The Knit Guru

Knitting projects, patterns and inspiration


  • The Vogue Knitting Quick Reference Guide – Review

    Ages ago I bought a copy of the Vogue Ultimate Knitting Guide… it is indeed the magnum opus of knitting information. However, it is expensive, and heavy. The Vogue Knitting Quick Reference Guide was then released, which addresses some of these issues. Here is my review of the book. If you missed the original view… Read more

  • The Husband Beanie – Free Knitting Pattern

    The Husband Beanie – Free Knitting Pattern

    A super quick knitting pattern Read more

  • What I knit in August

    What I knit in August

    I had expected to be a machine in August, knitting away comfortably whilst recovering from surgery. It turns out that that was far from reality. I did sit and knit…. though at one point I was managing a row before sleeping for an hour, and most of the time I was getting the rows wrong.… Read more

  • What’s up on YouTube

    Years ago I started a YouTube channel for this blog. Mostly because I was creating a lot of videos for work, and then some things needed explaining further than I could write them. But it quickly fell into the backseat as I took on more work at work, and more knitting requests. Then came the… Read more

  • Ear Savers – Free Knitting Pattern

    Ear Savers – Free Knitting Pattern

    Last time we went into Lockdown, my cousin began crocheting ear savers. This didn’t interest me in the slightest – mostly as I had my own struggles moving into an unfinished house, running without internet, or television, and struggling with legal battles over the sale of the old house. That, and we weren’t mandated to… Read more

  • It’s been a lot of a year…

    Well. 2021. And I find myself back in Lockdown. Post-surgery. Post-mothers-funeral. It’s been a lot of a year to say the least. But I haven’t forgotten you all. I just had to put you all on the back burner for a while. But what can I say. I am knitting. It was a hard journey… Read more

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