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Woo hoo!!It is now here! Week one of Kaffe Fassetts Afghan Knit along using the exceptional Rowan Pure Wool Worsted yarn, 100% pure wool comes in 100g balls. While you may prefer to use another yarn the best thing is to swap with another yarn of aran weight or worsted, otherwise a variation in final size will indeed occur!

The latest Rowan Knit along is nearly here! Knit a few squares per week following the free patterns released by Rowan over the next 14 weeks and you will end up with a glorious throw of approx 188cm x 200cm designed by Kaffe Fassett and created by you. Simply download the free pattern every week from www.Knitrowan.com or from us for a new block and either choose Kaffes colourway or choose your own.You can buy the yarn altogether and get 15% or buy the yarn in weekly instalments here at …

Hello everyone.I thought it was about time we introduced our fabrics. I had my interest in patchwork fired up when I was 11 years old by my home economics teacher who already saw me as a lost cause gave me the rag bag and suggested I gave it a go. At that time patchwork was primarily the English paper piecing technique. This appealed to me, although I used cornflake boxes for my "papers" and I quickly realised that pattern and colour could be chosen to work together with design to create somethi …