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Weekly Stitches (16)
This week I finished off a Max Tank Top. The pieces were knitted some time last year… maybe even a year ago last year, if you get what I mean! They’ve been sitting in a bag and every time I go through my bags, I look at them and think,
Introducing the Howard Neckerchief
A new pattern has been released – or, as they say nowadays, dropped! It’s here! Introducing Howard – a neckerchief with ribbing detail at the edges. You can download it, pick up a printed copy from the Skipton studio, or have a printed copy sent out when ordering yarn on
weekly Stitches (15)
OK I have a problem. Well… is it a problem? Is doing something that makes you feel good, relaxes your mind and creates something to keep you warm a problem? My problem is I can’t stop knitting. And I really want to share these new designs with you. Maybe that’s
Weekly Stitches (14)
January has so many expectations attached to it. It’s the month where we’re told we must become a “new you.”New year, new you. Get up, get on it, get to it! And yet… that isn’t what the earth is doing at all. Nature is still resting. Still hibernating. Still taking
ByLaxtons Yarn Sale & Ramblings!
I love picking the best yarns to share with you for the Skipton studio and on the website. Luckily, we have lots to choose from, as there is a growing number of spinners making beautiful yarns for us to knit and crochet with. When I first opened the Skipton studio
This week of stitches
This Monday was supposed to be Blue Monday. According to that great mixing pot of truth and nonsense that is the internet, it was a term invented at the beginning of this century by a holiday company to sell more holidays! Whether it’s real or not, it made me think
This week’s joy
This week I’ve been doing some lovely, mindless knitting – stitch after stitch of knit that becomes row after row of garter stitch. It’s something I use to switch off. When everything feels urgent and everything seems to need to happen immediately, the stitches help calm the busyness of the
The start of the year…
The start of a new year often means talk of New Year’s resolutions. That used to feel like the norm, but thanks to the wonderful (and noisy!) world of the web, there are now lots of different opinions. One of the loudest seems to be that spring is the best
Weekly Stitches (13)
After designing and knitting the new scarf pattern over the last few weeks, it made me remember some of the scarf patterns I’ve already designed – and that many of you have knitted. It’s amazing how having a scarf, even a small scarf, on your neck can make you feel