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Mix and Match Madness!

August 15, 2026 Knitting

Three images of parts of a lace edging. On the left, a pointed lace edge with leaves in a squares of garter stitch, in the centre is a lace skull and crossbones, and the right is a simple eyelet edge with two vertical rows of eyelets.

Regular visitors to Knitting-and.com will probably know how much I love knitted lace edgings.

I have been madly knitting away on little pieces of lace over the past few weeks and today I’m releasing a project that’s been on my wishlist for several years. Mix and Match Lace.

I had originally wanted to release it as a book, but with the specialty binding it would have required, that idea became impossible. But now I’m working on my website again, I decided why not make it a reality here.

With over 1,800 possible variations, including my skull and crossbones lace, I think any lace knitter will be able to come up with something they like. At least I hope so!

Mix and Match Lace

How to Join Teneriffe Lace Motifs and a Little Housekeeping

July 30, 2026 Teneriffe Lace

7 small teneriffe lace motifs joined into a doily with 6motifs sewn around a centre motif.

Today’s new tutorial teaches a simple technique on sewing teneriffe lace motifs together. You can use this technique to sew any sized mat, from a small doily like the one in the photo, all the way up to a full size tablecloth or bed cover.

Joining Teneriffe Lace Motifs.

Housekeeping

After redesigning the website earlier this year (and upgrading the server again), I lost the list of instructions that automatically sent the old links from Ravelry to the correct page. I made a general one that sent everyone to the knitting page, thinking that was sufficient, but unfortunately I just made a large number of visitors think the pattern they were looking for didn’t exist any more. (Yikes).

Because I can’t use Ravelry for more than a few minutes at a time (it still gives me migraines), the awesome Sooper Editors over on Ravelry are currently sorting them all out. It will take a while because there are 600 links to check, but I’m very grateful they were willing to take on the challenge. There’s no way I could have done it.

I hope you’re enjoying the teneriffe lace tutorials. I have many more teneriffe lace, and plush template embroidery (aka Amish stumpwork) tutorials to come, and hundreds more knitted lace edging patterns! Here’s to another 30 years(-ish)!

The Beginning of a New Tutorial Series

July 26, 2026 Teneriffe Lace

I’ve started a new “how to” series on making Teneriffe Lace. Beginning with the absolute basics, each lesson will build on your skills until you can make any lace you can think of!

Teneriffe lace has been one of my favourite techniques for many years, and I’ve done an enormous amount of technique research and experimentation that I’d like to share with everyone.

Lesson one covers the absolute basics, from tools (including how to make a very simple cushion), to winding and knotting your very first motif. If you’ve ever been interested in trying Teneriffe Lace, this is your chance to give it a go!

I hope you enjoy Teneriffe Lace Lesson Number 1.

A New Toy for Stitch Maps and Stitch Mastery Users

July 20, 2026 Knitting

Screenshot from the Maps to Mastery knitting pattern text conversion app.

Today’s update is a rather niche thing I made for myself, but I thought I’d add it to the website in case anyone else finds it useful.

If you use both Stitch Maps and Stitch Mastery software, I’ve made an app that makes creating your Stitch Mastery charts fast and accurate. It automatically converts the written instructions from Stitch Maps into the text format used by Stitch Mastery, all ready to import using the “chart from text” feature.

I’ve called it Maps to Mastery.

I have no idea if it will be useful to anyone else, but if you do make use of it, let me know!

A Spruce Up for the Custom Fit Fingerless Mitts

July 17, 2026 Knitting

The custom fit fingerless mitts pattern was originally written 21 years ago! In 2014 I rewrote it as an automatic pattern generator, and today it’s had a spruce up to celebrate it’s coming of age.

I’ve tidied it up and added a colour chart feature. When you generate a pattern, you can choose to add a chart of your stitches, that you can either colour in online, or print and colour it later. When you’re finished knitting your custom fit fingerless mitts, why not make a hat to match!