About me
My name is Sue, and I love knitting! I knit anything and everything, but my passion is lace knitting and stranded colourwork. Granary Knits is my design company located in beautiful West Yorkshire. My designs are heavily influenced by my upland landscape and the natural world in general.
One or more of my patterns have this inclusivity feature: Non-gendered
Can you share my images (attributed, with no edits): Yes
Pronouns: she/her
Note: All prices shown are listed in US dollars. For designers who sell in US dollars, the prices are accurate. For designers who sell in other currencies, the prices have been converted to US dollars using a recent exchange rate and are therefore approximates.
Purchasable patterns
26 purchasable patterns
Photo: Sue Beard
Annat Royd
Annat Royd 
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: 2-triangle shawl, 3-triangle shawl
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 984 to 1312 yards
- Gauge: 18 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches in charted lace pattern
- Hooks/needles: US 7 - 4.5 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Autumn Beech Tam
Autumn Beech Tam
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 3/4" (19 1/4", 19 1/4", 20 1/2").
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 268 to 301 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stranded stockinette in the round on 3.25mm
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: one size, but customisable
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 437 to 875 yards
- Gauge: 16 stitches and 16 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch after blocking
- Hooks/needles:
- Crochet: 1.0 mm
- Knitting: US 7 - 4.5 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Diagoniella Cowl
Diagoniella Cowl
- Price: $5.32
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Cowls (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Three sizes: short cowl, medium cowl, snood
- Yarn weight: DK
- Total yardage needed: 262 to 601 yards
- Gauge: 22 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 3 - 3.25 mm, US 5 - 3.75 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
Photo: Sue Beard
Feather Cap Beanie
Feather Cap Beanie
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: teen, adult, large adult
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 492 to 547 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
- Also available in eBook: Chicken Knitting 1
Photo: Sue Beard
Feather Cowl
Feather Cowl
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Cowls (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Narrow (to fit teen/small adult), Wide (to fit large adult)
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 361 to 437 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 2 1/2 - 3.0 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm, US 5 - 3.75 mm, US 0 - 2.0 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
- Also available in eBook: Chicken Knitting 1
Photo: Sue Beard
Fingerless Feather Mittens
Fingerless Feather Mittens
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Fingerless mitts/gloves (Hand/wrist wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Small, Medium/Large
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 328 yards
- Gauge: 30 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 2 1/2 - 3.0 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm, US 0 - 2.0 mm, US 5 - 3.75 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
- Also available in eBook: Chicken Knitting 1
Photo: Sue Beard
Fisherman's Rib Hat
Fisherman's Rib Hat
- Price: $3.13
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: adult, very stretchy
- Yarn weight: Aran
- Total yardage needed: 186 to 191 yards
- Gauge: 18 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 7 - 4.5 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Full Feather Mittens
Full Feather Mittens
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Mittens (Hand/wrist wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Small, Medium/Large
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 273 to 372 yards
- Gauge: 30 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 2 1/2 - 3.0 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm, US 0 - 2.0 mm, US 5 - 3.75 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
- Also available in eBook: Chicken Knitting 1
Photo: Sue Beard
Harden Moss
Harden Moss
- Price: $5.63
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Small 75 cm (29 1/2") deep x 202 cm (79 1/2") along top edge; large 106 cm (41 3/4") deep x 304 cm (119 1/2") along top edge
- Yarn weight: Lace
- Total yardage needed: 459 to 804 yards
- Gauge: 12 stitches and 19 rows = 4 inches in garter pattern after very gentle blocking
- Hooks/needles: US 9 - 5.5 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Pheasant
Pheasant
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 3/4" (19 1/4", 19 1/4", 20 1/2")
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 383 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stranded in the round on 3.25mm
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Poppy
Poppy
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 3/4" (19 1/4", 19 1/4", 20 1/2").
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 459 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stranded stockinette in the round on 3.25mm after blocking
- Hooks/needles:
- Crochet: 1.0 mm
- Knitting: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
- Also available in eBook: Weeds
Photo: Sue Beard
Raspberry Pi Shawl
Raspberry Pi Shawl
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: One size (approx. 145cm/57in) in diameter, but additional repeats can be added to make the shawl larger
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 1243 to 1658 yards
- Gauge: 22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 6 - 4.0 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Samhain
Samhain
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Multiple sizes
- Yarn weight: Multiple yarn weights
- Total yardage needed: 130 to 440 yards
- Gauge: multiple gauges
- Hooks/needles: US 6 - 4.0 mm, US 11 - 8.0 mm, US 8 - 5.0 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Shepherd's Purse
Shepherd's Purse
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Small, medium narrow, medium wide, large, to fit head circumferences 54 cm (58 cm, 58 cm, 62 cm) / approx. 21 1?4" (23", 23", 24 1?2") at the brim.
