Taming a rainbow
This beautiful rainbow-coloured braid has been languishing in my fibre stash for far too long: It’s BFL and silk, and…
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…
The skyest of blues
The MirkwoodArts group has another spin-a-long ungoing: the All*Stars SAL. The theme is stars, and every participant chooses a favourite…
Habits
As we all have been told time and time again when we were young and learning: practice makes perfect. Even…
Knit-tinK
Almost three years ago, I went to the very first Knit & Knot fibre fair. Schaap & Draak was one…
Expressing your needs
We (or at least I) can learn a lot from cats. No words necessary! This is also what Freya did…
Snowrora
During the Bettina’s Pegasus SAL in the MirkwoodArts group, I have spun another project. After the colourful rainbow that I…
Year in yarn
Last night, on New Year’s Eve, I did indeed go to bed early. I didn’t go to sleep early, though.…
A Janus moment
Janus is the Roman god with two faces. He represents doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings. One of his faces looks…
A shawl to live in
When I finished my last spinning project, I decided to start knitting with the resulting yarn immediately. I had already…
Rainbow
The MirkwoodArts group organises SALs year round, but one of them is extra special: the one in the winter. It…
If I fits…
I sits! A historical cat quote. Cats love sitting in things, especially cardboard boxes. Even if they are actually too…
Making a zafu
A what? A zafu. That’s a fancy name for a traditional meditation cushion. It’s a round cushion that is designed…
Big failure…
Remember that I knitted some brioche mittens last year? Well, I ruined them this weekend. These mittens were a bit…
Feeling blue
After the recent pink overload, I was looking for a project in a different colour. I started a new spinning…
More pink
The weaving bug has bitten me again! It has been a while since my last weaving project, and suddenly I…
Mittens for MIL
In the beginning of this year, I improvised a pair of brioche mittens, just in time for one of the…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Dwarves
The last stage of the MirkwoodArts Thriathlon, Dwarves, ran during the month of October. I started my last spinning project a…
Sew pink!
Ever since my workshop with Emma Redfern in England, I have felt inspired to do some more sewing now that…
Green fields
A while ago, I visited my LYS, Cross & Woods. They have recently added the lovely Olann yarns to their…
I need my space
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post, and that is because I went on holiday for two weeks.…
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…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Hobbits (part 2)
Last week I started a new spinning project in the MirkwoodArts Thriathlon. After finishing my hobbit-green project, I felt like…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Hobbits (part 1)
The second part of the MirkwoodArts spin-a-long is at its halfway point, and I have just finished spinning my Hobbit-inspired…
Emotional diet
I have no idea if this is even a thing, but I have decided to do it anyway: go on…
MirkwoodArts Thriathlon: Elves
Two weeks ago, the MirkwoodArts Thriathlon began. The Thriathlon is a SAL (spin-a-long) that runs for almost three months. It…
Japanese ingeniousness
Two days ago, I finally finished my latest knitting project: the Hosukai Cowl by Hiroku Fukatsu. Hasukai means diagonal in…