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This issue is all about using your knitting skills to do good, whether it’s showing your gratitude to our keyworkers (p64), keeping the kids amused with a new hobby (p33), or simply creating colourful, vibrant knits that bring joy to the world! The latter starts with our Summer Brights Collection on page 14, featuring five stylish garments to suit all tastes and skill levels. Our cheery alpaca hats (p61), cute dinosaur (p76) and sunny yellow socks (p80) will also make you smile. You can’t have missed our brilliant bonus gift – giant leopard print needles! To celebrate the trend we have a round-up of other ways to incorporate leopard print into your knitting on page 43. Plus, with no fewer than eight designs to choose from, you’ll be able to use your needles right away. You don’t even need a super-chunky yarn, as we have great suggestions for raiding your stash, with projects such as Adrienne Chandler’s plant pot holder made from just one ball of aran yarn. Turn to page 37 for the full collection. Don’t forget to cast your vote in this year’s British Knitting & Crochet Awards, at letsknit.co.uk/ awards. For more info, including details about the prize draw, turn to page 67. We have a new feature! Life On The Grid tells the story behind gorgeous images from our favourite Instagram stars. Feast your eyes on highlights from Dee Hardwicke’s lovely feed on page 98.
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Arts and crafts can be a type of messy play and as Sue Gascoyne writes for Teachwire, this can have a huge impact on a child’s emotional development. Messy play can be anything from mud, water and paint, to dry activities including pasta, buttons and yarn. Sue is an author, play therapist and early years researcher, and has put together six key ways messy play can benefit children: By being restoring and calming S upporting communication and self-expression P roviding sensorial, experiential and regressive experiences D eveloping containment and attachment I ncreasing confidence, control, mastery and transformation O ffering enrichment and enjoyment Crafty activities are so much fun for everyone involved, and as you’ve heard, are a great deal more than a solution to while away the hours. Read more about the relationship between messy play and child development at teachwire.net
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Party with Pom-poms We just can’t get enough of these brilliant balls of fluffy goodness and they’re so much fun to make. Let your little ones loose on your leftovers and watch as they turn odds and ends into colourful decorations, toys and embellishments. Most of you will be familiar with using two cardboard circles but now there are handy gadgets and reusable rings that make the process much less fiddly. Just search online to see which style takes your fancy. Wool Couture Company has its own mega chunky yarn that can bring a whole new level of fluff to pom-poms. There’s also a selection of kits that come with all the fibre needed to make wreaths, garlands or for just £5.99, these vibrant pom-pom and tassel keyrings. Find out more at woolcouturecompany.com
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How many of you started out with a knitting dolly, or you might have called it a French knitter? Whether yours was super fancy or a cotton reel with pins in it, there’s no denying it’s a fun technique for making pretty strings and building familiarity with handling yarn. This Knitting Mushroom kit from Rex London is certainly a step up from the D-I-Y versions and comes with three mini yarns. £6.95, rexlondon.com
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PAINTBOX COTTON ARAN. £2.50 per 50g (85m) ball from 01409 404010, loveknitting.com
RICO CREATIVE COTTON ARAN. £1.89 per 50g (85m) ball from 01925 764231, blacksheepwools.com
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£ Next row: 3ch, patt to last three sts, tr3tog, turn. 7 (8, 8, 8, 8, 9) sts £ Cont without shaping until work meas 46 (48, 50, 52, 54, 56) cm £ Fasten off £ Leaving 14 (14, 16, 16, 18, 18) sts unworked for neck, rejoin yarn to rem 13 (14, 14, 14, 14, 15) sts, 3ch, tr3tog, patt to end. 11 (12, 12, 12, 12, 13) sts £ Next row: 3ch, patt to last three sts, tr3tog, turn. 9 (10, 10, 10, 10, 11) sts £ Next row: 3ch, tr3tog, patt to end, turn. 7 (8, 8, 8, 8, 9) sts
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CREATE A RAISED POLKA DOT EFFECT WITH JO ALLPORT’S SLIP STITCH DESIGN We’ve shown before that you can create some gorgeous colour patterns using slip stitches, but designer Jo has gone one step further and incorporated textured bobbles into this fabulous cushion. The bobbles are worked by increasing and decreasing on different rows, while slipping stitches means you can use two colours to make them really stand out. Find out how to do it in our step-by-step guide.
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