If you’ve been here for a while you’ll remember that around June I bought yarn to make the Miette cardigan since I had decided to make useful cardigans to go with my summer dresses. But at that moment I was asked by Andi Satterlund to test a pattern (another wonderful …
Category: Knitting
Decluttering and loving the changes
After a week in Belgium and still amazed at how hard the cultural shock can be even after having lived there for more than five years, I’m still recovering. And I’ve entered again into a frenzy decluttering phase. I moved to Belgium in September of 2006 and I had brought …
Andi’s pattern ‘From A to Z’ is finally released!
As I’ve previously mentioned, testing for Andi from Untangling Knots was a real pleasure. The moment I’ve laid eyes on this cardigan I fell completely in love with it. With that retro look and imagining how good it could go with my dresses there was nothing else that I needed. …
Pattern Following vs. Pattern Drafting
This topic has been in my head for the past months. I’ve been following a course for the last year about pattern drafting. It showed me a world of infinite possibilities but also with more than one issue. Later on I tried the world of just following a pattern made by someone …
New cardigan sneek peak
Let me introduce you to the new cardigan designed by Andi Satterlund. I’ve been working on it during the last month and I can say that I feel very fortunate to have tested this pattern. The design is vintage and feminine, ideal for wearing with your favourite dresses during the cool spring and autumn days; …
Fails
Murphy’s law says that if there’s anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it definitely did this time. We were supposed to take a flight to Vigo yesterday at 5 pm, but after taking zillions of planes in our life, we miscalculated and missed our plane. We could change our tickets …
Intarsia
Whenever I go somewhere I have so many pictures and things to tell that I create loads of posts in my mind but nothing gets typed. Last weekend we were in Valencia and I still need to rescue some pictures from Koen’s phone to be able to show you my …
Starting the test
After a couple of months not knitting on a daily basis, today I’ve decided to start the pattern test for Andi. I received my wool this week and today we are leaving on a weekend trip to Valencia. The train there takes slightly longer than 90 minutes, so I think …
Rendez-vous in Madrid
Today I had the pleasure to meet my friend Ivana here in Madrid. I first met her at one of our Stitch’n Bitch meeting we held in Brussels. She knits beautiful garments and wonderful hats. I got lots of inspiration from her finished objects, and I confess I started knitting …
Testing for Andi
Just when I was about to start Miette by Andi Satterlund, she sends a request for test knitters. I know I’m busy with too many projects right now, but I desperately need to knit. Sewing is fun and it’s amazing how nice things can be made in no time, but …