The sun is back, the skies are blue! The birds are filling the air with their song. Spring is here and we love to see it, but are all these signs of spring making you wonder how and what to knit now winter is behind us? I am happy to help, this spring knitting yarn guide, from your 'always knitting' knitting teacher (that’s me!) will have you reaching for the perfect seasonal fibres and feeling excited to cast on exciting spring focused knitting projects. What do I love abo

People often assume learning to knit will be near impossible, they tell themselves all sorts of stories in their heads about how they are not capable, not smart enough, not creative or crafty enough to learn how to knit. Having taught people from all over the world at ages from 5 - 65+years old,  I can assure you all that internal messaging is absolute rubbish. Everyone  can knit because, and this is where I need you to lean in and swear to keep this to yourself, knitting is

We moved to Bos en Lommer, Amsterdam just over 5 years ago, mere weeks before I gave birth to my little girl, so we discovered the neighbourhood as new parents...aka sleep deprived and slightly overwhelmed. Bos en Lommer is a residential neighbourhood in the west of Amsterdam, a diverse and ever-changing area within the famous and beautiful city I am proud to call home. You can find Bos en Lommer adjacent to the bottom of the lovely Westerpark and around the smaller but famil

Hello and welcome fellow knitters of all levels, to my knitting on a budget top tips blog post. We are all here because we love to knit, or want to learn to knit but the current price increases of... everything (!) may be impacting your knitting choices. Knitting on a budget is easy and manageable. Worry not, this blog post will cover my tried and true top tips for knitting on a budget and they will work for you. When Were You Knitting on a Budget? I started knitting as a jo

Welcome knitters, no matter your skill level, you are in the absolutely right place! In my blog posts I endeavour to break down the basics of the world of knitting so they are understandable, manageable and possibly even inspiring. I love a good yarn squidge This blog post will cover that experience we have all had, realising we have a mystery yarn in our hands. A yarn that does not indicate what knitting needle is should be knitted with, or what project it could be successfu

Welcome, aspiring knitters! I am so happy you have found this blog post. Learning to knit is an exciting and rewarding journey, but, in the early stages, it can also feel like wrestling with a tangled ball of yarn and chopsticks all at the same time. Fear not, everyone has this experience at first and most importantly, this initial feeling does not last long. In fact my beginner knitting lessons have people feeling considerably more confident with what they are doing (aka kn

So, you have learnt to knit and purl, cast on and off and now you want to make something. Knit something to actually wear, or maybe to gift a loved one. You want to knit something of your very own and feel proud every time you wear it or see it being worn and enjoyed. I remember that hunger well. As soon as I had some initial confidence in my new knitting skills, I was so eager to not only wear things I knitted myself but make items to gift my loved ones and feel the prid

As you build your knitting confidence and embark on more knitting projects and patterns you will inevitably accrue yarn and build what is known as a stash . If you are anything like me you will end up buying yarn because it is simply too squidgy and gorgeous to leave in the store and then you end up with a large collection of yarn, sitting pretty and waiting for a knitting pattern to be allocated to...and so the stash grows. Delicious Knitting Yarn In this post I share 5 tip