Midwinter gradient
About two months ago, when I was on holiday in Germany, I brought with me a large skein of handspun…
Tag: shawl
Brioche and garter stitch love
It has been a while, but I’m back! In August/September, our house (and the rest of our block of houses)…
Simple and straightforward
After knitting my Klimop shawl, I was feeling like knitting another project, but simple tv knitting this time. So I…
Klimop
It has been a while since my last crafting post. But of course I have been working on some nice…
Morvarch
It has been a while since my last hand knitted shawl, but I’ve finally finished a shawl knitting project again!…
Winter birch shawl
Two years ago, I bought two beautiful skeins of TréLiz Ares Sock yarn in the colourways Emilie and Freakin´ Bacon.…
A Shrubbery!
That’s what I wanted. And that’s what I got! Well, not an actual shrubbery, of course. And I did not…
Mithril shawl
Spring is in full bloom now. The pink blossoms are on the ground and the trees have deployed their leaves.…
Knitting a rainbow
The rainbow theme continues! It may have something to do with the fact that during the past week and 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…
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…
Feeling blue
After the recent pink overload, I was looking for a project in a different colour. I started a new spinning…
Green fields
A while ago, I visited my LYS, Cross & Woods. They have recently added the lovely Olann yarns to their…
Flippety-fade
Another handspun shawl is finished! I’m particularly happy with this one, mostly because of the nice combination of colours, gradients,…
Rebel
A few years ago, I went to a colour analysis together with some Ravelry friends. I turned out to be…
Mosaic magic
Today I finished knitting a lovely pattern: Sundry. It’s a shawl pattern that requires two (skeins of) yarn. It’s knit…
Spring gradient
A couple of years ago I participated in the Just Batty 2 Challenge. This challenge was part swap, part spinning.…
Winter Butterfly
I’m blocking my Butterfly Dream Catcher (Lily Go Designs) right now! I started knitting it during my holiday, and restarted twice…
WIPs galore
I usually write a blog post when I have finished a project, or when I have visited a creative event.…
Lace and nupps
In September last year I cast on a lovely lace pattern: Spring: flowers and butterflies. It’s an Estonian inspired lace…
Rigid heddle weaving
Yes, I took the plunge! My friend Gloryfied let me borrow her simple rigid heddle loom to try and weave…
Hestia is published!
Today was the final day of the test knit for my Hestia shawl. All my test knitters managed to finish…
Hestia the second
It’s finally done! I started the second Hestia in September when I visited my brother in Munich, but it has…
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…