New looks with latvian braids

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Make a slip knot. Insert right‑hand needle into the stitch as if to knit. Wrap the yarn around the point and pull through, slipping the stitch on to the left‑hand needle. Push the point of the right‑h

Merino Sock Hand Dye is a vibrant new yarn from Yarnsmiths, in a choice of 10 zingy colourways £15 per 100g/400m; www.woolwarehouse.co.uk Kate Davies has produced a handy notions kit for knitters. Her

FOR HER latest sock design, Bronagh Miskelly has created an intricate pattern of stacked lace diamond motifs threaded through with delicate cables, and paired with a twisted rib heel flap. She has use

The garment is worked in the round to the underarms. The front and back are then worked separately to the shoulders, which are joined with a three-needle cast-off before adding neck and armhole edging

FAIR ISLE PATTERN Row 1: *K2C, K2A; rep from * to last 2 sts, K2C. Row 2: *P2C, P2A; rep from * to last 2 sts, P2C. Rows 3-8: Rep rows 1-2 three times. Row 9: *K2B, K2A; rep from * to last 2 sts, K2B.