After a cold and rainy spring, it seems summer has arrived in the Mediterranean area, where I live. Every year, I get overexcited and make the closet swap earlier than I should, and then I end up needing to layer things that shouldn’t be layered. This time I waited longer, and now it’s clear that …
I’m on a weeklong trip and I forgot to take my knitting with me. A few days in, I am considering going on an emergency shopping trip and buying something (even though I have enough). So far I missed knitting when in long conversations with family members, in the early morning as I wake up …
I see that my last post was in October, when I made Laura’s mittens and shared the pattern I made up for her. Many things have happened on a personal level, but they say you learn from challenges, right? I am grateful to have knitting and making things as a tool to slow down and …
I made these mittens for my friend L’s birthday. She’s a writer, the cold season is coming, and I can imagine her typing away at her computer while being cozy and warm. It was the first time I used Drops Lima. This whole year I’ve been into wooly wools, the more scratchy and rustic, the …
October simple fingerless mitts (with knitting instructions) Read More »
Even though it’s still hot where I live, you can feel autumn in the air. It was a hard summer, so I am looking forward to the slow melancholy of the season. In this mood was that I started feeling the itch to knit something to celebrate the coming of the new season. I wanted …
September Forest Hat (with knitting instructions) Read More »
