Knitting Magazine

21/01/2025

Striking, Op Art-inspired diagonal stripes line up neatly across the body and sleeves for a pleasing visual effect. For The Love Of Op jumper is knitted in pieces then joined at the shoulders using the three-needle cast off and sewn up. The neckband is worked in the round.

📍 Pattern: Bronagh Miskelly
📍 Yarn: King Cole Merino Blend DK
📍 Model: Charly Jay-Wood
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale

18/01/2025

This super-simple boomerang Highlighter shawl is worked using a repeat of just two rows throughout, allowing you to relax and enjoy the pattern, in neon colours reminiscent of those highlighter pens we all loved, which will take you right back to your school days.

📍 Pattern: Brian Smith
📍 Yarn: Cascade Yarns Heritage 6
📍 Model: Charly Jay-Wood
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale

16/01/2025

Mitre Stripe Jumper by Jacinta Bowie creates a striking effect using garter stitch, simple decreases, a colourful stripe sequence and i-cord edgings. If you’re looking for an engaging and intriguing knit, look no further!

📍 Pattern: Jacinta Bowie
📍 Yarn: World of Wool Fluff DK
📍 Model: Charly Jay-Wood
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale

14/01/2025

Maverick Danish designer Lærke Bagger () has published her second book, Knit it out, which tells a very personal story as well as including creative knitwear designs. She answers Knitting’s questions in issue 257.

12/01/2025

Mix bold colours in a slip stitch mosaic pattern for the fun and funky Triangles cushion cover.

📍 Pattern: Sian Brown
📍 Yarn: Stylecraft Special Chunky
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle

10/01/2025

Paulina is a is simple, chunky, quick-knit hat featuring a neon-and-neutral combination that is all the rage this season. New to intarsia? We’ve got you covered with a masterclass on all the basics in issue 257.

📍 Pattern: Jo Allport
📍 Yarn: Rico Essentials Super Super Chunky and Super Neon Super Chunky
📍 Model: Charly Jay-Wood
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale

09/01/2025

🧶✨ Knit, Create, Save! ✨🧶

Don’t miss the January Sale at MakeGreatGifts.com! Everything including all knitting books are HALF PRICE or less! 🧵📚 From cosy patterns to creative projects, it’s the perfect time to stock up for your next masterpiece. 🧣🧤

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From crochet to embroidery, jewellery making to origami, we’ve covered every crafting interest. Beginner or advanced, discover new techniques and hone your skills with our selection of knitting, sewing and more craft books. Craft your perfect hobby with us today.

08/01/2025

❄️ January Sale ❄️

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Offer expires 31 January 2025. Limited stock available.

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07/01/2025

This colourful Vale top is an entertaining project to knit, with simple colourwork patterns repeated all over both front and back, and minimal shaping. The geometric hills and valleys in the central three-colour panels stand out against the two-colour checked pattern on the sides and the single-colour edgings.

📍 Pattern: Samira Hill
📍 Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed
📍 Model: Charly Jay-Wood
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale

05/01/2025

Travelling knitter Krista Ann () teaches, knits for film and TV, designs and writes patterns and blogs about life on the road in her RV. She shares her story in issue 257.

03/01/2025

It's time for Make of the Month! ✨ Would you like to be in with a chance to win some prizes? Simply post a photo of your handmade knits in the comments section below. A winner will be chosen on at the end of the month. Best of luck!

03/01/2025

Congratulations to Angela Whitehead and Elizabeth Sharp, our December's Make of the Month winners! 🎉
Angela and Elizabeth, please, message us with your address so we can send you your well-deserved prize.
Thank you to everyone who shared their wonderful makes — keep an eye out for next month’s chance to be featured!

02/01/2025

The Rectangle Of Squares wrap was inspired by the fact that all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares. It begins and ends with a wide rib pattern, which flows into the first section of multiple textured small squares, moving to larger squares in the centre, and the squares have alternating textures, making a reversible stitch pattern.

📍 Pattern: Emma Vining
📍 Yarn: Walcot Yarns Origin
📍 Model: Charly Jay-Wood
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale

31/12/2024

Knitting Issue 257 is on sale today!

Go for geo: we have picked really bold, bright colours and striking shapes for our knitwear theme in this issue. Knitting’s designers took inspiration from shapes, and we’ve got lots of colourwork knits including Samira Hill’s gorgeous Vale stranded knit slipover and Jo Allport’s neon intarsia hat Paulina, as well as textured shapes like Emma Vining’s stunning Rectangle of Squares wrap. We think you’ll love to knit this design, and once you’ve cast it off it will go with just about anything – have a look at our Style File to see our styling ideas.

📍 Pattern: Samira Hill
📍 Yarn: Rowan Felted Tweed
📍 Model: Charly Jay-Wood
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale

29/12/2024

Last chance to pick up issue 256 of Knitting magazine in the shops (UK) before we launch our next issue later this week!

Don't worry if you can't get to the shops before then – you can always order any current or back copies you missed online (link in bio)

27/12/2024

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23/12/2024

🧶✨ Happy Holidays! ✨🧶

Wishing you all warmth, coziness and lots of yarn this season! May your stitches be smooth, your patterns bring joy and your projects be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa by the fire.

20/12/2024

This pretty Fura jumper in a yarn with a gentle fluffy halo features a lacy tree motif. It is knitted in the round from the bottom up. Body and sleeves are joined at the underarms and the yoke is worked in one piece on a circular needle.

📍 Pattern: Bronagh Miskelly
📍 Yarn: Stylecraft Grace
📍 Model: Louise Young .diversityagency
📍 Photography: Laurel Guilfoyle
📍 Make-up: Ellie Nightingale