Tweedy sweater
I finished knitting a sweater recently – well, a while ago already, actually – and I’d like to show it…
Tag: pink
Visible mending
It’s kind of a hot item at the moment (or I’m noticing it more): visible mending. I recently purchased the…
Simple and straightforward
After knitting my Klimop shawl, I was feeling like knitting another project, but simple tv knitting this time. So I…
Mystery revealed!
It has become a tradition: every year Stephen West designs a shawl pattern that is published one clue at a…
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…
Snowrora
During the Bettina’s Pegasus SAL in the MirkwoodArts group, I have spun another project. After the colourful rainbow that I…
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…
More pink
The weaving bug has bitten me again! It has been a while since my last weaving project, and suddenly I…
Sew pink!
Ever since my workshop with Emma Redfern in England, I have felt inspired to do some more sewing now that…
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…
Flippety-fade
Another handspun shawl is finished! I’m particularly happy with this one, mostly because of the nice combination of colours, gradients,…
Spring gradient
A couple of years ago I participated in the Just Batty 2 Challenge. This challenge was part swap, part spinning.…
Startitis
Startitis. I’ve got a bad case of it. As I’m spinning my largest project to date (500 grams of rolags)…
A scarf a day
Keeps the cold away… Winter is back since Friday night, and there’s snow, even here in Den Haag. We took…
Princess Scarf
In the past weeks I’ve been knitting on and off on my Princess Scarf. The pattern is BEBEB by Nancy…
Spin a dozen
The Giro de Fleece ended last Sunday, but I finally finished spinning my 200 grams of singles last Wednesday evening!…
Contrast
I have just had a very busy two weeks! I started on a new job last week, then went away…
Giro de Fleece
Today the Giro d’Italia is starting here in The Netherlands, in Apeldoorn. Like the Tour de France, this is a…