Knit up some bookmarks for all the family.

Fingerless Mitts are great for giving you freedom of fingers, while still cosy. At at this time of year, a seasonal touch can never go amiss!

Fingerless Mitts are great for giving you freedom of fingers, while still cosy. At at this time of year, a seasonal touch can never go amiss!

Fingerless Mitts are great for giving you freedom of fingers, while still cosy. At at this time of year, a seasonal touch can never go amiss!

Add some homemade luxury to your daily chores with this trio of dishcloths. You can use colourful yarns and feel the sustainable quality of cottons and bamboo as you wipe your dishes and glasses clean.

A little bit of luxury when you remove your makeup in the evening, and freshen up for the day when you wake, is exactly what you’ll get with these facecloths.

A really warm, cosy long scarf is a must anywhere that winters can turn cold without warning. Be that cold for two days or three months! The cabling gives an extra thickness to the fabric and the length gives the bonus of doubling it up and wrapping as many times as the car thermometer suggests!

Scarves are a great way to sit down and add to a longer project over a consistent time. It can be difficult to find motivation when a knit takes longer to complete, so this an ideal pattern to celebrate small wins and keep going. You’ll be using knitting and purling for the main scarf. It’s a great way to practice switching between the two main...

With your fingers free in these mitts you can stay warm and finish all your chores without losing a mitt before you get home!

Looking for a classic hat with cable details? This is the one for you! With a large cables all around the crown it’s bold and full of character and ideal for beginner cablers to start shaping while cabling. Designed in chunky yarn, the bonus is that it’s easy to see what you’re doing.

A seasonal baby hat will always go down well. It’s especially useful for this age as any hat might only fit for 3 months anyway!

Who’d have thought, mohair mitts? But they are dreamily cosy and so soft too! These are ideal for the colder days as autumn transitions into winter with keys to hold and coffee to buy.

Looking for a new twist to your lace scarf or shawl? You won’t go wrong with this.

We all know an avid reader, be that ourselves or someone around us. If you’re anything like me you have two or three books going at once. And that’s when I need bookmarks!

Who doesn’t love a bit of repetitive knitting when you’re watching Netflix or you’ve had a busy day (or week!) at work? With this 8 row repeating lace pattern, written in chart form and in text so you can choose whichever you prefer, you’ll enjoy the rhythm and flow as your new scarf grows and grows.

I love these chunky mitts, almost had them for my own, but someone bought them from me last week! They were knitted from a budget yarn, were really cosy and the thumb shaping made them feel like a second skin.

If you’re new to cabling this headband is a great way to start adding your new-found skills to more items. You’ll be comfy-cosy in no time as this is a quick knit. (beware of everyone else asking for a headband once you’ve finished your own!)

f you’re new to cabling these mitts are a great way to start adding your new-found skills to more items. Without having to worry about adding a thumb you’ll find this a great step towards your next cabling project.

Mug cosies are cute, let’s face it! And they’re a perfect way to practice a new technique.

Hats are a great way to learn shaping skills and this beginner’s beret is a great example. You’ll be using ribbing for the band, and then increasing and decreasing to give the classic round beret shape.

Looking for an easy knit as you begin your knitting journey? This is an ideal first hat. Once you’ve got your head around the knit stitch you can venture into different weights of yarn and this hat lets you explore the super chunky option.

Looking for an easy knit for all the family? Have requests for hats in football or Quidditch colours?

You’re learning to knit, but don’t know what to knit? Maybe you’ve put some stitches on the needle and made a few wash cloths, but want to practice the knit stitch a bit more before learning anything new?

This hat is so cosy, you’ll be the envy of your family, really! The loop stitch (free demo on my blog) gives a fabulous weight to the hat band and is great for keeping the ears warm.

An easy to knit beanie for baby, with beginner lace techniques used to make the leaves.

This is such an individual pattern, no-one else will have one! With a popping colour and a neutral, or a pair of blues, your teen will be wearing this to the dinner table! (or to pizza on the sofa!)

You might be thinking, ‘so many holes in a hat are going to leave me cold!’ But believe me, with the super chunky yarn you’ll be cosy, as if you’re sitting by the fire!

Who doesn’t want a scarf that feels like a hug? This one will fill that need and you’ll never want to go out without it. And with the beret to match you’re fully covered!

Rustic pom-poms and some interest with flowers, perfect for an older baby if you go for darker muted shades, as you see in the photo.

