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Podcast!

Well, I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but I’ve finally got around to recording my first ever podcast. Then spent far too long working out how to edit/convert it (the latter takes so long to do I had time to wind yarn and cast on a cardigan).  In this first episode I… Read More Podcast!

November 17, 2017November 17, 2017 annaelliottdesignsLeave a comment

Knit Two Together

My reaction to the news of the Grenfell Tower fire earlier in the month was, like so many others, shock, then heart-ache, then the desire to do something positive. To try and let those affected know that they are cared about, somehow. Donating money for support is the first obvious (and obviously useful) reaction, but… Read More Knit Two Together

June 27, 2017 annaelliottdesignsLeave a comment

Port and Starboard

Out of my window looking in the night, I can see the barges’ flickering light. Starboard shines green and port is showing red, I can see them flickering from my bed. I grew up in a small town on the Thames. Not the bucolic, pretty, pre-London Thames where willows trail in the water and stockbrokers… Read More Port and Starboard

April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 annaelliottdesignsLeave a comment

Lambing Shed

What happens in the lambing shed one year affects the year to come in so many ways and what happens in the wider world affects the fortunes of those in the lambing shed too, but in that silence it was simple. We waited. A couple of years ago, at the farm belonging to my father… Read More Lambing Shed

April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 annaelliottdesigns1 Comment

Tinner’s Way

“If I couldn’t walk fast and far, I should just explode and perish.” Charles Dickens   For the best part of the last decade I lived in Cumbria. With access to some of the best walking country in the world and within the rather reduced world of being a parent to young children, I discovered… Read More Tinner’s Way

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 annaelliottdesignsLeave a comment

To The Lighthouse

‘”But it may be fine- I expect it will be fine” said Mrs Ramsay, making some little twist of the reddish-brown stocking she was knitting, impatiently. If she finished it tonight, if they did go to the Lighthouse after all, it was to be given to the Lighthouse keeper for his little boy…’ Virginia Woolf… Read More To The Lighthouse

February 22, 2017February 22, 2017 annaelliottdesigns1 Comment

Porthmeor

I used colour and string in many of the carvings of this time [in St Ives]. The colour in the concavities plunged me into the depth of water, caves, or shadows deeper than the carved concavities themselves. The strings were the tension I felt between myself and the sea, the wind or the hills. Barbara… Read More Porthmeor

February 15, 2017 annaelliottdesignsLeave a comment

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Anna Elliott is a knitting pattern designer inspired by the rich heritage of the wool industry in the UK and the marvelous folks who produce and dye yarns today. She is invariably up for a cup of tea. Sign up for the Anna Elliott Designs newsletter for updates and exclusive subscriber offers: http://eepurl.com/c8sUdb

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I finished the knitting project I had been hammering too late last night to pick up another, so I opted to practise some other wool-related skills: drop spindle spinning and #visiblemending on the cuff of my well-worn @katedavies Deco cardigan. I should add that the cuff hole was from me catching it on something- the @susancrawfordvintage Excelana wool I used has washed and worn incredibly well. #wool #slowfashion #makedoandmend #postapocalypticskills #knit #knitter #knitting #knittersofinstagram #darn #spin
Don't miss out! You only have until midnight UK time tonight to get a 15% launch discount on Marmalade, my new DK weight, cabled yoke sweater pattern with code 'Orange' at Ravelry checkout. Link in bio. #knit #knitter #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #britishwool #knittingpattern #handknit #knitwearlove #annaelliottdesigns
There is no doubt the internet has a dark side to it, but perhaps it is testament to the power of craft and creativity that for me it is mainly a source of inspiration, opportunity and friendship. Take my friend @salenask, whom I met through Instagram when she offered to test knit for me, but swiftly became someone I chat to; get cheered on by; work, laugh (a lot), exchange tales of parenting trials and hilarity and plot knitting adventures with. We also send each other parcels, usually involving yarn, tea and magazines. This is most of the contents of the latest from her (there was also a @taprootmag with oh so many things to try), including @brooklyntweed Loft from her overflowing stash - I forget what we said I would use it for, but there was a plan once! ; some beautiful @katedaviesdesigns Craigallian mittens, since I use the last mittens Salena made for me so much; tea and fibre and a drop spindle because she us determined that I should at least try a little spinning. Thank you 🦑! #friendship #knitstagram #knittersofinstagram #yarn #wool #knitter
Marmalade Sweater pattern is launched! Click on the link in bio and use code 'Orange' for a celebratory 15% discount until midnight on Sunday (newsletter subscribers, check your inbox for an even juicier offer!) Plus, keep your eyes peeled for news of beautiful Marmalade kits including custom dyed British wool available soon from @theknittinggoddess 🍊🍊🍊🍊 #knit #knitting #knittingpattern #knitstagram #knittersofinstagram #woollyjumper #sweater #britishwool #yokes #annaelliottdesigns
UPDATE: Pattern now live! Use discount code 'Orange' for 15% off until midnight 22nd April. Link in bio. An easy fitting sweater with a delicately cabled yoke designed to show off beautiful BFL/Masham wool. Accents of fabulous, custom-dyed colour from the genius of @theknittinggoddess. My #marmaladesweater knitting pattern launch day is nearly here and I'm so excited! Stay tuned for more details and maybe a little launch promo 😉 #knit #knitting #knitter #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #knittingpattern #handknit #britishwool #annaelliottdesigns
When your daily knitting makes you want strawberry ice-cream and summer 😊🌞#knitter #knittersofinstagram #knitstagram #knitter #annaelliottdesigns #cottarsalmanac
Winner in the Designer category of Knit Now magazine's Knitter of the Year 2017
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