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 [...]
Everyone has their weaknesses. Some can’t say no to cheese, others find gadgets irresistible. As some of you might know, my Achilles heel is magazines (amongst other things like desserts, books and earrings). This month the I managed quite a selection already.
Ofcourse I couldn’t leave the second edition of Jamie behind on the shelves. It’s [...]
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 [...]
Did I get lucky or what? After all the gorgeous scarfs seen on here and hoping they might be for me, I got such a nice one you wouldn’t believe it (hence the pics). The package was battered and bruised from it’s long journey all the way from Texas to Kent, UK. But everything inside [...]
I’ve been a busy little bee this weekend. First I decided to use this gorgeous Laura Ashely fabric I bought in London a few weeks ago to make two blinds for the hall. My intention was to make a window seat and use it for the cushion. But not having seen my new house for [...]
We will move into our new house on the 4th of June. So this week I shall not be doing anything except packing boxes and knitting the two projects I will not pack. One small so I can still knit on the train to work and one big, but that shall be it. And next [...]