Smurfy christmas

HeIlo all and welcome to the third part of our exciting new stitch-a-long. Have any friends come to mind when you’ve been working on it? For this part we’re on the ‘Joy’ panel, celebrating the friends

COLOURFUL CREATURES W e’re big fans of the spiritedly colourful ‘Party Animals’ cross stitch collection and love to see when our readers are stitching them! The fun critters bring a playful twist to y

Q My nan gave me her big button box (quite the bequest!) when she moved into a care facility recently. There are many lovely buttons and seems a shame not to use them in some way. I thought I could ad

Knit a simple sweater that lets a self-striping yarn do the work

Cast on 63 (63: 66: 66) sts using 2.5mm needles and Yarn A. Join to work in the round, taking care not to twist stitches. PM to mark beg of round. Change to Yarn B. Knit 1 round. Next round *K1tbl, P2

MEN’S & CHILD’S SWEATER The neck and yoke are worked in the round with circular needles, from mid back and top down. The yoke is divided for body and sleeves and the body is continued in the round. Th