In the past three months I have completed several types of projects. Among them are also 4 garments, ie two sweaters and two cardigans. They have been created with Susie Myer’s Contiguous method. I have written about my impressions of this method before, when I created the first two garments. I generally like it’s concept,…
Ever since I was a little kid, I had the habit or repairing and mending things. I don’t know if that’s the result of upbringing, character or both. Generally, I feel that things should not be thrown away easily; waste is an issue, so I try to minimize that. Also, if I already own an…
Last May, and while working on several projects, I decided that I need to add one more project on my needles. Summer was coming and I wanted to remake a skirt I had previously made in 2011. It was a nice, lightweight skirt, but there were two issues: the yarn over increases & pattern did…
Another project that was created after a pattern from the Interweave Crochet 2015 magazine, is the crochet lace tunic. This tunic was inspired by the Blithe Dress/Tank pattern in the magazine. It was a custom order, so I had to change many important details: the length, the shape, the yoke and the armhole openings. The…
It was not long ago when I got my hands on another Japanese book, called Natural Crochet, which is a collection of crochet hats and bags. My hands were itching to try on a hat, and the one I was immediately drawn to, was the Fedora. I researched yarn options from eBay, to Etsy, to…
This past August, family celebrations were in place. One of my first cousins returned from the US to Greece for the summer to baptize her son. For knitters and crocheters such occasions can mean only one thing: knitted gifts! That’s why it was not long before I sat down trying to figure out…
Sometimes, some projects pop up out of no-where. Last August, and while I was working on some long haul projects, a interesting offer popped up on my Facebook feed. Sheila toy Stromberg was offering a test for a very pretty crochet collar. Even though I am not a big fan of collars, I really liked…
There are times that you unexpectedly discover a new yarn, fall in love with it’s colors and fiber content and then… learn that the company that produces it has gone out of business. This happened last June, when upon visiting one of our town’s local yarn stores I stumbled upon Lanas Stop Algodon Soft. There…
In 1972, the world of knitting acquired a book that approached knitting in a new way. Dave Fougner, a knitter, wrote a book about the Manly Art of Knitting. An amusing, practical guide and an attempt to encourage men to take up knitting as well as to be embraced by the veterans of the…
Another type of project I worked on during the past summer, was summer cotton tops. The idea was to create simple lacy tops, that would work well for hot weather. The construction was really easy: seamless, in the round, and except one example, bottom-up. For each project I used a different lace pattern – each…