Let’s chat about everything that is going on at Heathland Knits – from new yarn over KALS to newly discovered machine knitting skills.
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Dear folk, I am always looking for friendly, passionate people who have the time and are willing to test my pattern. I know how much resources can go into a test (time, yarn, and energy), and I am overly grateful when people spend this on one of my patterns….
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 After six years, the pattern for my “One Skein Cheshire Cat Shawl” has undergone a revision! You can now find additional written instructions next to the chart. Also, there are now two versions of the pattern that provide two different ways of creating the slipped stitch (half milano) edge….
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 During March, the Machine Knit Community (MKC) hosted a “Dice Roll Sweater KAL.” The goal of the KAL was to knit a simple drop-shoulder sweater with an all-over pattern. The design of the sweater was decided by chance. At the beginning of the KAL, several topics and matching pictures…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 In spring and summer evenings, I often want to throw something on with short sleeves but have never found anything that really fits my needs. All the body warmers, slipovers, or vests are closed at the front and often have no sleeves at all. I wanted something like a…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Just a mini-mini update that I am still alive. I got a new machine in January. I got my first Silver Reed, the LK150. This is what is known as a mid-gauge machine with a needle spacing of approximately 6.5 mm, which lays it between a standard machine (4.5…
I often struggle with stuck yarn when I’m using very fine yarn. The thin threads slide into the narrow tip of the triangular yarn guide and get stuck and in the worst case rip. I tried to use tape or a piece of paper to block the tip but most often whatever I used fell…
Article has been updated; jump to Update. Intro I decided to try printing a cone winder when I more or less stumbled upon a 3D model for the “Cone Winder for CSM” from Yarnico on MakerWorld. I only have a normal yarn winder for hand knitting, and the balls I can create with it are okay. But…
Since I was not very constisten in writing any knitting news during the last year, I decided to at least give a quick overview of finished items: 2025 (sorted by topic and not chronological) First, I finished the Birchcliff Cardigan in addition to the Birchcliff Vest that I started at the end of 2024 and…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 The Hiberknitting is usually starting at 26th December, the second day of Christmas and it is running throughout January. That means it’s ending just before Valentine’s Day. That’s why I chose the day as inspiration for my color combination called “Cozy Valentine”. At the time I was dying the…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 I knitted myself a small collar for the chilly morning and evening hours. It’s still not washed or blocked, but I already wanted to try it out. I’m rather sensitive to the cold in my neck or on the shoulders when the shirt neckline is too wide.How about you?…
