This week's blog post, "One Step At A Time", is now available.

My Little Orme Hat is part of the Little Orme Collection. The mitts came first (I’ll show you those tomorrow), and were followed by the hat and the cowl after a customer expressed an interest in matching accessories.

Nubble Mitts was the first mystery knitalong I created for @yarnoclock2. Using 2 colours of 4-ply @cambrian_wool the pattern is based on slipped stitches and a tuck stitch pattern that creates a really cosy fabric that also happens to be to look great on both sides! Nubble Hat quickly followed.

This week's blog post, "Community", is now available.

If you want a more dramatic look to your Petulia shawl, why not make the large asymmetrical version? This shaping of the shawl is included in the pattern, using the same leaf motif as the smaller shawl, just in a different way so the shawl gets gradually wider and wider over a longer period. 1/2

Petulia is a lacy brioche shawl designed using two gorgeous yarns from RiverKnits UK, Chimera and Nene 4ply. The leaf shape is used throughout, with the changing number of leaves in each row creating the shaping of the shawl. 1/2

if you have come to any of the yarn shows I've exhibited at, it's quite likely you'll have seen my Meg March Shawl. It's the largest of the March Brioche Shawl Collection and it's one of my favourite shawls, partly because it's so big, squishy and cosy. 1/2

This week's blog post, "New Girl", is now available. Read about what I've been up to this week!

I will be teaching an Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche Knitting at several yarn shows this year! If you are coming to Wonderwool Wales Ltd you can book a place via the Wonderwool website for this workshop which is taking place on both days (25th and 26th April) from 1-3pm. 1/3

Jodie Scarf is a slip stitch scarf design in 3 colours of DK yarn. Two pattern blocks repeat with different combinations of the colours so you don't get bored! It's quite a long scarf so it can be wrapped around your neck securely and has a third slip stitch pattern at the ends of the scarf. 1/2

My Sister Went to Live on the Moon – Sue Finch @suefinch.bsky.social atriumpoetry.com/2026/01/09/m...

My Aquilegia Shawl design is the ideal shawl to be wrapped up in on a cold day and it’s keeping me cosy at my desk right now. Worked using DK yarn, you can either work the chevron stripe pattern as given with its stripes that follow the Fibonacci sequence… 1/2

If you book an advance ticket for the North West Winter Wool Festival you will get a download code for the Seaside Winter Cosy. This hot water bottle knitting pattern is currently only available to folk buying an advance ticket for this lovely yarn show. It will be available to buy afterwards. 1/3

This week's blog post, "Snow Day", is now available - and even contains some photos of knitting!

I’m teaching 2 workshops at the North West Winter Wool Festival in February at Norbeck Castle Hotel in Blackpool! On Sat 14th an Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche Knitting (2 hrs, £25 inc yarn & handouts), on Sun 15th Moebius Knitting (2.5 hrs, £36 inc yarn, needles & handouts). 1/2

1/3 Am Byth is Welsh for 'for ever', as in ‘Cymru am byth!’/Wales for ever! Am Byth hat has 6 infinity symbols created with closed ring cables. These cables seem to appear out of nowhere & then vanish again. If you've never worked these before, don't worry, the pattern walks you through it.

It's properly cold today and we woke to a dusting of snow over icy pavements, so I thought I'd share another hat to keep your heads cosy. This is Am Byth, a hat that was a Mystery Knit-along with @yarnoclock in early 2023. 1/2

It’s not snowing here yet, but it is very cold and I was grateful to wear this hat when we went for our New Year’s Day walk this afternoon. The hat is Llanberis, it comes in three sizes and it’s my easiest stranded design, worked in three colours of DK yarn. 1/2

The Nevern Cross is a 13 foot tall, 11th century stone cross in Pembrokeshire. Nevern Throw was inspired by the carvings on it. This blanket is knitted one square at a time, making it a really portable project and allowing you to make the blanket as large or as small as you like! 1/2

As it’s panto season I should tell you about Beanstalk. It’s a large blanket that doesn’t get to come to yarn shows - partly because it’s so heavy. It’s a wool blanket that works pretty well as a weighted blanket because it weighs about 2.7kg! Oh yes it does! 1/2

Merry Christmas to everyone and many thanks for supporting my small business throughout the year! Remember you can support small businesses in many ways that don’t cost anything - recommend us, like or share a post & know that, when you do buy from us, you are making a real difference! 1/2

Gnarly Roots came into being after the lovely Helen from @woollychic asked me if I would design a one-skein pattern with her Heartspun DK yarn. I wanted to make a cowl that really gave an impact, and I was playing with the idea of reversible cables. 1/3

