This asymmetrical shawl is written for 4 colours, but could easily be adjusted. It is written for sport or DK but thinner or thicker yarns, using the appropriate needles, work well and create a smaller/bigger shawl. Try to pick colours that change hue by similar amounts, the closer they are the better the fade

Do you seem to collect those cute mini skeins, and wonder what to do with them?

I like short rows, I like the effect they create but I don’t like the constant turning involved. So I’ve starting practicing knitting backwards (I used the photo description on Knitty – but there are many videos on YouTube showing you how), and wrote this variation on previous cloths I’ve done in order to do some (vaguely mindless) practice

I collect pretty singles/pairs of skeins. I’m also addicted to fingerless gloves. This is a good combination, except I don’t always know how long I can make the gloves before I’ll run out of yarn. Lots of glove patterns I see start at the elbow end, which inevitably means I’ll end up frogging when I run out of yarn, or regretting that I didn’t ...

A really easy and mindless knit! Can be done in any yarn (though I’d suggest cotton) and at any gauge! Just grab your favourite yarn and needles and off you go!