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Quite the colour palette – autumn shades at ...

TRIANGLE STITCH Ch a multiple of 10 + 5. ROW 1 3tr in 10th ch from hook, *ch3, skip 4 ch, tr in next ch, ch3, skip 4 ch, 3tr in next ch; rep from * to final 5 ch, ch3, skip 4 sts, tr in final ch, turn

SNOWFLAKE (MAKE 2 PIECES) Cast on 21 sts using 4mm needles and Yarn A. Work in st st for 4 rows, starting with a RS row. BEGIN CHART Row 1 (RS) K4 using Yarn A, work from Row 1 of Chart A, K4 using Ya

CHART A (WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS) Row 1 (RS) K3, k2tog, yo, K1, (yo, skpo, K5, k2tog, yo, K1) to last 5sts, yo, skpo, K3. Row 2 and all WS rows Purl. Row 3 K2, k2tog, yo, K2, (K1, yo, skpo, K3, k2tog, yo

Nature is the common thread woven through Sophie’s crafting business, Forest and Dot – from the workshops she holds in woodland teepees to the yarn she dyes by hand with locally foraged plants. Herita