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Westknits HiberKnitAlong ’23
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 In this run, I did the cast on of my HiberKnitAlong project for the HiberKnitAlong by Westknits on time, and so I actually finished in January. The HiberKnitAlong runs every year from 12/26 to the end of January in the following year – this time from 12/26/2023 to the end of January 2024. This…
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Building Block Blanket – A year in a blanket
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 In Germany they say “Gut Ding will Weile haben” (good things take time). That’s why I took the time to knit a worthy edge for my blanket – I have chosen the picot edge which took me at least 24 working hours plus hand seaming of the gaps. I still managed to finish it…
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Building Block Blanket – Sep. / Oct. (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 The year is almost over and the blanket is almost finished. Only four letter blocks are still missing, which will be knitted in November. December is reserved for joining the blocks into a blanket and working an edge. When I lay out all the blocks next to each other, it’s impressive how many different…
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Building Block Blanket – August (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Due to the summer vacation and the last Molen market I got a little behind with my blocks for my machine knitted blanket. Therefore, I have only now, in mid-October finished my August blocks. The general idea: This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During…
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Showing off the beauty of hand-painted yarn in a cowl
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Quite a while ago, I had found this tutorial for a cowl worked with the knitting machine, which I wanted to knit for the fall. However, the instructions are not written for a machine with standard needle gauge and thin yarn but for a chunky machine with larger needle gauge and thicker yarn. That…
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The facination and beauty of Tuck Stitch
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 During my journey in exploring all kind of machine knit techniques, I came across tuck stitch, again. I already read a bit about it and also started some hand knitting using tuck stitch. But the real facination only hit me now when I worked some blockes for my Building Block Blanket (check here). When…
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Importance of swatching (tension square)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 In knitting, it can be handy to know how many stitches and rows will cover a centimeter. Especially when knitting fitted garments this is crucial to make sure the garment will fit later. I have to admit, that I am often lazy and just follow the instructions of a pattern without checking if my…
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Building Block Blanket – July (MKC KAL 23)
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Yet another month is over, yet another set of five more squares for the blanket is done. The general idea: This year, the MKC is hosting a year-long KnitAlong (KAL) called the “2023 Building Blocks KAL.” During this KAL, four to five squares will be knitted each month using the knitting machine. They will…
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New colors coming – Glaciers Fade
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 It was about time to do some brewing in the dye pot. The result is a wonderful cool fade color set that will be dropped to the shop later this year. Not all colors have names, yet. But I am very much in love with them. 🇩🇪 Es war an der Zeit, mal wieder…
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Frolicking Field Shawl – Westknits Yarn Along 2023
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 With the end of June the annual Yarn Along (YAL) hosted by Stephen and Penelope, a local yarn store in Amsterdam, and Stephen West came to an end, too. Every year, knitters from all over the world can sign up to the special yarn club, which will provide them with beautiful hand-dyed yarn in…