The Imperial Cowl was designed for the 2025 North West Winter Wool Festival, inspired by the architecture of The Imperial Hotel in Blackpool where the show was held. It’s a super 1-skein textured cowl pattern in 2 sizes for DK or Aran weight yarn & can be knit flat or in the round. 1/2

Twisted always gets a lot of attention at yarn shows. It's a knitted brioche cowl with a moebius construction, so you get to see both sides of the brioche design at the same time - the 'front' of the fabric is shown on the top in these photos and the 'back' of the fabric is at the bottom. 1/2

I’m teaching Moebius Knitting at the North West Winter Wool Festival in Blackpool on Sun Feb 15th, 1-3.30pm. Learn to knit this amazing mathematical shape that grows from the centre out. The large moebius shown began with the central blue yarn. Tickets are £36 & include handouts, yarn & needles!

If you need to make a hand-knitted gift before Christmas that won't take too long and can be made with any weight of yarn, then Fiery Dragon Skin Cowl is an ideal solution! This cowl is suitable for 4ply to chunky weight yarn and has a repeating pattern that looks very dramatic! 1/2

This week's blog post, "Laying it all out", is now available - it's the final post of 2025!

Yuletide Yarnies is open until 4pm today at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings. There’s live music too!

This was what our stand looked like in May at the last Yarnies at the Flaxmill event. We’re there again tomorrow for Yuletide Yarnies with some new set up bits & some new patterns too. Come & say hello! Open 11-4, advance tickets £5 available until 8pm tonight or £7.50 on the door tomorrow.

Two-colour brioche knitting is a fabulous technique! Want to learn at an in-person workshop? I am teaching my Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche workshop at several yarn shows next year, including… 1/2

I now have a Tech Editing page on my website! Detailed there are some of the things a tech editor does, including: 🧶 Checking all st and row numbers are correct for all sizes. 🧶 Checking formatting is correct and consistent throughout the pattern. 1/2

This week's blog post, "Third Time Lucky", is now available. Read about why I sacrificed a little bit of yarn to the yarn gods.

Yuletide Yarnies is this coming Saturday! Our last show of the year, it is being held at the English Heritage venue Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings. We’ll have lots of patterns & all remaining kits with us. There will be singers and mince pies! Open 11am-4pm. £5 in advance or £7.50 on the day

Prime Cowl is now available on Ravelry, Payhip & my website. It uses the stacked stitches technique exemplified by Xandy Peters. It’s worked in the round with 2 options for the lower edge. The stacks grow with prime numbers. You need 3 colours of DK yarn (~230m total) & you use 1 colour at a time.

New yarn has arrived for a new design! It’s even prettier in real life. I’m going to enjoy working with this.

This week's blog post, "Advent - a time of waiting", is now available!

I have a new design out today! Making Tracks is in Issue 222 of The Knitter magazine. It’s a cabled saddle shoulder jumper worked flat in DK yarn. The cables are inspired by tyre tracks left behind in forests, fields and on beaches.

This week's blog post, "Gremlins and Gnomes", is now available.

Hi! I want to show off my new pattern releases and let you know I’m having a big 25% sale on everything! These are Ayr Hat, Lostwithiel Top Down Socks, St Nectan’s Glen Toe Up Socks and Saltash Scarflette. More info at fayeperriamreed.com/patterns or www.ravelry.com/designers/faye-perriam-reed

Blocking a gnome while it’s still on the needles!

I am so proud of what my workshop attendees achieved. It was their first time knitting two-colour brioche & they nailed it! I learnt a lot too as it was the first time I’ve met some who knits left-handed with *everything* mirror image to the usual way of knitting.

This week's blog post, "Cake and Wool", is now available.

This Sunday at the RiverKnits studio in Weedon Bec! Open 10-4 with a lovely range of vendors and guest speaker Susan Crawford!! This will be a super day - do come along if you’re free. Only £5 entry.

This week's blog post, "Going round in circles - or squares", is now available.

There’s still time to book on next week’s workshop - Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche Knitting at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley. www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...

This week's blog post, "Remember, Remember", is now available!

A reminder that you can book next month’s knitting workshops now! 19th Nov - intro to two-colour brioche knitting 26th Nov - intro to lace knitting Each workshop is £25 including yarn & handouts, 6.30-8.30pm at Shaz's Shabby Chic. Booking is essential! www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...

This week's blog post, "Making and Baking", is now available! kathandrewsdesigns.com/2025/10/28/m...

Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s POET, COACH. COACH, POET... soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/10/poet...

There’s still time to book a place on my Moebius Knitting workshop! Wednesday 29th October, 6.30-8.30pm at @shazsshabbychic in Buckley. Use this link for full details and to book a place: www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...