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Frolicking Field Shawl – Westknits Yarn Along 2023
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 with beautiful hand-dyed yarn in…
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Joji Fall KAL 2022
🇬🇧 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 I could not decide what…
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One Skein (Beginners) Ideas
🇬🇧 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. As a motivated knitting beginner,…
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Joji Fall KAL 2021
🇬🇧 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 own hand dyed yarn. The…
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Joji Fall KAL 2020
🇬🇧 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 long as the pattern was…
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Cheshire Cat Shawl
🇬🇧 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 that any structural or contrasting…
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Westknits Mystery Knit A Long 2020
🇬🇧 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 for the MKAL was called…
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Waves of Summer
🇬🇧 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 the more uncomfortable autumn days.…
