Abfabulies

Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch

This is just in! Debbie Stoller’s Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch is finally in my possession! She promises 45 projects to knit and crochet for men, and I want to make nearly all of them. Coming to this theatre soon! Some more posts about recent projects will be coming soon as well. At the moment, I kind of have a...

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...

How to sew a double-welt pocket

I don’t know why, but I like the look of double-welted pockets in skirts and trousers. They are both elegant and practical at once. So I thought I’d use them in my husband’s retro trousers. Double-welted pockets seem hard to make, but in fact, they aren’t. The most important thing while making them is to be very accurate. So if...

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...

Hubby retro trousers

My husband is turning 30 in June. Big day, so big party coming up! And big parties ask for themes of course. And themes in their turn ask for costumes. So guess what I’ll be sewing the coming months…I’m not supposed to say anything about the theme yet. I can only say that the party is 22 May. And that...

Mr McThingey

Time for a new doodle-turned-to-fluff. This is what my husband drew up a while ago: I got started on it last weekend, and up till now, I have created a body and legs. Now I am wondering about what technique best to use for Mr McThingey’s face. Should I just embroider it on? Will it look nicer if I get...

Totally hooked!

Do you know that problem that you want to start on a pattern, but you don’t have the right hook? And that you then have to wait until you have the time to go to the store to get the right one? This happened to me a few times, so to avoid it, I thought I’d buy a set of...

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,...