Kath Andrews
@kathandrews.bsky.social
Knitter, designer, teacher, spinner, gardener, baker, plant-based but use and wear wool, sewist, singer, general nerd, wife to Sue, she/her
I have a new design out today! Making Tracks is in Issue 222 of The Knitter magazine.
It’s a cabled saddle shoulder jumper worked flat in DK yarn. The cables are inspired by tyre tracks left behind in forests, fields and on beaches.
It’s a cabled saddle shoulder jumper worked flat in DK yarn. The cables are inspired by tyre tracks left behind in forests, fields and on beaches.
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I have a new design out today! Making Tracks is in Issue 222 of The Knitter magazine.
It’s a cabled saddle shoulder jumper worked flat in DK yarn. The cables are inspired by tyre tracks left behind in forests, fields and on beaches.
It’s a cabled saddle shoulder jumper worked flat in DK yarn. The cables are inspired by tyre tracks left behind in forests, fields and on beaches.
This week's blog post, "Gremlins and Gnomes", is now available.
Gremlins and Gnomes
If you are a monthly newsletter subscriber you will have received an email yesterday telling you about some website issues I have been having. My contact form has been the target of spam bots and it's been causing me a few issues that also affected my email list. Late morning yesterday I asked for assistance from the "Happiness Engineers" at Wordpress, specifically asking for help from a person rather than an AI.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This week's blog post, "Gremlins and Gnomes", is now available.
Reposted by Kath Andrews
Hi! I want to show off my new pattern releases and let you know I’m having a big 25% sale on everything!
These are Ayr Hat, Lostwithiel Top Down Socks, St Nectan’s Glen Toe Up Socks and Saltash Scarflette.
More info at fayeperriamreed.com/patterns or www.ravelry.com/designers/faye-perriam-reed
These are Ayr Hat, Lostwithiel Top Down Socks, St Nectan’s Glen Toe Up Socks and Saltash Scarflette.
More info at fayeperriamreed.com/patterns or www.ravelry.com/designers/faye-perriam-reed
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Hi! I want to show off my new pattern releases and let you know I’m having a big 25% sale on everything!
These are Ayr Hat, Lostwithiel Top Down Socks, St Nectan’s Glen Toe Up Socks and Saltash Scarflette.
More info at fayeperriamreed.com/patterns or www.ravelry.com/designers/faye-perriam-reed
These are Ayr Hat, Lostwithiel Top Down Socks, St Nectan’s Glen Toe Up Socks and Saltash Scarflette.
More info at fayeperriamreed.com/patterns or www.ravelry.com/designers/faye-perriam-reed
Blocking a gnome while it’s still on the needles!
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Blocking a gnome while it’s still on the needles!
I am so proud of what my workshop attendees achieved. It was their first time knitting two-colour brioche & they nailed it!
I learnt a lot too as it was the first time I’ve met some who knits left-handed with *everything* mirror image to the usual way of knitting.
I learnt a lot too as it was the first time I’ve met some who knits left-handed with *everything* mirror image to the usual way of knitting.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I am so proud of what my workshop attendees achieved. It was their first time knitting two-colour brioche & they nailed it!
I learnt a lot too as it was the first time I’ve met some who knits left-handed with *everything* mirror image to the usual way of knitting.
I learnt a lot too as it was the first time I’ve met some who knits left-handed with *everything* mirror image to the usual way of knitting.
This week's blog post, "Cake and Wool", is now available.
Cake and Wool
I can hardly believe that it's already Tuesday again. The weeks are spinning past. Sometimes I wish I had a regular structure to my blog as my wife does. She always starts with what the morning smells like, describes the photo she is using to accompany her post, writes her main section and finishes by sharing a poem. However, my blog doesn't have that regularity of form.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This week's blog post, "Cake and Wool", is now available.
This Sunday at the RiverKnits studio in Weedon Bec!
Open 10-4 with a lovely range of vendors and guest speaker Susan Crawford!!
This will be a super day - do come along if you’re free. Only £5 entry.
Open 10-4 with a lovely range of vendors and guest speaker Susan Crawford!!
This will be a super day - do come along if you’re free. Only £5 entry.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This Sunday at the RiverKnits studio in Weedon Bec!
Open 10-4 with a lovely range of vendors and guest speaker Susan Crawford!!
