First things first! I have uploaded two new videos to my youtube channel – Provisional Longtail Cast On in German and English! Let me know what you think or what you’d like to see next! And now let me tell you the sad story of the WIP of the day. The random number generator chose …
Just a quickie from me and my ever-aching head today… Day 2 of the temperature blanket – done The third big project for the year is to knit my way through Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitter’s Almanac. This is the interesting part of the swatch cap for the Aran Sweater for January. It’s currently taking a bath …
A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. And my second big plan for the year begins with this 10×10 cm (4×4″) square. It will grow up to be a temperature blanket showing the high and low temperatures every day in the town where I live. On January 1st, that was 5.3 …
Happy new year, everyone! May you always have the right yarn and enough of it! I have big plans for 2018, the first is a serious Finish or Frog! Rules: Every day I use a random number generator to choose one of my countless WIPs. It will either be frogged or I will work on …
Can you believe this – I’ve self-published my 50th pattern today! Unbelievable! This definitely needs to be celebrated, so until the end of the year, buy my anniversary pattern Fibonacci’s Great Grandmother and get one of my other patterns for free with the coupon code Fibonacci! The first idea for this design came into my …
Yesterday was a nice and sunny day, really warm for the end of November. Today, it’s COLD! And tomorrow we’re supposed to have snow. So today is the day to show you my favorite sweater patterns from this year’s GAL – are you ready? First, Coronis by Emily Ringelman – it’s the sweater I’ve chosen …
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 …
