If you’re used to working with cross stitch kits, you’ll be familiar with the concept of having everything you need ready to start stitching straight away. But when you’re following a counted chart, l

Create celebration and nature-inspired blocks with these two gorgeous ideas by Kate Eastwood

Sprinkled with a sugary colour palette of pastel pinks, butter yellow and baby blues, this folk art hoop will brighten up your winter days. Let spring in with this illustrative and detailed hoop of sy

YOU WILL NEED ■ Any DK yarn in 3 colours ■ A 3mm (US C/2 or D/3) hook ■ 4 buttons, 10mm ■ 2 straight-sided mugs TENSION 5½ spike clusters and 14 rows in spike granny st measure 10x10cm (4x4in) 4 shell

NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ⅝in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WST = wrong sides together. CUTTING OUT 1 From the main

The bag strap is knitted in Fabric Stitch first, then the stitches for each side of the bag are picked up from the WS edge of the strap, to form an outside ‘seam’. These stitches are then worked in Tw