There's a chill in the air and a distinct spring in my step - and I'm happy to report that my knitting mojo is now out of the summer doldrums and officially back in action.

There's nothing like a morning chill (and the fact that you have Raynauds syndrome) for kick starting that hunt through drawers and last years coat pockets for fingerless mitts.

As ever, I always seem to come up short of a mitt or two but luckily these colour block mitts don't take long to knit, even though they are knit in leftover sock weight yarn.

The matching cowl takes a little longer but as my old one was 'borrowed' by a friend I might be knitting myself another one of those too.

Flash Sale - 20% off patterns

If your knitting mojo has returned with a bang too, you'll want to take advantage of my flash sale - just until tomorrow I'll be offering 20% off all of my patterns.

So you can treat yourself to an autumnal themed pattern or two - or get ahead and start lining up those Christmas knits.

Use code AUTUMNLOVE at checkout for 20%

Be quick though - code expires at midnight on Oct 4th.