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Technique: Pendants

Pendants Use a head pin to push through the mini Amigurumi and create a loop (se...

Technique: Mattress stitch

This simple method is used when joining two separate pieces together.

Project: Fairy toadstool

Toadstools with red tops and white spots remind Mini Amigurumi (£9.99, www.thegmcgroup.com) author Sara Scales of fairies and magic.

Project: Fox

Taken from Animal Hats by Vanessa Mooncie (£14.99, www.thegmcgroup.com).

Project: Purple haze

This pretty basket of violets by Charmaine Fletcher will add a touch of country charm to the breakfast table. Each delicate violet is finished off with a gold bead in the centre. Taken from Egg Cozies (£9.99, www.thegmcgroup.com).

Technique: Eyes

1 Make a loose single slip knot and then wind the yarn around five more times, m...

Project: Chicks and eggs

These gorgeous chicks and eggs from Sarah Keen’s Knitted Farm Animals (GMC, £...

Pattern: Five-petal flower

This versatile flower is so easy to make. Why not brighten up a plain sweater by...

Ask Jeanette

Your queries answered by Jeanette Sloan

Book Review: Topsy-Turvy Knitted Dolls by Sarah Keen

TOPSY-TURVY KNITTED DOLLS by Sarah Keen With 10 fun reversible dolls to knit, th...

Guest Column: Rachel Atkinson

In 2016, Rachel Atkinson launched her own yarn, spun from the fleeces of sheep her father shepherds. One year on, she picks up the story's thread

Spring into summer yarn

A look at the latest launches

Cluster Stitch Pillow by Karen Miller and Susan Ritchie of Mrs Moon

Knitting 165, March 2017: Abbreviations should read: CL6 = cluster 6: (K2, p2, k...

Patchwork Quilt Designer at the Jane Austen House Museum

Jane Austen’s House Museum has received Heritage Lottery Funding for an exciti...

Cable Edge Garter Stitch Shawl by Stylecraft

Knitting 164, February 2017: A number of readers have written in to say that the...

Ombré Denim by Sian Brown

Knitting 164, February 2017: An error has been made in the yarn amounts as the y...

Mabel by Debbie Bliss

Knitting 164, February 2017: Tension should read: “26-27 sts and 25 rows over ...

Style Icon by Pat Menchini

Knitting 164, February 2017: The tension for Style Icon should read 16 sts NOT 2...

Project: Pom Pom Snowman

On cold winter days this jolly fellow from Alison Howard’s Pompom Crafts (£5....