It’s very peculiar that when we were kids and teenagers, the “handy” one was my sister. I remember her making wonderful bracelets during her study hours, piercing her earlobes and even her belly button during those same study hours and later on cutting fabric and sewing like a madman on …
Category: Knitting
A-line skirt
I started a class about pattern drafting almost 1 year ago. My first project was a skirt of which I’m not especially proud. It’s an ok skirt, but it’s not exactly what it was meant to be, and now I feel some basic concepts were not explained during the class …
Road trip
I haven’t been here for some days. You know, sometimes life gets in the way and one can’t find time to blog. Last week we had some days off and decided to take a road trip to the south. The plan was reaching Cádiz, but that was all. We still …
Weekend
This past weekend was going to be a calm one. There were neither swing parties nor any kind of workshop announced. Time for ourselves and our things. One of the urgent projects for me was modifying Koen’s respro cycling mask. He goes to work by bike almost everyday. It’s a …
Stewardess in distress
I’ve came to spend the weekend with my mother. She’s finally coming out of the pneumonia, but still, I wanted to come and visit her. She’s staying these weeks with one of my aunts at the house that used to belong to my grandparents. The weather is usually worse than …
I’ve beaten the sweater curse!
For I’ve finished Émilien, a cursed sweater and everything is still fine. After hours of thinking, measuring, re-thinking , modifying and trying, I finally got Koen’s cardigan done, we are still together and we love each other very much. He asked me for a sweater, seeing how much I love …
Barswingona
This past long weekend was not very productive regarding knitting. We assisted to an international Lindy-Hop event in Barcelona. With four hours of class per day and then the parties where we could continue dancing and watching the teachers’ showcases, we had no much energy left in our bodies the …
Edible Flowers
I had problems yesterday to be at ease and the night brought with it some more insomnia again. In the evening I couldn’t even focus on knitting a simple and boring scarf and I started spinning for a little while again. I think I’m getting the hang of it and …
Growing up
Koen’s mother told us last week that she went to visit Koen’s brother and his family. Koen’s nephew was wearing the Puerperium cardigan I made for him, but that it was probably the last time he could wear it; because, as little babies do, Sander is growing up fast. I’ll …
Small rectangular shapes
When knitting something for somebody else, one has to take into account that person’s style. Most of the times, especially if the gift is a surprise, it just goes down to trial and error, and after some knitted gifts one can more or less estimate what to make and how …