Yarns
Yarns
We’re often visited by customers who’re interested in learning how to crochet. Some are already experienced knitters while others are just startint out. One of our go-to yarns in these cases is the Lang Yarns Cloud Tweed, a big, fluffy ball of variegated yarn and a larger crochet hook. For the pattern I’m about to …
Welcome to part 2! If you’ve followed the first step you’ve knit your first toe and you’ve knit the foot part until you’ve reached point B. If you’re not ready, or if you’ve missed the first post you can find it HERE. Before we continue I’d like to refer you Fleegle’s pattern. Please note: I’m …
In the context of “life skills”, we’re publishing a series on how to knit socks. There’s many ways to knit a sock, and we’ll walk you through two of these methods. The first in the series is a toe-up sock, with short but clear GIFs to help you on your way to your first handknit …
It’s February, which (on the northern hemisphere) it means it’s cold outside and mittens are a must. At least if you’re biking to work like I am. Even when it’s sunny out, early morning biking is no fun with frozen hands. Let’s talk thrummed mittens. If you’ve never heard of it, you might have seen …
There’s a few subjects that keep popping up in the shop, one of them being the swatch. Although some questions are directly related to actual swatches, most of the questions are caused by the results of not swatching properly. Sometimes customers will have poor experiences with woollen projects “sagging” or stretching out of shape, so …
In this final post we’re going to go through the part with the decreases, weaving in the ends and making a pompom. Here you can find part 1 and part 2. Those posts are focussed on the cast on and brim, and the colorwork section. In this part we’ve arrived at the final stage: the …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …