Page 7 - Let's Get Crafting Knitting & Crochet - Issue 118 (January 2020)

Kniting for muggles
Bringing you the latest craty
trends and fabulous products
Get your
snuggle on!
You can’t beat knitting
and crocheting with
warm and cosy fibres at
this time of year and we
can’t get enough of
Rico’s new Creative Petit
Lapin Super Chunky for
our winter projects. This
faux fur yarn works up
beautifully into cosy soft
knitwear and projects
for the home. The
pattern leaflets include
snuggly on-trend
garments, accessories
and cuddly toys, all in a
range of stunning muted
colours, rico-design.com
Throw some shapes
If you’re looking for cosy homeware in
bright geometric designs to get on your
needles, then Love Crafts has got you
covered. This on-trend collection of
stripes, blocks, chevrons, circles and
We’ve waited for this book longer
than ‘he who must not be named’
waited to return to Hogwarts! Harry
Potter Knitting Magic by Tanis Gray
(£22.99, Pavilion) is for you if you’re a
wizard loving, horcrux hunting, spell
casting, Quidditch playing fan of
Harry Potter. Featuring over 25
patterns, from your favourite TEDDY MANIA WITH
House scarves and cardigans to a
Chamber of Secrets beanie, you’ll
need your very own sorting hat to
decide which fab project to make
first. And if Hedwig is top of your list,
make sure you pick up next month’s
issue of Let’s Get Crafting for the
pattern! pavilionbooks.com
I perhaps the most famous and
polygons is so 2020 and we adore
such bold style! The makes
include cushions, throws, and hot
water bottle covers and they’re
designed in Paintbox Simply
Aran, Simply Chunky,
Wool-Mix Aran and
Wool-Mix Super Chunky.
What’s more, all the
patterns are free!
Available in February
2020, find out more at
lovecrafts.com
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Stuart
Hillard
couldn’t look at this issue’s Teddy
yarn colours without thinking of
well-loved teddy bear of all – Paddington!
Included is two balls of Classic Taupe and
one of Golden Yellow which are the
perfect colours for a traditional bear with
contrasting paw pads. Paddington is
instantly recognisable by his blue dule
coat or why not use other colours to
make a lovely knited or crocheted outit
of your own? And don’t be afraid to
customise your bear with a garter stitch
scarf or bow tie – make him or her
unique! Teddies have been popular toys
since their invention in 1903, when the
German toy manufacturer Steif, and
American toy maker Morris Michtom,
both created toy bears. Michtom actually
coined the name ‘Teddy’ bear ater the
US President Theodore – Teddy –
Roosevelt, although they were originally
known as Teddy’s bears! The name stuck
with the public and we have loved bears
of all shapes and sizes ever since.
If you’ve already got a beloved bear who
needs a new blanket, why not knit simple
squares in your favourite stitches and
sew them together with a tapestry
needle? You can easily add surface detail
to stocking stitch squares using the
Swiss darning technique. Thread a blunt
darning needle with a length of your
chosen yarn. Bring the point of your
needle through from the back at the base
of the stitch to be drawn through the
yarn. Leaving an end at the back, take the
needle behind the two loops of the stitch
above from right to let and then pull it
through. Insert the needle into the same
place as before and bring it through at
the base of the next stitch to be covered.
It’s a great way to personalise your teddy
bear’s blanket or anything else at all!
Stu x