Irresistible Gifts To Knit is now available to buy online. We'd have put it on the front page of My Favourite Magazines in a super-sized box if it were up
to us, but it isn't, so there's a bit of rigmarole to go through. Here's how to get your copy:
Go to My Favourite Magazines
Click on 'Stitch and Craft' in the 'Browse Magazines' box on the left-hand side of the page.
Click on Simply Knitting and scroll down until you see the cover of Irresistible Gifts To Knit, then click on that.
Choose your copy according to your location (UK, Europe, Rest of World) and proceed to check out.
If you want to make sure a particular pattern is in there, please do ask us in the comments section of this blog entry or drop us an email.
Also, if your local WH Smiths is telling you they know nothing about it, they do have it, we've given them crates of copies and they're handling the distribution themselves, so they might not have shipped it out to your branch yet. It is coming. We promise!
Friday February 29, 2008 Buy Irresistible Gifts To Knit online!
Mother's Day approaches!
Don't forget that Mothering Sunday is on its way! It's probably too late to start knitting a large project like a jumper or cardigan for your mum, but there's still time to create something special. Here are some ideas for relatively quick knits:
A knitted, beaded bracelet using Habu wire.
A skinny scarf or pretty belt in a luxurious yarn like Colinette Tao silk - when you use yarn that beautiful, your creation will be more like jewellery than clothing.
A headband covered in a fancy yarn. There are instructions for knitting a headband cover as part of the earmuffs pattern on page 50 of the current issue of Simply Knitting. We used Muench Yarns Touch Me, available in the UK through Loop.
A small felted purse. If you're not sure what size the knitting will shrink to, buy your zip to fit after doing your felting.
A cosy pair of slippers, following the pattern in the current issue of Simply Knitting. To make them extra special, choose a fancy (but still soft) yarn and sew on sparkling buttons, a ready-made embroidered motif or even beads and sequins!
If mum's a knitter, Irresistible Gifts To Knit, a collection of Alan Dart toy patterns, is now on sale in the UK at WH Smiths, or you could get her a subscription to Simply Knitting through My Favourite Magazines. You could also inspire her buy buying her a pack of some special yarn – one of the many new organic cottons or some beautiful Manos del Uruguay silk mix might be just what she needs.
Have a great weekend with your mum!
A knitted, beaded bracelet using Habu wire.
A skinny scarf or pretty belt in a luxurious yarn like Colinette Tao silk - when you use yarn that beautiful, your creation will be more like jewellery than clothing.
A headband covered in a fancy yarn. There are instructions for knitting a headband cover as part of the earmuffs pattern on page 50 of the current issue of Simply Knitting. We used Muench Yarns Touch Me, available in the UK through Loop.
A small felted purse. If you're not sure what size the knitting will shrink to, buy your zip to fit after doing your felting.
A cosy pair of slippers, following the pattern in the current issue of Simply Knitting. To make them extra special, choose a fancy (but still soft) yarn and sew on sparkling buttons, a ready-made embroidered motif or even beads and sequins!
If mum's a knitter, Irresistible Gifts To Knit, a collection of Alan Dart toy patterns, is now on sale in the UK at WH Smiths, or you could get her a subscription to Simply Knitting through My Favourite Magazines. You could also inspire her buy buying her a pack of some special yarn – one of the many new organic cottons or some beautiful Manos del Uruguay silk mix might be just what she needs.
Have a great weekend with your mum!
