Easy way to knit ears for bear hats

October 7, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

When my daughter was a baby I was obsessed with dressing her in hats and sleep suits with ears on. Her going home from hospital outfit was a furry leopard print suit with teeny little ears and she looked so cute that I could explode now even thinking about it! I did of course knit […]

Stripey Slouch Hat Knitting Pattern

September 26, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Today’s free knitting pattern is a casual slouch style beanie hat. The hat is knit with chunky yarn, in the round on circular knitting needles. This is a very easy beanie hat to knit. The stripes are worked in self striping yarn – this means that you get a very attractive rainbow stripe effect without […]

Hand made stitch markers for knitting

September 22, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

I have recently switched (or at least for hats) from knitting flat to in the round and realised that some stitch markers would come in very handy. You can of course just use pieces of contrasting yarn as stitch markers, but hey that’s boring! Anyway after having a bit of a drool over some hand […]