A Janus moment
Janus is the Roman god with two faces. He represents doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings. One of his faces looks…
Category: Crafting
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…
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…
Monochrome
In the last week of the Tour de Fleece, I started a second spinning project. I combined two braids of…
Tour de Fleece: Finished! (updated: I won a prize!)
Last Sunday was the last day of the Tour de Fleece, and I managed to still get some more spinning…
Tour de Fleece: Subtle epilogue
Now what? I finished my Tour de Fleece project with almost a week to go… I was in need of…
Tour de Fleece: Yeah, very thick indeed
Last Sunday I plied all my singles on my wheel. As I was plying, I was a bit suspicious already.…
Tour de Fleece: Singles wheel
After two weeks of spinning in the Tour de Fleece, I have finished spinning the singles for my project. Four…
Tour de Fleece: Halfway mark
We’re about halfway through the Tour de Fleece, and I’m enjoying it immensely. I’ve been spinning every night so far,…
Tour de Fleece: Ready to start!
Today it starts: the Tour de Fleece of 2018! Spinners around the world take out their wheels, polish their spindles,…
Mega project is done!
Last February I started spinning my largest spindle spinning project to date. I combined five braids and batts of fibre,…
Flippety-fade
Another handspun shawl is finished! I’m particularly happy with this one, mostly because of the nice combination of colours, gradients,…
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