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"Learn How to Knit" - CD ROM Tipped as one of the best ways to spend those long winter nights in the 2008 launch edition of Healthy & Organic Living magazine, knitting is still the new rock & roll! So get clicking with my Best-Selling Knitting Tutorial on CD ROM only £11.99 (Ship internationally)

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

Stitch Pattern Library - CD ROM 101 Ways to customise your knitting projects. Read the independent review by 'Quick & Crafty' magazine (below) and then buy your copy here for just £9.99

New this season 4 Ply* Sock Yarn by UK Alpaca. *Equivalent to US fingering weight.100g £8.49 - fantastic value, approximately 309m per hank, 5 luxurious colours and a real treat for feet.

And if you want to learn how to knit socks,as featured in March Issue of Quick & Crafty magazine, see my successful FREE video knitting tutorial.

*Dorret is a regular contributor to Quick & Crafty Magazine as their resident "Knit Nurse"

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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

Shaping up For Knitting Success - Increasing & Deceasing made Simple!

Posted: 2008-04-28 07:04:44

Shaping up for Knitting Success I often get queries like this one - "how do I increase 3 stitches at the end of a row"? Increasing and decreasing seems to create such a stumbling block for knitters - and yet if you can't do your increases and decreases your knitting career will be limited to endless scarves. You can find lots of resources on the internet telling you how to do these techniques. What isn't very well covered is when and why to use one over the other. Knitting is very unique in that you are creating the fabric, the texture.....

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..

PATTERN WANTS ME TO RIB2, CAST OFF 2 STS, RIB1....HOW DO I RIB 1 OR RIB 2...WHAT DOES THAT MEAN....THANKS, JUDIE

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