This pouch is based on Zoe Deterding’s Dice Pouch pattern, but I did not knit it top-down as she describes. Since the tartan pattern is symmetrical, it could be done that way, which would allow you to use grafting to close the bottom of the pouch very tidily. The colourwork pattern is my interpretation of the Landing Zone tartan designed for Gl...

These mittens were designed after my friend Carol, who owns a lovely tea house on Prince Edward Island, Canada, called Tyne Valley Tea House, requested mittens with lupins on them. She has a field of beautiful lupins at her place, and they’re a favourite flower, as well as being often associated with PEI.

These mittens are based on a standard Norwegian mitten pattern. You can knit them on a circular needle or with DPNs.