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Holiday gift (pattern) ideas
EN | DE | NL 🇬🇧 One more week and then the Advent season begins. Time to think about what to give your loved ones for Christmas (or Sinterklaas / St. Nicholas). Time to share a few ideas for knitted gifts that can be done relatively quickly from relatively little yarn. Socks and Slippers Socks are an evergreen when it…
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The Secret Garden
I lately discovered a rather old book and fell in love with it: The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett; first published in 1911. It is about a little girl that has to move to her Uncle in Yorkshire. He is living in a big house beside the moor with a thousand rooms and many gardens – and one is…
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Westknits Mystery Knit A Long 2022
🇬🇧 For the 13th time, Stephen West of Westknits / Stephen & Penelope organized his autumnal Mystery Knit Along. This year is the third time I will participate. As last year, I will take it a bit slower. The sign-up is open since the 3rd of September ’22 and the first clue was published at the 6th October ’22. Stephen…
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Joji Fall KAL 2022
🇬🇧 As the last years, I was very much looking forward to the autumn knit along from Joji Locatelli, the Joji Fall KAL. It started on the 1th of September and is still ongoing till 30th of November. I decided to participate with two shawl designs and one cowl. Yes, that is a lot, but I could not decide what…
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Earth and Sea Shawl
🇬🇧 During summer, I knitted a light, one-skein shawl in fresh, vibrant colors. For fall, I knitted a version of the shawl using two skeins in muted colors. It’s perfectly representing the current transition from summer to fall. For the upcoming MolenMarkt, 1st October ’22, I prepared the pattern. It’s a modular design that lets you freely combine several different…
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The yo-yo (boomerang) sock heel
EN | DE | NL 🇬🇧 The yo-yo heel (also known as jo-jo or boomerang heel) is a technique to work sock heels using short rows. Since it is the least bulky heel this is definitely my favorite sock heel variant. Also nice, the heel is symmetric and can be used in top-down as well as in toe up worked…
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How to use a braid star
🇬🇧 I do not know where and when the origin of the braid star is located. It reminds me very much of a simple variant of the Japanese Kumihimo. The Japanese word Kumihimo stands for braided cord, and that is exactly what can be made with the braid star. To start braiding a cord, you need 7 threads, which are…
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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,…
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How to use a Lucet (knitting) fork
Klick for English | Deutsch | Nederlands 🇬🇧 A lucet fork is a tool that was used for making cords. It probably dates back to the time of the Vikings and the Middle Ages. During that time, cords were used on clothing or to hang items from a belt. Today, the lucet fork is still a nice tool to make…
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New Color Overview
🇬🇧 After receiving more and more questions about Heathland Knits yarns, there is now an overview page of the colorways that are regularly dyed. These can be found here from now on: Color Overview 🇩🇪 Nachdem immer öfter Anfragen zu den Heathland Knits Garnen gekommen sind, gibt es nun eine Übersichtsseite der Farbvarianten, die regelmäßig gefärbt werden. Diese können ab…
