Tag: inspiration
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Design Inspiration for Vivacious Botanicals
You might think that one becomes a bit blasé by working here at Knit with attitude, I mean there is literally beauty everywhere you look, and one could assume that this simply has to dampen the enthusiasm a bit… But no, nah, not at all and absolutely by no means – this does not happen!…
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Recommended Yarn – Part Two
We spend most of or days recommending different yarns for different projects. It may be a customer who comes in looking for yarn for a pattern or trying to substitute a yarn that may not be produced any more. Or even when we do the Yarn Pairings blog posts where I will try and match…
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Colour Inspiration – Growth
I’m continuing with my colour inspiration posts with the idea of not looking at a particular colour but having a particular theme to guide me. Next up in the series is Growth. As summer’s warmth helps gardens and parks come alive with an abundance of green. After looking at Sunrise and Sunset and also Rainy…
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Colour Inspiration – Rainy Days
I’m continuing with my colour inspiration posts with the idea of not looking at a particular colour but having a particular theme to guide me. Next up in the series is Rainy Days. I was woken up the other night by a very loud thunderstorm that passed over us bringing heavy rain with it. After…
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Colour Inspiration – From Sunrise to Sunset
I’m starting a new Colour Inspiration series on the blog. This time I’m not looking at a particular colour but having a particular theme to guide me. I’m starting off with the Sun. The weather has been lovely and warm in London this past week and summer is just around the corner so the sun…
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Unspun, Pre-wool, or Plötu – but what is it and how to work it?
There is a Norwegian saying that goes something like this: A much loved child is known by many names. And so goes the story with this type of yarn, lush, warm and quite intriguing, known as Unspun, Pre-wool, or Plötu – but what is it and how to work it? Plötu in Icelandic is directly…
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That’s Just Pants!
Knitted pants you say? If someone had suggested this for me some years back, I think I would have laughed so hard my coffee would have splurged out my nose. I mean, my kids grew up wearing super cute soakers and me-made leggings for sure, but seriously – for adults? I totally could not have…
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Yarn Pairings for Pompom Issue 37
Summer is here and that means a new issue of Pompom. The theme for Issue 37 is birds. Think feathery textures, bold coloured plumage and distinctive shapes. Inside are nine knit and crochet patterns along with the usual recipe, article and tutorial. The designers featured are: Allison Lutes, Carlie Olfert, Chloe Elizabeth Birch, Kjerstin Rovetta,…
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What to do with Mini Skeins!
Mini Skeins! So tempting, so cute and you can’t just have one. So what do you do with them all? I love minis and I seem to magpie towards them. So when we had the delivery of Black Elephant arrive bringing our total up to 32 colours, my mouth was watering! Minis are a great way of…
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New Yarn: G-uld – No. 4
We have been smitten with G-uld ever since our amazing adventure on their dyeing workshop. Read more about our experience in my earlier blog post. Their naturally dyed yarns, in colours that defy imagination just have to be seen to be believed. We have been enjoying G-uld Alpaca for a while now but now we have…
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Time for a new project – Inspiration for Kleur by Anna Maltz
Happy New Year to all our friends, family, customers and blog readers. Is there ever a better time for a new project than now? Well I think Anna Maltz has the perfect one in her new design Kleur. Anna can usually be found between the covers of one of our favourite quarterly knitting magazines Pompom where…
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New Yarn: Kettle Yarn Co. – Ramble
The beautiful shades and consciously sourced British fibres are what makes Kettle Yarn so wonderful. Linda always amazes, with her interesting blends and eye for colour. Ramble is definitely up there, and typifies these strengths. Ramble is a small-batch British yarn. Spun from the finest graded fibres of British Shetland and Romney sheep. 100g of a…
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