Do you remember my last post about Faroese yarn?
I told there I would knit two lopi sweaters with it and here’s mine all done!
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yarns
Faroese yarn
You must know it’s difficult to keep your faith. Mine in term of yarn purchase is to “prefer” European ones, and I have the feeling of becoming more and more finicky and demanding, as for the origin, place and process of production, and this reduces the scope of choice.
I’ve however bought recently a yarn “mostly” European, and I’d like to share it with you!
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designs & making-of
Starry pullover has gone live!
I’m at last pleased to announce that my Starry pullover is now available, on this website or Ravelry.
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tutorials
Knitting with beads – 3
Here we’re arriving at the term of this loooong tutorial. I’m closing it introducing you another way I’ve just learned in the course of the test knitting of Starry pullover.
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tutorials
Knitting with beads – 2
In the last post, I just told about two main ways to add beads to your knitting: stringing and crochet methods. This time, I’m talking about the size of materials – yarn, beads and crochet hook.
Obviously, we can’t add any size beads to any weight yarn, but yarn weight/beads size equation depends on the method you opt for. But let’s talk about beads, these tiny things.
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tutorials
Knitting with beads – 1
Adding beads on your knitting works is an embellishment you can treat yourself to quite easily. They add sparkles to your delicate lacy shawls, feminine touch to your accessories.
Beading requires some tools, and of course beads! But wait a moment before runshing into a craft store, because there are beads and beads!
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designs & making-of
Christmas pullover
Yeah I know it’s not seasonal at all, but I’m introducing you the pullover I knitted for my daughter for last Christmas (lol), because I’m going to look for the test knitters shortly.
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blah-blah & yarns
My first dyeing experience
When your yarn addiction reaches a certain point, you are no longer satisfied by purchasing beautiful, luxurious yarn. Then, you begin to think of touching yarn production itself and two paths lie before you: spinning or dyeing.
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finished!
British Seacoast
As promised in the last post, here’s the pullover I knitted with Lyonesse DK, a British yarn.
This is Seacoast pullover by Joji Locatelli, published in Woolpeople No.7 of Brooklyn Tweed, in 2014.
I’ve fallen in love with this pattern when it was out. The pullover is beautiful, with simple and clean lines, and the model who has it on is really charming!
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yarns
British yarn – local yarn buying guide
In a recent post about my ultimate local yarn, I “declared” that I tried to prefer European yarns. This principle is often shaken by beautiful photos of hand-dyed yarns on SNS, and I allow myself from time to time not to observe it because I’m not a sort of “radical” person, but I tried to keep it as often as possible. And I was recently faced with a dilemma I hadn’t expected.
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