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Buses – more planning
Yes, it’s Mondrian to the rescue. Following the failed moquette, my search for an abstract method…
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Buses – catastrophically failed test
Go on, laugh now. Get it over with. Think nothing of my self-worth as a knitter.…
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Buses – planning
So far, so sentimental: filigree grillework, church windows, muted park colours. Time for urban brash, for…
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Keeping account
Following on from the work to grasp order from chaos by organising my project yarns, I’ve…
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Brockwell Park in Summer – FINAL
Here are the colours of our poor thirsty park in the hot, dry July of 2026.…
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Brockwell Park in Summer – tests
This satisfying little swatch is a quarter test for the final square. It’s a little over…
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Brockwell Park in Summer – planning
I know, another green square immediately after the BLM Hedge, but my failed Brockwell Park in…
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BLM Hedge – FINAL
Not gonna lie, I’m ecstatic about this square. It was hard won, with lots of blind…
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Order from the Jaws of Chaos
A couple of weeks ago I spent hours looking for the yarn I wanted for a…
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BLM Hedge – Test 3
The jury is in, and it’s intarsia! I know. I know! I said it was a…
Dulwich Road. Doesn’t sound much, does it? And isn’t in Dulwich. Just on the way there from central London. But it’s my home, or near it. In 35 years of living locally, I must have walked, cycled, dragged childen, bussed or driven along Dulwich Road a thousand times. Maybe several thousand. It’s so familiar that it barely registers, and yet there’s so much here to notice and record. Can’t draw, don’t want to write poetry … but I do love to knit. So here’s the plan. Present the sights and feel of Dulwich Road through the medium of yarn in 49 x 7-inch specially designed knitted squares that will build into a blanket. The blog starts before the first stitch was cast on, and I hope it will take me to 49 finished squares. Design notes are ideas for layout, inspiration, choice of landmarks and the stitches that might represent them. I act on those ideas in the test swatches. Each of these attempts contributes to the process, but any particular mis-steps are given a special place in beginner’s fails. (I still love them.) Notes on FINAL squares + patterns complete the process.
This is the stumbling journey of an experienced knitter who is new to design. I could do with your hand to hold along the road. Pat 😊
Find me on www.ravelry.com/projects/patgsmith & www.instagram.com/knitdulwichroad
