Category: yarn
-
We’ve got TJOKT
I’m on a fat knit craze, and judging by these pictures from London Fashion Week where London based designers Siblings presented their Autumn Winter 2013 womenswear collection, I’m not the only one. Siblings Autumn Winter 2013 via Dezeen Siblings Autumn Winter 2013 via Dezeen Personally, I’v had the impression that really fat yarns like these…
-
Counter Yarn Bomb
A while ago, or to be honest it must have been around last Christmas, I kept posting pictures like this on my facebook wall, boldly stating that no-one would be able to guess what we were planning to use these squares for. I didn’t think it would take me months and months to get to…
-
News from Purl Alpaca Designs
The high season of knitting is finally here, and what better way to celebrate than to fill up our stock with lovely, delicate and luxurious knitting kits from Purl Alpaca Designs? Each of Purl Alpaca Designs’ kits includes the pattern, yarn, a postcard biography and image of the alpaca the design is named after. Purl’s…
-
He just wont stand still
Little One’s Pickles’ Easy-Peasy-Sweater is done. The pattern pay justice to it’s name, this is a very simple and straight forward project. I did follow the pattern sizes 3-4 years, and my gauge was spot on, but I didn’t measure the boy himself and although he turns five next week the sweater still turned out…
-
A Hank of Art
Oh what a wonderful sunny week we’ve had in London, and it was in due time, the winter seemed to be going on forever. At Knit with attitude we have monthly knit nights, the second Thursday of every month, and this week we decided to move outside. After having spent the whole day at work…
-
Maya’s Pouf
Whoa, that was a quick one! My pouf is finished and it took me about two evenings to complete it, and I have to say I’m absolutely in love with this Jersey be Good yarn…eh…strips…eh…stuff. I’m pretty pleased with my just-start-and-see-what-happens design as well. The pouf that I have made, in addition to being a…
-
Hoopla Hey!
Rarely do I get as excited as I am about this new yarn. Hooplayarn has been on my shop wish list for a long time, and finally I have them in stock. The definition of upcycling is ‘the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or…
-
Pinterest round up – some of my favourite yarnbombs
Source: knitthecity.com via Knit with attitude on Pinterest Source: buzzfeed.com via Knit with attitude on Pinterest Source: knithacker.com via Knit with attitude on Pinterest Source: scandinaviandeko.com via Knit with attitude on Pinterest Source: buzzfeed.com via Knit with attitude on Pinterest Source: flickr.com via Knit with attitude on Pinterest
Categories
- Anniversary
- book review
- Cardigans
- community
- Community Project
- crochet
- crochet pattern
- DIY
- ethical yarn
- Fashion
- For the Love Of …
- Gifts
- give away
- Handspun
- iKnit7
- inspiration
- Interview
- knit night
- Knit with attitude
- Knit-a-long
- knitting
- knitting pattern
- Knitting with attitude Book
- London
- New products
- New Yarn
- Newsletters
- organic yarn
- Press
- Project Bags
- Raffle
- Shawls
- Shop Sample
- Socks
- Sweaters
- Techniques
- Tees
- Tools
- Uncategorized
- Workshops
- yarn
- Yarn of the Week
- Yarnbombing
Recent Posts
- Yarn Pairings for Laine’s 10th Anniversary Issue – Part One
- For the Love of … 2026
- What George Spins – Corriedale Wool Top
- What George Knits – The Modernist Scarf by Nicole Hawkesford
Tags
Alpaca anniversary collection colourwork community cotton crochet crochet pattern design diy fair trade yarn Fyberspates hand knits Hey Mama Wolf inspiration knitalong knit night knitting knitting community knitting inspiration knitting kits knitting pattern knitting patterns knit with attitude laine laine magazine linen Merino natural fibres pattern collection patterns Pom Pom Quarterly shawl shawl knitting shop Silk social knitting sock knitting socks yeah! summer knits sweater The Fibre Co virtual knit night What Maya Knits Wool yarn