• EN/GER/NL,  Hand dyed Yarn

    A glimpse behind the scenes

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Let me show you how many separate steps are needed to create Heathland Knits high quality, beautiful speckled and variegated yarn. 🇩🇪 Ich möchte Ihnen zeigen, wie viele einzelne Schritte erforderlich sind, um das hochwertige, schön gesprenkelte und bunt gemusterte Garn von Heathland Knits herzustellen. 🇳🇱 Ik zal je laten zien hoeveel afzonderlijke stappen…

  • EN/GER/NL,  Machine Knitting

    A Multi-Way Gilet

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 In June, I joined the “Multi-Way Gilet KAL” of the Machine Knit Community (MKC). Till then, the word gilet was not really saying anything to me. I looked it up: Gilet: A piece of clothing that is worn over other clothes and that is like a jacket without sleeves (UK definition, in the US…

  • EN/GER/NL,  Machine Knitting

    My first real machine knit garment

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Finished my first ever garment with a knitting machine- the boatneck sweater! And I like it. I’m actually a bit surprised that I like my fist try. I used my knew chunky machine, and I am very happy with the result. I knitted the merino version from a woolen spun DK weight merino yarn.…

  • EN/GER/NL,  Machine Knitting

    New knitting machine

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 I got a new machine! It’s the Brother KH-260 originally from Japan (with Japanese symbols on it). The KH-260 is a chunky machine. It is a jused one and definetely in need for some servicing. I finally understand what people meant when they say the sponge bar is like fudge! Can’t wait to do…

  • Chit Chat,  EN/GER/NL

    Hybrid Work: The Faroese shawl

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 From January till May, I attended the “Designing & Creating Shawls KAL” with Sarah Etchison at the Machine Knit Community. I just finished the shawl I was working on during the KAL. It is combining rectangular and triangular geometries. I’ve wanted to knit a Faroese shawl with the typical swing shape for a long…

  • Chit Chat,  EN/GER/NL

    WIP: New Spring Shawl “Helleborus”

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Inspired by the currently blooming Christmas rose, I am currently working on a new spring shawl in green and purple. It will be an asymmetrically knitted triangular shawl in which a Fair Isle pattern will merge into a light lace pattern. The photo shows a first prototype. I am currently working on the design…

  • EN/GER/NL,  Knitting inspiration and pattern collections

    One Skein (Beginners) Ideas

    🇬🇧 Sometimes you see that one shawl or cardigan and you decide you’d like to start knitting. But sometimes it’s the other way around. Maybe you just want to start knitting. Maybe because knitting is having a revival, maybe because it’s supposed to be comforting, maybe because your best friend knits and you’ve become curious. As a motivated knitting beginner,…

  • Chit Chat,  EN/GER/NL,  Hand dyed Yarn

    Frolicking Field – Spring Colors

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Inspired by the name and the view of the early spring fields during a morning walk last year, I dyed a special yarn set for Stephen Wests Pattern “Frolicking Field Shawl”. The result were three new colors called: Near the Forest, Wheatgrass, and Purple Wild Flowers that I want to show here. With the…