I bought Rowans Baby Crochet book by Lois Daykin a few years ago when my best friend was expecting her first baby. Although in the end I never used it because I choose to knit her other things. Now that I’m expecting myself I thought it was a great moment to revisit the book.
I wanted [...]
One of the first things I knitted for my baby where these sweet little baby booties. They are great for using up bits of leftover yarn. Because back in April we didn’t know if our child would be a boy or a girl, I didn’t add the buttons. Then yesterday I decided to walk to [...]
Ever since I wrote a blog post about Lindsay Lohan’s slouchy beret back in September 2007 I’ve been getting a lot of hits on that article. Mainly from knitters trying to find a pattern to knit a hat like Lindsay was wearing. Lilo – as Lohan is also called- popped out for a stroll sporting [...]
Baby Animals are the cutiest! And as a knitter a combo of kittens and knitwear is enough to make me go weak at the knees. It’s Christmas come early! To help that feeling along even more: it’s snowing in London (Yay!) and I received yarn that I ordered for a new Happy Living Pattern Design and a black [...]
Yesterday I received this dinky little gadget called a Knitwit. It’s a weird little object to make yarn flowers which you can use to make all sorts of crafty objects like dresses, pillow cases and brooches. Most of the items will remind anyone of the golden age of home crafting, the 70’s when macramé and [...]
Last winter I finally bought Boutique Knits, a knitting book that had long been on my Amazon wish list. Created by Laura Irwin for Interweave Knits and full of very posh and classy knits. I loved the cover project, the Side Slip Cloche, and actually found the yarn that was no longer in production on [...]
When I came to the UK in 2006 I didn’t know why at the end of October people started wearing poppies on their coats. As The Netherlands never got involved in the Great War (we remained neutral and escaped the fighting) we never suffered like other countries during WWI. The poppies represent the fields in [...]
On Saturday September 6th I went to my first ever iKnit day in London. It was great. Unfortunately I went alone as my knitting buddy Louisa moved back to Australia (Gosh I miss you girl!!). After arriving on time I joined an enormous queue at the Royal Horticultural Halls. It was snakeing around the building. [...]
Hooray! There now is a Happy Living Group on Ravelry for everyone to join.
The group is there to help anyone who wants to knit any of the Happy Living Patterns, but also to have lots of fun. The Happy Living group is a place for sharing. I hope we can talk knitting in general [...]
I’m happy to add an old favorite to the Happy Living Patterns. Already published in a previous Blog post, I’m glad to announce the PDF download of the Cashmere Neck Warmer. This cowl is made from Debbie Bliss Pure Cashmere and it’s soooo soft.
A very simple pattern with stunning results
Pure Cashmere is a luxury that [...]