New Year, new sweater! It’s the weekender sweater by Drea Renee Knits I made this in holst supersoft in the colorway crimson. I overdyed 150 grams to get this rich wine color and get the marled effect. I’m so happy I got this colorway to work in the end, because this yarn has been through …
After a month-long self-imposed no yarn purchase ban, I started obsessing, both about buying yarn and using what I had in my stash. Yes, I can be like that. This is how the month went, more or less: some days I would get inspired and decide to just buy the yarn I need for the …
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The summer sun is still toothy, here in the Mediterranean, but I still fantasize about autumn, the chill in the air, the leaves, the misty mornings. I experimented with knitting with cotton this summer, and I wasn’t very successful. I didn’t like the knitting experience and I didn’t like the resulting fabric. So I am …
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 …
