Lynn Hamps

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Knitting: Cardigan
Holly is the perfect ‘go-to’ baby set. The pretty cardigan and adorable pixie hat both knit up quickly and the two-tone design offers endless possibilities for your favourite colour combinations as well as allowing you to use up those two spare skeins of yarn that aren’t quite enough for a complete project by themselves. Ideal for both boys or ...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Cover from the Sky is the perfect way to stay cosy on a dull winters day. Bright solid hues will brighten up your mood and the soft squidgy garter stitch will keep you warm as toast.
Knitting: Cowl
Changes is a lovely cowl that works up quickly and is a stylish way of keeping cosy on chilly days. Wear with the pretty rolled edge uppermost around the neck or as the lower border for two different looks. It can be left to hang long or wrapped twice around.
Knitting: Cowl
Knitting: Convertible Gloves, Mittens
I love mittens, they are warm, cosy and comfortable, and they bring back wonderful childhood memories of snowball throwing and gathering up autumn leaves. Vectis is adorned with a beautiful Celtic inspired cable design, turning fabulously easy to make mittens into something very special. They look equally lovely in soft heathers or plain dyed y...
Knitting: Convertible Gloves, Mittens
I love mittens, they are warm, cosy and comfortable, and they bring back wonderful childhood memories of snowball throwing and gathering up autumn leaves. Here you will find the perfect ‘go-to’ mitten pattern, beautifully simple to make and perfect for using all those gorgeous variegated and hand dyed yarns. They look equally lovely in soft hea...
Knitting: Animal Toy, Doll
Miyu is a lovely rag-doll in the form of a mystical and rather pretty hare. Named after the Japanese meaning for ‘beautiful moon’, she is bound to be loved by little (and not so little!) ones everywhere. Soft, floppy, but not too floppy, she is cosy to cuddle, the perfect size for small hands and will sit or lay flat. Her stylish laced boots, s...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap, Scarf
Springle Ring is a beautifully soft and warm shawlette/scarf. Using a luxurious blend of mohair and silk, as seen here, produces a garment that is light, beautiful and a real pleasure to wear. Perfect to give a lift to dark winter coats and jackets, and airy and smart enough to wear over a dark sweater in a chilly office or at home. It is lovel...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Ethne is a versatile shawlette with a subtle Celtic flavour.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Wintertide is a pretty Fair Isle hat combined with the simplicity of using just two colours and knitted in the round. Sized to fit most teens/adult women. Knitted in soft Aran/Worsted Weight yarn with flattering crown shaping and the option to extend the brim to turn your beanie into a slouchy.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque
Snowbaby is a cosy, beanie style hat for children, with the versatile option of a turned up or turned down brim. The softly rounded crown makes for a comfortable fit and the traditional snowflake design adds a lovely Nordic flavour.
Knitting: Beanie, Toque, Fingerless Gloves
This stylish hat and fingerless glove set was inspired by the gently curling leaves that are almost ready to abandon themselves to autumn…hence its name, Summer’s-End.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Evensong is a beautifully versatile and elegant piece inspired by the Gatsby era and the swinging 20’s. It’s soft lacy centre drapes wonderfully, creating a soft fabric to wear against the skin and the gorgeous shaped borders add just the right amount of weight to allow the garment to hang perfectly. Wear as a long stylish scarf, a narrow wrap ...
Crochet: Hats - Other
This could be the cutest hat you ever make! …
Knitting: Boot Cuffs / Toppers, Legwarmers
Beautifully soft, stretchy and warm, these textured boot cuffs will be a valued addition to your winter wardrobe. They look equally as good with skirts or trousers and can be worn up high over the knees with long boots or lower down with ankle boots. Ring the changes by choosing which colour you would like to be dominant and wear that ribbing u...
Knitting: Fingerless Gloves
These fabulous fingerless mitts are a dream to knit and the perfect blank canvas to customise into something unique.
Knitting: Cowl
Harvest is a lovely loose fitting cowl, which can also be worn as a shoulder warmer. Very simple and quick to make, it is the perfect project for gift making. Stripes of squidgy garter stitch alternate with fashionable dropped stitches and these are topped off with a pretty buttoned braid. Even though chunky yarn is used for warmth, the design ...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Autumn Berries is a beautifully versatile shawl and full of scrumptious texture. Wear it in the traditional way, draped around chilly shoulders or wrap it snuggly around your neck as a flattering scarf.
Knitting: Pillow / Cushion
“A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard, why aren’t we like that wise old bird?”
Knitting: Dress, Coat / Jacket
Chloe is a lovely versatile design that can give so many different looks from the one pattern, and without any complicated calculations, just by changing the yarn and needle sizes. Choose long or short sleeves, variegated or plain yarn and matching or contrasting bandings and you can achieve many different garments. Because of the construction ...
