A wonderful good morning to Saturday coffee with a little this and that from the knitting world.
I have a beautiful new book sitting on my nightstand: Norah Gaughan's Knitted Cable Sourcebook. I mentioned it a while ago and now it's finally here too, because I'm a sucker for beautiful knitting books. On the one hand, the book contains a seemingly endless treasure trove of cable patterns in every conceivable variation. On the other hand, it's a treasure trove of theory. After some browsing and reading I can highly recommend this book to you, maybe I'll introduce it to you again in more detail.
This cloth I had discovered somewhere in a blog. No knitted shawl, but the color scheme I liked so well that I wanted to remember it for the spring. Would fit yet great for a Bayak cloth, in the colors pearl white, pastel pink and silver gray.
The most amazing piece I've discovered in the last few days is this sweater by Andrea Mowry aka Drea Renee Knits. Anyway, she designs crazy great pieces, check out her Insta feed! Sweet Georgia Yarns also recently had an interview with her as a podcast.
And now I have to finish very quickly, because I have an idea in mind that absolutely wants to be tried on the needles. Very urgently. Immediately!
Have a great weekend!
A wonderful good morning to Saturday coffee with a little this and that around Maschenfein and from the knitting world.
I am addicted to the sweater fever. At the moment I'm "head"-knitting countless sweaters. No, no, there will be (at least this year) no pure sweater or cardigan book from me. But somehow I always have the following problem: when I have to concentrate on certain projects, I suddenly have a lot of ideas for other projects that I don't have time for. Do you know this, do you also feel that you can't get rid of topics and that you spend every free minute thinking about them?
Speaking of sweaters. If I didn't have to design and try so many things myself right now, I would knit myself a "Hint of Summer". I posted that in the Facebook group the other day and then it went round and round with ideas for yarn combinations. I'm especially excited about variations made from gima or even washi. You notice, the spring is just around the corner, so slowly you are interested in the summer yarns.
In general, the pattern from Isabell Krämer are just reduced. You would have to look at her on Instagram, she has mentioned the code, I'm not sure how long it is valid, until today? There are other beautiful sweater designs at Heidi Kirmaier and at Rililie.
On the subject of washi yarn, I still remember the new tutorial by Tanja Lay for the airy OSHU stole! A beautiful spring project, for which you need depending on the size 3 or 4 cones Washi, which is available in so many wonderful colors.
But maybe you just want to finally really instensivly deal with the topic of Fair Isle? Then I have great news for you, the Makerist course by Sophia "Faire Isle Technik und Steek" has just gone online! You can still get it now at the introductory price. With the help of a baby cardigan you will learn everything about Fair Isle: the technique, how to hold the threads, the tension, how to read knitting pattern, the right material and much more. Take a look, maybe it's something for you.
By the way, we at Auf den Nadeln have already collected almost again 90 projects this month. Go take a look and click through!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Beginnings of the year are something great. Because usually so many new ideas arise "between" the years and there is a real boost of motivation after the somewhat sluggish holidays. That's how it is for me, anyway. Calendars are bought, filled and plans are made. My January was marked by new projects that will accompany me throughout the year. Looking back on January shows me once again how much I have accomplished in the past month.
(1) I love my workplace in the green. I've set up a cozy corner in our conservatory, which is sometimes a little too sunny, sometimes a little too cold, but always super cozy. (2) A visit to the ITO team. I am really excited about this new and great collaboration. You can already find almost all ITO yarns and lots of ITO accessories in my store, you can also look forward to some ITO projects. When I look at YOMO in the picture, I'm almost sad that it's getting warmer soon. But the next winter will come for sure. (3) I was allowed to decorate the winter issue of Mollie Makes with cover mittens, which made me very happy, as I told you the other day. Knightly Art has already knitted them and shown the finished mittens here!
At my workshop of Pascuali in Frechen were also knitted some Bayak cloths (4). In general, a small Bayaktuch hype has arisen in recent weeks and I'm always amazed how different this cloth looks in different color combinations. Look how beautiful this combination (10) by canella1 is! I've been making plans with the lovely wonderfully soft Alpaca Fino by Pascuali, but the skeins (5) are also just too inviting! On the way back from the workshop in the train (6) and in general during the whole workshop weekend, Kerstin and I knitted so much that Kerstin actually sat on the sofa in the evening without any knitting at all. Premiere, I was told. Oh and there in front of me in the picture is my favorite project bag, by the way, of which I can now finally tell you more soon.
As now in February, I have knitted in January many samples, for example, two-color in the lifting stitch definition as here (7). So slowly I sank then in stitch samples and had to urgently clean up (8). Unfortunately, I'm only half as well organized as you sometimes think and often the swatches and patterns just fly around everywhere. Fortunately, I have many small notebooks (9), in which I constantly write down ideas on the go. Could still be a little more organized, but better than nothing, right?
In fact, I even finished knitting my Lamana jacket in January, here in (8) combined with my patchwork shawl. When exactly the finished and how that happened, I now also no longer know, but it has become an absolute favorite part.
