This past summer, something of an explosion in interest in crochet swimwear occurred in my city. It is highly possible that this happened also elsewhere in the country, but I was generally surprised by the sudden demand. Crochet swimwear has been fashionable in recent years, but I really did not expect this trend to reach…
As I have mentioned before, my mother made a few requests this year. The first one was mittens, the second one was a sweater. She wanted a very long and roomy sweater that she could pair up with a variety of clothes. After the fair isle mittens, she was somewhat thinking of a fair…
Brace yourselves because starting from this post, a lot of custom order related projects are coming. These are the projects that have kept me from much delayed design work, but provided me with the opportunity to work with new design concepts and ideas. First up, is a chevron lace top I made for a friend.…
A quirky but interesting design I discovered a good while ago and wanted to try out, is the Medieval Texting Gloves pattern by A Crocheted World. It basically is a really fun way of making a pair of fingerless mittens – a pair that can be part of a Medieval themed costume. Their construction is…
So far, I have made three pairs of socks that I like to call Finnish socks. They don’t feature any Finnish or peculiar knitting techniques. Their colorwork also does not resemble any traditions. But in my mind, they are Finnish, because they are made with Finnish yarn. In late 2011 in Riga, Latvia I purchased…
Now that I am thinking about it, this year has definitely been a year of non-selfish knitting – a year of requests. There are several projects that I have completed and are to be described in the future and some of them were for my mother. More than a year ago, my mother was looking…
Project number two from the Interweave Crochet Issue of Fall 2012 is the brilliant Rockin’ Red Dress by Doris Chan! – – – which I like to call the Uhura Dress, since it was inspired by Star Trek’s Uhura Nyota. From top to bottom it is pretty awesome! It has a beautiful V stitch pattern,…
I normally don’t buy magazines as I am quite picky on the designs and patterns I use, but last winter, I couldn’t resist and purchased two Interweave Crochet Issues, Fall 2012 & Summer 2015. The reason: both include very attractive designs, and especially the 2015 issue, an impressive collection of dresses! Both also include…
This year, along with several custom orders, I received also requests from my mother to knit her some winter accessories and clothing. The first thing she asked for, was a pair of mittens. I had created a black pair for her (in fingering) about 6 years ago, but sadly, they never really left their storage…