This will be a super day - do come along if you’re free. Only £5 entry.
Open 10-4 with a lovely range of vendors and guest speaker Susan Crawford!!
This will be a super day - do come along if you’re free. Only £5 entry.
This week's blog post, "Going round in circles - or squares", is now available.
Going round in circles – or squares
Recently I have been enjoying the simplicity of crocheting a large granny square with a set sequence of colours. I can relax and as long as I can count to three it pretty much sorts itself out. Mind you, the counting bit isn't foolproof! It's steadily and slowly growing which is good. I'm still not entirely convinced whether or not the two darkest shades of green are in fact the same colour - I think they might be, but as long as I keep to the sequence I've chosen it doesn't actually matter.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This week's blog post, "Going round in circles - or squares", is now available.
There’s still time to book on next week’s workshop - Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche Knitting at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
There’s still time to book on next week’s workshop - Introduction to Two-Colour Brioche Knitting at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
This week's blog post, "Remember, Remember", is now available!
Remember, Remember
The main pic on today's post is a poppy brooch I knitted a couple of years ago. Last week I saw the lovely display of knitted poppies on the railings outside my mum's care home to which Mum contributed about four, but I wasn't able to get a photo of that without including lots of cars in the car park behind so I will just share this single poppy here.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This week's blog post, "Remember, Remember", is now available!
A reminder that you can book next month’s knitting workshops now!
19th Nov - intro to two-colour brioche knitting
26th Nov - intro to lace knitting
Each workshop is £25 including yarn & handouts, 6.30-8.30pm at Shaz's Shabby Chic.
Booking is essential!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
19th Nov - intro to two-colour brioche knitting
26th Nov - intro to lace knitting
Each workshop is £25 including yarn & handouts, 6.30-8.30pm at Shaz's Shabby Chic.
Booking is essential!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A reminder that you can book next month’s knitting workshops now!
19th Nov - intro to two-colour brioche knitting
26th Nov - intro to lace knitting
Each workshop is £25 including yarn & handouts, 6.30-8.30pm at Shaz's Shabby Chic.
Booking is essential!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
19th Nov - intro to two-colour brioche knitting
26th Nov - intro to lace knitting
Each workshop is £25 including yarn & handouts, 6.30-8.30pm at Shaz's Shabby Chic.
Booking is essential!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
This week's blog post, "Making and Baking", is now available! kathandrewsdesigns.com/2025/10/28/m...
Making and Baking
This weekend I did some baking for the first time in absolutely ages. I made biscuits that are the simplest things ever and they are lovely. The recipe suggested dividing the mixture into three and…
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October 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This week's blog post, "Making and Baking", is now available! kathandrewsdesigns.com/2025/10/28/m...
Reposted by Kath Andrews
Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s POET, COACH. COACH, POET...
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POET, COACH. COACH, POET. (Epsiode 107)
POET, COACH. COACH, POET. This morning a swirling wind makes an incense of its own as it mixes the soft dry scent o...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s POET, COACH. COACH, POET...
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There’s still time to book a place on my Moebius Knitting workshop!
Wednesday 29th October, 6.30-8.30pm at @shazsshabbychic in Buckley.
Use this link for full details and to book a place: www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
Wednesday 29th October, 6.30-8.30pm at @shazsshabbychic in Buckley.
Use this link for full details and to book a place: www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
October 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
There’s still time to book a place on my Moebius Knitting workshop!
Wednesday 29th October, 6.30-8.30pm at @shazsshabbychic in Buckley.
Use this link for full details and to book a place: www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
Wednesday 29th October, 6.30-8.30pm at @shazsshabbychic in Buckley.
Use this link for full details and to book a place: www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
My 4-ply version of What Do Points Make? is completed and now needs blocking before sewing two very short side seams. I needed a tiny bit of a fourth colour - top outer corners on the pic.
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My 4-ply version of What Do Points Make? is completed and now needs blocking before sewing two very short side seams. I needed a tiny bit of a fourth colour - top outer corners on the pic.
Very excited to be exhibiting at The Wool Monty for the first time next year! Early bird tickets are now on sale!
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Very excited to be exhibiting at The Wool Monty for the first time next year! Early bird tickets are now on sale!
Knitting a new moebius sample of Gnarly Roots - a cowl with reversible cables. Loving how it’s coming out!
