My favourite tutorials of 2017

Earlier this week I shared some of the projects I’ve been working on in 2017.  In this post I thought I’d look back at some of the tutorials I’ve shared, just in case you missed them! It started in February, when I shared this Magic Loop technique for crocheting in the round.   In May, […]

Saturday WIP Update

So, you lovely lot!  I hope that you have had a good “between Christmas and New Year”.  Some of you will have had to work I know, I hope its not been too tough!  Others (like me!) will hopefully have had a break from the day-to-day. I’ve not had an awful lot of time for […]

Learn to knit the purl stitch

How to knit the Purl Stitch – a photo and video tutorial

In this post I’m going to show you how to knit the purl stitch. I’ve taken this from my “Learn to Knit for Beginners Course”. Because I thought you might want to have a handy reference guide for different technique, I’ve split my course into a series of specific posts like this one too.

How to knit the Knit Stitch – a photo and video tutorial

In this post I’m going to show you how to knit the knit stitch. I’ve taken this from my “Learn to Knit for Beginners Course” which you can find here. Because I thought that you may want to look at specific techniques, I’ve broken it up into a set of posts like this.

My 2017 in Wool…a round-up of 2017’s knitting and crochet

We are fast-approaching the anniversary of my Jo-Creates blog, coming up mid-January.  Thanks to all of you who read and follow my ramblings.  All of your comments and support are greatly appreciated and spur me on to create more!!  Without you there would be no point to what I’m doing!! 🙂 🙂 To celebrate my […]

WIP Monday – New Cardigan and Jumper!!

I know “WIP Wednesday” is traditional but I’m not always one to follow the rules, so here is “WIP Monday”!  I thought I’d share my progress on my current WIP’s with you.  I’ve been a bit absent from blogging recently, but thats because (along with many Christmas nights-out!) I’ve been concentrating on knitting. WIP 1 […]

Sunday Snowday. Getting in touch with my inner child!

Like a lot of the UK, we woke up yesterday morning to a blanket of snow. As my cousin (Who lives in a ski-resort in France) pointed out, snow isn’t all that exciting to a lot of people.  For us in the wet and a bit too warm midlands though, the last time I remember […]

WIP Update – New Cardigan design

Last night was our work’s Christmas party.  Its always a good laugh, filled with dancing, a late night and possibly slightly more then the strictly recommended intake of alcohol….I decided to take today off to recover!! I went “steam punk” so please forgive me for the black fingernail polish…it was all part of the costume!! […]