Sometimes I have an idea for a design and it just takes on a life of its own! This time the idea I came up with was for a sock pattern with wrapped rib columns running up the edge of the foot and up the centre of the leg. But I like to alternate the […]
This pattern was inspired by the gorgeous yarn I got on a whim from Mrs Lam Yarns (aka KallokShekEllon). I mostly like to buy yarn with a plan in mind, but sometimes a skein is just too pretty to leave behind! The colourway is called Misty Morning and it reminds me of mornings (and afternoons) […]
When I started this design, it was just meant to be a cowlette. I wanted something that would be quick to design, quick to knit and quickly let me move on to my next pattern. That wasn’t what I got though. I fell in love with the pattern so hard, that I was soon working […]
A brocket is a two year old red deer stag. They have smooth antlers with no branches (you can see a photo here) which looks just like the lace pattern on my latest sock design! Can you see the stag’s head? This has been my second collaboration, this time with Rachael of Cat and Sparrow. […]
Meet Cranachan! I had so much trouble coming up with a name for this pattern. I kept thinking about clouds, but I wasn’t finding anything I liked as a name until one of my Patrons said it made her think of a whipped dessert! Cranachan is a Scottish pudding made with honey and cream (and […]
This design started when Becca of Bluebell Yarns contacted me and asked if I’d do a collaboration with her. She only works with yarns that have come from sheep in Britain or the Falkland Islands which I find absolutely fascinating! Becca sent me some samples of her yarns along with a skein of her 100% […]
This design started when Ishrat very kindly gifted me a skein of her Merino/Bamboo 4 ply yarn in a beautiful dark green. I knew right away I wanted to do something really special with it. The colour, of course, said leaves to me – I was still working on my Four Seasons of Socks collection […]
When I started it was just going to be a fingerless mitts pattern (Dromanach) first. I had some beautiful speckled yarn from Eden Cottage Yarns to work with and I needed something that would compliment the yarn without being hidden in the speckles and wouldn’t fight with the pattern. I can’t just knit a plain […]
Nathair-Sgiathach has taken 16 months from design to publishing – that’s probably the longest time I have ever worked on a design. I cast on way back in October 2019! Originally it was planned for release in 2020 but I rapidly realised that it was going to take me longer to knit that I’d originally […]
I’m delighted to be sharing Giuthas with you at last! This is the final sock in my Four Seasons of Socks collection and, in keeping with most of the other patterns, it has half a tree up the side of the foot which widens to a full tree up the leg! The name means pine […]
