Sometimes I can get super envious of people who tell me they only have 2 “active’ WIPS. I can get so incredibly jealous! When a project takes too long to finish (or we get a heatwave and it’s too hot), I usually end up starting a new project. I think it’s because a new project …
Winter wear – part 2
Welcome to the second installment of our hat “walkthrough”/ tutorial. We’re going to talk about colorwork! If you’ve missed part 1 you can check it out HERE! Choosing colors is a lot of fun, until the project doesn’t turn out the way you intended it to. How did this happen? and how can we prevent …
Winter wear – part 1
I once designed a hat (back in 2017) with yarns we used to sell in the shop. It was a simple pattern, using 6mm needles and Aran weight yarn. Something quick and easy, doable in a weekend when the temperatures suddenly drop. I never really finished the pattern and it sort of remained at the …
Crochet Pattern: Swirly
Swhirly – a crochet BOHO dress pattern with split The Scheepjes Whirl is a fantastic yarn that’s suitable for a lot of different things. Many shawls have been made using this yarn, but I was looking for a tunic or a dress. Something airy and summery, something to throw on over a bikini or a …
Lang Yarns Cloud
If you’ve ever been in the shop you’ll know we have a collection of swatches of our yarns. We try to show our customers how the yarns will behave when knit or crocheted up. Besides following the manufacturers’ advice, we also tend to make combinations we think are nice. The picture above shows a swatch …
Brochan Sweater FO – a tribute to the Stone Washed
Like most of you know, I’m a lazy person.. Well, what I mean is that I like to get as far as I can by the least amount of effort. You lovely people, I’m not going to be knitting my kids amazing, super cute sweaters if I can’t just throw them in the washer.. Enter …
Dancing Leaves Sweater FO
Every once in a while you find a project that you can’t pass up. One of those patterns that haunt you until you’ve seen it made. The Dancing Leaves Sweater is one of those patterns. I usually choose a bigger size for the kids so they can wear it for two seasons. This is why …
Sea breeze tease coverup FO
Now that’s a title! But it’s a whole dress too! 🙂 This amazing pattern is designed by By-Katerina and it’s a super fun and quick crochet project for summertimes <3 What I really like about this pattern is that it’s super adaptable to different sizes while keeping the gradient intact! You can see where the …
Amethyst Dress FO
Such a good feeling to finish things! This one was finished a while ago (like many other things) and I’m catching up on the blog 🙂 It doesn’t seem like such but this is a 2.0km dress and I finished it in a little over a month! MONTH! It was that much fun to crochet …
Pattern: Moss!
Hi there! It’s officially June and in my opinion it’s summertime! What every summer needs is a good boho top, so today we’re proudly publishing our summer top “Moss”! To make one for yourself you need 3 balls of Scheepjes Secret Garden and one ball of Scheepjes Catona 50! The top comes in 3 sizes …