Sometimes you find a yarn that you just want to knit - allowing it to be the star of the show.

One design with two different options depending on the yarn you have available.

This cosy textured cowl uses just 1 x 100g skein of DK weight yarn (worsted would also work on 4.5mm needles) to create a single loop-sized cowl. Perfect for stopping chilly draughts on colder days.

A cosy shawl for darker days.

Knit during a bout of Covid, these toe-up self-stripe socks are the perfect combination of entertainment and relaxation. A self stripe yarn for variety and an easy to memorise cable up one side to add interest.

I’m a huge fan of shawls you can wrap around more than once to wear scarf-like, but doing that with one skein of sock yarn can be a challenge.

This small crib-sized baby blanket is knit flat with a textured rib pattern and a garter stitch border.

Let a perfectly matched gradient yarn do all the talking with the Not So Vanilla Socks. Knit cuff down with a simple to remember, two-round repeat these socks are just a step beyond plain vanilla socks. Ideal for when you want something relaxing, without being plain knitting.

These socks were originally published as the Socially Distant Socks two years ago, at the height of the Covid epidemic when no social gathering was complete without the words ‘socially distanced of course’.

The Cortado Socks are a perfect balance of cushy, slightly heavier weight yarn and a relaxing easy to memorise pattern that makes them knit up in next to no time. If you are more familiar with knitting fingering weight socks then using DK will be a pleasant surprise.

If you find yourself with some DK leftovers or small 10g mini-skeins this is the perfect shawl to use them up. The Reading Corner shawl combines 2 x 100 DK skeins and 5 minis in a simple stripe and eyelet design. Designed for minimal counting and maximum ease.

Sometimes you just need to press pause, grab a coffee and sit down with a relaxing garter stitch shawl. The Do Not Disturb shawl is knit in garter stitch from side to side, creating an elongated triangular shawl which maximises the yardage you have available.

Designed to make the most of 1 x 100g skein of aran weight yarn this intriguing pattern uses two differently sized needle tips to create a fun, slip stitch pattern. Variegated yarns such as this Croft aran from West Yorkshire Spinners work particularly well with the slip stitches to show off pops of colour, but it would look equally good in a s...

This lightweight cowl is knit in the round using a sock yarn gradient kit for the main colour and a small amount of contrast colour for the blocks.

This is an elongated triangular shaped shawl knit end to end, starting and finishing with just a few stitches.

Nothing beats a half-pi shawl for straightforward relaxing knitting. Minimal counting and a long colour change gradient yarn make for a wonderfully soothing knitting experience. True,the last few rows are long but so worth it as you watch that yarn cake rapidly dwindle. Starting with a garter stitch centre this shawl moves out into an easy to m...

This is a log cabin-style aran weight blanket with a little bit of a difference. Traditional log cabin style blocks are worked but rather than overlapping at the corners and building on the layer below, small mitered squares are used instead to add visual interest.

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The Smackerel Socks are colourwork scrappy socks, designed to use 50-60g of a main colour along with assorted scrap yarns. Each colour band uses just over 1g contrast yarn.

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This is an in-depth tutorial with written, step by step directions for how to knit a Mitered Square blanket.

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This pattern is no longer available on Ravelry. You can find it and all of my other patterns on my Payhip site:

This pattern is no longer available on Ravelry. You can find it and all of my other patterns on my Payhip site:

This pattern is no longer available on Ravelry. You can find it and all of my other patterns on my Payhip site:

This pattern is no longer available on Ravelry. You can find it and all of my other patterns on my Payhip site:

This pattern is no longer available on Ravelry. You can find it and all of my other patterns on my Payhip site:

This pattern is no longer available on Ravelry. You can find it and all of my other patterns on my Payhip site:

This pattern is designed to be the perfect shawl for festival knitting. Knit in garter stitch throughout the shawl starts with a 3st cast on and grows sideways and on the bias with a very easy to remember, 2-row repeat.

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