12 hours ago, the biggest craft party of the year has started! I’m proud to be a participating designer again in this year’s Indie Design Gift-a-long. Never heard of it? Imagine 349 designers, thousands of knitters and crocheters, chatter, fun, games, prizes, an Instagram challenge, a huge sale to start it all and of course …
I have never met my father’s mother – she died three years before I was born. But a while ago I suddenly had the urge to design something for her. As my father never talked much about her, I only know that she was a good swimmer. So to honor her, I chose yarn in …
Today was planned to be a publishing day, and it has been that, but not only that. We have a door in our dining / living / kitchen area leading outside. It’s where all the neighbor cats come to get love and food. Last night, we heard something at that door and when I went …
Today, I have published my 61st and 62nd pattern. My Ravelry group just reached more than 150 members and I now have 500 Instagram followers! Could there be more reasons to celebrate? First, I have a sale on Ravelry! All my single patterns, including the newly published Candy Socks Big Sister and Candy Socks Little …
Do you miss the feeling you had as a kid in the candy store? All the choices, the colors… Maybe the test I’ve started today can bring back the feeling! These knee-high socks knit from the cuff down offer almost as much selection as a candy store to a kid! Treat yourself to knitting cables, …
This day is full of reasons to celebrate, so I hope it finds you happy and in a good mood, just like I am 🙂 The first reason to celebrate Today I have published not one, not two, but three new patterns! Christmas Stocking for Hans and Papa If you follow me on any social …
I’m very excited to present my newest pattern release, Anaitis Socks! Anaitis is the Greek name of the Goddess of the Seas. An unusual and beautiful scalloped cuff pattern stands for her mermaid tails, the twisted lattice on the back for her scales and the two stitches crossed over one stitch on the front are …
I love knitting cables. Really, I do. But what I don’t like are cable needles. One second they are here, the next second the couch has eaten them. Or a cat has mistaken them for a toy and ran away with them. Or they just fall out of the stitches they were supposed to hold. …
When I first met my husband, he had two young cats, Lena was almost 2 and Tigi was just five months old. Her mother had abandoned her and my husband, who had just lost Lena’s sister to an illness, gladly adopted her. She was a cuddly lap cat, until one day, when my husband came …
Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Friday: I got 225 m out of the 100 g of fiber, that’s still quite far away from what I want. But it’s better. It’s made with my lace whorl and it didn’t break, I love how it looks, in the skein as well as knitted up. It’s not my practice fiber, …
