This December must have been one of the least stressful and most exciting Decembers I have had in a long time: I had hardly any stress getting all presents in time (dropping to give each other presents with all kinds of people as well as using the internet helped a big deal) Two of my Christmas presents this year were…
I could also have called this post “A Prayer for Karen Templer to Find the Perfect Needle Storage System”. Karen from Fringe Association has recently written a post asking about people’s needle storage systems. She really did hit a sore spot with this topic. Ever since I took up knitting again many years ago I’ve felt frustrated with the way I’m…
Just to give you a quick heads-up: During my visit in Germany this December, I have bought, won and been given what feels like a whole pile of knitting/crocheting related books. Lucky me! During the next couple of weeks I will give you a small insight into those books as I could imagine that you might find some of them…
In the beginning of December I came to think that: “Oops, we need a present for M’s little niece (aka. “The Princess”). Oops, she’s in Canada this year. Oops, it’s already December and we’ll have to send the present at least a week before Christmas for it to arrive in time. Darn.” What to do? Well, we could have bought…
This December has been exceptional. I’ve been very lucky in many ways. 1. I won a Meet’n’Greet with Arne & Carlos (weee!) at the DaWanda Snuggery. In Berlin (did I mention that I love Berlin?). There I met a couple of other German bloggers, all of whom were just as lovely people as I had imagined. 2. At around the…
Gewinne ein Plätzchen für das Meet’n’Greet mit Arne & Carlos! Ich habe zwei Plätze zu diesem tollen Event gewonnen, das von Dawanda organisiert wird (das Gewinnspiel bei Dawanda ist übrigens schon vorbei). Leider wohnt keiner meiner Strickfreunde in Berlin und deswegen würde ich den Platz gerne an dich weitergeben. Wie: Schau auf meiner Facebookseite vorbei und kommentiere auf den Post, dass…
If you follow me on Instagram you know already that I have been knitting this cowl for my cousin’s birthday. It was a relatively quick knit, it’s so very soft, warm and the texture is absolutely stunning. Seed stitch in chunky wool is just one of the cosiest things you can make for winter. And here’s the pattern: BIRTHDAY LOOP…
Paula Strickt on Instagram – check her out. She takes beeeautiful pictures and has just posted a little free acorn pattern (in German only, but maybe you can guess your way out of it – it’s really not complicated). So festive and the perfect thing for decorating your presents. Or to hang in the Christmas tree. Or to decorate your…
Sometimes projects just take a bit longer. Therefore, I thought it might be a good idea to declare here about once a month what I’m currently working on. That way, there’ll be a little more pressure to actually get on with things…I hope. 🙂 So here we go! *** Manchmal dauern selbst kleine Projekte länger als geplant. Deshalb hab ich…
Woollen Affairs 