Bex Knitty Design

  Today sees the release of the ' Woven Hat ' , available in my Ravelry store ' Bex Knitty Design ' and shortly also on LoveCrafts.com! This Hat is packed with texture and interest so there’s hardly a dull moment as you create a squishy cosy fabric utilizing both the Right and Wrong sides of bands of Linen stitch, as well bobbles, cables & garter stripes, creating an almost olden world woven look, from another era but also timeless in its snuggly promise. A provisional cast on is used at the start, if you are opting for a picot edging for the brim, and then opened and the picot bind off worked, once you have worked your way through the body of the hat and completed the closure of the crown. You can add more ‘slouch’ amount by working extra garter ridges before commencing with crown decreases. Knitting skills & techniques used: Intermediate - Advanced: Casting on/provisional cast on using crochet hook method and waste yarn, binding off (with picot option), knitti...

  Today sees the release of the  'Woven Cowl' , available in my Ravelry store ' Bex Knitty Design ' and shortly also on LoveCrafts.com! This cowl is packed with texture and interest so there’s hardly a dull moment as you create a squishy cosy fabric utilizing both the Right and Wrong side produced with bands of Linen stitch, as well as twisted stitches, bobbles, cables and garter stripes, creating an almost olden world woven look, from another era but also timeless in its snuggly promise. It is a fairly close-fitting cowl that you knit as a single layer for something a bit lighter or a double layer version, offering a more substantial cosy option. A provisional cast on is used at the start for that version and then opened once all the patterning part is worked leaving only stockinette fabric to be worked up to match the length of the patterned half you have already worked, to be joined by using a 3rd needle like a kind of halfway 3 needle bind off. Both versions are the...