Category: knitting

The manly art of knitting

During the holidays, I accidentally came across The manly art of knitting on Plague. Intrigued, that’s the least I could say. The thing kept popping up in my mind, and a couple of amazon clicks (and a few days of waiting) later, it was mine. The book is very simple, both in design as in explanation. It explains the basic stitches without much...

Dragon cowl

You can’t have dragon paws, without a matching scarf, right? I chose to make a cowl. To make it extra warm, I used double-knitting. Green on the outside, orange on the inside. In theory, it’s reversible, but in practice, the dragon spikes – exactly the same as for the glittens – make that impossible. Because a cowl is knit in...

Dragon paws

Toddler hands like to grab all things great and small. As such, toddler hands don’t like to get caught in toddler mittens. Getting our little man to wear a pair of mittens tends to end in a happy toddler and a grumpy mom, or a big fight ending in a happy mother and a grumpy toddler. Depends on how cold...

Knitting update

It’s been really busy lately, and I simply haven’t gotten round to blogging something. Plenty of inspiration, not enough time. But since my last knitting update, my needles haven’t been lying still at all. And eventhough we no longer need our scarves, glittens and hats, here’s a little update: Finished Sheepy time cardigan. For real. Every loose end has been...

Knitting season

A couple of weeks ago, Ikea announced that the sofa season was back. Did you see the campaign? I’m so jealous of the stash that girl has… I guess the sofa is always greener on the other side. It’s been pretty quiet here, on the knitting and crochet front. I didn’t have to take the train that often anymore, and...

What’s that coming over the hill?

Is it… A monster?   Well, yes, it’s Irving, the icebox monster! You may notice the “hill” used in these pictures is nice and grassy, and taken in a public park. Now, why is that? Didn’t we have our own rubble hill in the backyard? Well… No! It’s gone! We actually have a garden now, just in time for summer...

To infantity, and beyond!

At the beginning of May, I started knitting a Baby’s first tattoo cardigan from Debbie Stoller’s Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation. I used some of my stash yarn, and while knitting, I figured out quickly enough that I had plenty of green and not enough yellow. So I started adding stripes to make sure I would end up with a complete...

(T)raining

We’ve had quite a cold and wet spring over here. Very good for the plants, very good for our newly installed rainwater collector system: Go washing machine, go toilets! Less good for our moods… Then, all of a sudden, the sun came out. Hello vitamine D, bright-coloured dresses and sunburn! (Yes, lesson learned, never forget sunscreen. Subjects in the sun...

Pac-Man hat

When I was a kid, about 9 or 10 years old, I saved up to buy a Nintendo Gameboy. The original grey one. Remember that one? I was addicted to it. I remember that it was summer and that my parents and I were out enjoying a nice, hot evening. Well, they were. I was with them, playing on my...

Interchangeable knitting needle sets – what to pick

It all started with a 30th birthday party and an amazon gift voucher. And ended with a certain visa card slightly grunting. And me anxiously waiting for the mail woman. What I ordered (among others): the Boye interchangeable needle set. Seems like a simple enough thing to do, but believe you me, it wasn’t. For some reason, most companies who...