Fab freebies
Brilliant books, hooks, kits and needles!
1 HOOKY HANDS
Prym have reinvented our favourite craft tools with a space-age ergonomic range that is designed to be gentle on hard-working hands. Their crochet hooks are light, with a smooth shaft and improved hook to ensure that stitches glide e ortlessly, and a non-slip colour-coded handle. They are available separately or in a set with the most popular sizes – 3.5mm, 4.00mm, 4.50mm, 5.00mm and 6.00mm. Five lucky readers will each win one of these amazing sets, worth £22.80. Visit www.prym.com to view all of their ergonomic designs, including knitting needles and extra-bendy yoga cable needles.
2 CHANGE UP YOUR NEEDLES!
The knitting needles you use can make a huge di erence to your experience. While it’s a good idea to start with something cheap and cheerful, the luxury pins can make your hobby even more fun! Pony’s Bamboo interchangeable gift set is one you don’t want to miss out on – an extensive assortment of pins (sizes 3.25-7mm), circular cables in various lengths, along with end caps, adaptors and a knitting gauge all stored neatly in a pretty hand-woven case. The needles are available to purchase separately, if you only need a few sizes, but it does work out cheaper to buy the set. We have one to give away, worth £100! To find your local stockists, contact groves@stockistsenquiries.co.uk.
3 CONQUER CABLES
Cables are something that many beginners fear. They are often much simpler than they look, but even the most experienced of us can still run into trouble. Jen and Jim of Arnall-Culliford Knitwear have come to the rescue of knitters everywhere with a book that unravels cables to help you through the most complex patterns and give you the confidence to correct any mistakes. Five readers will win a copy each, worth £14! You can find more technique-driven books and matching yarn kits on their website www.shop. acknitwear.co.uk.
4 A BOOK OF WONDER
Japanese knitting patterns have become very popular, as they are comprised exclusively of symbols and graphs so can be read universally. ‘Japanese Wonder Knitting’, released by Tuttle Publishing, talks the reader through how to read these patterns with step-by-step instructions in how to execute classic stitches the Japanese way. Once you have mastered the mechanics you can tackle one of the 23 projects, including hats, scarves, bags, shawls and boot liners! We have five copies to give away, worth £12.99 each. For more details and to view more great books, visit www.tuttlepublishing.com.
5 TRY SOMETHING NEW
If you love knitting but want to try something new, then needle felting is the craft for you! Each of Catherine Arnfield’s wonderful kits contains all of the materials needed, including clear instructions, images, diagrams and links to handy videos to help guide you through this craft. One very lucky reader will win two of these kits (Beau the Labrador and Pepper the Schnauzer), worth £59.99. To learn more and view the full range of these adorable buys head to www.knit2felt.co.uk.
6 MARVELLOUS MITTS
Fiberspates’ Vivacious 4ply is a beautiful high twist 100% Merino yarn with a stitch definition to die for. Louise ZassBangham has used this to great e ect in her Leave These to Me mitts, which feature a pretty leaf pattern and bead embellishments. This design has been so popular that Black Sheep Wools have created a kit especially for it including a skein of Vivacious, a pack of beads and a handy project bag. We have one of these to give away, along with a pair of Cohana Shozaburo thread clippers, worth £59.95. To learn more about these products go to www.blacksheepwools.com.
7 WIN AN EBOOK!
Sweet woodland animals adorn garments, socks, blankets and accessories in Bridget Pupillo’s fabulous book ‘Woodland Critters’. These designs are suitable for the whole family, and some are even available in both child and adult sizes – so you can match! The patterns use stranded knitting, but when there are more than three colours in a row a second chart is included so that some colours can be added with duplicate stitch for ease. We have two digital copies to give away, worth £19.99 each. For more information visit www.bridgetpupillo designs.com.