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Exploring Colour in Knitting

Posted by Suzie, Saturday 5 January, 2013 23:49

I was lucky enough to receive a new addition to my knitting library from an office secret Santa; Exploring Colour in Knitting by Sarah Hazell and Emma King. Clearly this was a Santa who knows me very well! I tend to be fairly bold with my colour choices. I don’t often spend time experimenting, I just go [...]


Poems of Colour: Knitting in the Bohus Tradition

Posted by Suzie, Sunday 19 February, 2012 18:54

I’ve had my eye on this book by Wendy Keele since discovering Bohus sweaters on the Bohusläns Museum website. I don’t remember how I came across it but was particularly taken with ‘Grey mist’ and ‘red palm’ sweaters and the subtle colour-work transitions. Now that I’ve got the book, I can reveal that the secret [...]