Fay Dashper-Hughes
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
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Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
Bumble is a versatile pattern that can be worked up in 200g as a half hap/triangular shawl, or 400g as a more traditional full hap shape that can be work doubled over for extra cosiness.
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Crochet: Cardigan
Strata Cardigan is a semi-fitted, drop shoulder cardigan - perfect with jeans over a strappy top, or as an extra layer when you are snuggling in the house. It has deliberately long sleeves so you can double over the cuff if you need to and keep the chill out.
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
The Aloe Socks are designed to keep your feet nice and toasty. The pattern uses two-coloured dip stitches, a technique that looks hard, but is actually easy to get to grips with. The extra yarn this method uses creates even more squish and warmth.
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Crochet: Throw
Fall Into Winter blanket is made up in 4 repeated panels, crocheted in linen stitch to create a drapey fabric that shows the colour stripes at their best. The panels are then slip stitched joined together before a double crochet border is added.
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Crochet: Throw
Bushel makes use of all 20 colours of John Arbon Textiles Appledore Wool. You can choose from a lap blanket size or a throw that is large enough to fit the bottom of a double bed.
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Crochet: Throw
Stormy Rainbow Blanket has been designed with my love of earthy tones in mind, but you could just as easily crochet it in a unicorn, jewel or brilliantly bright rainbow. For a more luxurious version, you could use Chimera yarn for the colour stripes. Charts are given for both options with suggested yarn colours.
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Knitting: Beanie, Toque
The Coho Beanie is meant to be worn snug to the head. Knitted in the round with a central colourwork section, Coho is both easy to memorise and easy to adapt to suit a higher-crowned head.
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Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
Kinbaine is a top-down crocheted shawl, getting narrower as you go. It’s an easy pattern that uses one simple stitch for the main body, with a series of colour changes in sections. Each colour section is topped and tailed with a series of stitches to mimic the infamous coloured rooftops along the seafront town of Whitehead, Northern Ireland. Wh...
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Festive Season Socks are knitted cuff down and have deliberately been designed to offer a relaxing sock to knit with a few extra techniques to keep your interest.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Arria is knitted using garter stitch and intarsia (with only three balls of yarn). It’s a bottom-up shawl and easy to memorise after the first couple of repeats.
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Knitting: Mid-calf Socks
Mini Mania socks are knitted cuff down using mini skeins so that you can get the perefect 5 row stripe repeat.
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Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
The pattern structure is simple but effective and easy to memorise. It uses the intarsia crochet technique. With just three balls of yarn on the go throughout, it is a good beginner intarsia project.
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Crochet: Cowl
Arete is a colour-work cowl, crocheted in the round and then steeked (cut up the steek stitches). It can either be worn as a flat cowl with a twist, covering your shoulders and neck, doubled over on the inside to create a chunky neck cowl.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Arete is a colour-work cowl/wrap, knitted in the round and then steeked. It can either be worn as a long cowl covering your shoulders and neck, doubled over to create a chunky neck cowl or as a wrap placed over one shoulder.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap, Scarf
Loft is a slightly asymmetric shawl that is knitted from the narrowest point, getting wider as you go. It’s an easy pattern that uses a series of colour changes to create definition and interest. This is a great on the go project as it’s easy to memorise and won’t boggle you. Inspired by a weekend away with lots of friends at Edinburgh Yarn Fes...
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Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
This pattern is for a DK/Light 3 weight version of Loft. If you want a 4 ply/fingering weight version, that is available on Ravelry too, just click here.
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Crochet: Purse / Handbag, Laptop
Stiallach means striped or stripey in Gaelic - perfect for this very stripey collection of purses and bags.
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Loft is a slightly asymmetric shawl that is knitted from the narrowest point, getting wider as you go. It’s an easy pattern that uses a series of colour changes to create definition and interest. This is a great on the go project as it’s easy to memorise and won’t boggle you. Inspired by a weekend away with lots of friends at Edinburgh Yarn Fes...
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Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
Loft is a slightly asymmetric shawl that is crocheted from the narrowest point, getting wider as you go. It’s an easy pattern that uses two simple stitches and series of colour changes to create definition and interest. This is a great on-the-go project as it’s easy to memorise and won’t boggle you. Inspired by a weekend away with lots of frien...
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Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Inspired by the structure and vaulted arches of The Colosseum in Rome, this is the knitted version of ‘Doppio Colosseum’ (a crocheted version is also available on Ravelry).
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Crochet: Shawl / Wrap
Basalt is an asymmetric shawl that can be crocheted bottom-up or top-down (instructions are given for both within this pattern). It’s based on the beautiful geological feature of hexagonal basalt columns that are found across the planet. Inspired by Fingal’s Cave and The Giant’s Causeway, our best-known basalt columns in the UK, Basalt the shaw...
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Crochet: Market bag (slouchy)
The Hove Beach Bag is a contemporary design that it easy to crochet and is a great introduction to intarsia crochet.