Sciurine is a fun mitten pattern, featuring fluffy-tailed squirrels, acorns, and oak leaves. It’s not a difficult pattern, but the colourwork adds some interest, and the loop stitches for the tail make it that little bit more challenging to knit.

Named verdure for the grass stitch throughout, these socks are a simple knit with enough pattern to keep up interest while knitting them. They are knit top-down and I have included instructions for both short “trainer socks” and normal full-length socks. These socks suit a fairly solid coloured base, to allow the lace and slipped stitch patter...