The Gift-a-long 2017 has started two days ago, for the fifth time already! I’m proud to be participating as a designer for the fourth time, but of course I’m also knitting like there’s no tomorrow! As every year, there is so much awesome talent in the GAL! So I have planned to make a series …
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Today, it’s not only raining outside – it’s pouring. There’s thunder and lightning and a storm that has already tipped over several plants and our parasol. The cats are going crazy because I’ve closed their cat flap so they have to stay inside. I have absolutely no plans of going outside, but if I had …
When I published the pattern for Tailored Lines Scarf in October, a funny thing happened. Complete strangers messaged me to tell me how awesome the model – my husband – is. I found it funny, hubby seemed to think I was making it all up – but I swear I wasn’t. So let me start …
In November 2016, 7 months after the death of our beloved Lena, we adopted a cat from Spain called Pepsi. She was 5.5 months old at the time. She turned out to be just what my husband and I needed, a cute, cheeky, black cat that loves to sit on our shoulders while we walk …
Sometimes you have a great idea for a design, but something is missing – that little je ne sais quoi. That’s how I felt about my Oh La La Socks for a long time. I had the stranded chart all ready to go, but I felt that there needed to be something more. I had …
Do you know Qiviut? I don’t know what the underbelly of a unicorn feels like, but I imagine it must feel like Qiviut! Qiviut is the underwool of the muskox and softer than cashmere, warmer than sheep’s wool and doesn’t felt. Thanks to the most awesome husband in the world, I have been the proud …
Another month, another pattern has been released 🙂 I hope you like the Mystic River just as much as I do! Mystic River Scarf is perfect for that skein of self-striping yarn that you fell in love with, but then it never told you what it wanted to be. The pattern includes instructions for a …
The last pattern for the Hubby needs Socks ebook went online yesterday! The Ribbed Leaf Socks feature a mini cable pattern, a hybrid heel that combines a short-row heel and a short heel flap with a gusset and paired decreases toes closed with kitchener stitch. Until March 5th, end of day, there’s still a 40 …
Knitted in Switzerland celebrates the 40th patterns release! Celebrate with me! There’s a sale from now until March 5th, end of day (Switzerland time)! Use the coupon code “Celebration” and receive 40 % off any single pattern from my Ravelry store! Go check it out! 🙂 There’s also a KAL in my group starting on …
When I realized that my husband needed several new pairs of socks, I dreaded the thought of the same old vanilla socks in black, dark grey or dark blue that men like. So I handed my husband a few stitch dictionaries and told him to choose patterns he likes. I chose yarn in colors that …
