Patricia Roberts Knitting

I was rather scared to enter this rather posh looking boutique in an intimidatingly upmarket street but I'm glad I did go in.

The lady in the shop was lovely and friendly and didn't mind that I spend 15 minutes browsing and fondling the yarn.

The yarn is not that expensive, a rather generous ball of good quality cotton yarn in a gorgeous deep red was about £5 which seems reasonable to me. (None of the yarn is priced on the shelf)

I've been back a few times when I've been looking for some special yarn and really like this shop.

It may surprise readers that a bloke knits, but I do (or at least, did quite a bit). Back in the 80’s I knitted a lot and my favourite patterns were by Patricia Roberts. Often fiendishly difficult, they would fit together and make a structured garment like no other knitters’ did. Her shop in Kinnerton Street still sells amazing quality knitted garments and patterns. The wools are exceptional (but expensive) and the quality of the hand knits is impeccable. They’d have to be for the price they charge, but then if you knit, you will appreciate the amount of work that goes into them. I know I wouldn’t knit one of those jumpers for £300.