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With all the wet weather we have been having you might be spending more time indoors than planned. Why not fill those summer hours learning how to knit!! Buy Knit Knack Best-Selling Knitting Tutorial on CD ROM for only £9.99 and save 15% on normal retail price of £11.99

Stitch Pattern Library - CD ROM 101 patterns to practise your knitting skills and customise your knitting projects. Save 40% with our SUMMER BARGAIN price of £5.99

4 Ply* Sock Yarn by UK Alpaca. - has been a winter best seller and is great for summer knitting projects. Equivalent to US fingering weight.100g/309m per hank, £8.49

Note: All of the UK Alpaca Yarn sold on this site is 100% British and hypo-allergenic.

If you want to learn how to knit socks, as featured in Dorret's knit knack column, March Issue of Quick & Crafty magazine, see Dorret's video knitting tutorial.(free!)

*For tips & tricks to improve your knitting, see Dorret's regular knit knack column in "Quick & Crafty".

5 Most Recent Free Knitting Patterns

5 Most Recent Free Stitch Patterns

Knit Knack Knitting Stitch Pattern Library CD ROM

Stitch Pattern Library

101 Stitch Patterns for Knitters on CD ROM

"Once you've mastered the basics of plain and purl stitch the world of knitting is just a fingertip away, as even complex-looking patterns originate from these foundations.

Dorret Conway's essential Knit Knack CD ROM is the only Stitch Pattern library available in this format and demonstrates exactly how easy it is to broaden your stitch repetoire." Quick & Crafty, May 2007 Buy your copy.

Dorret Conway's Blog: Latest Post

Understanding Knitting Patterns - Part 2

Posted: 2008-08-24 10:19:16

Being able to follow a knitting pattern is a fundamental skill for most knitters as we rely on designers’ creations translated into a succinct pattern for most of our projects. Knitting is unique because you are creating the actual fabric as well as the individual pieces for your project and the correct size and shape of each piece all at the same time. If you can understand this principle, you have made a significant step along the way to understanding a knitting pattern. Knitting patterns have a cl.....

Alpaca Heritage

Did you know...

that Bradford, England, had a thriving Alpaca industry in Victorian times?

During the mid 19th century the English textile merchant Sir Titus Salt discovered the qualities of Alpaca fibre. Queen Victoria wore dresses made from Alpaca cloth and did much to promote it. An alpaca coat was a 'must have' for every Victorian gentleman. Read more....

Ask the Knit Nurse..

I was looking at you 101 stitches DVD and wanted to do the Basket stitch and did not fully understand the direction for Row 2 and the following alternate rows, it says to knit the k's and purl the p's, I am not too sure as to what this instruction means. Can you please help me out on this one.

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