Yeaters

I started this project back in 2016, when I was quite into watching DIY videos on YouTube (especially sewing toturials). I had the idea of upcycling thrifted stuff, but with a certain knitting element :). I first tried the general idea on an old black T-Shirt I had, b…

I always think that small projects - like potholders, washcloths and phone sleeves - are great for trying out new shapes and ideas. If they work they may lead to bigger design ideas. Last year for example, I had the idea to combine intarsia with short rows - I first tr…

As usual, I have many works-in-progress (or WIPs for short) on my knitting needles. Most of them are my own ideas ... some of them will work and eventually been made into finished objects and patterns, some will be put in hibernation and maybe unearthed at a later date…

When you knit a lot, you always have leftovers ... and it's usually difficult to find suitable projects for them. One idea is to use different leftovers (three at a time) and switching colors after each row. And once one skein is finished to replace it with the nex…

I haven't posted much lately ... this is partly due to the fact that I have started a new job (in real life and totally unrelated to knitting), but partly my own fault ... Even though I have knitted a lot in the last few weeks (see pictures below), I haven't fe…

After my last two intarsia knitting projects ( Ice Maiden Cowl and Amplitude Cowl ) I decided that it would be funny to take it up a notch, i.e. incorporating other design elements as well. And I decided to add some holes to the mix. Here's what I came up with: A …

Usually I'm not very good at knitting intarsia. I have two patterns on my blog that use this technique ( Xmas Star Mitts and Cordillera Scarf ), but it's not exactly my speciality. That's why I was really surprised, when a photo of this attempt of an intar…

I recently had a new idea for a knitting pattern - something modular again -  I'm really into modular knits these days. Since I had just bought three skeins of beautiful Bilum yarn ( link to their Etsy shop ) at SwissWulleFestival , I wanted to use it for this idea…

Recently, when I thought again about what to do with my two skeins of Zauberball Fuchsienbeet. I had them lying around since I tried something with them last year which didn't exactly work out. This time I wanted to try a (sort of) entrelac pattern, but with diffe…

Currently, instead of knitting small things like slippers or fingerless gloves, I like doing bigger projects, i.e. tops and sweaters. And since I don't like the finishing work on my knitting projects (i.e. assembling the pieces or weaving in ends) I have tried to d…

Here's a picture of a little knitting experiment I started recently. It's a combination of modular knitting with a fringe of stacked stitches. When I first posted pictures of this on my social media accounts people commented that it looked a bit like birds'…

I've never done anything with colorwork - and the attempt(s) I've made up to now are ...ehm ... well, let's say there is room for improvement. Basically, I couldn't knit colorwork to save my life ... :) But I had this idea about a pair of fingerless gl…