And finally, many of your beautiful shawls have been featured on Instagram, like this Hinata shawl without mohair by anela.knits. I am always very happy, please tag your projects with the hashtag #maschenfein or #maschenfeinbuch after my tutorials so I can find them, or mention me directly as @maschenfein under the picture.
Have you already discovered me in the winter issue of Mollie Makes? Sometime in September, Anja aka Maki asked if I would like to design the cover model for the January issue of Mollie. And how I felt like it! The glove course was just in the box and so it was of course extremely easy for me to deal with her wish for raccoon gloves. The magazine and knitting kit are now also available in the store.
A few drawings of how the model should look, she gave me the hand and I started. The Bergamo yarn from Lamana is particularly suitable for cozy mittens, because it is nice and heavy and knits quickly. At the same time, the knitting becomes nice and warm on 3.5mm needles.
I knitted these mittens with the Colibri needles, whose pointed tips I particularly like. For the thumb I used the short 10cm needles, but you can knit it just as well with the longer needles, so they are not mandatory.
The pattern should also be suitable for beginners, it also contains some pictures in the magazine. The ladies is knitted in straight. On the basis of an auxiliary thread, which is then later dissolved, as you can see in the picture above.
A few more matching buttons and the little companions are ready.
A wonderful good morning to Saturday coffee with a little this and that from the knitting world.
I'm in a very pronounced stitch testing phase at the moment. Writing two books at once is a real challenge. Two very, very different books at that. However, testing yarns is one of the greatest things about writing tutorials, so unfortunately I don't have time to write much more about it right now. But why stitch testing is so great is something I talk about in great detail in my stitch testing course. As with my first book, I've made it my goal to include as many different yarns in the books as possible, so you won't get bored.
Some combinations I like then so much that they may occur a second time, such as Cusi-Piura in the lowest gauge in the picture. A combination that I have for another project just (still very short) on the needles.
One of the gauge highlights of the last couple of weeks has been the top sample, which I'm only showing inside out in the photo. This is the great corn yarn that really blew me away in its softness.
Another yarn I'm sure to use in one of the two books is the fluffy warm Alpaca Fino. If you want to see it in action, check out this one by Kerstin and that one by Sandra. They're both knitting the brand new Midwinter tutorial by Trin-Annelie with this yarn and I think they're as excited about it as I am.
In addition to the larger Cusi Piura project, I posted a sample from Kouki and Shio tonight. Samples for future tutorials sometimes get very long. Starting with curly and stockinette stitch up to lace or cable patterns. Let's see where I will end up.
Another, great tutorial, which I have already linked here from time to time, is just knitted quite busy in the Maschenfein knitting round: The BeauB Cardigan by Rililie. Different combinations are on the needles: Silk Patagoina with Mohair Luxe, or Merino 150 with Piura, or Merino 150 with Mohair Luxe. I'm looking forward to more result pictures! And if you have questions about quantities, just mail me.
Have a great weekend!
A wonderful good morning to Saturday coffee with a little this and that from the knitting world.
Magda recently shared a great video on steeking. You should definitely check it out, even if you don't have a "steek" project on your needles right now. I also shared how I cut up my steek back in the day on the blog. That was really exciting, I must say!
Pinneguri, the designer hiter the just so popular Loppa Cardigan, has by the way also a few beautiful Fair Isle pattern for baby blankets. These are then also knitted in rounds and later cut open. However, then the back is somehow stupid... the perfectionists among us knit then rather double face, as seen in the third picture in this tutorial.
I have discovered a beautiful turtleneck sweater. I could well imagine in Alpaca Fino, a yarn that I have anyway just constantly in mind, I need a suitable project (and time).
This scarf from Purl Soho caught my eye with the great color accents. So simple and yet so special!
And a pretty little jacket for spring I discovered at Shibui Knits. You can never think about the warmer season early enough, right?
By the way, I'm asked from time to time how to guide the thread upwards when knitting multicolored stripes at the edge. I found an illustrated tutorial here, you can do this in different ways. In no case you should cut the thread every time.
Have a wonderfully beautiful weekend!
Schwups there is the January rum and we can look forward to many beautiful projects in February. But it's also worth a quick browse through last month, because we came up with a good 120 projects. Great that you all participate so diligently!
Now that I've cast off my Lamana jacket, I have a secret project on the needles. I honestly can't wait to tell you more about it, but I'm not allowed to reveal much before August/September unfortunately, unfortunately. TeststrickerInnen I will need, however, then. Oh yes! Now I am of course also very excited about what lies with you in February so on the needles.
What are you knitting in February? What has become of your last projects? Will you tell us here? I'm looking forward to it! Just comment here under this post or link yourself in the link collection. You can link up all month long! Attention: You have to put a backlink to this post or blog in your post, otherwise it won't work with the link tool. A backlink is nothing more than a link to this blog :)!
For all of you who are visiting here for the first time: Each month I'll collect your knitting projects by linking your respective blog posts to "On the Needles" here. You can find all past collections to browse in the On the Needles section.
On Instagram I use the hashtag #aufdennadelnfebruar (and quite deliberately you will also find projects from last year). Join in there too!
In the mood for spring? Here you can find spring yarns 
Esther Sweater Baby 
We have new Muud products in the store 
You can find all Maschenfein pattern here
