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Finished!

There you have them: two identical socks. And only one thing to say about them: WOOT!

Put a sock in it!

I’ve finished my first sock ever! It did take me a number of times, though. But apparently, three times really is a charm. The first time I tried, I used the magic loop method. I’d heard so many good things about it, so I gave it a go. To be honest, I myself think it is a lot of fuss....

Incatnito cowl

I really liked the incognito cowl I knitted for my husband. It’s comfortable, it’s warm, and it was easy to knit. I wanted one for my own as well, but I didn’t think a mustache was the best option for me. So my husband suggested I’d do one with whiskers for my own. And so it happened. If that ain’t...

Incognito cowl

I came across the pattern for this cowl while browsing on ravelry. I fell in love with it right away. I thought it would be an ideal little something for my husband. I got some nice, soft and warm alpaca wool and got going on the mellow version. Just knitting round and round and round, only stopping twice to purl...

It’s a kind of magic

About a year ago, I bought a small book titled “Sokken brei je zo“. This translates as “This is how you knit socks”. I bought some dpns, got out some left-over wool and started knitting. Unfortunately, I had only been able to find dpns of 30 centimetres (12 inches), which turned sock knitting into some kind of struggle. Above that,...

Denise interchangeable knitting needles

Denise has arrived and she brought her needles, woot! I’ve wanted to get circular knitting needles for a while now, but I found it rather hard to buy a pair. Not only do you have to keep the size of the needle in mind, you also have to think of the lenght of the cord. I didn’t really want to...

(S)mitten!

As I told you before, I wanted to knit the Give a hoot mittens. As soon as the needles arrived, I cast the stitches on and started them right away. I was a bit worried at first, since I had never knitted anything in the round before, nor had I ever tried to do cables. I also thought knitting on...

What’s next?

I’m always full of plans, and I am not a very patient person. These may seem like two simple yet separate facts about me. Not related at all. Unfortunately, they tend to influence each other quite often. I’m always following courses, reading into things, drawing up to do lists that only get longer and longer. Knittycrochetywise, this means that I...

Stitch ‘n bitch

This week, I started a new project. Not a knitting, crochet or sewing project this time, but a new professional project. Monday was my first day, and even though I am used to changing projects – and therefore work environments – every once in a while, I’m always a bit anxious. You never know how it’s going to work out....

Knitting cool images

For those of you who would like to knit anything at all as long as it has a nice image in it, there is KnitPro 2.0. The motto used here is: if you have it in jpeg, gif or png, you can knit it! I myself can’t wait to learn how to knit socks, so that I can make myself...