Issue 5 of Knit now is in the shops, and from the feedback we’ve had so far it looks like it’s your favourite issue to date! Featuring an interview with Alice Starmore (author of the Book of Fair Isle Knitting and the genuis behind Virtual Yarns) as well as heaps of inspiration and 31 patterns from our favourite designers. We’ve entered »

Roald Dahl is famous for his stories and rhymes that still spark children’s imaginations today. Much less well known, however, is how he often went out of his way to help seriously ill children – reading at hospital bedsides and even helping to buy special wheelchairs that parents couldn’t afford themselves. Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s »

On this page we’ve collected together a few reviews of issue 1 from around the web. We’re thrilled to read so many nice things about the magazine. Thanks to everyone who’s bought the magazine so far, and for all your lovely comments! Have we missed out on any reviews? Please let us know and we’ll include them here! http://www.cornishwools.co.uk/blog/?p=1163 »

Issue one of Knit Now hits the shops today! It comes complete with a 68-page Beginner’s Guide plus 4.5mm circular needles. Inside the magazine you’ll find a wealth of stylish patterns you can knit for yourself and your loved ones! It’s on sale now in WHSmith, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Hobbycraft, Martin McColls and »

When you’re working a button band, work a purl stitch on the button side in the same place as you work your buttonhole on the hole side. This makes it really easy to place and sew on your buttons at the end. -          Sam Parfitt, designer of “Dropped Off” snood, Issue 1   In stranded knitting, always carry the main colour (MC) »