Knitting - Make Your Own Style

Welcome to KnittingBrain.com. We're here to keep you up to date with the latest in the world of knitting. Everything from gorgeous new knitting yarns to the latest knitting books. Our aim is to review knitting products and knitting books, share tips and ideas for making your knitting progress more smoothly, help you with your yarn substitutions and to generally share our love of knitting. If you also love crochet, check out our new sister site CrochetBrain.co.uk.

Try our knitter's personality test and find out what your strengths and weaknesses are, plus get tips for branching out based on your personality profile.

There is a cautionary tale about things that will eat woolens and other animal fibres, complete with pictures of what to look out for, see our knitwear care section for more details.

Latest Knitting Goodies

Summer is a great time to work on light as a feather lace knits, and Fyberspates has some lovely shades of its Nef lace weight yarn. A luxurious mix of 70% baby alpaca, 20% silk and 10% cashmere. Just think of yourself with a gorgeous shawl around your shoulders.

If you're quick you may be able to get your hands on the new Malabrigo Finito. It's a fingering weight superfine Merino wool. 185m per 50g skein with a recommended needle size of 3-3.5mm.

Spring Summer 2012 Knitwear Fashion Trends

There are lots of bright colours in this season's palette. If these don't suit you then stick to neutrals and use the brighter colours as accents.

An Instant Classic

Knitters around the world have been going mad for Knit, Swirl! by Sandra McIver.

The subtitle says 'Uniquely Flattering One Piece, One Seam Swirl Jackets.' The design is proving popular with knitters of all ages and widely different fashion tastes. The swirl jackets look great in a single colour or in glorious technicolor!

This is the sort of pattern that will have people stopping you in the street to ask where you bought your jacket.

The minimal seaming and the possibilities for showcasing hand painted yarns are both additional selling points.

There are 18 patterns exploring the swirl theme, ranging from light and wispy summer jackets through to snuggly winter jackets.

Click here for more information and to get your copy.

Cropped Tops

Look out for cropped sweaters and cardigans as cute little cover ups to layer over lighter tops when it starts to get chilly. Cropped cable knits, lace knits and ballet style cardigans are all featuring in the high street fashion chains.

Textured Knits

Think double seed stitch, basket weave stitch or even just an interesting slubby yarn to add texture to plain old stocking stitch.

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