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Field & Lea is inspired by nature and includes inspiration such as dandelions, bluebells and fields. Colour and texture are the core part of Field & Lea. The mood board below was the inspiration that I was working to. It uses two strands of 4ply / fingering marled together throughout, which allows the colours to play a big part in the design. You could easily use stash yarn and your creativity to knit your own. The pattern was designed, originally, for a mystery KAL with A Good Yarn, Cleethorpes , so it is separated into 4 distinct parts. The yarn is two strands of 4ply held together, which creates fun, marled colours but you could easily swap this for a worsted weight yarn, if you prefer. There's a lot of knit and purl texture involved, so it's a simple enough knit but the changing patterns and use of colour means that you don't get bored.  There are a couple of interesting but relatively simple texture techniques in the pattern and there are several video tutori...

I had a lovely Sunday, we went to Doddington Hall - in search of a walk and some inspiration. I had lots of fun taking photos, it's been ages since I went out specifically to photograph and I forgot how much I enjoyed it. It was an overcast day and I took lots. Here are a few of my favourites. Doddington Hall Hellebore - Christmas Rose I think this is meant to be a Unicorn! This was my absolute favourite of the day Barbed wire We had a little photo shoot while we were there. Though I much prefer being on the other end of the camera. What a fun guy? (I'm sorry, but couldn't resist) I love this one with Mr. in the background. Horse Chestnut I thought these were a good demonstration of using different focal points - I think I prefer the first one. The most enormous gnarled Horse Chestnut - there were three in a row and they were all huge. I'd never been to Doddington Hall before and must say it was lovely. The Hall wasn't open but we were allowed around the gardens. Th...