This is not a crochet blog
We all are different, we all have our personal preferences and that also applies to our craft and the colors we like to choose for our projects. I am not sure if we always are aware of our choices and our very own color comfort zone. We choose yarn and colors that simply feel right... Continue Reading →
Back then, when it was autumn this project still was a WIP, it was still possible to sit outside and crochet even though it started to get quite chilly. Today we have a minus 9 degrees, the gras is covered in a thick layer of ice and snow and the project has become a fully... Continue Reading →
After all I could finish this massive blanket right to the start of the winter holidays here in Sweden. It has got the name "Heinz". This is not a cooperation with the american ketchup company. It happens that "Heinz" is the name of my father who always has been very supportive with all the choices... Continue Reading →
"It takes more time than expected" might be the phrase I used the most on this blog. And it is true. My bigger blanket projects take often much more time than estimated in the beginning. And I am not only talking about pure crochet time in a sense of hours you spend on your projects.... Continue Reading →
So it is my privilege to release the last pattern of the Geometry and Texture MAL. Lilla Björn Crochet and myself have now released 6 patterns in 6 weeks and I feel a little relieved and a little sad that this MAL is over now. But above all I feel very happy and honored that... Continue Reading →
So it is finally Friday again and that means that the next pattern of our Geometry and Texture Mystery MAL is released. You can find the listings on Ravelry here: Lilla Björns listing Martin Up North listing Every listing will include three patterns at the end of the MAL. Official support for this MAL will... Continue Reading →
A big, big thank you to all of you who already joined our mystery MAL. Lilla Björn Crochet released her first pattern- THE EARLY WAVES COWL last Friday and it just outstanding as all of her work. Find her listing HERE on Ravelry. My first pattern is a cushion made in Scheepjes Terrazzo and i... Continue Reading →
First of all I really want to thank you all for the massive support of the geometry and texture mal that we announced last week. As already said the first pattern will be released by LILLA BJÖRN CROCHET on the 11th November. My first pattern is following on the 18th of November. Even if we... Continue Reading →
Here is the thing.... Everything started with a meeting in my hometown in Vienna during my eastern holidays. I heard that my all time most favorite crochet designer Tatsian from LILLA BJÖRN CROCHET who like myself is a SCHEEPJES blogger is in town. We made contact and decided to spontaneously meet at a little, old... Continue Reading →
So my friends in the Netherlands and long term cooperation partner Scheepjes released a new yarn, or to be more precisely a new yarn series, or to be more precisely it’s not only a new yarn series: The 167 year old company has, after releasing the Scheepjes Terrazzo yarn (70% Recycled Mulesing Free Wool x... Continue Reading →
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