Ah-ha!
I had an Aha-Erlebnis today. During the past year I have been spinning with supported spindles from time to time, and…
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Second Chance
A little while ago I’ve spun some delicious Polwarth and recently I’ve been knitting it. First, I started knitting the Geology…
Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2: finished!
Much later than the deadline (end of January), but my Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2 yarn is finally done! I’ve…
Spinning Polwarth
I’ve had this beautiful roving in my stash for a while. It’s from FeltStudioUK, and it’s 100% Polwarth. I’ve never…
Phil Powell collection
After the reviews I published during the past year about the beautiful Phil Powell spindles, I have recently acquired two…
Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2
The Jenkins Just Batty Challenge 2 has been running for a couple of months already, and will be finished by…
Knitting projects
Lately, I’ve been working on a nice cabled scarf for my husband, in Wollmeise DK, no less. Still, it’s quite…
Velvet Scarf
I still had one skein of Wollmeise DK in my stash, colourway Bussi. It is a fierce cool red, actually…
Cabelle Testknit
My newest design is being testknitted at the moment. It’s the Cabelle Shawlette, a one skein light fingering yarn shawl with…
Test knitting cabled brioche
While my own pattern was being test knitted, I also offered my knitting skills to another designer looking for testers.…
Raveling another Mystery
It’s that time of the year again: Stephen West organized his fourth yearly Westknits Mystery KAL, appropriately using yarn in…
Cocoberry Cowl is available
In the past month or so, a wonderful group of test knitters has been testing my Cocoberry Cowl pattern. They…
No holes
After finishing my Eb shawlette, I decided to try out this pattern design in a different way: I wanted to…
Twisted Cabled Companion Handbag
I recently knitted the Twisted Cabled Companion Handbag, which is a great, simple pattern to knit a handbag that can…
Just Batty Challenge nr. 2!
After the success of the first Just Batty Challenge, the Jenkins group on Ravelry decided to organize another one! Again,…
Playing with colours
Last Thursday, I spent the afternoon with my dear friend Anna, playing with colours. Anna has a big box full…
Handspun shawl
In the Tour le Karma swap, I received a lovely batt and beautiful roving from my Ravelry friend kooldutchlady, and…
Finch is here!
Remember the Finch I won in the Just Batty challenge? It arrived last week! Just in time to still spin…
Tour de Fleece – Finish!
For three weeks, I’ve been spinning a lot in the Tour de Fleece, in several teams at once. Of course…
Tour de Fleece
Today is the day: the start of the Tour de Fleece! Spinners all over the world spin yarns during the…
Aphrodite: Ocean Breeze Mystery KAL
During the past two weeks I’ve been knitting quite a lot. After finishing the blanket, I decided to participate in…
Blanket is done!
After a lot of knitting, my blanket is finally finished! It looks gorgeous, the colours are very nice together. After…
Review: Woodland Woodworking
Today I received a package that I have been looking forward to for a long time. In January, just before…
Review: TwistedGrain spindles
When I just started spinning supported, I ordered a TwistedGrain Holly Dart as one of the spindles to experiment with. It…
Magic Yarn Ball
Some time ago, we did a Magic Yarn Ball swap in the NKS-group on Ravelry. The idea was to buy…
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