The countdown is on so now’s the time to start getting those Christmas projects on your needles. Whether you’re planning on knitting your gifts or wanting to spruce up your home we’ve got you covered. These are our top Christmas decorations to start knitting now to get you feeling festive…
You might think summer and knitting don’t go together, but we’re here to prove you wrong with a whole bunch of lovely things to knit for that warm summer weather. Think sleeveless tops and dresses, sun hats, bags and picnic blankets, or should that be pic-knit blankets… ahem. Without further ado, here are our favourite […]
As the days start to get a little warmer, knitting may not be the first thing on your mind – but fear not! We’ve got some great knits in our Big Cotton recycled yarn that are perfect for Summer. If you’ve not used our cotton yarn before then it may feel rather different to our […]
We often get asked if we have any knits for men and the answer is always a resounding YES! Currently our photography is limited to me and Chloe photographing knits on ourselves and we don’t have any (willing) male models so you have to imagine our knits with… less boobage. But nothing that we make […]
OK so I’m going to be honest and admit that I am NOT a huge fan of Valentines Day… in fact, I think it’s a bullshit day that for years has been about making single people feel inferior and as we all know it’s based entirely on consumerism. HOWEVER I am a sucker for a […]
Our knits have been well and truly blown off. We’ve been amazed by all the heat our knits have been attracting and the love for Claudia Winkleman’s outfits during The Traitors season 2. We’ve been doing our own sleuthing through the press to find out who’s a faithful supporter of LAD, and we wanted to […]
Inspired by the iconic Claudia Winkleman on The Traitors, here are our top ‘Really Big Knits’ that we can totally see her rocking… We’re over the moon to be part of one of the best wardrobes on TV right now – Claudia and her knits. Our Roll Up Knit Down jumper and our Snood have […]
So, with Christmas over and the decorations packed away we’re thinking ahead to the next event which of course is Valentines. We were thinking, what better way to celebrate than to get your gals or pals together for a yarny crafternoon. We’ll bring the inspo and you bring the treats! Deal?
If you’re after some super speedy and extremely easy knitting projects then we’ve got you covered. Last minute gifts, yarn stash busters or just something to fill an hour or two… look no further friends. Here are my favourite quick and easy knits…
Whether you’re looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a knitter or just here to treat yourself, I’m bringing you the essentials for any knitter. The things you can never have too many of and the ones that make knitting so much more fun. Christmas gifts you can’t go wrong with because every knitter loves […]
Friends, Christmas is just around the corner now so I’m bringing you 15 festive knits to start working on now. This isn’t even our entire Christmas range – you can find plenty more designs in our Christmas Collection but here are some of my faves (I was going to stop at 10 but just couldn’t!) […]
It won’t come as any surprise to you that I found it very hard to narrow down my favourite products because so many of them have a special place to me, however here’s a selection of 11 of my absolute fave products that we sell (and if you’d have asked me a week or two […]
We’re so obsessed with our Monthly Selection Boxes we wanted to pull together some patterns you could make with them. Sometimes you’ll have yarn left over and others you may have to think creatively on how to apply your colours but with selections this good… you can’t go wrong! Think stripes, colour blocks, a different […]
We all know nice yarn and chunky knitting needles can make knitting an absolute joy but we’ve compiled a collection of things that you might not know you needed… little things to make your knitting experience just *that much more* special. Knitting notions that bring joy to both brand new beginners and the most experienced […]
With the holidays just around the corner, we’ve put together our top must-haves that you’ll need to be taking to the beach with you… With a whole host of Devon small businesses included, you can support local while being absolutely one hundred percent beach ready. We’ve got you babe – just don’t forget your sunscreen […]
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