1950s

26 May 2016

Every Rose Has Its Thorn – a peep inside The Vintage Shetland Project No 2

by Susan | posted in: Books, history, knitting history, patterns, textiles, yarn | 8

Its possible from the title of this story that some of you may guess which garment from The Vintage Shetland Project I’m going to talk about today. Some of you may very well have helped me find some of the … Read More

2 Oct 2015

Yarndale Success!

by Susan | posted in: Books, patterns, yarn | 1

What a whirlwind Yarndale was this year! As some of you may know, Yarndale is a yearly yarn festival taking place at Skipton Auction Mart in North Yorkshire, England. It took place last weekend, the 26 -27 September. As I’ve … Read More

24 Sep 2015

Home and Away

by Susan | posted in: Books, patterns, yarn | 1

Autumn has arrived in this part of the world, the days are getting shorter and cooler and the mornings often begin with a mist laying heavy over the valley. It’s a beautiful place to live and work, but at the … Read More

21 Aug 2014

Designed in Paris

by Susan | posted in: Books, patterns, technique | 5

OR for the want of a stitch the pattern was lost! Designed in Paris is a late 1950s pattern which appears in A Stitch in Time Volume 2. It is a beautiful tunic style textured jumper knitted in two colours … Read More

14 May 2014

FENELLA LAUNCH

by Susan | posted in: Books, yarn | 12

This week sees the official launch of my new 100% British wool, Fenella. Fenella is my first solo yarn project and it has been a very exciting if somewhat nerve-wracking experience. Whilst working on the Vintage Shetland Project I have … Read More

21 Feb 2012

Frances

by Susan | posted in: Books, patterns | 3

This is Frances. I designed this beautiful cardigan during one of the busiest times of my life getting A Stitch in Time Vol 2 ready for publication. Yet instead of being a burden it was a wonderfully, liberating adventure. After … Read More

12 Dec 2011

Where have I been?

by Susan | posted in: Books, patterns, personal | 4

Its been over a month since I last blogged but I do have an excuse. I’ve been at Knitting shows and book signings and trunk shows up and down the country taking all the projects from the A Stitch in … Read More

29 Oct 2011

The next stage – signing!

by Susan | posted in: Books, personal | 11

Once we had received all the books the next step before they could be packaged up for sending out was signing. So it began all calm and collected. Every book carefully signed with a message And so … Read More