Strikk Gothenburg

I was fortunate enough in January to visit one of my friends in Gothenburg, Sweden. Whilst there she  took me to a really beautiful knitting shop called Strikk. If anyone is ever in Gothenburg I highly recommend visiting this shop. It was a good size shop with lots of yarns to choose from. What I enjoyed was seeing a different selection of yarn to what they have in England. They do have some of the recognised yarns like Rowan and Debbie Bliss too.  I took full advantage of purchasing some yarn that I'd never used before and I'm looking forward to seeing what I design and make using it.



I also loved the waterproof fabric bag they put my purchases in. That was a very nice touch :-)


Hopefully I'll be uploading some further patterns soon with the yarn.

Here is a link to their online website for anyone that is interested.

www.strikk.se






They have some really nice patterns to knit as well although the instructions only come in Swedish I'm afraid :-( The staff are English speaking so if you had a query on any of their products you can phone them as they're only one hour ahead of us in England.

New pattern for sale on Ravelry

I'm pleased to announce one of my new designs has now been listed for sale on Ravelry.  I wanted to design a thick weight jumper for winter and love the Rooster Almerino yarn that I've used for this design. I found this yarn has a fantastic choice of colours and I especially love this pink colour called Brighton Rock.

Here is a picture:

Debbie Bliss Spring/Summer 2013 Magazine

I'm pleased to announce that my designs were published in the Debbie Bliss Magazine Spring/Summer 2013 which is currently for sale.

I'm so thrilled to see my work in there and I'm very thankful to Debbie Bliss for giving me such a fantastic opportunity.

Here are some pictures of my designs:









As well as my designs there are some other wonderful patterns and I especially love the 1950s inspired designs too.

Its a definite knitting magazine essential to have :o)