Kestrel Makes

...OK, specifically the 7 stages of knitting this cardigan: 1. Excitement Love the yarn (WYS Aire Valley DK in Blueberry Bonbon from Qu...

I've got into the habit of posting a lot of things I'm making on Instagram. It's so easy for sharing 'in progress' pictu...

Even though I've been knitting for about 9 years, I still find it hard to get away from the negative connotations of the word 'shawl...

The beginnings of a Stephen West Dotted Rays shawl. I was inspired to cast on my Franca's lovely version . You can't really tel...

I'm a big fan of Kate Davies' patterns. Last year she released a number of patterns to coincide with the release of her new range of...

A shawl is the perfect project to use up a skein of beautiful, special yarn. When I bought some gorgeous 4 ply at the marketplace of the In ...

I'm a big fan of Kate Davies' knitting patterns. I've previously knit her Manu and Deco cardigans, and this is the Asta Solilja ...

  My  Ásta Sóllilja  sweater.  I am really happy with the colour combination. The darkest green I chose (it's at the bottom of th...

It's always exciting to wear a knitted cardigan or sweater for the first time, after the weeks spent creating it and hoping it will tur...

A new project on the needles... Pattern  Kate Davies  Ásta Sóllilja Sweater from her book Yokes . I got the book for Christmas and altho...