This is a one size pattern. Despite being designed for an adult head the same pattern could be used for younger people but with a different style that would be closer to a pixie hood rather than a bonnet. I’ve included pictures of it modelled on different head sizes to give you an idea of how it would look.

This pattern is definitely not TV knitting, you will need to concentrate and keep track of the numbers/ pattern repeats but it is sectioned in such a way that its breaks up the more complicated sections with some more simple lace, or short sections of stocking stitch to give you a bit of a rest/ breathing space. Whilst my previous lace design w...

When my children were tiny my mum handed them down lots of clothes that had either belonged to me or my younger sister in the 1980s or 90s respectively. Amongst all the wonderful dresses and hand knit cardigans was a beautiful pink hat that looked like a sea urchin. I searched in vain to find the pattern to make more of them once the girls had ...

I absolutely love hand knitted socks, the bolder and brighter the better. One of the benefits of living in the wet and gloomy North West of England is that I can pretty much wear hand knit socks all year round without overheating. Occasionally though we do get a brief flash of sunny weather and on those days I still want to wear hand knit socks...

Most of the year I am a shawl fan but when it comes to the dark, cold and snowy days of winter I have a hankering for big, chunky knit scarves. I don’t know if this is a throw back to my childhood when being told to wrap up warm by my mum always meant putting a big scarf on or whether its a result of binge watching cheesy Christmas films, at th...

This is a close fitting crochet beanie worked from the top down, in the round and seamless. You will need a full skein of the red yarn but less than half a skein of the green. It is a one size pattern (up to 57cm/ 22.5in head) and I have marked it as a child to teenager size. The model for my pattern is 10 years old but it also fits me as an ad...

I designed the original version of this tie for one of my younger brothers whilst he was going through his “Country Gent” phase – all tweed jackets and plus fours. Sadly he seems to have grown out of this phase and settled firmly into his standard farmers uniform but I still love the look of this tie and think that it would look equally fantast...

I am very lucky to live within walking distance of some absolutely beautiful countryside. As a family we can often be seen tramping over the hills armed with a picnic and an over excited dog. One such walk in to the moors inspired the colour choices and name for this shawl. Stoney pathways across boggy valley bottoms and a hoar frost on the gra...

ERRATA (19/02/22 12noon GMT): Sorry for making a correction so soon but I had missed one of the corrections that my testers flagged up, thankfully another Rav user spotted it. Row 27 should actually read;

Errata - file has now been updated to include the K3 instruction at the end of rows 9 and 11.

If you are familiar with spring time in the UK you will no doubt know that the weather is incredibly changeable. You can leave the house in the morning in all the woolly items you own and your big winter coat but by the afternoon you have jettisoned half of what you are wearing only to need to wrap up again half an hour later. These mitts are f...

As 2021 sees us still living in uncertain times I have temporarily set this up as a free pattern so there is at least one positive thing in these troubling times. Happy knitting.

Pattern gauge is actually given based on the size of the popcorn cluster square motifs, each of these should measure 12cm (4.5inches) by 12 cm (4.5inches) after gentle blocking.

This hat is for those cold winter days when the snow falls in giant flakes and I run outside to spin around in them like a small child, finding joy in each and every snowflake as they land on me. It is for the crisp winter days thick with frost when it is a delight to sit outside and read a book provided you are wrapped up well and have a hot d...

As 2021 has seen us still in uncertain times I have temporarily set this pattern to free so that you can at least enjoy something positive. Happy knitting!

I have now created a PDF download for this pattern rather than a blog link to make it easier to use.

I have recently refreshed this pattern to make it available as a pdf download rather than just a blog link.

I have now added this pattern as a PDF download rather than a blog link to make it easier to use.

UK terminology used

UK terminology used