I have a BAHA (bone anchored hearing aid). This is a fabulous piece of kit. I have a metal screw in the mastoid bone in my head (which incidently has to be tightened each year so I do occasionally have a screw loose),and my heading aid clips onto this screw. I hear through the bone rather than through my broken ear. This does, however, make it ...

These socks are knitted from the toe up in the round. The cuff is worked back and forward (at right angles to the sock) as you cast off each stitch at the top of the sock.

This is a 15 page tutorial for making a fabulous Advent calendar using tiny socks. Each sock is cleverly buttoned onto a knitted bunting which means that each year you use it you can move the socks around so the numbers are in a different place. The numbers are added using Swiss darning. You can hang your advent sock calendar along a wall, wrap...

Tension: 10cm x 10cm square = 28 sts x 36 rows in stocking stitch, size 4mm needles or appropriate size to achieve the correct tension, yarn needle for sewing up, Beaker Button Bountiful 4ply 100g, 400m approx.

This pattern is pretty flexible. The sample is worked in lace weight yarn and is light and floaty. For a heavier stole you could use a 4ply yarn quite easily. The length is easily adjusted by repeating the central section as required.

Tension 8 sts X 10 rows over 10 X 10cm square using size 10mm needles, 1 skein each in 5 colours of Yaya (for a single colour you need 250m approx of super chunky yarn), yarn needle for sewing in ends, 16 X Dorset buttons 3.5cm across made with contrasting thread.

Tension: 7 sts x 7 rows over 5cm x 5cm square, 4.5mm hook (or size to achieve tension), 100g (225m) Beaker Button Bountiful DK, two lockable stitch markers, yarn needle for weaving in ends, 2 Dorset buttons size 2.6cm.

Most of the pieces for Tallulah are worked in the round so there are only the stuffing holes to sew up.

Most of the parts for Jemima are knitted in the round so you don’t have to sew them up. There are some seams to be sewn once you’ve stuffed her.

This is a simple garter stitch heart, great for using up old bits of yarn. I’ve given a tension but it’s really not that important. You could use any yarn with this pattern and make bigger or smaller hearts.

I ran this pattern as a KAL on my blog. It was one of those things that popped into my head after an evening star gazing with my family. The pattern has three little knitting patterns. A sheep, a star and a crescent moon. Each comes out at about 10cm across. The instructions for making the mobile are also in the pattern. This is a bit of fun, u...

This is the crochet version of my Duck Billed slippers. It’s a fairly easy pattern that I think would suit a newbie crocheter.

This pattern uses UK crochet terms. . A US version is also available here

Tension: 10cm x 10cm square = 7 sts x 10 rows in stocking stitch, size 10mm needles or appropriate size to achieve the correct tension, cable needle, yarn needle for sewing up, Super Bulky yarn 200g, 116m approx. Pom Pom maker or card for making Pom Poms.

This is a very simple shawl to knit, and could suit most yarns. There yo increases, marked by stitch markers, and a knit 2 together cast off. The pattern is written. The fastening broosh is made using Dorset button techniques and the pattern has a photo and written tutorial.

This is a simple pattern for mittens knitted flat and sewn up the sides. It involves some increasing and a little shaping for the thumb. The pattern has written and photographic instructions for the Dorset buttons. 1 size fits most.

This is a PDF pattern for my Duck billed slippers. The slippers are knitted using Aran weight yarn (I’ve used one skein of Beaker Button Bountiful Aran in the example). This pattern is knitted flat and has a three needle cast off at the toe. It’s knitted in garter stitch, with a back piece and the stitches picked up along the sides to form the ...

This is a PDF pattern for my cuff’s shrug pattern, rewritten to be knitted in lace weight yarn. One size. The shrug is knitted using lace weight/2ply yarn (I’ve used Beaker Button Bountiful lace in the example). This pattern is knitted flat and sewn up along the edges.

This is a pattern for a pair of Boot Strap Socks. The socks come with a chart to make small to large sizes depending on your foot size. They are knitting using 4ply sock wool (I’ve used Beaker Button Bountiful 4ply in the example). They are toe up socks knitted on 4 double pointed needles.

This is a pattern for a pair of mesh mittens, designed to resemble those fabulous mesh mittens from the 1980’s. It’s knitted using a simple lace stitch in the round. It’s knitted using 4ply Manos Alegria, which gives it such wonderful jazzy colours. One size fits most hands. Each glove needs blocking by stretching out while wet and leaving to d...

This is a pattern for a pair of simple legwarmers. It is knitted in the round and has a rib top and bottom. It’s designed to fit most legs, but if you wanted a much smaller or much larger size would be easy to adapt, either by changing needle size or changing cast on stitches in groups of 3.

This is a pattern for fingerless mittens worked in the flat and sewn up. The stitches used are 2 x 2 rib and stocking stitch, with increase and decrease stitches to provide a small amount of shaping and the thumb. They have a thumb.

This is a pattern for a simple cable mitten, using left (front) and right Back) cables. It is knitted in the flat and sewn up the sides. It has a thumb.