It’s been a while since a lopapeysa featured on the blog, hasn’t it? I actually made this particular Icelandic sweater last year, before I moved. You’ll have seen some glimpses of it on instagram, mainly of my cats’ brave attempts to steal it for naps -their love for lopi is still unchallenged by any other …
I don’t often knit the same pattern twice. Certainly when it concerns garments, it is a rarity. I have often professed “I´d like to knit this again at some point”, or “This pattern would be so cool in a totally different colour palette”, but you know how it goes: The world of knitting is a …
Surpise! I finished a sweater and didn’t even tell you I was working on it! I did another test knit for Jennifer Steingass of Knit.Love.Wool. Earlier this year I test knitted Telja for her, which was published in By Hand Magazine. Somewhere in July Jenn contacted me to see whether I was interested in testing …
Today I’ve got a special project to show you guys. Somewhere at the beginning of December, Jennifer Steingass of Knit.Love.Wool contacted me to see whether I would be interested to test knit a yet unreleased design of hers. I’ve never done a test knit before, so I was flattered to be asked. I was …
Isn’t it funny how I always think that during any given exam period I will have time to pop in here for a blog post and rarely do? I need to work on my time management a bit. Last week I wrapped up my midterms. I celebrated during the weekend by spending a couple of …
It took me a bit longer to get back to the blog than I anticipated. The main reason is that I went to France for a wee road trip, which I just got back from. France was the holiday destination of my childhood, but this was the first time that I visited as an adult. …
The Foxglove is a flower I associate with my childhood. I grew up, knowing it as ‘Vingerhoedskruid’, the Dutch word for Foxglove. ‘Vingerhoed’ is Dutch for thimble, which is a very apt name I think. I associate the flower with home, bumblebees and with my mum. My mother is a garden person. When I think …
If you’ve ever had a course in creative writing, you’ve probably heard of the adage “Show, don’t tell”. This time, however, I simply have to tell a little story before I can show you my new sweater… In the first decade of the 11th century, something remarkable happened. European colonists, long before the famous …
There has been quite some buzz about Kate’s new book. Soon, enthusiasm about Yokes will take over my knitting life, and I’ll be temporarily blinded to any other news. Perfect time to show you my latest make from her previous book! Puffin is my favourite design from Kate’s first book. Initially, I didn’t realise this. While I liked …
Many months ago I blogged about the blue Shetland cardigan I found at a vintage clothing shop. Earlier this year I posted pictures from a Shetland cardigan I was knitting myself. Today I’m finally able to show you the finished garment! This cardigan has had quite some setbacks. The projects was set aside when I went …