🇬🇧 Sometimes you see that one shawl or cardigan and you decide you’d like to start knitting. But sometimes it’s the other way around. Maybe you just want to start knitting. Maybe because knitting is having a revival, maybe because it’s supposed to be comforting, maybe because your best friend knits and you’ve become curious….
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…
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…
EN | GE | NL 🇬🇧 With the end of June the annual Yarn Along (YAL) hosted by Stephen and Penelope, a local yarn store in Amsterdam, and Stephen West came to an end, too. Every year, knitters from all over the world can sign up to the special yarn club, which will provide them…
🇬🇧 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…
🇬🇧 After last year, I was very much looking forward to the autumn knit along from Joji Locatelli, the Joji Fall KAL. It started on the 20th of September and is still ongoing till 31st of October. I decided to participate with two shawl designs which I will knit for the first time with my…
🇬🇧 Just before Westknits’ MKAL started, Joji Locatelli also announced her annual Fall KAL. This one went very differently than Westknits’ MKAL later on. While in the Westknits KAL a pattern was the basis of the KAL, in Joji’s KAL it was up to each participant what he or she would like to knit, as…
🇬🇧 Everyone knows it, everyone has it – this one beautiful, hand dyed skein of yarn. It varies in colors, it has speckles or both, it waits for that one, special project, which somehow doesn’t come. This yarn is just too special to fit into larger projects. It has too many variations in itself, so…
🇬🇧 For the 11th time, Stephen West of Westknits / Stephen & Penelope organized his autumnal Mystery Knit Along (MKAL, see info box at the end). This year was the first time I participated and was absolutely overwhelmed by the number of participants, the enthusiasm and the speed of the Knit Along. Pattern:This year’s manual…
🇬🇧 Today is equinox, summer is leaving, autumn is coming. The best moment to capture the summer a little bit more and publish my first pattern for the “Waves of Summer” shawl. The shawl is light and therefore perfectly suited for the transition period. Knitted with mohair it turns into a faithful companion even for…