Some seasonal knits are very definitely for Christmas, but this one will last all winter quite happily.

This slouch beret is an easy knit with plain stitching throughout apart from the double moss stitch band.

This hat is perfect for the child in your life who knows who they are, knows what they want and wants to tell the world! It’s individual and original and can be personalized with the colour choices.

A super-warm, double-layer scarf, with zig-zag stripes… so great for helping your cuddle-monsters flourish into individuals with pizzazz!

With the aran/worsted yarn, these sizes are all knitted up quickly and you can even get a small baby hat with one ball, including the tassel, so you’re already winning!

Create an unusual baby hat for a baby gift, with this pattern. I’ve added colour-work and pixie pointed top for a style that sits apart from the average beanie. To create the tassel with contrast yarn, the same as the Fairisle stitching gives a continuity.

To match the Children’s Flower Beret, you can knit this with the remaining yarn and have a perfect set, all ready for next Autumn term at school.

Made in two steps, the beret is perfect for a new knitter. With a few techniques to move on from plain knitting, you’ll enjoy a bit of a challenge.

This basketweave blanket can be worn as a scarf or used a lap blanket or throw for a single bed.

Created to match the men’s stripe beanie, this hat is made with DK yarn, with a pattern created for a main colour and three contrast, with a slightly different stripe for small and large, to count for length of crown before shaping.

This hat is made with DK yarn, with a pattern created for a main colour and two contrast, with an alternative for main and four contrasts. Only a little yarn is needed for the stripes, but I do recommend using the same brand and fibre yarn for this, so the gauge remains the same through the colour changes.

This plain baby beanie is ideal for beginners and is an easy evening knit for an experienced knitter. With one ball of wool and no change of needles or textured stitches, you can knit this with Netflix on or while sitting at the beach.

This child’s trapper is made from warm chunky yarn and with the garter stitch band around the rim of the hat, the cosiness just increases.

A pretty and very warm pair of mitts here, a perfect present as there are so many colours to choose from in the Freedom Spirit range.

These diamond pattern fingerless mitts are unusual and catch the eye of another mitt-wearer- you’ll be asked to knit these for your friends I’m sure!

Knit a pair of colourful fingerless mitts. These have a cable pattern across the back of the hand and a thumb insert. The cuffs go right underneath the coat sleeves and keep you cosy as you’re Christmas shopping or needing fingers free for finding your keys!

This is a scarf made using an 8 row repeating feather and fan lace pattern, with the thicker yarn and long result this gives a cosy feel for a winter’s day.

This hat knits up to sit over the ears and is super cosy for cold frosty mornings. (isn’t that what we all need at the moment?!

This mystery scarf is a warm scarf full of fun. Ideal for a beginner or early knitter who fancies a little bit of a challenge as garter stitch is used throughout with cast off , cast on, yarnover and k2tog being the only way we achieve the mystery colour element.

A FairIsle baby hat will always go down well. It’s ideal for newborn baby gifts and I promise you will return to this pattern for years, just switch up the colours to match the new trends and you’ll be ‘in Vogue’ with every new mother, father and baby on the block!!

I have seen so many baby hats with plain stitching, stripes and Fairisle so I found some gently soft washable yarn and just went for it. A friend told me that these are the only hats that their baby will wear, and I’ve heard it again and again.

This Cowl matches the other patterns in the Stripes collection, the beret, scarf and beanie. The stripes continue as a feature of the textured fabric. This offers the tweed yarn to its full advantage. There are many substitutes available if you don’t have the yarn which I used for my samples.

This pattern is knitted with the long side of stitches on the needles so that it turns out looking like a very short, very wide scarf!

This beret includes twisted stitches and a garter stitch band, wrong side st-st and simple shaping. An unusual take on a beret, to show the full properties of this tweed yarn.

The leaf pattern scarf now has a partner. :)

The leaf pocket scarf is 188cm/75” long so will double over around the neck or hang long on warmer days. For extra comfort there is the added bonus of patch pockets, in the shape of leaves, for hiding gloves or chocolate, and to keep the hands warm on extra cold days.

This beanie matches the other items in the stripes collection; the Beret, Scarf and Cowl. It can be worn as a looser style by children and teenagers and as a tighter-fit beanie by adults.

A cosy merino chunky hat to pull over your ears on a cold day!