Knitting: Tote
This fabulous bag is such a pleasure to knit. Perfect For the beginner but interesting enough for the more experienced.
Crochet: Coat / Jacket
Spindrift…The spray blown from the crests of waves by the breeze…..
Crochet: Coat / Jacket
Olivia is the prettiest of ponchos, with a difference.
Knitting: Dress
Lydia is the perfect frock for little girls. Soft, pretty and light. Ideal for play or for more formal occasions. The buttoned front makes dressing a breeze and the generous armholes means it can be layered over long or short-sleeved tees or blouses for completely different looks.
Crochet: Dress
I love to see little ones in pretty dresses but many of the ones I’ve seen are just a little too ‘frothy’ for me so I set out to design something a little less so and Tillie was ‘born’….
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap, Scarf
The Chale Cosy is the lacier ‘sister’ to the popular Chine Cosy. Like the Chine, it is a lovely versatile piece and can be worn in many different ways. Drape it over the shoulders as a shawlette, pin with a shawl pin or brooch, wrap around the neck once, twice or more as a thick neck warmer or leave it to dangle long and fashionably as a funky ...
Knitting: Coat / Jacket
Isla is a knitted jacket that looks lovely on both boys and girls. Its decorative smocking gives shape, warmth and has great stretch ability for comfort and room for growth.
Knitting: Coat / Jacket, Cardigan
Knitting: Cowl
The Lichen Cowl is worked in a lovely thick lace design in an
Knitting: Pullover
This beautifully warm jumper will keep your little one cosy on the coolest of days. Made in Aran/Worsted weight yarn it works up quickly and the length and sleeves can be tailor made to fit perfectly or be made with room to grow. Stretchy decorative ribbing, together with the buttoned shoulder, allows for ease of dressing and movement as do the...
Crochet: Cowl
The Strawberry Biscuit Cowl is beautifully warm and soft with a lovely woven texture.
Crochet: Brimmed Hat
The Soft Caramel Hat is gorgeously feminine with a flattering brim and attached crocheted flower. So quick and easy to make you could have one in each of your favourite colours.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
With Its traditional deep ribbed band and soft shaping, the Strawberry Biscuit is a beautifully warm and flattering winter hat. Just as cool for the man in your life, although he may prefer a different colour…
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
Beautiful textures and subtle colour changes all topped off with a gorgeous circle of petals on the crown; make this beanie a joy to make and to wear.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
The Blackcurrant Jelly is a hat full of texture and fun. Looks fab on all ages and both sexes.
Crochet: Beanie, Toque
The Carnival is a lightweight and close-fitting beanie, lovely to wear and totally unisex. Go as bright as you dare or choose subtle tones for a more understated look.
Crochet: Headband
The Fiesta Headbands are perfect for every little (and not so little!), girl, to pretty up their hair. Gorgeous for parties and special photographs…
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
This lovely lacy wrap is the perfect addition to a beautiful bridal gown but would be just as suitable for a special wedding guest or bridesmaid. Gorgeous in traditional tones of white, ivory or pearl and equally stunning in lilac, duck-egg blue and pale dusky pink…or how about one for the theatre (or to match bridesmaid dresses) in deep red, e...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The Wight Wedding Shawlette has been designed as a soft shoulder warmer for brides or bridesmaids who would like something simple but pretty without lots of lace. Made from premium angora means it would be lovely in Autumn. The corsage is entirely knitted (especially designed for those who would like flowers but can’t crochet.) and is detachabl...
Crochet: Beret, Tam
The Bestival Tam is funky, twisty, colourful and textured. Perfect for the cooler evenings of the summer festivals. Crocheted in varying weights of yarn and colours it is a great way to use up some of those oddments you just cannot bear to throw away. Worked in the round without seams and completely reversible, so you get two different looks fo...
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap, Scarf
The Chine Cosy is a beautifully versatile addition to your wardrobe. Can be worn over the shoulders as a shawlette, pinned with a shawl pin in a variety of ways, wrapped around the neck once, twice or more as a thick neck warmer or left to dangle long and fashionably as a funky scarf….
Crochet: Scarf
A luxuriously thick scarf, suitable for both men and women.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
A beautifully versatile shawlette, perfect for wearing over the shoulders of a floaty summer dress or over the top of a winter coat for extra warmth and as a stylish alternative to a scarf. Can also be wrapped around the neck as a neckerchief.
Knitting: Cowl
Brading Cowl
Crochet: Cowl
A delicate and very feminine cowl inspired by the dappled light that flickers through the trees in Firestone Copse on the Isle of Wight.
Knitting: Scarf
The pattern for this softly draping but substantially warm scarf was inspired by the portcullis and arched doorway of Carrisbrooke Castle, on the beautiful Isle of Wight, where I live. I chose to use a deep tone of green to reflect the moss that grows along the castles walls but it would look equally as good in your favourite colour.