is only just back from the photoshoot from her book. It went supremely well and I know she’s hoping to show you a few sneaky snaps next week once she’s had a chance to sift through the photographs!
Louise and I were chatting recently about her deadline to finish the book before the upcoming summer holidays. I said I hoped that she was going to have time for some knitting that wasn’t book-related and it kicked off a discussion about how we plan our holiday knitting. I’m off to Canada for four weeks this summer so I’ve found I have to be quite strategic with my planning too – although I’m always overly optimistic about how much knitting will actually get done! We thought it would fun to share our own plans and tips – and we invite you to share yours with us.
A little yarn ball winding on the beach?! Why not?
Summer seems to have finally arrived in the UK! With the warmer weather the challenge for me has always been to find something nice and light to knit with. Usually this means cotton for me, although I tend to be quite fussy!
I’ve asked Alli to weigh in with me on her thoughts about cotton, as she’s knit with quite a lot of it lately too. We reviewed three different cottons – Rowan Handknit Cotton, Blue Sky Alpacas Skinny Cotton, and Blue Sky Alpacas Worsted Cotton. We’d love to hear what others you might be working with this summer. A few others have crossed our desks too, so hopefully we’ll have a follow up review of those a little later on this summer. Continue reading
I’m up to my elbows in samples this week. The photo shoot is in ten days time. I’m panicking about the amount of time I’m spending writing only a few words here rather than sewing in ends and blocking! The living-room floor is covered in blocking mats, which my kids are doing well to avoid.
I’ve got a styling session planned with a couple of friends on Tuesday. We’ll try to make outfits work and organise the themes I’ve got going on.
Playing with colours: Eden Cottage Yarns Bedale Oak, Fyberspates Vivacious 4ply Verdigris, EasyKnits Zip Light Earthern swatch, Fyberspates Gleem Lundy Island.
INSPIRATION KNITS 