Would you like to knit a project with a little geometry and a lot of magic?

Here’s the thing about knitting techniques: some feel practical, some feel clever and a rare few feel like you’re solving a very satisfying puzzle stitch by stitch.

Our Spring Seasons 2026 pattern sits firmly in the third camp.

It’s exhilarating to knit.

Let me show you why.

Short Row Colourwork

It all started with a question.

A couple of years ago, Woolly Wormhead asked me if I would like to contribute a design for their book ‘Short-Row Colorwork Knitting‘.

(As questions go, that is a very good one.)

The technique that they developed combines garter stitch with short rows and two colours. It manipulates the knitting using the short rows placed in different locations. When you combine that with a second colour the possibilities for creating motifs are endless. You’re bending fabric to your will. It’s structred, playful and slightly mischevious.

I was immediately hooked.

I already use short rows frequently for shaping and this was a new way to view them and I really enjoy this way of creating colourwork motifs.

When you are using short rows to shape you are deliberately ‘unbalancing’ your knitting so that you are creating a different shape. With these motifs initially it looks similar to short row shaping, you are using the short rows to create a ‘shape’. The difference though is that you want to keep your knitted fabric balanced. This means that if you have eight short rows worked across stitches 1-5 you’ll then have to balance it out with 8 short rows also worked from stitches 6-15. That way every stitch of your work will have the same number of rows worked.

So with short-row colourwork you’re still knitting shapes but you’re also playing referee.

The result?

A fabric that stays balanced, while the colourwork motif quietly emerges on the surface.

I think this really appeals to me as it feels like you’re creating a little geometric puzzle with your knitting. Very satisfying.

Ogham Wave Scarf Design

For my spring season design I wanted to create a wearable shape that really allowed you to see this technique in action. A design that didn’t distract from the method itself.

I deliberately went simple and wearable. So you can truly enjoy this geometric magic with me.

I’ve designed a long, skinny scarf worked in garter stitch with integrated I-Cord edges. The colourwork motifs move through the scarf, and the pattern shows you how to smoothly blend increase, German short rows and two colours.

Best of all, because the scarf uses a lot more of one colour there is enough yarn in the Seasons Club kit that you can knit two scarfs once you invert the colours in your second scarf.

Same pattern. Different personality. No extra maths required.

Yarn

The yarn for the club is LITLG ‘DK Twist’. This is a 100% Superwash Merino with a generous 252 yds / 230 m per 4.06 oz / 115 g.

You’ll receive two skeins in contrasting colours, perfectly suited to this technique (and yes, perfectly suited to that second scarf).

The plump, rounded quality of this superwash yarn really shows off garter stitch and give a crisp, satisfying stitch definition. The finished scarves feel substantial without being heavy.

If you want to find out more you can watch our latest club video right here:

How To Purchase

These patterns are part of our Spring Seasons Club 2026. 

When you join the club, you’ll receive access to this design along with a full set of step-by-step video tutorials, guiding you through the technique from start to finish. We’ll also be hosting recorded Zoom sessions where we talk through the pattern in detail, explore the technique together, and answer questions as they come up.

If short-row colourwork is new to you, or if you’d simply like to feel more confident working with it, this Seasons Club is designed to support you all the way through.

Curious?

Click the button below to find out more and join the club from 8pm February 1st, 2026.