ESME’S JOURNAL ...from the studio

Let me start with a confession: I can’t knit. In fact, I’m knit-phobic. My mum tried to teach me when I was young but I failed miserably – I forgot how to cast on, cast off… disastrous. But the thing was, I kept looking at KaffeFassett’sbook Glorious Knitting andlovingthe textures, colours and intricate designs of Fair Isle and wishing I could do that. When I learnt to crochet I had absolutely no idea of its depth and flexibility – in fact,