Today I want to show you a sneak peek of my next shawl pattern. Jolanda is a faroese shawl knit sideways in three colors and different lace patterns. The center section is shaped with short rows to help the shawl stay on your shoulders. It is a great stash buster, since it uses less than …
My Hogwarts Express is finally finished (of course it had to be a little later than planned – it’s named after a train!) The lovely pattern is Hogwarts Express by Susan Ashcroft and the yarn is Regia Xmas.
… When you’re too sick to knit? I’ve been feeling like that since Monday. But I’m starting to really miss knitting and I guess that’s a good sign.
… begins with a single step. I guess that is also true for a journey of finishing a thousand WIPS, so I found it only fitting to finish my socks first. The other pair of socks has been frogged. I obviously need even bigger needles when knitting socks in the Portuguese way. So, I got …
Pattern: None, just spiral socks Yarn: Regia Super Jacquard Color, Colorway 07203 I love the look of the yarn in the ball, but I don’t care too much for the way it looks knitted up… But at least they are almost done 🙂 Pattern: Simple & Sweet by Hope Vickman Yarn: Sesia Mistral …
This is a photo of my great-grandmother, Betty. I remember many happy times as a child, when I was allowed to spend the night at her house. She made me custard with strawberries (which I still love to this day), we played Ludo or watched soccer. Yes, she loved soccer and would get up in …
Vicki – Thunder and Lightning M – Margrit’s Pi Shawl needle-and-hook – Thunder and Lightning Congratulations! I’ve sent the pattern of your choice to the email address you entered when commenting! Happy knitting!
My three patterns that I have for sale on Ravelry have 200 hearts together! Thank you so much to everyone who favourited one of my patterns! Eri’s Shawl Thunder and Lightning Margrit’s Pi Shawl To celebrate, I’m giving away three patterns! For a chance to win, leave a comment on this blog post telling …
I’m sorry, but I just had to shout it! 🙂 It’s warm and sunny, there are beautiful flowers everywhere… My favourite time of the year has finally come! So I’ve decided to do some WIP spring cleaning… Stay tuned while I discover the truth about all these long forgotten WIPs! I must admit, though, that …
Last week, my husband and I were on vacation in Arosa, Switzerland. It’s always beautiful there, but this time I got a bonus surprise. All around the village, things had been yarnbombed, from posts to window shutters to a whole cabin of a cable-car. When I wasn’t busy taking photos of all the guerilla-knitting, I …
