I’m not good at fair isle knitting. Usually everything comes out three sizes too small. I pull the yarn too tightly. Or I follow a pattern that slowly incorporates a new color and I’m left with long ...

Knit your own Sarah and Duck hat using this simple free knitting pattern from CBeebies Grown-ups. Cast on 84 sts using a stretchy cast on (eg. long tail). Place marker and join to work in the round.

I rushed home last night after work and cast on 99 stitches on a size 7 circular 16-inch needle. I knitted a row and realized that if I was going to do a k3, p3 rib, which I was, then I needed a ...