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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Currently, summer is definitely taking a break and it’s quite fresh, especially in the morning and evening hours. I suddenly felt very like I need homemade socks, quick. I therefore dared the experiment to knit my first socks with the knitting machine. I used the booklet “Singer Knitting Machines,…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Since I liked the design for the letter K for the Building Blocks KnitAlong (BBKAL) of the Machine Knit Community (MKC) a lot and I had made an extra punch card for the background of the letter, I wanted to make a second letter square like that. I designed…
