Simply Knitting Issue 78 - April 2011

The latest issue of Simply Knitting is crammed with colourful designs for you to knit, with 25 spring patterns, plus some bright ideas for your home.

Highlights include Amanda Crawford’s gorgeous flower-strewn stole, ideal for beginner knitters, Nicky Hale’s exquisite retro Parma Violets bag, and Amanda Jones’ cosy Fair Isle jumper, created with fashionable teens in mind.

Among our Quick & Easy Knits you’ll find some funky toddler socks, a nifty cable headband plus a pair of brilliant button-up leg warmers. Alan Dart’s take on Humpty Dumpty will bring some humour to your Easter décor, though we’ll doubt you’ll want to put him away once the holiday is over!

Tamsin Oxford investigates how men are adopting knitting as a means of dealing with depression and stress, and we chat to reader Eileen Griffins who runs the Knitwise postal knitting group.