It's about time I did a Knit List - whittling down hundreds of my patterns to just ten of my must-knits. Ten? Impossible. I'll do fi...

A new vintage knit, from the May 1935 edition of Stitchcraft.  Called Square Yoke, Flared Sleeves. I was so eager to photograph i...

The free pattern this month is from 'Easy Stitch Jumpers', a small sized magazine that was originally a free giveaway with My Weekl...

I am very pleased to report that my design for the Joan Crawford jacket has been reformatted and is back up on both  Ravelry   and on  Etsy ...

It's half term this week, so I've been out and about with the children. Play dates, shopping, playing board games. It's been fun...

The moment I saw the cover of this Stitchcraft, I knew I wanted to knit it. I could see it was done in 'thick' wool, but it was also...

This pattern is from the Woman's Journal 7th Book of Knitting and Crochet from 1935. (I think). This is a scanned pattern from the ...

I've been invited to the launch party for a book called Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms by Paul Willetts. Image courtesy of Pa...

Image rozrussell.com I have become a 'reader' at the British Library , and a 'writer' for In Retrospect magazine. ...

Easy enough for a beginner and in a larger size Thank you all for the comments on my last post about what 'women of a certain age...