Ghirlande [Lockdown Garlands]

So much can happen in the span of one knitting project to the next! Wherever you are, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy, and you are able to navigate all the challenges that come with a global pandemic the best way you can. Here in London all is as well

Fuzzy

Pattern: Teddy Bear Sweater by PetiteKnit Yarn: Isager Strik Silk Mohair [colour: 3S] & Jamiesons’s of Shetland Shetland Spin Drift [colour: 315 Heron] held together Needles: 4mm [More project details on Ravelry] A little gift will go into the mail this week, for a new little friend to grow into [including one of the cutest littlest

Norfolk

The curse of “one sweater per year ” is finally broken – at least for 2020. About a month ago, I had to stay home for a couple of weeks to recover from a minor routine surgery, and while my mushy brain was struggling with writing and reading, knitting provided the exactly right amount of

[c]’s cardigan

Lovely baby boy [c] was born last autumn to my dear friend [k], and finally, I’ve found the time and perfect little pattern for making him the obligatory cardigan: Pattern: Carl’s Cardigan by PetiteKnit Yarn: King Cole Merino Blend 4 Ply [colour: 49 clerical] Needles: 4mm Buttons: Textile Garden [More project details on Ravelry] I love the vintage look the

Thank God for Tiny Humans [and for Autumn]!

The Surrey trees tell me that it is November already, and I realise with amazement that it has been more than a year now since I last visited here, since I last posted a project, and since, in fact, I last allowed myself the time to idle away knitting. But this time, I had [maybe] a good

Baby Shower

This coming weekend, I will attend my first real American baby shower. [L], one of my PhD colleagues, is expecting a baby girl in September, and one of her friends is hosting an evening which, according to the invite, will be full of cocktails, games, gifts and other unspecified entertainment. Where I come from, the whole

Happy New Year!

I have just returned to London after my annual Christmas hibernation in the Tyrolean Alps, which this year, was even better than usual: On Christmas Day morning, we woke up to one metre of freshly fallen snow which over night, had covered the mountains, trees, houses and stables in its silent white wintry sheets. The

Bumble.Bee

Pattern: Little Coffee Bean Cardigan by Elizabeth Smith Yarn: Hjertegarn Lima  [colours: grey marl and gold] Buttons: Red Coconut Buttons 20mm from John Lewis Needles: 4.5mm and 5mm [More project details on Ravelry]

[autumn] bliss

Pattern: Livingston by Nadia Crétin-Léchenne Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Sport [colour: Sapphire] Buttons: Yellow Wooden Buttons 15mm via Great British Yarns Needles: 3.5mm [More project details on Ravelry] Here is the next one on the list, this time for a tiny baby boy, born on 30 August. This one was a very fast and enjoyable knit,

Summer [in the rear view mirror]

Once again, it’s the time of year around here where you begin to wonder: Where did the summer go? Well, I don’t have an answer to that question, but what I can give you is a slightly delayed account of where we went in summer… First we went to Switzerland to look at some art,