wanten Archives - Abfabulies

Barbapapa mittens – Free knitting pattern

I already wrote it four years ago – busy toddler hands are not fond of mittens – too restricting. Back then I solved that issue by adding a cap to the mitten, but I made 1 mistake: I knit the fingers separately, resulting in a lot of fumbling every time the mittens needed to go on. Fastforward to today: new toddler, new...

Spiderman glittens

The dragon era at the Abfabulies house has passed. I no longer have a full-time knight in the house, he started working part-time. And the time that was freed up, is now filled with Spiderman. I honestly don’t know where this new love comes from. Here at home, we’ve never watched Spiderman. Still, our little boy does know him. And...

Hop-on-hop-off mittens

Any fellow bikeriding knitters out there? I ride my bike almost every single day. Living in the city, it’s the easiest and fastest way to get around. This also means that I have to use my bike lock every single day. In winter, this results in putting on and taking back off my gloves or mittens quite often. And taking them...

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...

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Barbapapa mittens – Free knitting pattern

Spiderman glittens

Hop-on-hop-off mittens

What’s next?