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Sewalong – Shoulderbag

Month 5 in the Zo geknipt sewalong, and project 12 to sew: a medium-sized shoulder bag. Good timing, since my own handbag had given up on me, and I’ve been using hubby’s man bag for over a month now. I’d carefully chosen the fabric for this bag: I was going to go for the golden autumn fabric I had, and...

Reusable bag

At the end of last year, the sewing book Zo geknipt 2 was published. And as with the first book, a sew along for the second book was organised. And I’m participating again. My first contribution: not one, but two reusable bags. For this project, I recycled a hand-me-down Beatles t-shirt from my hubby. Therefore, the measurements are slightly smaller than what the pattern...

Nap(py) time

Even before our son was born, my hubby and I had already decided we’d use reusable nappies. To work on our environmental footprint. And I must say, it’s going pretty well. People often ask me about the amount of work that comes with it. To be honest, it’s not that much extra work. I have more laundry to get through,...

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...

Granny’s no square hand bag

A girl can never have enough bags. Nor shoes, for that matter, but that’s a different story.Feeling crochety, I thought I’d make myself one. Pattern of choice: Debbie Stoller‘s Granny no square handbag. Basically, you just need to crochet a number of so-called granny squares. I used the pattern described in Debbie’s book, but it goes without saying that you...

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Sewalong – Shoulderbag

Reusable bag

Nap(py) time

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

Granny’s no square hand bag