Birdie's Journal

Lets demystify gauge and get you understanding what it's all about so that you can confidently #stitchyourselfsomecoolshit

We’ve had lots of people chatting with us recently about wanting to start knitting top down jumpers but feeling a little daunted about where to start.

It can be quite a minefield looking for a pattern when you’re new at something.

I totally get it, it can be quite overwhelming.

In this post I've got my top three patterns for beginners.

We've had so many new customers, followers and visitors to Needle & Hook lately and I thought, you might all be wondering how this gorgeous boutique yarn store came to be.

Like all good things, we started very small and have grown very slowly.

In 2010 I had my first baby, Regan.

She was such an amazing little baby, a pleasure really, that I found myself BORED!!