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Lace of hearts

It’s official now: I’m a sock knitting addict. I love making them, I love wearing them. They seem to fit so much better than the ones you buy in the store! And they are great projects to knit on the train: small, compact and no poking other people with long needles. To get something of a challenge into the sock...

Baby booties

Friends of ours recently had a baby, little Alison. To honour this new life, they had a baby shower last Sunday. About a week before that, I suddenly thought of making a little present for Alison myself, instead of only going for a registered present. I found the pattern for Saartje’s booties on Ravelry and I still had some Phildar...

Musical hoodie

In the past, I haven’t always had the best of luck with my mp3 players. No matter how careful I was, for some reason they would always end up at the bottom of my bag on those days that I put heavy stuff in it. I racked one by dropping a flask on it, for instance. I took revenge, though,...

Birthday socks

My granddad turned 80 years old yesterday. Happy birthday to him! Of course I paid him a visit, and I ate more cake and waffles than I should have done. But they were good! As a present, I knitted him some personal birthday socks. Since we call him ‘pepe Fons’, I made him socks that said just that. And I...

Tip toes

Am I still in time to wish everybody a happy new year? I’m sorry I didn’t post my best wishes for everyone any sooner, but it’s been a very busy time. Now, these socks have been finished for a couple of weeks now. Just like my new year’s wished, I should have posted these toe socks earlier already, but I...

Biker boy cardigan

There goes my first cardigan! I’m very pleased with the result, it looks great, if I say so myself. I’m convinced my husband will actually wear it more than the one obligatory time. So that is one marriage saved! What I likedIt’s a plain stockinette stitch. I know a lot of people are put off by projects like that because...

Tip toes

I’ve always wanted toe socks, and now I finally have a pattern for them, woot! I’ve already knitted 5 toes, I’m amazed by myself. When I see my toes lined up like that, they seem to be very long. And in Dutch, that means you’re easily offended… Oh well, they’ll fit. And if not, I can turn them into kids...

Lucha libre balaclava

Last Sunday, my friend Reinout celebrated his birthday. As a present, he wanted to have a balaclava. Given the low temperatures and snow we had here lately, that wasn’t so bad an idea. So I got out my knitting needles, took out Debbie Stoller’s Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch and started working the Lucha Libre balaclava. What I liked about...

Sweater cursing

Have you heard about the sweater curse? It says that, when you knit a sweater for your boyfriend, your relationship will end. Threatening, isn’t it? Gives you something to think about. A while ago I got Debbie Stoller’s Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch, and I thought it was time to start knitting something from it. Something for my husband, something...

Edward Cullen bag – How to make your own knitting chart plus free download

My friend Karmen threw a big birthday party at the beginning of October, together with some friends. Theme of the party: twilight. Her favourite: Edward Cullen. So I thought I’d knit her something up. My thoughts immediately went to the Poster boy pattern, which you can find in Debbie Stoller’s Stitch ‘n Bitch nation. And which better way to go...