Oh, the pleasure of casting off a brand-new sock. The perfectly aligned stitches and, on the horizon, the places these socks will walk, the weight they will carry. We share a lot of photos of…
An ode to worn socks
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Knitting a red wool beret on straight needles
I have finally conquered the circle! That’s how I felt when I finally understood the maths of the beret. For some reason, for years I wanted to knit a beret and I had downloaded free…
Make something truly beautiful
This is what I wrote a few weeks back in my bullet journal. And something quite magical happened – I gave myself permission to do it. I haven’t had taken out the sewing machine in…
Mid-sleeve longline knit cardigan (Oslo)
The Oslo Cardigan pattern from Seamwork was the first I bought and even though I didn’t blog about it I made five versions of it: one is this longer version with shorter sleeves, another is…
The unfortunate saga of the little crochet tank top
I actually made this crochet tank top last year, but I didn’t get the change to post about it. I was also very excited about the project in the beginning, but the fit was… meh.…
Summer skirt and linen tank top
Linen is wonderful. Like cotton, linen, a textile woven from flax fibres, is one of the oldest and most popular textiles in history. It comes in different kind of weaves, looser or tighter, unbleached or dyed,…
How to make a Turban-style headband
Summer. You pour a glass of cold water and the surface of the glass instantly turns opaque, then melts into thin, transparent paths. You wait for, and enjoy even the mildest breeze in the hot…
Knitting WIP: Leftover Cardigan (Inspired by Pegouno)
Not too long ago I decided that I would stop buying yarn. My yarn stash was growing bugger and bigger and the number of finished and loved projects was still very small. Some of the…
A pleated floral skirt
I made a skirt! And I actually wore it outside the house, moments which are important in my life as a maker and wearer or skirts 😉 I was never a big fan or skirts…
Tie Dye Flared Knit Top
This is actually a short sleeve top I made almost two years ago (!), I just drafted the pattern using a t-shirt I already owned and, instead of cutting the body of the top at the…