A wonderful good morning to Saturday coffee with a little this and that from the knitting world and around Maschenfein. We finally got a decent load of Merino Twist from Cowgirl Blues. So really, really neat. So all those who have been waiting for their yarn for our Cowgirlblues Knit Along can finally get started and that means we're stepping on the gas now too. If you still want to join in, you can find all the great Merino Twist kits in the store here. I am very happy about the yarn, because it complements our assortment perfectly, try it out!
Also in the incoming goods is Extra from Blue Sky Fibers in shades of gray (brown and purple are also already included). This is just so schwups wandered into my shopping cart, because when I knit it the other day times test, it was done around me. Since we lacked in this area of the sample anyway a little more choice, I immediately struck. More colors will follow if you like the yarn as much as we do!
This cardigan we have discovered on Instagram and immediately knitted in mind from Organic Cotton from Blue Sky Fibers, a photo of Madame_Clara, who by the way totally beautiful things knits and sews. Unfortunately there are no pattern to link to, but sometimes it's just the color (or non-color) that triggers an inspiration explosion. Basically, this jacket is very simple, but who prefers to foinstructionsttern...
If you like a bit more pattern, you might like the Pitch Cardigan by Emily Greene, which brings a lot of variety to your knitting (but also requires concentration). You could knit it out of Blue Sky Eco Cashmere, which we like to reorder again and again, should the quantity in stock not be sufficient. Just write us! Currently we have a sweater quantity for a customer who needed much more than we had in stock. The tutorial for the Pitch Cardigan can be found on Ravelry.
Do you know Julie Hoover? I've mentioned her here before, she is very well known for beautiful sweater and cardigan designs. One of them is Colvin, the pattern are here on Ravelry. You could also knit it from Blue Sky Extra.
Cap weather comes ...
Very, very slowly it's going off here with the cap weather. At least you could already ring in knitting-technically the cap weather.
Very beautiful, super fast and easy is the hat "Clo" from the Rowan magazine "Big Wool 4 Projects". We have the matching knitting kit and of course the matching animal hair free pom poms in the store.
Silvie did a terrific job knitting two designs for the new edition of my very first shawl book. It is an expanded new edition, which contains five more pattern (compared to the old edition). But you can also find these five patterns separately in the store, if you have the first edition! On the left you can see the "Easy Triangle Shawl" made of Rowan Brushed Fleece. Did you recognize it? This shawl is just beautiful over and over again and you can knit it with any yarn you like. Brushed fleece makes it really heavy and cozy. On the right in the picture the good old chipmunk shawl, knitted from the original yarn Lamana Milano
Otherwise on Instagram discovered left the Sunday Sweater on Sabine's needles. She knits it from SANDNES Duo and Rowan Kidsilk Haze, the latter is available in beautiful new colors, hop on over. As are some of the Rowan yarns, by the way. We have all the colors updated and in stock.
On the right in the picture the NoFrills from Petite Cast on Meike's needles.
Julia knits gauntlets and gloves, on the left the Florea gloves from the current Laine Magazine 09 and on the right our Maschenfein design from last fall's Ruduo.
And finally, there is a real flood of OSAKA. Sibel and Ursula have finished knitting theirs in various color combinations. You can find the knitting kit here at Maschenfein, knitted from ITO Sensai (there you can find all available colors, if you want to put them together individually). We also have OSAKA on the needles right now and every now and then I show you my progress in the Stories on Instagram.
Mima and Caudia knit maschenfein hats from last year's hat campaign, winter stillness on the left and winter air on the right.
We wish you a nice rest of the weekend!
A wonderful good morning to the Saturday coffee on Sunday morning. After I unexpectedly found a big box of new books in the garage on Friday evening, I was just too excited to prepare the Saturday coffee as I should actually do on Friday evening. I know but you are also happy about it on Sundays and today I also have a real inspiration explosion for you! Sooo many beautiful project ideas! Three to eight I could smooth even directly on needle. I wish I hadn't tried out Sultano Fine last week and started on the sixth project, a beautiful shawl that you can look forward to very soon. But for Sultano Fine I also have a few other ideas... they are perhaps next week in the Saturday Coffee.
