Crafting Charts and Guides

Knitting Top Down in The Round It is only a few years back that knitting in the round top down became a thing in the UK. And we have found that the...

Common Knitting Pattern Abbreviations Use the table below to understand the most common knitting pattern abbreviations. Knitting abbreviation Ex...

Yarn is simply ANY long continuous length of interlocked animal, plant or synthetic fibres. Most commonly used in crafting.

We will explore below yarns used for crochet and knitting.

Download a digital 'PDF' pattern Once you have selected your downloadable pattern, click ‘Add to cart Your product will now be available withi...

  Children's Shoe Sizes UKSizes USASizes EuropenSizes 4 5 20 4½ 5½ 21 5 6 22 6 7 23 7 8 24 8 9 25 8½ 9½ 26 9 10 27 10 11 28 ...

The following tables include clothing size conversion information for the UK, USA and Europe.

The tables can be used as a reference guide to help ensure you are working to the correct sizes for each region.

Yarn weight refers to the 'thickness' of your yarn.  To thicken strands of yarn they are twisted together or 'folded' hence the thickness of a yarn can be named the 'ply' 

The chart below helps understand the types of yarn and there relative thickness, watch the video below as Tilde demonstrates different types of yarn and how to measure thickness.

Why is needle size important? It is essential to use the correct needle size for your chosen pattern and yarn type to give your knitting the correc...