🇬🇧 Even though I’ve actually been knitting since I was a kid, I discovered Ravelry and the global knitting community relatively late, so I didn’t discover many of the great designers until late 2019 or early 2020 – which amazingly happened completely independent of any Corona lockdowns. I’ve been a fan of Stephen West and…
🇬🇧 For St. Nicholas Day, which is celebrated here in the Netherlands as the day when Sinterklaas brings the bulk of the gifts, I got a used knitting machine! And of course, I had to try it out immediately. It is a Brother KH 881. The Brother KH 881 is a punch card machine that…
Meanwhile, the first snow has fallen and the frost bites your nose, early morning. Matching, the next shop update will contain the set “First Frost”. The shop update is the last for the year 2021 and is scheduled for Wednesday, 08.12.2021 at 4pm, Amsterdam time. This update is all about the beautiful colors of winter,…
🇬🇧 One more month, then the HiberknitAlong by Westknits will start on the 12/26/2021. This year we are knitting together one of two shawls from Stephen’s new book, Hiberknitting 2. The shawls are the Spiraling Cables Triangle and the Cabled Trellis Shawl. Since I already have the first volume and think it’s pretty good, I…
When I’m standing in the garden, the trees currently show all colors of yellows, orange, and brown 🍁 And here is a sneak-Peak of next Saturday’s (20.11.2021) shop update at four Amsterdam time. This update is all about the beautiful colors of the falling leaves. Check out the shop! 🇩🇪 Wenn ich im Garten stehe,…
🇬🇧 Sinterklaas is arriving today in the Netherlands and he is bringing a bag full of yarn! Heathland Knits finally launched the shop on Etsy, starting with beautiful sock yarn, sock minis, and sock sets. 🇩🇪 Sinterklaas kommt heute in den Niederlanden an und bringt einen Sack voller Garn mit! Heathland Knits hat endlich den…
🇬🇧 Sock yarn can also be used to knit wrist warmers. Now and then my sweaters have too short sleeves. I like to wear some extra cuffs around the wrists in addition. Since wrist warmers on the arms can be more often seen than the normal cuffs on the legs, I thought that it is…
🇬🇧 The following videos show how to work knit and purl stitches. It is shown how to hold the yarn and where to position the thread. The resulting fabric, in particular the position of the purl bumps is shown, which is crucial for the structure of the knitted fabric (garter and stockinette). At the end…
🇬🇧 This following video is showing how to do a long tail cast on for continental knitting. It is starting with how to hold the thread. It is continuing with the cast on of stitches starting with and without a slip knot. The video has NO AUDIO and NO SUBTILE on purpose. This is making…
🇬🇧 After last year, I was very much looking forward to the autumn knit along from Joji Locatelli, the Joji Fall KAL. It started on the 20th of September and is still ongoing till 31st of October. I decided to participate with two shawl designs which I will knit for the first time with my…
