Simply Knitting - UK (2020-05)

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Weloveseeingwhatyou’veallbeenknitting,

doingandsayingoverthepastfewweeks...

Stay in

touch!

Patryshaisalready

busymakinga

secondSnowman

andplanstomake

a largeroneby

usinga worsted

weightyarn.

PatryshaO’Keefe,

via email

SECOND

SNOWMAN

Thisbeautiful

Snowmanwasknitted

byHilaryasa festive

presentfora lovedone

lastChristmas.Welove

hercarefulattentionto

detailontheface.

HilaryFountain,

via email

Gillian’smum,Dorothy,

dida brilliantjobhere.

She’sa hugefanofSK

with 84 years’worth

ofknittingexperience.

Wethinkherworklooks

amazing.Welldone!

GillianBanham,

via email

PERFECT

PRESENT

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KNITTER

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We love keeping up with what you’re knitting – this month it’s 191’s The Snowman™

TEACOSYDELIGHT

I thoughtyoumightliketoseemylatest

finisheditems.I addedsomeextradetails

andcolourtotheoriginaldesign,which is by

TeaCosyFolkfromissue 189 ofSK.

Julie,viaemail

Bothprojectslookstunning,Julie!

PRETTYPENCILCASE

I havebeencollectingthepastfewissues

ofSKandhavefoundtheChristmasedition

(Issue191)tobeparticularlyspecial.I

havesincebeeninspiredtoknitsmaller

objectssuchasglovesandpencilcases.

I completedthispencilcaseusing5mm

needlesbutwithDKwool,thetensionis

notquiteright.I amnowusingthe4mm

needlestoknitthisdesignwithDK wool. I

hopeyoulikemypencilcase!

YvonneCheung,viaemail

Anothergreatproject,Yvonne!Pleasedo

keep sending your pictures into us.

Thisprettypencil

casecouldalsobe

used as a purse

Juliechosetoadda

popofcolourtothe

original pattern

Emmaaddedherowncreative

twisttotheoriginalpatternto

createthisunique present

Ourstarletterwriterwinsa mysterybundleof

fabulousknittinggoodiestoboosttheirstashwith,

worth£50!Includedisa yarnbundlein

a stunning mix of colours, fibres and weights.

DINOWITHA TWIST

I thoughtI wouldsharemyrecentproject

withyouall!It wasmyfriend’s30th

birthday,previouslyI madeherdaughter

a DinkyDinoandshewasaskingif I

couldmakeherone.Soonher30th

birthdayI gavehera hand-made

DinkyDino,butwitha Hogwarts’

scarf.Asshehappenstobea

hugefanofHarryPotter,I was

inspiredtodosomethingspecial

thatshe’dloveandtreasure.I used

RobinDKwoolforthemainbodyin

shades 132 and63.Thepatternis

fromwww.knittingbypost.comand

calledDinkyDino.Althoughapplying

theglasseswasquitefiddly,I found

theprojecteasytoknit.It tookmea

weektoknitandI reallyenjoyedit!

EmmaAinscow,viaemail

You’vedonesucha greatjobat

adaptingtheoriginalpattern to

create this lovely toy!