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 459 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 99.99 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
- Also available in eBook: Weeds
Photo: Sue Beard
Snake's Heid
Snake's Heid
- Price: $4.70
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Teen, small adult, large adult
- Yarn weight: Multiple yarn weights
- Total yardage needed: 153 to 381 yards
- Gauge: 24 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches in Fingering/4ply cabled pattern
- Hooks/needles: US 1 1/2 - 2.5 mm, US 2 1/2 - 3.0 mm, US 4 - 3.5 mm, US 6 - 4.0 mm, US 7 - 4.5 mm, US 8 - 5.0 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
Photo: Sue Beard
Solstice Shawl
Solstice Shawl
- Price: $6.99
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: 16.5" neck diameter × 18.25" length
- Yarn weight: Lace
- Total yardage needed: 822 yards
- Gauge: 16 stitches and 25 rows = 4 inches in Solstice Pattern, blocked (gauge is not crucial, but it will affect finished size and yardage requirements)
- Hooks/needles: US 3 - 3.25 mm, US 4 - 3.5 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
Photo: Sue Beard
Swifts
Swifts
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 3/4" (19 1/4", 19 1/4", 20 1/2"
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 383 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stranded stockinette in the round on 3.25mm after blocking
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Teasel
Teasel
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Small, medium narrow, medium wide, large; to fit head circumferences 54 cm (58 cm, 58 cm, 62 cm) / approx. 21 1?4" (23", 23", 24 1?2") at the brim.
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 459 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stranded in the round
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
- Also available in eBook: Weeds
Photo: Sue Beard
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
- Price: $7.83
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: short (60 cm (23 1/2") deep x 130 cm (51") along top edge), or long (85 cm (33 1/2") deep x 170 cm (67") along top edge)
- Yarn weight: DK
- Total yardage needed: 623 to 1247 yards
- Gauge: 16 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 8 - 5.0 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Thistle
Thistle
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 3/4" (19 1/4", 19 1/4", 20 1/2")
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 503 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stranded colourwork in the round after blocking
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
- Also available in eBook: Weeds
Photo: Sue Beard
Trellis
Trellis
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 3/4" (19 1/4", 19 1/4", 20 1/2").
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 459 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stranded stockinette in the round after blocking
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Votic Hat
Votic Hat
- Price: $5.32
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Teen, small adult, large adult
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 273 to 339 yards
- Gauge: 31 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 2 1/2 - 3.0 mm
- Language: English
- Inclusive features: Non-gendered
Photo: Sue Beard
Whitley Common
Whitley Common
- Price: $6.26
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Shawls/wraps (Neck/shoulder wear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: One size, 62 cm (24 1/2") nape to hem x 124 cm (49") in diameter
- Yarn weight: Lace
- Total yardage needed: 820 to 875 yards
- Gauge: 16 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in chart 3 pattern after vigorous blocking
- Hooks/needles: US 2 1/2 - 3.0 mm, US 7 - 4.5 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Wild Geese Hap
Wild Geese Hap
- Price: $12.52
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Blankets (Home)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Lapghan (1 m square), Hap Blanket (2 m square)
- Yarn weight: Aran
- Total yardage needed: 853 to 2515 yards
- Gauge: 14 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches in stocking stitch/stockinette
- Hooks/needles: US 9 - 5.5 mm
- Language: English
Photo: Sue Beard
Wild Oats
Wild Oats
- Price: $5.01
- Craft: Regular knitting
- Category: Hats (Headwear)
- Age(s): Adults
- Sizing: Finished sizes at the brim, unstretched, 45 cm (49 cm, 49 cm, 52 cm) / approx. 17 3/4" (19 1/4", 19 1/4", 20 1/2")
- Yarn weight: Fingering
- Total yardage needed: 230 to 459 yards
- Gauge: 28 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches in stranded stockinette in the round after blocking
- Hooks/needles: US 2 - 2.75 mm, US 3 - 3.25 mm
- Language: English
- Also available in eBook: Weeds
Purchasable eBooks
2 purchasable eBooks
Photo: Sue Beard
Chicken Knitting 1
- Price: $12.92
- 4 patterns, all available for individual purchase:
- Feather Cap Beanie
- Fingerless Feather Mittens
- Full Feather Mittens
- Feather Cowl
Photo: Sue Beard
Weeds
- Price: $20.67
- 5 patterns, all available for individual purchase:
- Shepherd's Purse
- Teasel
- Wild Oats
- Poppy
- Thistle