Keep the chills away with Snug Boot Cuffs

It’s that awkward in-between time of the year. It isn’t yet spring, but the weather’s far too nice for staying indoors. Rather than be cooped up any longer, pull on your boots and coat and stride out for a healthy walk. If you pop a pair of boot-toppers on too, you’ll be in no danger of getting cold ankles or legs. 

Snug Boot Cuffs knitted in Mustard Yellow Socks Yarn

knitshop.co.uk’sSnug Boot Cuffs are ideal. They’re a one-skein knit that’s both simple and seam-free. You need 100g of knitshop.co.uk Sock Yarn – the brighter and more colourful the colour, the better. We’ve used Mustard Yellow Sock Yarn in our example, but this 80% wool, 20% ramie yarn comes in a deep Bordeaux Red, vibrant Green and a choice of blues too. 

These stylish and warm Boot Cuffs have been designed by
knitshop.co.uk owner Julieta I. Brandao

Snug Boot Cuffs are knitted in the round on either 3mm double-pointed or 3mm circular needles using an easy-to-remember combination of knits and purls. There’s no shaping involved, so this is a great first project if you’re new to knitting in the round. You’ll also find it useful to place a stitch marker at the start of each round.

As an alternative to Sock Yarn, you could knit your Snug Boot Cuffs using knitshop.co.uk’s luxuriously soft Alpaca Fino Yarn and take your pick from even more gloriously colourful shades. Alpaca Fino comes in a choice of 20 shades including Burnt Orange, Peacock-Teal, Pink, Red and Moss Green.

snug, warm and comfortable,
a must have accessory for the cold-warm season!

knitshop.co.uk’s Snug Boot Cuffs pattern is a really fast knit, so you could check the weather in the morning and whip up a pair in time for your post-lunch stroll. Because there are no seams to sew, you only have a couple of ends to darn in once you’ve finished knitting.

Since each 100g skein of our Sock Yarn contains 300m of yarn, you could also make a short pair of matching wrist warmers from the rest of the ball – not bad for a total cost of less than £8 for the yarn and pattern http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3010-snug-boot-cuffs.html.

Links to this blog:

3mm circular needle: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1877-3mm-40cm-bamboo-circulars.html

Alpaca Fino Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/180-alpaca-fino

Bamboo double-pointed needles: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/275-bamboo-dpn

Bordeaux Red Sock Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/socks-yarn/1300-bordeaux-red-socks-yarn.html

Burnt Orange Alpaca Fino Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/socks-yarn/1452-denim-blue-socks-yarn.html

Denim Blue Sock Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/socks-yarn/1452-denim-blue-socks-yarn.html

Green Sock Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/socks-yarn/1654-green-socks-yarn.html

knitshop.co.uk Sock Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/165-socks-yarn

Moss Green Alpaca Fino Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/alpaca-yarn/1786-moss-green-fino.html

Mustard Yellow Sock Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/socks-yarn/1653-mustard-yellow-socks-yarn.html

Peacock-Teal Alpaca Fino Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/alpaca-yarn/1785-peacock-fino.html

Pink Alpaca Fino Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/alpaca-yarn/1784-pink-fino.html

Snug Boot Cuffs pattern: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/3010-snug-boot-cuffs.html

March workshops at knitshop.co.uk

We’re ringing the changes with our workshop schedule at knitshop.co.uk and are introducing lots and lots of new classes for you to try. The first one is Crochet Amigurumi on Saturday 1 March. In this fun workshop we’ll show you how to create mini characters known as ‘amigurumi’. The word is Japanese for a knitted or crocheted stuffed toy. You can have great fun turning your amigurumi into recognisable characters and animals. For example, one knitter in the US made a complete set of 12 Doctor Who Time Lords. To make amigurumi, you need only basic crochet skills. Our tutors will show you everything else you need to know, so you can be imaginative as you like.

Crochet Easter Eggs
using Cotton DK Yarn and 3.5mm crochet hook.

If you’d like to make more traditional crocheted items, we’ll be running a class in Tunisian Crochet on Friday 21 March. This ancient form of crochet (also known as Afghan crochet) uses a technique halfway between knitting and crochet and is worked on a much longer hook than standard crochet. Tunisian crochet makes a very tight fabric and can be used to make bags, table runners and other home-wares.

Tunisian Crochet Workshop at knitshop.co.uk
Learn Tunisian Crochet and practice the different stitches.

We’ll also be introducing another new crochet technique to our workshop schedule. Broomstick Crochet (Friday 28 March) uses extra-chunky crochet hooks to make very open, lace-like fabrics that are fast and easy to create. For example, you could use broomstick crochet to make a light and airy shawl.
Our final two March crochet classes are both seasonal ones. On Friday 7 March we’ll be crocheting flowers to give as a Mother’s Day gift, while on Friday 14 March we’ll be looking at how to Crochet An Easter Egg Decoration. Decorated eggs look wonderful and are a centuries-old tradition in Russia, eastern Europe and other countries. Once you see the results, we’re sure it’s a tradition you’ll be keen to adopt for your family too.

Knit the perfect Rose!

Knitters have got lots of interesting classes to enjoy in March too. We start off on Saturday 8 March with our Cable Knitting workshop. Cables are a great way to add interest to your knitting and are worked using just knit and purl stitches. We’ll show you how to incorporate cables into a scarf or a pair of wrist warmers – a satisfying first cable project.

Cabled wrist warmer knitted in Kolibri Wool Yarn.

Another wonderful way to advance your knitting skills is to knit lace garments. Our Lace Knitting class on Saturday 15 March shows you how to read a lace pattern, introduces you to yarnovers and slip stitches and helps you tackle complex multi-row patterns with confidence.

Learn to knit a beautiful lace shawl.
This shawl is knitted

As with all our classes, our Lace Knitting class comes with full follow-up support, which means you can email or call us if you get stuck trying to complete something we’ve shown you. We are also introducing a Knitting SOS clinic at the end of each month where you can bring your troublesome knits and get help fixing them. Knitting SOS is free, but you need to book your place.knitshop.co.uk workshops take place at our boutique outlet at 326 Lee High Road, London SE13 5PJ from 11am to 1pm. All materials will be provided. Classes cost £15 per adult and there will be a maximum of six people per class.
Please see our full workshop list at www.knitshop.co.uk/156-workshops.



Links to this blog:
Knitshop.co.uk workshops: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/156-workshops

Broomstick Crochet workshop: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2994-broomstick-crochet.html

Cable Knitting workshop: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2987-08-mar-cables-sknitting-workshop.html

Crochet Amigurumi workshop: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2986-crochet-amigurumi.html

Crochet An Easter Egg Decoration workshop: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2990-14-march.html

Crochet A Mother’s Day Gift workshop: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2985-crochet-mothers-day-gift.html

Doctor Who Time Lords amigurumi: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57618699-1/adorable-amigurumi-doctor-who-dolls-charm-fans

Knit A Cowl workshop: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2995-knitting-in-the-round-cowl-twist.html

Knitting SOS class: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2981-free-sos-clinic.html

Tunisian Crochet workshop: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/workshops/2991-21-mar-tunisian-afghan-crochet.html