Holes have always been popular in lace knitting. I was interested in significantly larger holes and experimenting with them has been an ongoing obsession for several years now. I love them! This book recounts some of my journey and explores these sorts of holes extensively.

Now available in ebook format.

A zippy little number, great for using up odds and ends of yarn. Caution! This stitch pattern requires frequent increases and decreases, be prepared to experiment with different tip styles.

A super warm and cozy blanket (56” diameter) inspired by big bold abundant flowers. Additional variety in design is created with the use of four repeats in the main body of the blanket. Use of a flexible approach to the start/finish of round position eliminates joggles in the main motif.

An excellent introduction to the delights of double-knitting in the round. No changes of direction or edges to fret about. The motifs offered are easy geometric motifs. (If you don’t fancy tackling the brim it can be bound off as a headband.) Brim and crown options may be mixed and matched. The Diamond pattern is the easiest of the two motifs.

The Around the World DK Blanket, was begun after the start of our new pandemic stay-at-home lifestyle, and represents a new form of virtual travel. For the time being we are static enough to enjoy our stash yarns!
I have been lucky enough to travel all over the globe in pursuit of knitting adventures. I have visited many yarn shops and yarn pro...

A Lucy Neatby/Hand Maiden Exclusive!

With 13 video links included, here is the perfect double-knit workshop-in-a-pattern!

The Adventure Mitten is the perfect workshop-in-a-pattern to entice you into the delights of making double-knit mittens!

Join me as I design my newest centre-out dk blanket!

This is a knit-to-fit hat, designed to minimize the stress of working with a limited quantity of yarn and maximize the use of every available inch.

Have you ever fallen for a skein of hand-painted yarn? How best should you exploit every colour? The gorgeous skeins of River City’s Adam&Eve sock yarns inspired me to create this new pattern!

This beautiful, warm double-layer blanket was inspired by the lovely sets of gradient dyed Casbah yarns created by Handmaiden in Halifax.

Make your unique free-style scrumptiously cozy double layer hat inspired by Lucy!

This self-sizing hat features a brim knit sideways in any stripe pattern that you fancy. The brim length determines the number of stitches which are then knitted up along the edge. A visible stitch fold is created before beginning stripes up to the extended crown and bobbles.

A circular double layer design. Smooth circles are created by using increases scattered along the round.

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales is one of the highlights of the UK canal system. Lucy’s unique double-knit hat and tea cozy design pays homage to this World Heritage Site, depicting narrowboats transiting the aqueduct.

Knit yourself an heirloom with this spectacularly beautiful and warm double-layer blanket!

A sturdy, felted mitten in three adult sizes for outdoor adventures -- includes six tech videos!

Keep the ears of the ones you love warm with another unique dk hat design!

A multi-size, double thickness, felted slipper. The interconnected two-layer fabric is made with a basic two colour, negative/positive technique.

This blanket pattern combines the delights of the delicious hand-dyed Malabrigo yarns with nautical and South American themes. The sportweight Silky Merino and Arroyo yarns create a lovely partnership which gives the blanket a sensual texture and visual lustre contrast.

Keep the ears of the ones you love warm! As a first double-knit project, work Version One, which begins with the brim of the hat. Once you have gained confidence and wish to make a second hat, the ear flaps (from Version Two) can be worked and added in after completing the brim before continuing.

A spectacularly beautiful and warm double-layer blanket. This engaging knit will hold your interest. The linear nature of the motifs makes the pattern easy to follow.

A riot of fun knitting techniques for any weight of yarn. Additional directions are given to allow to you to adapt the dimensions to suit your purpose.

The Blossom motif may be used on projects of all sizes, from coaster to blanket. Small ones are great fun but a blanket is lovely to knit on, a dependable companion whenever you need it. An heirloom size project will become a family treasure.

A rectangular double-layer coaster or pet blanket with a full fish on one side, bones on the other!

A spectacularly beautiful and warm double-layer blanket. Knit a smaller Zinnia and create a lovely chair pad or coaster!

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Glorious textural double knitting!

A cozy protective case for your phone with a seamless integral double-knit pocket

Cast on, then keep knitting forever! It’s very soothing, with none of the normal hurry-up-to-finish pressure. Just something lovely to knit on, whenever you need it. Begun with a tubular circular cast on, and working in circular double layer knitting. Easily finished whenever you wish with an I-cord bind off. May be worked as a place mat, seat ...

Need a quick, yet impressive gift? An Igloo headband can be made in an evening. If you are inclined, the headband may, at the last minute, be developed into a hat too. This fabric is warm and reversible, with a different pattern on the second side.

