Ramble Poncho Light - pattern release

 Knitting pattern for Ramble Poncho Light is here!

I am so happy to share the most comfortable poncho I have ever designed. Knitted with chunky weight yarn on straight needles, poncho designed for both children and adults. Large hood has anatomical shape and close fit around neck, which help to keep it on the head when needed. Comfortable deep shoulder shaping protects from the wind and kangaroo pocket at front hides your hands from the cold.

Poncho designed with plenty of positive ease and knitted bottom up with minimum seaming. There are just shoulder seams only. After front and back joined, the stitches picked up for hood. Wooden buttons on sides used as a decoration and for keeping front and back together. The front pocket knitted on the go and the pattern has a photo tutorial for it.

The knitting pattern for Ramble Poncho Light written for sizes from 2-3 years up to adult 3XL.

It is available from Ravelry, Etsy and Lovecrafts.

There is also similar poncho available in super bulky weight yarn – Ramble Poncho.

Both patterns are available with 10% off on Ravelry. Use code RAMBLE10 to get your discount.

To see some behind the scene photos, you can follow me on Instagram.

You are also welcome to join my Facebook knitting group to share your work and get some help with my patterns.

Promo codes for all patterns on Ravelry: 310 - to get 10% off for 3x patterns; 515 - to get 15% off for 5x patterns

Offer on Etsy for all patterns:

-       Choose ANY three knitting patterns for £10.01

-       Choose ANY five knitting patterns for £16.17

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Five reasons to block your knitting

Based on my questionnaires’ in the FB groups, many knitters skip blocking the finished knitted/crochet garment for a number of reasons. Let us find out what blocking is and why it is recommended not to ignore this important step.

What is blocking?

Blocking is the process of wetting/washing or steaming finished knitted parts or garments in order to give them their permanent size and shape. 

Blocking can be done before or after seaming. 

Why I recommend blocking/washing the knitted garment before starting wearing or gifting it.

1. As you knit, the edges of the pieces can be rolled badly, especially in stockinette stitch. Blocking helps to eliminate or reduce this problem and flatten the fabric, which helps with seaming. 

2. Blocking helps to even the stitches and makes fabric more pretty. This point is very important for lacy garments and shawls. Most lacy stitches does not look beautiful until blocked (see the first photo in this post). Blocking helps to reveal beautiful lacy stitches and “read” them.

3. Many wool yarns such as merino wool, mohair, angora, etc. become much softer and more hairy after being blocked and washed for the first time.

4. You can make some changes to the shape and size of you knitted garment or pieces (if you block before seaming) as you block. The amount of change that you can achieve with blocking depends on the type of yarn, your knitting tension (how tight the finished fabric is) and blocking method. Wet blocking allows for more changes than steaming.

5. Wet blocking is also an important step to wash out dye residue, grease and other contaminants from knitwear prior to first wear. Every inch of yarn passes through our hands and can absorb grease, dirt, hand cream, etc. All this stuff should be washed out, especially on baby and children knitwear. 

To see some behind the scene photos, you can follow me on Instagram.

You are also welcome to join my Facebook knitting group to share your work and get some help with my patterns.

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Love Locks sweater - Test Knit

 Happy knitting! I opened the test knit for my new knitted design – Love Locks Sweater.

This comfortable cabled sweater is knitted with Aran weight yarn on straight needles. Design features boxy silhouette, dropped shoulder and round neckband. The sweater is knitted with beautiful cable pattern all over which reminds the fence with love locks on.

The knitting pattern is written for sizes from XS to 3XL. It consists of both charts and row-by-row instructions for them.

My test knit is being running on Ravelry. For more information about the test knit and sign up please follow the link: Ravelry

The pattern is coming end of March 2022. 

To see some behind the scene photos you can follow me on Instagram.

You are also welcome to join my Facebook knitting group to share your work and get some help with my patterns.

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Sweethood gloves crochet pattern

Every winter I try to find new gloves for my kids because I am not a big fan of double pointed needles and do not like knitting such a small projects. This winter I decided to crochet gloves and fall in love with them! I really hope you would love them too! Crochet pattern for Sweethood gloves is written in form of photo tutorial and available in sizes from 3 years to 10 years.

Those gloves are crocheted back and forth which makes the process more enjoyable and fast. Actually, the pair of gloves can be easily finished in one day. It is also a good project for those who wants to play with colours as well as use some left over yarn. 

I used DK weight yarn as a main colour for all sizes and as contrast yarn for biggest size. Fingering and sport weight yarn used as a contrast shade for smaller sizes. 

Crochet pattern for Sweethood Gloves is available from Ravelry and Lovecrafts. 

Other patterns shown in this blog post:

- Coliseum hat 

- Flower Spirit hat

To see some behind the scene photos you can follow me on Instagram.

You are also welcome to join my Facebook knitting group to share your work and get some help with my patterns.

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