October 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Knitting a new moebius sample of Gnarly Roots - a cowl with reversible cables. Loving how it’s coming out!
Reposted by Kath Andrews
Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s FOCUSING...
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#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
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#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
FOCUSING (Episode 105)
FOCUSING This morning the air brings the smell of old carboard boxes, and I do not set off the alarm ca...
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October 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Monday is Blog Day where my week starts with finding out what Monday smells like, and I look for the joy that makes my heart sing. Here’s FOCUSING...
soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com/2025/10/focu...
#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
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#SingingAsTheDarknessLifts
My four autumn evening knitting workshops at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley, Flintshire.
For full details and to book go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
For full details and to book go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My four autumn evening knitting workshops at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley, Flintshire.
For full details and to book go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
For full details and to book go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/kath-andrews...
This week's blog post, "Autumn Days", is now available. There's something special about this time of year.
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Autumn Days
There are a few hymns from primary school that I can still remember all the way through, and Autumn Days is one of them. It was one of those songs that I used to sing to myself as I was out cycling…
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October 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This week's blog post, "Autumn Days", is now available. There's something special about this time of year.
kathandrewsdesigns.com/2025/10/07/a...
kathandrewsdesigns.com/2025/10/07/a...
Crenellate is available from my website, Payhip and Ravelry stores.
The pattern is a top-down triangular shawl with a textural design created with knit & purl stitches. Yarn overs increase the stitch count. When you get near the border you add the second colour for some stocking stitch stripes.
The pattern is a top-down triangular shawl with a textural design created with knit & purl stitches. Yarn overs increase the stitch count. When you get near the border you add the second colour for some stocking stitch stripes.
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Crenellate is available from my website, Payhip and Ravelry stores.
The pattern is a top-down triangular shawl with a textural design created with knit & purl stitches. Yarn overs increase the stitch count. When you get near the border you add the second colour for some stocking stitch stripes.
The pattern is a top-down triangular shawl with a textural design created with knit & purl stitches. Yarn overs increase the stitch count. When you get near the border you add the second colour for some stocking stitch stripes.
Reposted by Kath Andrews
I just keep referring to this, because I honestly can't think of anything more convincing than Sir Patrick Stewart and co perfectly and hilariously explaining it in a Life of Brian homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
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Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
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October 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I just keep referring to this, because I honestly can't think of anything more convincing than Sir Patrick Stewart and co perfectly and hilariously explaining it in a Life of Brian homage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
Reposted by Kath Andrews
I realise that there are lots of erudite and entirely correct reasons against leaving the ECHR, but surely the main one to be repeated ad nauseam is "from the people who told you Brexit would solve all of your problems - how did that work out for you?"
October 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I realise that there are lots of erudite and entirely correct reasons against leaving the ECHR, but surely the main one to be repeated ad nauseam is "from the people who told you Brexit would solve all of your problems - how did that work out for you?"
Crenellate got quite a lot of attention at Yarndale last weekend!
The subscriber discount period is finished, but the pattern is still available from my website, Ravelry and Payhip.
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The subscriber discount period is finished, but the pattern is still available from my website, Ravelry and Payhip.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Crenellate got quite a lot of attention at Yarndale last weekend!
The subscriber discount period is finished, but the pattern is still available from my website, Ravelry and Payhip.
1/2
The subscriber discount period is finished, but the pattern is still available from my website, Ravelry and Payhip.
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My autumn knitting workshops begin soon! Stranded (Fair Isle) Knitting is on 22nd October at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley, Flintshire. 6.30-8.30pm, £25 inc handouts & yarn. Bring 4mm needles.
Learn to manage 2 yarns at once when knitting or purling, create a smooth fabric & follow a chart.
Learn to manage 2 yarns at once when knitting or purling, create a smooth fabric & follow a chart.
October 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
My autumn knitting workshops begin soon! Stranded (Fair Isle) Knitting is on 22nd October at Shaz’s Shabby Chic in Buckley, Flintshire. 6.30-8.30pm, £25 inc handouts & yarn. Bring 4mm needles.
Learn to manage 2 yarns at once when knitting or purling, create a smooth fabric & follow a chart.
Learn to manage 2 yarns at once when knitting or purling, create a smooth fabric & follow a chart.