Seasalt socks

My latest design, Seasalt is a top down sock inspired by a local venue. It combines gentle cable waves with a central crystal like pattern to represent the salt. 

It is available via Ravelry,  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seasalt-socks  with 1/3 rd off until the end of 31 December 2015 (using the code PEPPER)

P/hop and a new pattern

I'm sure many of you will have heard of p/hop, but for those that haven't, it is a fundraising initiative for Medicine Sans Frontier (also known as Doctors without Boarders). A growing number of knitting and crochet designers have donated patterns to the cause, and if you want to get hold of the pattern a donation to MSF is requested.

Yesterday I went to the Fibre East show near Bedford in the UK.  It was the 3rd time I had volunteered to help out on the p/hop stall at a show, but this one was special because we were able to release my Heads Up sock pattern to the general public.  

This sock was previously available as a bonus pattern for participants in Sock Madness 9, and is now available via p/hop.  We had paper copies at the show, and it will shortly be available via the p/hop website.

I had great fun meeting loads of people on the stall, and it was a brilliant way to do some informal market research.  With any luck a lot of money was raised for the cause.

New Beginnings

Last Sunday I was lucky enough to attend the Muse Collection Volume 2 in London.  This was a get together of knitters organised by A Playful Day and Curious Handmade.

It was a great social event featuring chat, cake, drink and knitting, as well as talks from sponsors PomPom Magazine and sock and accessories designer Rachel Coopey.

The afternoon was themed around new beginnings, which seemed very appropriate for the relaunch of this blog, and gave me inspiration for creating new designs for you.


Stay tuned for a sock design announcement shortly.