Tag: knitting

Second Episode

Welcome to the second episode of my podcast about crafting. In this episode I talk about my knitting, crochet and spinning progress. I also talk about the embroidery class that I took last Sunday. At the end of the episode I show my yarn acquisitions during the last three months. Enjoy! What I learned: Last Sunday I learned a Japanese…

My First Podcast

Here you can find the notes of the first episode of my podcast about knitting and crafting.

WIPs:

  • I am knitting a shawl for Melody of Mandarine’s. This is a test knit, and I am using the yarn I dyed as assignment of the dyeing class in Camp Aloha Friends. I used the yarn we received from Space Cadet Creations as part of the materials. It is a fingering weight and I am using needle size US 6 (4mm)

  • I am also knitting a hat from the book The Ultimate Hat Book by Vogue Knitting, Half Medallion Beret is the pattern. I am using a Madisson yarn Furbetto bought in Manor, a department store in Switzerland. It is a worsted weight, and I am using needle size US 8 (5mm).

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What I am wearing:

  • I am wearing the Canopy shawl also designed by Mandarine’s. I used two skeins of 100% SW Merino in the Purplelite colour. The needle sizes were US 4, 7 (3.5mm, 4.5mm). I did one more repeat of the lace part in order to have a longer version.

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Stitching Retreat 2014 Recap

This past weekend was the second edition of the “Stitching Retreat 2014” organised by the Zurich Stitch’n’Bitches group. It was held in the Fällanden Youth Hostel. My knitter friend Sabrina put all the pieces together and she did great job. The hostel is located next to the lake Greifensee in the town of Fällanden, 10 km away from Zurich. It has a…

Cotton time

Spring and summer seasons are perfect to knit with cellulose yarns such as cotton, hemp, linen, etc. This is not just because you will not feel boiling hot while you knit a sweater, but also because you do not have to wait until winter to wear it. According to Clara Parkes in her book “The Knitters Book of Yarn”: (…) cotton…