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 […]

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Three Elegante skirts for the winter

My ever-growing collection of hand-knitted cardigans has been calling for matching skirts since the beginning of the winter. What better excuse to make a few Elegante skirts, a pattern by Popeline Linon I had been eying for a while. So here is version 1, in an embroidered denim fabric from Selvedge and Bolts: … version […]

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Icon: 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: […]

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Taking the V9253 dress from summer to winter

You will remember that the V9253 dress was one of my favourite patterns of summer 2020 (you can see my two versions here and here). So much so I promised myself to make it into a winter version. And here it is, warm and cosy! Using wool suiting… for a summer pattern! The V9352 pattern […]

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