EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 For this year, I’ve decided to use my knitting machine more. It’s perfect for trying out new color-ways or knitting quick test pieces. I would also love to knit a whole sweater or other garment. Currently, however, I am still a complete beginner. My machine is a bit temperamental…
🇬🇧 Quick update about “The Simple Thing” Shawl. I knitted a second one with two strands of yarn held together! This one is knitted from one skein of sports weight white-speckled Merino yarn and some lace weight silk-suri-alpaca-blend. It measures 190 x 35 cm. The pattern can be adapted to various sizes, yarn weight, color…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Yes, I’m late to the party. The HiberKnitAlong from Westknits already started on December 26, 2022, but I didn’t cast on my project until the new year. The KnitAlong is still going all of January, so why should I stress? This year’s Hiberknitting shawl is the “Aurora Cabin Shawl”….
🇬🇧 Especially the end of the year was an emotional roller coaster for Heathland Knits. My followers on Instagram exploded due to a little real, I was attending to my very first (and bitter cold) Christmas Market, and I managed to publish a pattern that got me on the first page of the Ravelry pattern…
🇬🇧 Christmas is the time at the end of the year where many people finally find some time to wind down and spend quality time with families and friends. It is also a time for Christmas traditions, like setting up Christmas tree, preparing elaborate family dinners, and sharing presents – and for knitters maybe finishing…
🇬🇧 It is not a scarf, it is not a shawl, it is just a simple little knitted thing in-between that can be easily knitted from one to infinite skeins of yarn. This small scarf-like shawl is worked sideways in rows starting and ending at a narrow tip. The shawl is worked in garter stitch….
🇬🇧 For me, hand-dyed skeins of yarns are fascinating. Each skein is unique because the dyeing is never perfectly reproducible. That’s what makes the yarn so special when you look at it and work with it. But it can also happen that you see a skein of yarn and think it’s just great, but when…
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…
🇬🇧 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…
🇬🇧 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…
