A beautiful cowl, slightly shaped to give a close fit to the neck.  Lovely and soft and just two skeins.

You will need:

2 skeins Plump shown in pistachio ice cream

10 mm crochet hook.

What to do:

Ch50 and join with slip stitch making sure you don't twist the chain

Round 1: Ch3, counts as 1 tr,  1tr in each ch to end, join with a slip stitch into ch 3. (50sts)

Repeat this round  3 more times.

Next round (dec): ch3, work 12 more tr, tr2tog, 1 tr into each of the next 24 sts, tr2tog, work one tr into each remeining st to end of round, join with slip st (48 sts)

Following rounds (dec): work as round above, decreasing on top of the decrease on the round before (2 decreases per round)

You should manage to get at least 11 whole rounds out of your two skeins of yarn.  Once you have completed 11, finish with a round of double crochet into every st to neaten the top.

Sew in your ends.

This is a super chunky snood, so soft and luxurious and really quick to knit up.  But its simplicity is also its beaty.... it is stunning and will look gorgeous with whatever you are wearing.

To make one for yourself you need to get 2 skeins of Plump and 12mm 60cm circular needle.

Cast on 60 sts and join in the round.

Round 1: *K4, P2 rep from * to end.  

Rep round 1 until you are almost out of yarn and cast off in pattern.

Sew in all the ends.... 

Now that was simple wasn't it!!

If you want to knit this flat and sew it up, use 12mm straights, cast on 60n sts

Row 1: *K4, P2 rep from * to end

Row 2: *K2, P4 rep from * to end

Repeat these two rows until you have almost run out of yarn and then cast off in pattern.

Sew in your ends and them seam the sides together using mattress stitch or back stitch.

I love finding new crochet stitches, particulary when they are easy to do and give a new twist to an old standard.  This deep chevron blanket is one such occasion.  It creates a really sharp 'v' which is really effective in zingy colours.

Deep Chevron Baby Blanket in Blue Sky’s Worsted Cotton

Finished Measurements:

75 cm by 90 cm

You will need:

1 skein of each of the following Blue Sky Worsted Cotton colours:  Shell, Pink Parfait, Lotus, Drift and Sleet

What to do:

Using Sleet make a ch of 143 (pattern repeat is 20 +1, add 2 for base ch)

Row 1: Work (1 tr, ch1, 1tr) into 5^th ch from hook,* ch1, skip 3 ch, (1tr, ch1, 1tr) into next ch, ch1, skip next 3 ch* in next ch work (1tr, ch1,1tr, ch3, 1tr, ch1, 1tr), ch1, skip 3ch, (1tr, ch1, 1tr) into next ch, ch1 **, skip 3ch, (1tr, ch1, 1tr) into next ch, skip 3ch, (1tr, ch1, 1tr) into next ch, you should now have a top (increase) and a bottom (decrease) to form a wave, repeat from * to the end, finishing ** with , skip 3ch, (1tr, ch1, 1tr), skip 1ch, 1tr into last ch.  Turn 

V st = (1tr, ch1, 1tr)    V st increase = (1 V st, ch3, 1 V st)

V st decrease = (1 V st, skip 2 Vsts, 1 V st)

Row 2: Ch3 (counts as 1tr), V st into the second ch1 sp (between the 1st and, 2nd V st),* ch1, V st in the ch1 sp between the 2nd and 3rd V st, in the ch3 sp work (V st, ch3, V st), ch 1, 1 V st in the next ch1 sp, ch1, in next ch 1 sp work 1 V st,** skip next 2 V sts and in next ch1 sp work 1 V st, (this is your V st decrease) repeat from * to the end, finishing at ** with 1tr into the top of 4ch from the beginning of row1.  Fasten off Sleet

Row 3:  Join Drift. This is where is gets a bit tricky as you are working your V sts into 2 rows below (ie. row 1), except for the increase (1 V st, ch3, 1 V st) which is worked into row 2, and to complicate matters further the V sts are worked into the ch1 sp in the middle of the V st on row 1 ie (1tr, ch1, 1tr) however, once you have this established it is a simple pattern repeat!!

Ch3 (counts as 1tr), work 1 V st into the 2^nd V st of row 1,* ch1, work next V st into 3^rd V st of row 1, ch1, work V st increase (V st, ch3, V st) into ch3 sp on row 2, ch1, V st into next V st of row 1, ch1, V st into next V st of row 1, skip the 2 V st decrease of row 1, V st into next V st, repeat from * to 2^nd to last V st of row 1, work 1 V st into this st, 1tr into top of ch3. Turn

Continue repeating row 3, I have changed colour every 2 rows in the following order Sleet, Drift, Shell, Pink Parfait, Lotus, after 4 complete colour changes I did not have enough to work 2 complete rows of each colour so I have worked one of each, I think this looks nice as a border at the top of the blanket.

Here is a video tutorial to help with this pattern.

Abbreviations (UK):

ch             chain                                                
tr              treble crochet

V st          (1tr, 1ch, 1tr)

                                                      © Mrs Moon 2014

Herringbone stitch is a thing of real beauty and seems irresistable to touch.  It is a bit fiddly initially, but creates an incrediby beautiful effect and is dense, squishy and warm.

Whatever yarn you are using for herringbone stitch, you need to use a much bigger needle size than the normally recommended one.  My blanket is knitted using Mrs Moon Plump yarn and to get the desired effect I have used 20mm needles.

The up side to using 20mm needles, is that it grows very quickly...  the downside however is that it is very difficult to knit in public without getting lots of odd stares and questions and it is not that portable.  I knitted a lot of this on a return train journey to Swansea... you need to know the person you're sitting next to as elbows might go flying!

The throw shown measures 84cm x 151cm

To make your own, you will need:

10 skeins of Plump (shown in clotted cream)

20mm knitting needles

What to do:

Cast on 80sts VERY loosely (in fact keep your knitting lovely and loose otherwise you will get in a terrible pickle)

Row 1 (RS): ssk but leave the second stitch on the needle,* move this stitch onto your right hand needle and slip the next stitch knitwise, now knit these two together as if doing a ssk again, leaving the second st on the needle, repeat from * to the last stitch , knit

Row 2: *P2tog leaving the second stitch on your needle, repeat from * to the last stitch, p

Repeat these two rows until you have used up all your yarn (with enough for casting off).  Cast off in pattern

Carefully sew in your ends.

For a video tutorial, click here