• Chit Chat,  EN/GER/NL,  Hand dyed Yarn

    Frolicking Field – Spring Colors

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 Inspired by the name and the view of the early spring fields during a morning walk last year, I dyed a special yarn set for Stephen Wests Pattern “Frolicking Field Shawl”. The result were three new colors called: Near the Forest, Wheatgrass, and Purple Wild Flowers that I want to show here. With the…

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    Westknits HiberKnitAlong ’23

    EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 In this run, I did the cast on of my HiberKnitAlong project for the HiberKnitAlong by Westknits on time, and so I actually finished in January. The HiberKnitAlong runs every year from 12/26 to the end of January in the following year – this time from 12/26/2023 to the end of January 2024. This…

  • Chit Chat,  EN/GER/NL,  Events

    Shop Update “First Frost”

    Meanwhile, the first snow has fallen and the frost bites your nose, early morning. Matching, the next shop update will contain the set “First Frost”. The shop update is the last for the year 2021 and is scheduled for Wednesday, 08.12.2021 at 4pm, Amsterdam time. This update is all about the beautiful colors of winter, ice, and snow. Check out…

  • Chit Chat,  EN/GER/NL,  Events,  Hand dyed Yarn

    Shop Update “Hiberknitting”

    🇬🇧 One more month, then the HiberknitAlong by Westknits will start on the 12/26/2021. This year we are knitting together one of two shawls from Stephen’s new book, Hiberknitting 2. The shawls are the Spiraling Cables Triangle and the Cabled Trellis Shawl. Since I already have the first volume and think it’s pretty good, I got the second volume, too.…

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    Shop Update “Falling Leaves”

    When I’m standing in the garden, the trees currently show all colors of yellows, orange, and brown 🍁 And here is a sneak-Peak of next Saturday’s (20.11.2021) shop update at four Amsterdam time. This update is all about the beautiful colors of the falling leaves. Check out the shop! 🇩🇪 Wenn ich im Garten stehe, zeigen die Bäume derzeit alle…

  • Chit Chat,  EN/GER/NL,  Events

    Shop Launch!

    🇬🇧 Sinterklaas is arriving today in the Netherlands and he is bringing a bag full of yarn! Heathland Knits finally launched the shop on Etsy, starting with beautiful sock yarn, sock minis, and sock sets. 🇩🇪 Sinterklaas kommt heute in den Niederlanden an und bringt einen Sack voller Garn mit! Heathland Knits hat endlich den Shop auf Etsy eröffnet, beginnend…

  • EN/GER/NL,  Hand dyed Yarn

    Falling Leaves – an autumn fade set

    🇬🇧 The following three colors are “Citrine”, “Milky Amber”, and “Golden Amber”. This series of yellow to brown yarn with brown-orange speckles can be combined to build a fade set. The colors are already inspired by the coming autumn days. The base of the yarn is a butter-soft blend of Merino and Tencel. This yarn fingering weight is almost too…