Hi knitters, yes we’ve been missing for a while, heads down, butts up, designing, testing and writing our 2008 winter collection. Seems only yesterday we were developing our summer range and now its nearly winter.
We lit our first fire last night….brrrrrr.
So what have we been up to?
We’re still rather fond of funky fur, fun scarves, great hat detail, and funny little bags…you’ll see the patterns on our site soon.
If you like fair isle you’ll love our new 2008 range of hats and bags – knitted and felted. We love fair isle.
Love the colour combinations, love watching a concept turn into a beautiful finished item……and love the speed achieved once we mastered two handed knitting. Here’s a hint. When you’re learning to knit with both hands, make a fair isle felted item first….the felting process will tighten and disguise any sloppy stitches….then move on to non-felted items…you’ll have developed the ability to hold your tension even with both hands by then.
What else? You’ll find an increasing range of hats and beanies in the latest colours and combinations. We’ve designed patterns for 2 needle and 4 needle knitters.
Here’s a hat pattern we loaded today…..
It’s a lovely cosy, neat fitting hat. Panda Woolbale has a superb range of vibrant colours, perfect for perking up a winters day.
We chose Tangerine for our example but it would look equally eye-catching in hot pink. Of course if your taste is more subdued you’ll probably prefer pale blue or beige tones.
I personally wouldn’t knit this hat in darker colours – you won’t be able to see the stitch definition which is a feature of this hat pattern as you can see below…
If you don’t have access to this yarn, or you want a wool you can machine wash in hot water, by all means substitute any 8ply wool or acrylic you prefer.
You’ll find the pattern on our hat pattern page at
www.houghtonavenue.com knitting patterns
We’ll be back again soon with more patterns and hints and tips, in the meantime …
happy knitting….
