In this collection of hand knits I have continued with the same philosophy I apply for all my books, this is to create patterns with no complicated abbreviations or techniques, just straight forward simple patterns.

This philosophy is particularly perfect for Noro Yarns as the simple garments let the beautiful colours shine through.

Noro is a self striping yarn and I played with this beautiful striping effect in my designs. I introduced a stripe pattern by using a solid colour like Cash Iroha or Retro with these self striping yarns. The result is a striped garment that mixes the random with the predictable.

In a few of the garments, like Montaro, Kane and Makoto I knitted the pattern in two colourways to show how easy it is to choose your own colours or swap around the solid colour and the variegated.

This is one of the reasons why I love Noro Yarns, it’s fabulous to see how a relatively small change creates an enormous difference!

I designed the range of the garments to fit from a teenager or young man (this is the XXS size) up to the larger man (this is the L size). I styled them on a younger model (Ashley) and on an older model (Rupert), to show how the same garment knitted in different colourways can suit a younger or older male. (I have also knitted up Montaro for myself and feel this looks equally good on a female!)

Whether you are one of the (secret) male knitters knitting for yourself, or a female knitting with friendship and love for a male relative, friend or spouse I hope you enjoy knitting one of my designs as much as I’ve enjoyed creating this book.

Happy Knitting!