Happy New Year! Hope you all have had a great holiday with family and friends and maybe had time for some craft time, that’s always nice, especially when we have that humongous list of handmade gifts to make. Just a few days before the holidays I could publish my latest pattern Yellow Submarine Knit Baby […]
After a few months after the design came to mind is ready and I can now show you my new design Sea Line Shawl. It has been thoroughly tested in Ravelry by a wonderful group of kind testers that have helped me to deliver a great pattern of this, my first shawl. It can be […]
I hope that you all have had a great holiday season and now are getting ready for the New Year and the new projects. Since last December I have had a few technical problems with my blog due to some spammers that are causing me troubles with my hosting, which is the reason why […]
Some great values of being part of a group are sharing and learning from each other. I guess that is also the spirit of a KAL (knit along), and that’s why our wonderful Stitch ‘n Bitch group is hosting a Clockwork Shawl KAL on Ravelry. The gorgeous pattern from Stephen West got us hooked at […]
Last Saturday was the World Wide Knit In Public day, we had a wonderful time at the Vondelpark, here in Amsterdam. We were a very small but cozy group just relaxing, chatting and of course knitting! Even Daphne was spinning and teaching us how to do it, how exciting! You can watch a couple of […]
Just a few days ago I told you about my increasingly interest for knitting over the last few months. I have made a couple of hats, mittens and even shawls! and I think I’m ready for my next challenge, the great Ishbel from Ysolda in her Whimsical Little Knits book. My 4mm circular needles are […]
Last January I joined the Stitch ‘n Bitch Amsterdam De Pijp Group following my wishes to learn knitting and have someone to share with my doubts, patterns and some chat. Everything begun last year in my first visit to the Breidag fair where I bought my copy of Stitch ‘n Bitch Superstar: Go Beyond The […]
Just a few days to the next edition of the Sunday Market at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam. I am doing my best to get done my nicest pieces, flower headbands, hair clips, baby mary janes, sandals, and some more crocheted and sewed items. I hope you can come next Sunday, June 5th, and see them […]
This cute and cozy neckwarmer looks just gorgeous in little Paula’s neck! I made it for her during Christmas time and hope she really enjoy the softness and the warming sensation, I really like it.
Cold weather is already here, we have to be ready to wear our scarfs, gloves, hats… Some time ago I published a post with a video explain how to knit a pompom scarf, needless to say they are trendy, and also some new yarns have arrived with different shapes and colors, the one I’ll show […]