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…
🇬🇧 i-cord (edge) With a small number of stitches, you can knit a chic cord. To do this, cast on a small number of stitches. Usually 3 stitches are used. Knit these stitches . The trick for the i-Cord is, that the work is not turned after knitting the stitches. The stitches are slipped back…
🇬🇧 This shawl was created in the middle of winter when the longing for spring, warmth and color has become too strong. Inspired by the flower meadow behind the house, which glows yellow every year from the dandelion, this shawl is alternating fading yellow-green and fluffy white sections. In the same time the patterns of…
🇬🇧 Somehow everything is overshadowed by the events in Ukraine and many things seem unimportant to me. Over the winter I worked on a shawl design and dyed wool in spring colors. And now? Now my heart is heavy and the colorful wool seems unimportant. At the same time I am very grateful that I…
🇬🇧 For the 12th time, Stephen West of Westknits / Stephen & Penelope organized his autumnal Mystery Knit Along This year is now already the second time I participated, and I will take it a bit slower. It is a Knit Along not a race. The sign-up is open since the 1st of September, the…
🇬🇧 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…
