Stealth sewing a sweater for my husband
Last week I told you that I was working on birthday presents for my husband but could not show you anything in fear he might see them. Today all is […]
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The raglan rant – knitting a sweater bottom up
Sometimes things are really simple, but your over complicated thinking process leads you away from the solution. Far away, like into a deep forest were wild boars try to eat […]
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The colossal crochet cardigan – and other projects
Escape carnival and headaches with me and read about my current knitting and crochet projects: the #urbanitecardigan and the cropped sweater from #vogueknitting
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A universe of puff sleeve sweaters and how to draft one
Beware: overly long post how I recreated a bought sweater with puff sleeves, entwined with literature allusions and bouts of hubris. Have you ever felt afraid that a fashion trend […]
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What I must sew in 2020 (and knit and crochet)
Here is my ambitious list of sewing and knitting goals for 2020. Pleas read it carefully because I will hold you responsible if I fail… someone must be responsible and it cannot be me 😀
On my list are trousers, puff-sleeve sweaters, a blouse and a reversible knitted cardigan.
Daily bits of tangled yarn
And suddenly its summer. Summer in the Ruhr area means temperatures rise spontaneously over 30 degrees with lots of rain and thunder. Oh fun… it feels as if we life […]
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How to sew an easy bag
Take some strings and look what you get: a string art contest – ahem no – you get Tantra, the famous/infamous Indian philosophy of self-realization and ritualistic practices as Tantra […]
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Me Made May 2019
It’s May. The sun is shining, birds chirping happily in the blooming trees. Bees are hunting for the best flower and this – my friends – is me: flowered out […]
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Oh no – my knitting is outdated
The first two paragraphs arey a very long intro. If you want to read about my meagre progress with the lila knitted sweater and are interested in Kitchener stitch: skip […]
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The dark side of the sweater – an experiment
It did not work out. In the end I had a sweater I will not make again. I lost my precious fabric to the realm of destruction. Above my sewing […]
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