Tangled Thoughts

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Tag: Cables

A close up on the top cuff of fingerless mitts with a feather shaped twisted rib cable pattern up the side of the hand. The mitts are knit in a light dusty purple yarn.

Storm Bird

5 March 2026

I have been dreaming about a pair of fingerless mitts with a feather pattern for ages. It’s taken me a little while to figure it out. I didn’t want to

A close up on the top cuff of fingerless mitts knit in pink yarn with a series of thin twisted rib cables making chains on the back of the hand

Chained Together

11 September 2025

Fingerless mitts are always one of my favourite things to design and knit. The limited amount of space on the hand is a fun challenge and I love coming up

A modelled pair of socks with a rippling cable pattern up the side, knit in grey yarn with blue, orange and white speckles

Kingfisher

18 April 2024

Today I’m bringing you a pair of socks that has everything I love! It’s toe up socks. It’s got a simple pattern that’s easy to learn. It’s got a fun

Waving Away

23 March 2023

My fourth elemental pattern is here and the set is complete! Uisge, or water, joins Talamh (earth), Adhar (air) and Teine (fire). Four pairs of mitts with different patterns running

Beautifully Braided

10 November 2022

Ever since I made Tuinn Bheaga I’ve wanted to make another shawl like it. Last year I was too busy working on syncopated brioche but this year I knew this

Cosy Toes

30 September 2021

This might be my favourite sock design yet! I originally came up with Tìorail for a magazine submission. I’m not sure if the submission went through – I never got

A blue garter stitch shawl with a rippling cable pattern down one side wrapped around a mannequin

Rippling into Autumn

29 October 2020

I’m so excited to share Tuinn Bheaga with you at last! It’s been very popular on Instagram over the last couple of weeks so I hope you’re as happy to

Speckled socks with a slipped stitch cable pattern up the outside of the foot

Lùbach Socks – A Winding Path

20 February 2020

Back in October when I was knitting Buinne and Fearthainn which weren’t particularly portable projects, I picked out a skein of yarn from my stash and cast on a couple

A grey shawl with a cabled spine, a garter stitch body with slipped stitch detail and chevron detail on the edge.

Fearthainn – Rain

28 November 2019

Rain, rain, rain… That’s pretty much what it’s done for the last week here – it almost makes me want to go back to the colder frosty mornings! At this

A blue fingerless mitt with a cable pattern travelling diagonally across the back of the hand, laid against an ivy covered tree

Lùbach – Meandering To and Fro

10 October 2019

Lùbach wasn’t in my plans for this year. After Dealas my next pattern was supposed to be a Brioche cowl (as I told my newsletter subscribers). Things didn’t go to

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Handy Tips

Shoormil – Yardage Calculator

I’m going to preface this by saying that there is no pattern support for the spreadsheet. If you follow the instructions on the spreadsheet you

Notions pouches, tape measure, scissors, scrap yarn and a selection of stitch markers

Notions About Notions

I saw a post on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, about a knitter who had gone on a cruise and only realised once she

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