Living somewhere cool? Here’s a delightfully warm, top-down, fully reversible, double knit hat for you and yours. One side of the hat features a rippling texture pattern and the other sprinkles of colour!

A supremely insulated, double layer hat or headband

A quick, warm, reversible hat using two-colour

The ultimate comforter! Delectably cozy and, through the use of a basic two-colour-per-row double-knitting technique, absolutely beautiful on both sides. Although this is a large project, once the colour pattern is established, it cruises along quite speedily without the need to constantly refer to the chart.

Christabel Cloche A stylish hat created from a single strip of 72 equilateral triangles. Trimmed with an English Brioche Stitch brim and lining for extra warmth (optional). An ideal project for the knitter on the move, whilst offering plenty of freedom for your own design ideas. Two contrasting yarns, a single color or oddments may be used.

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The beautiful ceramics of the Moroccan town of Safi inspired this elegant vest. Originally designed in cream and cobalt, it adapts well to many other colour-ways. Techniques-Circular knitting, steeks, three-needle bind-off.

Keep the ears of the ones you love warm! The diamonds may be worked in Stocking stitch or Reverse Stocking stitch for added texture. The extra-warm, interconnected, two-layer fabric is made with a basic double-knitting technique.

A cozy, reversible, double-layered mitten featuring Lucy’s signature Happy Stitch motif.

A zig-zag, short-row extravaganza, with curling picots for fun! The picots will be different colours on either edge. This scarf may be also be bent to twist and turn.

Not too serious a project, but good circular fun. Make a tube with one (or many) yarns and trim it with I-cords to make a succulent fringe. A great opportunity to practice many different methods of needle usage in the round.

A great project for the new Double-Knitter! I have added instructions for reverse stocking stitch double knitting for when you get the hang of the basics. This will make a fun, warm and reversible scarf

This is a scrumptious, totally reversible, warm little hat, all knit in one piece. When you’re done knitting, you just need to darn in a couple of ends. The bonnet is worked flat in double-layer knitting and folded into the round to complete the crown. Pattern contains both charted and written directions and a detailed swatch.

A textured, quilted beauty. A two-layer scarf with negative/positive patterning which brings out the beauty of a variegated yarn.The colour changes are created by drawing the far layer stitches through the near layer ones which also adds dimension to the surface of the fabrics.

One of Lucy’s most popular patterns, the Sea Lettuce Scarf, has been translated into French!

A decorative sideways-knit neck or wrist-warmer with short row shapings. These are enhanced by the use of scallop holes of different sizes. Minimal finishing is required. The final garment can be fastened with buttons or joined in the round.

Inspired by the Banksia Grandis plant of Western Australia, this bag was designed with openings resembling the exterior of the plant’s cone. The scallop holes are quick and fun to make and do not involve casting on or binding off. I-cord straps finish the bag which can be felted if preferred.

This pattern is now available as a downloadable pdf!

A versatile bag worked in the round in a spiraling lacy pattern that gradually decreases as it winds its way up the bag to finish in a short-row Spider strap. The strap is then knitted into the bag in six places to give excellent support.

This blanket or wall-hanging was inspired by traditional woven Ashanti fabrics. The knitting is copious but easy; the finishing stages, involving multiple steeks and mattress stitch, are more demanding. A cushion makes an ideal test swatch for the wall-hanging.

Impress your friends with this warm reversible scarf! The two sides are dramatically different, the better to draw attention to your double-knitting prowess. There is also an option to spice things up with the addition of the ‘pearls’ as you progress.

These tipsy striped squares are created by the directional biasing of the lines of decreases. Each section of the bag is knit onto a previous piece and the whole requires only minimal finishing. Limitless variations are possible.

Any number is lucky in this hat; knit the brim to fit and take the numbers from there, for child or adult.

Mate plane geometry with subtle elegance, and the

Conquer Kitchener Stitch with this joyously liberating grafting method.

Tug Boat Socks

An outrageous bag for the light-hearted knitter. Worked in the round with integral strap loops made in the edge before moving into two-colour stranded knitting. The teats are knitted into the udder using waste yarn openings with an optional double-knitting method given to speed the knitting of the teats.

Fiesta Vest

Cables After Whiskey

Here is an adorable baby sweater which is also very quick to knit!

Knitted chain mail? It requires a degree of patience, but is immensely entertaining. The result is very striking, however, it is unsuitable for serious in-battle wear! Single loops also make great earrings.

A reversible, infinitely expandable, blanket or scarf, knitted in garter-stitch entrelac. Fun to knit and most attractive when knit in hand-dyed yarn or one with a long colour gradation. The size of the units may be adapted to suit the colour repeat of your yarn.

