🇬🇧 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…
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…
🇬🇧 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…
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…
🇬🇧 The first summer colors are dyed! The colors are dyed on the Pure Merino Sport base. A pure merino yarn with a length of 310m per 100g – light and yet strong enough for summer T-shirts, sweaters, or shawls. The first four colors form a gradient from peachy orange to cool lilac. The last…
🇬🇧 After we enjoyed the Molenmarkt XL in fall 2021 so much, Heathland Knits will be present again this year at the Molenmarkt XL in Borkel, municipality of Valkenswaard, NL. The first MolenMarkt XL will be on Saturday, June 4 (Whit-Saturday), 2022. We’ll bring fresh spring and summer colors, knitting samples for hands-on and inspiration,…
🇬🇧 Since it wasn’t on Instagram this year, I missed the 5 shawls in 5 days challenge 2022. I wrote about that challenge last year already. You can find the details here. The weather outside is still a bit moody. Therefore I decided that it’s not too late to still do my own 5 mini swatches…
