Five years ago, in my newsletter for May 2015, I discussed three ways to construct a triangular crochet shawl. Pascale from the blog Pascale Passions Partages was looking for a simple pattern for a self-striping yarn and found my article. She went for method 1, the top-down triangle, using the basic pattern as written, and […]
Kits for the Blue Song shawl
I have several kits in store for you, to make a two-colour version of the beautiful Blue Song shawl, designed by EclatDuSoleil! In Beth Chatto and Covent Garden : You can complement the delicately nuanced freesia (Beth Chatto) either with the elegant grey Romeo (Covent Garden) … … or with the warm brown Othello (Covent […]
Blue Song – crochet shawl
I’m so happy to introduce a new design by EclatDuSoleil/Hélène Marcy: the Blue Song shawl! A beautiful design in laceweight yarn. The pattern gives you two borders to choose from, and you can, of course, place your colours any way you like! A “colour block” style in three shades – here worked in laceweight bamboo […]
Love Scarf
In 2005 I made a scarf for the man I love. The pattern was published on the website Crochet Me. 15 years later, I still love the same man. But the Crochet Me site has changed owners, form and shape several times, and the link to the pattern is sometimes lost in the process. And […]
Zauberball 100: col 2229 Sphinx
I have a new colourway of Zauberball 100 in the shop, the superb 2229 Sphinx! One ball is enough for a pair of legwarmers or a Vera scarf. Click here to see all available colourways of Zauberball 100.
Knit legwarmers!
One ball of Zauberball 100, a simple pattern, and here we go! A pair of legwarmers which will keep your calves warm and pretty! Smurf-coloured leggings completely optional – in my latest video podcast, you can see them worn on black (stepping on the table). And better still: with 1 ball of Zauberball 100, the […]
Inspiration for Guinguette
Part of my inspiration for my new knitted shawl design Guinguette came from this book by Ingrid Fetell Lee: Joyful – The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness. The idea of the author, backed by her thorough investigations is that some things are universally joyful! Among these things are vivid colours and […]
Balayage, a yarn in baby alpaca and organic merino
This yarn is one of the softest I’ve ever touched! It is now available in my shop in 8 different colours: 617 Ishinca – this is actually the base yarn, on which the other colours have been dyed. As you can see, it is not a white yarn. Some of the alpaca fibers are grey, […]