Hello! I had the most amazing video of all time ever planned for today; I set up the space, I lit it really nicely, I washed my face and made myself presentable, and then I set up all my Shetland books and Shetland wool things around the table, ready for the absolute mother of all […]
Cast On #knitsonikmittsalong!
Whoop whoop, it’s time to CAST ON for the #knitsonikmittsalong!!! #knitsonikmittsalong factfile Cast On date: 24/09/2016 Bind Off date: 24/10/2016 Brief: knit a pair of KNITSONIK Fingerless Mitts. Use the mitts as a canvas on which to develop your own stranded colourwork motifs and shading schemes using a shared inspiration source. Inspiration source: there are […]
Magnolia Mittsalong – now on YouTube!
Greetings, Comrades! Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post, the video I’ve been working on most recently is now available to view on YouTube. It documents the process and outcomes of the Magnolia-themed #knitsonikmittsalong that took place this spring. In the video you can expect to see my gurning face and wildly gesticulating hands, loads […]
Magnolia Mittsonik – your one-week Klaxon!
You may recall that towards the end of February I wrote about the beautiful swatch-mittens produced by comrades participating in the KNITSONIK Mittsalong (MITTSONIK). In a #knitsonikmittsalong, comrades all work from the same inspiration source to produce pairs of fingerless mitts that are swatches or records of thought. By seeing each others’ designs, methods and […]
MITTSONIK!
31st January was the deadline for the inaugural #knitsonikmittsalong in which knitters were invited to participate in a collective adventure in designing stranded colourwork. We use my Fingerless Mitts pattern as a template, and by public vote, a beautiful old Roman wall at Silchester was the selected inspiration source. We cast on together – some […]
Yumi’s swatches
One of my favourite things about teaching The KNITSONIK System is watching how differently people see the world and translate it into stranded colourwork. Everybody perceives the world from the unique vantage point of being them. If you show a room full of knitters a single inspiration source and then hand over some squared paper […]
#knitsonikmittsalong mitts return to Silchester!
Yesterday was the perfect afternoon for a trip to Silchester. At Silchester you can see the beautiful Roman wall and amphitheatre that were the inspiration source for the #knitsonikmittsalong kits that I produced last October. I’m still feeling my way with stuff like producing kits. I’ve been both excited to see other people’s mitts appearing […]
#knitsonikmittsalong
Following the KNITSONIK blog post series on swatching I have been thinking about the next KNITSONIK swatch-a-long. I’ve made no secret of my love for THE SWATCH! But I also sympathise with comrades wishing to WEAR the results of any time spent knitting. And I am thrilled every time a new project turns up on […]