Mystery revealed!
It has become a tradition: every year Stephen West designs a shawl pattern that is published one clue at a…
Category: Crafting
Roseroot top in Nachtblau
When I started knitting again in 2009 I quickly built up a small stash of (semi) acrylic yarn from Zeeman…
Treasure
When I started knitting again, back in 2009, my yarn stash grew rapidly. First with acrylics, but once I was…
A great British sewing machine
Ever since my sewing workshop last year, I’ve been thinking about buying a modern sewing machine. I tried sewing on…
Colour taming
Last weekend I finished spinning another project. This one was started in the last week of the Tour de Fleece,…
Tour de Fleece: week 1
The Tour de Fleece has been going on for a week now, so it’s time for an update! I have…
Waking up the butterflies
It’s still so warm here in The Netherlands. The Azores high is remaining stable, bringing warm air up here from…
Expressing your needs
We (or at least I) can learn a lot from cats. No words necessary! This is also what Freya did…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Hobbits (part 3)
I decided to do one final spinning project for the Hobbits stage of the MirkwoodArts Thriathlon. Just like in the…
Finger-up brioche mittens
It has been very cold in The Netherlands in the past week. The “Siberian Bear” came to visit: a cold…
Pretty writing
I like to try out new things and see if they fit me. In January I started a new hobby:…
Zooming on
I started weaving squares on my Zoom Loom about a year ago, and recently I picked it up again to…
Hats!
Winter is here! In the last couple of years, winter was more like a prolonged autumn, but this year we…
Silky chic
About half a year ago I offered my friend MarvelKnits to weave a scarf for her. I had just finished…
Icy green
When I started spinning this Nunoco roving it was still July. I had just finished my Tour de Fleece spinning,…
Winter Butterfly
I’m blocking my Butterfly Dream Catcher (Lily Go Designs) right now! I started knitting it during my holiday, and restarted twice…
WIPs galore
I usually write a blog post when I have finished a project, or when I have visited a creative event.…
Story Time
The latest swap in the Dutch Karma Swap group is called Story Time. It’s a long-running swap (three months) in…
Woolly birthday party
Yesterday I visited my fellow NKS-moderator and good friend for her birthday. She organized a wool party for some friends…
Ero Swap
You may know them: the Belgian Boys, Bart & Francis. They can usually be found at the Dutch Knitting Days,…
Double width weaving on a rigid heddle loom
I have done a double width weaving project! It was a bit hard at the beginning, but it became easier and…
Rigid heddle weaving
Yes, I took the plunge! My friend Gloryfied let me borrow her simple rigid heddle loom to try and weave…
Happy New Year!
I know that it’s already January 4th, but here in The Netherlands you are allowed to give your well-wishes for…
Mash up swap
When I started knitting again in August/September, I could not show anything on the blog because I was knitting for…
Sheep
There are so many sheep in England! Well, in the area where we went on holiday, at least. They were…
Tour de Fleece – it’s over!
Today is the last day of the Tour de Fleece. Over the past three weeks I have been spinning quite…
Tour de Fleece week 1
It has been a busy spinning week! And of course I had to work to (so inconvenient…). In the first…