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Free knitting pattern: the Floating Leaves Beanie
That’s it, I have crossed the dangerous line between making and designing… Let me introduce you the Floating Leaves Beanie, a quick and easy knit, with beautiful lace details and … a free pattern! Technical details This beanie is knitted is 4mm/ US 6 needles, with a gauge of 22 stitches for 10cm width (or […]
Read MoreIcon: my first knitted dress
You probably guessed that 90% of my wardrobe is dresses – I seem to sew them by the truckload, fit-and-flare preferably (see my 2020 sewing review if you don’t believe me)… But ever since I started knitted, it had never occured to me that you could knit a fitted dress. It seems I was wrong: […]
Read More2020 knitting in review
Aside from all the rest, I will definitely remember 2020 as the year of my knitting revelation. After ages of being intimidated by knitting patterns, everything finally clicked! As a result: 12 cardigans, 7 jumpers and 2 shawls knitted with love over the past twelve months. Favourite patterns: Belladonna, Enchantee and Blossom My most knitted […]
Read MoreCozy winter cardis: Agatha and Belladonna
In Spring 2020, I had what I call a “knitting revelation”: I discovered that I could easily follow a pattern, after years of being terrified by what looked like indecipherable code. And since then, my designer of choice has definitely been Andi Satterlund, creator of Untangling Knots. I had been admiring for years her 50’s […]
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