Fixing my digital piano
Almost 22 years ago, I bought my digital piano, a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-170 after making some extra money from a…
Category: Tutorials
Crafting tutorials and recipes
Make your own Ultrabalm
A couple of years ago I discovered Ultrabalm, an ointment made by Lush. I regularly suffer from eczema, and Ultrabalm…
Migrating from Ravelry to Airtable (via Excel)
Lately, I’ve been spending quite some time moving my content away from Ravelry, mostly to Airtable. Airtable is an online…
iPad Pro sleeve
Last week I was on holiday, and halfway through, I decided to (finally) bite the bullet and get a new…
Finger-up brioche mittens
It has been very cold in The Netherlands in the past week. The “Siberian Bear” came to visit: a cold…
Four shaft weaving on a rigid heddle loom
The exploration of rigid heddle weaving continues! After my experiments with double heddle weaving I learned that with each added…
Rosepath on a rigid heddle loom
The humble rigid heddle loom offers many possibilities for those who want to do more than plain weave and colourplay.…
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…
Painting a tree
After yesterday’s struggle with painting trees, I decided to look around for tips and tricks to achieve what I want.…
Colour musings
One subject that I really, really love, and always get back to through the years (and in my pastimes) is…
Blending an icy gradient
Yesterday I have done a little experiment with fibre! I have recently bought some inspiring stuff from World of Wool,…
Using a blending board
I have almost finished my latest spinning project (I only need to ply it still), so I’m thinking about what…
Spindle house
About half a year ago, I made a simple storage solution for my supported spindles, from a cardboard box, 4…
M-ply
Most spinners probably have heard of n-ply (navajo ply or chain ply). It is a technique to ply one single…
Back join
I recently discovered a new, very handy method of joining a new strand of yarn. Usually, I prefer the Russian…