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…
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…
Remember the little hearts I designed last year? A few months ago I started using the pattern in new ways: in earrings, necklaces and… strike-through the heart pins! For the jewelry pieces, I used really thin cotton crochet thread. I found it a really exciting process, but also rather tiring to the eyes.. That doesn’t…
For more than 6 months I had been expecting to leave the country permanently in October (last month) for a job offer in Zambia. I didn’t mention it, because, well, things can go the other way easily. Some difficulties came up from the other side and now I am waiting indefinitely to see wether the…