Last Autumn (2015), after 1 and a half years of a seemingly unending studying period, I decided to come back to teaching knitting & crochet. I stopped in order to focus more energy and time on my Master thesis. After it was finished, along with the bulk of the studying that had to be done,…
Last October, a very good friend of mine was visiting Athens for a business trip. She is Serbian, so even though we live in the same geographical region (the Balkans), we don’t get the chance to meet more than once a year – and that’s often the best case scenario. So naturally, we scheduled to…
Late last summer I started working on a beautifully cabled project. It was the 3rd Norah Gaughan pattern I had been wanting to make for quite some time, Dickson, after Halyard and Beatnik. It took me some time to complete mainly because of the modifications I performed. I changed the yarn weight from worsted to…
Quite a while ago, among the vintage bags we had gathered for our shop, I spotted a simple leather purse. It was in excellent condition, but by itself, it looked a bit boring. Different ideas on what to make of this bag went through my head, but eventually, I decided to make a crochet cover.…
I love experimenting. I love experimenting with new techniques and materials. Even if that requires a lot of time and energy. At the end of the process, I may feel exhausted, but I feel like I have discovered something, no matter how small or insignificant. This is how I basically learned to knit. I presented…
Just as the title suggests, today the post will have a Japanese character. 毛糸だま is pronounced as Keitodama (= let’s knit) and its a combination of kanji and hiragana ‘symbols’*. I have been following the Japanese culture through different media for several years now. I also know a little about the language and aspire to…
Around this time last year, I began working on a special kind of crochet project. One of my blog readers had stumbled upon my lace swimsuit top design and wanted to order a custom piece for herself. After exploring different options, we ended up deciding on a one piece crochet swimsuit inspired by fashion made…
The project that I am going to talk about today is rather fascinating. That’s because it incorporates the beautiful concept of fractals as it’s main color work pattern. The second most interesting part is that it is double knitted, creating a double sided, double soft and thick piece of fabric that fends off the…
My second attempt on a Norah Gaughan design is the ever-so-popular Beatnik cable sweater, which had been on my queue for quite some time. I really enjoyed making it, even when it got )a bit) time consuming or (a tiny bit) boring. The design is modern and retro at the same time, and…
Something new I tried very recently, is the concept of no-show socks. Socks that can be worn to provide comfort or to prevent the creation of blisters, and at the same time give the impression of a bare foot. Sheila Toy Stormberg, is really into this type of socks and has produced patterns for many…