When I decided to write the blog post about yarn dominance, I needed a swatch of course. But let me tell you a dirty little secret – I hate swatching. I hate swatching so much that I’d rather sit down and knit a useful little hat instead of a small 15 x 15 cm (that’s …
Runterscrollen für Deutsch / Scroll down for German What is your preferred way for stranded knitting? One color in each hand? Both in the left? Both in the right? Over the same finger? Over different fingers? Or do you have a knitting thimble? No matter which is your preferred way, unless you’re Arne and Carlos …
Today I’ve published the last two chapters and the last pattern for the How to read charts ebook! Splashes of Light is a pretty cowl closed with a button, with lace patterning on both sides. The decreases on the wrong side of the work are a little tricky to work at first, but it will …
I know that it’s just 3 days till Halloween, but that isn’t celebrated much where I live. Neither do we celebrate Thanksgiving. So, for me, the next big holiday is Christmas. And that’s less than two months away! Today is the first day that is much colder – Indian summer is definitely over. I’m sitting …
Today I’ve published the next pattern in the How to read charts series! You can get the single pattern or the ebook with five patterns and the chart reading guide! The single pattern is 25 % off until October 27th, end of day, with the coupon code PillarsofLight Cables are so easy to work – …
When I first started knitting, I was afraid of charts. I would rather try to keep my place in an endless string of k and p than read these strange symbols that did not make sense to me. But once I learned how to read the symbols and how to remember their meaning without having …
A specialty of Estonian Lace knitting are nupps (which rhymes with soup). They are super pretty, but on the wrong side row you have to purl 5 or 7 stitches together and that is no fun. There is an easy solution, though – make the nupps using a crochet hook! In this tutorial I will …
Easy nupps with a crochet hook / einfache Noppen mit einer Häkelnadel Read More »
Sorry, English speaking guys – today’s blog post is in German! If you want to see it in English and learn how to cable without a cable needle, look here: https://knittedinswitzerland.ch/?p=1742 Heute mal ein Blogpost auf Deutsch 🙂 Ich liebe es Zöpfe zu stricken. Aber was ich nicht liebe, sind Zopfnadeln. Gerade waren sie noch …
Time’s racing – literally and metaphorically. Literally because no way can it be August already, almost September. Our trip to Sweden is almost there and knowing me, I’ll come back with all the yarn I can carry and impressions of the sea on my mind 🙂 The other day, while buying a sandwich before catching …
Summer has definitely arrived in my part of the world! It’s 36 °C (97 F) outside and 26 °C (79 F) in my little “yarn office”, I’m trying hard not to melt while typing this! There’s definitely no rain anywhere to be seen, but if you still want a beautiful rainbow (which is Regenbogen in …
