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 …
If you ask me to describe how my May has been, these would be the words that come to my mind. I’ve had a crazy amount of work and yet not much to show you, we’ll all have to be patient for quite some time before I can reveal what I have been working on. …
I’m excited to have a pattern in the big shawl issue of Knotions Magazine! Working with Jody is always great fun and the shawls in this BIG issue are all so great – 13 knit shawls and 2 crochet shawls, and I hope you check them all out here! Amai is perfect TV knitting resulting …
Maybe noone has even noticed, but this blog has become really quiet this year. The reason is not that I didn’t want to or didn’t have anything to say – the reason is purely technical. In December, WordPress said I should update my blog. I tried and the update failed. I tried to write a …
I will not plan more for a day / week / month / year than can be done in a day / week / month / year . I will not plan more for a day / week / month / year than can be done in a day / week / month / year …
Why is it that the time that is supposed to be all about piece and quiet is the most stressful time of the year? I’ll never get this.. and it is already quieter here. Just hubby and me, no traveling, just a traditional visit to his sister on New Year. But still, here I am, …
My schedule for today is just crazy, so I hope you forgive me that today’s blogpost is a little shorter – more for the eye, less to read 🙂 Click on the photos to get to the Ravelry pattern page!