A simple yet entertaining, reversible scarf with many possible

Lotus Shawl

Ikat Garter Scarf

A most alluring pair of bead-topped socks with a choice of two different diamond patterns. The Diamond Lace gives a traditional lacy effect, whilst the Waffle pattern gives a denser, more textured look.

Here it is: a simple ribbed hat that can be decorated with easily removable “theme” buttons to suit wearers of any persuasion (change buttons as the mood strikes you: it only takes a minute!).

A fun little double-knitted scarf, with lots of spotted options, including vanishing and reverse stocking stitch spots.

Intelligent but quick, a hat you can knit today to

From the pattern’s description: The most down-to-earth sock you will ever encounter: the perfect footwear for your special farmer, tractor afficionado or mud wrestler.

A very spontaneous sock, knit from the toes up, no swatching required. Bobbles maximize the effect of space-dyed yarn.

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With the optional double-knit soles, this is a pair of warm socks! The dark background color enhances the brightness of the variously colored zigzag rings that continue from the leg right on to the toes. Begun with a provisional cast-on, these lovelies can be extended further up the leg or tastefully trimmed with bells and a fringe for that fri...

Camelot Socks

Although not a quick knit, this makes excellent carry-around knitting for the ardent knitter once the pattern is established. The interconnected two-layer fabric is made with a basic double-knitting technique. Options are given for both a gauntlet and a straight cuff, as well as for a closed or open casing at the wrist

The most exciting stocking you will ever knit. Designed for knitters with a low boredom threshold.

This was so much fun to knit, I had to force myself to stop! Two-layer double-knitting in a negative/positive design with the added zest of textured, contrasting Reverse Stocking Stitch motifs. Easy to memorize, and a blast to knit. Impress your friends and baffle your enemies with this beauty!

A simple, yet visually spectacular, warm, double layer reversible scarf.

Knit this warm winter hat using two-colour double-knitting with paired decreases.

The ultimate warm sock. Although not a quick knit, this makes excellent carry-around knitting for the ardent knitter. The interconnected two-layer fabric is made with a basic double-knitting technique.

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Lots of lovely crispy layers, in a delicious confection of colour, and entirely calorie-free! Try both the scarf and the shawl versions, they grow fast on account of all the lovely bubbles.

Tricky knitting that will produce hugs (O) on one side and kisses (X) on the other! This pattern may be worked from the charts or from the written directions. The hearts may be padded to add a new dimension.

A sensual sideways-knit shoulder-warmer featuring picots, short-rows and scallop holes of varying sizes! Fabulous for day or evening wear. The holes are made as in the Spindrift Scarf. Minimal finishing required.

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A most spectacular and fast way of spreading your yarn $$$ or creating an intriguing fabric in jig time! (It incorporates more air into your knitting.) This scarf may be worked either widthwise or lengthwise according to taste: the two fabrics look remarkably different.

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Domino Blanket (#466)

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Calls for 440 yards DK or sport and 175 yards contrast yarn. The suggested yarns can easily be changed.

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Requires 50g+ of two colours; smaller sizes require 50g of each colour; larger sizes or shorter yardage yarns allow extra background colour.

Summary Toe-up, Garter Stitch Toe, Turkish Heel, Picot Bind-Off; instructions written for 5 x double-pointed needles

Summary Pattern adaptable to different gauges and foot sizes. Top-down, written for 5 x double-pointed needles, heel flap, common wedge toe. Option for starting with Scalloped Turn-Over Top or Ruffled Turn-Over Top. 2x2 Ribbing, with ribbing continuing on heel flap.

Summary Pattern adaptable to different gauges and foot sizes. Top-down, written for five double-pointed needles, garter stitch short row heel, spiral toe. Option for starting with Wavy Cuff or Sideways Stitch Garter Cuff. Features Estonian Fishtail stitch pattern.

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Summary Pattern adaptable to different gauges and foot sizes. Top-down, written for five double-pointed needles, features Garter Stitch Short Row heel, Garter Stitch Common Wedge toe. Option for starting with Tubular cast-on. Stockinette socks with 1x1 ribbing at top.

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Yarn: 100g main color, plus 10g in hand-painted contrast or assorted solid contrast colors.

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Description

A warm weaving-inspired sock with a frilled turnover top. Stranded knitting throughout. Great for odd-balls ( of yarn!).

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The Emperor’s New Scarf

“A light, easy to wear top, flattering to many shapes. Features include shoulder details to highlight the chevrons and adjustable set-in side gussets to accommodate those of us with hips!”

Summary Top down, stranded colorwork, bicycle graphic, common heel.

An intriguing eye-catching design of identical interlocking ducks, inspired by the works of the graphic artist and mathematician, M.C. Escher. A great use for many colors of one weight of yarn.

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