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Mix and Match Madness!

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

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A New Toy for Stitch Maps and Stitch Mastery Users

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!

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A Spruce Up for the Custom Fit Fingerless Mitts

Handspun fingerless mitts

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!

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The Any Yarn, Any Size Knit Hat App

Cover of the Any Yarn, Any Size Knit Hat Book by Sarah Bradberry. In the centre is a brown knitted beanie with stuffed bear ears.

After 22 years, I have finally decided to retire the Any Yarn, Any Size Knit Hat Book and turn it into an online pattern generator.

All you have to do is knit a swatch, add some details on your yarn and needles, and choose one of over 40 styles and 17 sizes. Click the button and you instantly have a pattern ready to knit. You can also generate an optional chart to colour for stranded knitting.

I’ve decided to keep the pattern generator free with advertising, in the hope that as many people as possible can enjoy it, while still be able to maintain the site. I hope you enjoy using it!

The Any Yarn, Any Size Knit Hat Pattern Generator.

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Reviewing a New I-cord Machine

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A pile of different coloured knit i-cords

I’ve spent the last week happily playing with the new Caydo 4 needle, manual I-cord machine*, and I have to admit, I was impressed even more than I expected.

Check out my full review video below, and if you’d like to buy an i-cord machine, or are curious about any of Caydo’s products, you’ll find them here.

* Links in this post will earn me a small commission as an affiliate. Rest assured, I only promote products that I have tested, and I would be happy to purchase. This machine was given to me by Caydo to review at no cost to me.