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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...

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...

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...

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Birthday socks

Biker boy cardigan

Lucha libre balaclava