In this guide, I’ll show you how to take care of knitwear so it stays soft, stylish, and wearable season after season. You’ll learn: - Storing knitwear properly! without stretching or moth damage - How to wash knitwear safely, by hand or machine - How to fix pilling on sweaters and prevent fuzz - How to maintain and repair knitwear, from patching holes to reinforcing seams

If you’re just getting into knitting, the sheer number of patterns out there can feel overwhelming. The good news? You don’t need to master every technique before you can create something beautiful, wearable, and worth showing off. You'll learn as you go, building your knitting toolkit to last a lifetime! These four beginner-friendly knitting patterns are perfect for building your skills, one project at a time. Each one introduces something new to learn and results in a pi

This top first started out as a series of vague sketches on post-it notes, scribbled while working away at my desk during my full time job as an English Language Coach. Since those first few sketches in late February 2025, it's morphed into something completely different. This post gives a behind-the-scenes look at: How The Olive Top came to life The style inspiration behind the design A peek into the process of creating the pattern Technical details, for those interested in

A few years ago, I took the plunge and decided to risk flying with my knitting. Since then, I’ve refined my on-flight knitting set-up to something that means I can bring the joy of knitting with me wherever I go with minimal risks of having needles and WIPs confiscated. This isn’t intended as a tutorial, rather it’s a behind-the-scenes look at how I do it!