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| User: | brit_knits (4326004)
You complete KNITTER!
UK knitting and crochet community
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| Name: | UK knitters ahoy |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| About: | Fed up with seeing projects on other knitting communities featuring lovely yarn that we just can’t get over here? Confused by American needle sizes and terminology? Want to find out where you can buy yarn and needles in the UK? Well join already why don’t you….
Share favourite patterns, online stores or shops to buy your yarn at. Bitch about projects that are going wrong. Discuss knitting in the pub and on the bus. Arrange knitting meet ups and other such japes.
Your friendly moderators are ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) theresnorain & atommickbrane
Generic rules
Be nice please – no racism, homophobia, or any other nastiness (although I would hope being as this is a KNITTING community it wouldn’t be an issue). Use an lj cut if posting HUGE images. No stealing of other work and passing it off as your own – this goes for completed projects as well as patterns.
...that’s about it.
Useful links
Brit_knits on Ravelry!
British/American needle size chart
Stitch guide’s knitting section – has videos and illustrations of different techniques
London.Crafts - London based knitting/craft group wiki and mailing list
Free patterns
Knitty.com
Magknits.com
free knitting patterns @ blogspot
Woolworks.org - patterns and resources
Knitlist.com
SpunMag
UK based online stores
Discussion and recommendations (or not) as to UK based online stores in October 2007. Please feel free to share your experiences, positive or negative with the thread and I'll try and keep the info updated.
2005 discussion.
RECOMMENDED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Get Knitted (highly recommended)
Peachy Ethknits
Texere (highly recommended)
Woolyworkshop
Laughing Hens
Kemps Wool Shop
Dianne's Knitting Yarns
Kangaroo
MCA Direct
Stash Fine Yarns - Chester (highly recommended)
Twisted Fibre Craft
Cucumber Patch (highly recommended)
http://www.knitting4fun.com/
Fabstract
Posh Yarn! (highly recommended but this is artisan own range stuff rather than brands)
And for our Irish pals: This Is Knit!
NOT RECOMMENDED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Angel Yarns in particular, with community members still suffering ongoing problems. Hipknits: Members report bad experience and poor service. |
| Memories: | 4 entries |
| Interests: | 37: british, british knitters, cables, charity shop yarn, circular needles, cotton, crafty, crochet, dpns, dr who scarves, free patterns, half trebles, hand spinning, ill fitting items, knit, knit 1 purl 1, knitting, knitting in the pub, knitting on public transport, making a mess, making stuff, metric measurements, mohair, monkey bags, moss stitch, purl, ribbing, sewing, socks, stitch 'n' bitch, stocking stitch, uk, uk knitting swaps, undoing stitches, wool, yarn, yarn swaps |
| Maintainers: | 2: atommickbrane, theresnorain |
| Members: | 534: View Members. |
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