Feeling blue
After the recent pink overload, I was looking for a project in a different colour. I started a new spinning…
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More pink
The weaving bug has bitten me again! It has been a while since my last weaving project, and suddenly I…
Silky chic
About half a year ago I offered my friend MarvelKnits to weave a scarf for her. I had just finished…
Louët Jane
A while ago, during a weaving party, I was able to test weave on the Louët Jane of a Ravelry…
Ero Swap: the finale!
In the past month or so I was participating in the Ero Swap of the Dutch Karma Swap group on…
Point twill
I wove another 2/2 twill scarf. This time I used Malabrigo Mechita in the colours Teal Feather and Aniversario. Very…
Card weaving on a rigid heddle loom
I can now tell you from experience that it’s possible to do card weaving on an Ashford SampleIt! It’s not…
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…
Big softness
Last Friday, a knitter friend visited me here in Den Haag. We met at the cat café (Ditjes en Katjes),…
Like a whisper
In the past week I’ve been weaving with cobweb yarn. Yes, the really thin type, 1200 meters/100 grams. After learning…
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…
Soft squares
The silk scarf is done! Well, almost, I still need to wash it and cut the fringe. But the weaving…
Silky smooth
When I got married in 2013, I got a great present from Bart & Francis, the “Belgian Boys”: I was…
Long teeth
On Sunday I came quite far with my third woven scarf. I finished it on Monday evening after work. While…
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…
Cute as a button!
It’s here, it’s here! I’m so excited! My loom arrived today, together with some extras! It came in a flat…
Anticipation
Oh dear, that rabbithole is quite steep… I’m talking about weaving, of course. After weaving my first shawl and wearing it…