Raveoly day 2
On the second full day of the Raveoly, I made some nice progess with my Catkin. I’m already knitting section…
Category: Fibre crafts
Blocked and done!
My Posh Well is finished! After a day of blocking, it looks really nice, the pictures don’t do it justice…
Mystery KAL, clue 3
After knitting clue 2, I was kind of disappointed with the colours. Colour B, the light one, was too dominant…
Raveoly progress
Yesterday I watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but I didn’t cast on yet. I was knitting the third…
Blocking
I finished one of my knitting projects a week ago, but didn’t block it yet. Tonight I finally had the…
Raveoly
On Ravelry, the Ravellenic Games, formerly known as the Ravelympics (stupid story), are about to begin. As soon as the…
Second clue
Last Friday, the second clue of the West Mystery KAL was released, but it took a while before I could…
First skein
It’s day three of the Tour de Fleece, and I have spun about a hundred grams of wool. Today I…
Inspiration
Last week, during the KarmaKIPnick, I started knitting an improvised shawl. In the mean time I have been frogging and…
KarmaKIPnick
The alarm went off early, at 7, such a cruel time in the weekend! It was for a good purpose,…
Harry Potter Swap
I’m a member of the Odd Ducks group on Ravelry, which is an international theme swap group. This time I…
Mannequin party
Today, I went to a very special party: a mannequin making party! Marianne from Ravelry had organized it, and there…
Great Cowl KAL
I participated in the Great Cowl KAL, hosted by Liz Abinante on Ravelry. The challenge was to knit 5 cowls…
Knitting time
For a while I was hardly knitting at all, because I was spinning all the time, but lately, I’ve been…
Project update
I’m really into knitting (lace) shawls at the moment! It’s so nice to look for a beautiful pattern, find the…
Birthday
Last Monday, I had my birthday, and even though I didn’t really celebrate it on that day, I really felt…
Knitting update
So what did I knit in the last couple of months? Some time ago, but no blog post about it…
Dyeing with Kool Aid
Today I’ve been dyeing undyed yarn. Some time ago I ordered some Kool Aid from eBay. It’s an American drink.…
Creativity
All that knitting, rakking and swapping really encourages me to be creative! I made a lot of stuff the last…
Swapping and Rakking
On Ravelry I’ve lately been participating in some swaps. This means, that you put together a package with gifts for…
Knit Princess
No, silly, not me. The Knit Princess is a webcomic, with a new episode twice a week. I just discovered…
Catching up
It has been quite a long time since I’ve written anything here… but that doesn’t mean that nothing happened! On…
Knitting fever
Thanks to my mother-in-law, I’ve recently been infected by… no, not the Mexican flu, but… knitting fever! The “r” is…
My First Sock
I did it! My First Sock is finished! A couple of days of heavy knitting, looking at the pattern from…