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20100219 Friday February 19, 2010

White Lie Knits – knitting blog review

Screengrab of White Lies Knits blog. Header is basket of pink yarn with thick wooden needles. Also shows image of knitted red dress (Julianne) and some of the following suggested items to wear it with: knee high brown boots, double-breasted coat, red scarf, square brown handbag

Designer Joan McGowan-Michael uses her blog White Lies Knits to showcase her designs – and suggest different ways to wear them. When you see a knit in a magazine or book, it will have been styled a certain way – but that's not the only way to wear it.

Joan's design ethos is 'comfortable and flattering' whether you're a sample size or any other size, so as well as designing clothes for a range of figures she also suggests different ways to wear them.

It's a fun site to browse and you may find yourself inspired to cast on something new – or style your own knits in a completely different way!

Read a great blog? Write a great blog? Tell us what it is and why you like it, and you might see it here next Friday.

FREE patterns for subscribers!

Screengrab of subscribers-only site, CraftCircle showing introductory copy and welcome from editors

Subscribers to Simply Knitting now have access to a special website with free patterns and articles. It's called  CraftCircle and it's really easy to use – just select which magazine you subscribe to and enter your surname and subscriber number (you'll find this on the coversheet which comes with your magazine every month).

CraftCircle is brand new but we've already uploaded some fab patterns from our archive – and they're free to download once you're logged in.

We've also uploaded our special subscriber-only articles, so if you missed any you can catch up now.

CraftCircle is a collaboration between Simply Knitting, The Knitter, CrossStitcher, Cross Stitch Collection and PaperCraft Inspirations. The other magazines are also adding free projects and articles to download – and Simply Knitting subscribers can access it all.

So if you want to try out a new hobby, cast on a new pattern or just take a break with something knitty to read, head on over to CraftCircle.

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