So much information already in the first paragraph, you notice, I get going. The knitting season has already started in my head.
But let's start from the beginning: the box full of new books - our new book is here! Knitting - The Encyclopedia. Tadaaa! It turned out wonderfully pretty and I'm downright enchanted. Because the cover is blue. With gold. And because the content is so compact and so complete, like I always wanted a little encyclopedia-to-go. One for the handbag that you can always pull out, on the train, at the airport, on the beach, at the lake, in the waiting room, when you have suddenly forgotten again how it was with the Italian stitch stop. Or with the simple cast-off. Or with the envelope. And what was that shortened row thing again. It's all in there! Sorted nicely by alphabet from A for "cast off" to Z for "join two edges". We are very happy and I think you will like it too!
Also "here" is the brand-new Laine Magazine No. 09, this beautiful magazine that you can just put on your sofa table during the winter and leaf through again and again. And if you like, you'll find wonderful pattern in it, for which we've put matching knitting kits in the store. Here you can find an overview of all kits and these are our three favorites:
We would knit the cardigan "Joy" by Renée Callahan with "Extra" by Blue Sky Fibers, which is still stuck in customs at the moment. However, we have already created the kit and if you would like to be notified when the yarn arrives, you can sign yourself up on the yarn page.
For the cardigan "Summer Longing" by Susanne Sommer we have Cumbria Fingering from The Fibre Company in the store. It is knit top down with raglan construction. In right and purl stitches with curly knitted sleeves.
You can knit the sweater "Woodbine" by Fiona Alice with two strands of Smart and Tynn Silk Mohair. Lace (hole pattern) as far as the eye can see.
There are a lot of new patterns - as it should be for a proper start of the knitting season. Rowan has published a lot of new patterns in the last weeks and we will publish the most beautiful ones (for us) as knitting kits for you. But some of them are already available as PDF pattern, I'll show you some of them:
This is "Breeze" by Lisa Richardson, which had me in gasps at the last show in the spring. I don't know if one or the other remembers it from the stories. After all, I had discovered it there and spontaneously fell in love. Since then I have been waiting for the pattern. I think it is just great. It is knitted with three yarns and we have them all here in the store by now! Kidsilk Haze, Island Blend and Cashmere Haze. You can also keep Kidsilk Haze or Cashmere Haze double and then combine only one of these two yarns with Island Blend. If this is relevant for you in terms of color or price. The important thing is to keep three threads together. The tutorial is not free, but you can easily find it without a magazine as a PDF here on Ravelry. Also in German!
Just as great, but ATTENTION: crocheted (!) Is this cardigan called "Mild". Also a design by Lisa Richardson, but she also makes beautiful designs. Crochet with strength 5 and again with the three yarns Kidsilk Haze, Island Blend and Cashmere Haze. The pattern are available (also in German) here on Ravelry.
This Lisa Richardson makes really beautiful things. You can look here on Ravelry in her gallery. I can not show it all here, then you sit tomorrow morning still at the Käffchen. Only this one still:
Focault, an XXL scarf knitted from Alpaca Soft DK, this is already on my desk ready for a stitch test and feels at least as soft as it looks in these pictures. The pattern for this stole are not available on Ravelry, but I am organizing the magazine for a knitting kit. Promise!
What else is new? Sandnes of course, many new Sandnes magazines. We have finished creating the magazines1905, 1906 and 1910 and of course we have also created all the matching knitting kits.
Dagmar knits the Cumulus Blouse by Petite Knit from Kidsilk Haze (on the left in the picture), the September Sweater (on the right) she knitted from Tynn Silk Mohair (our wool package).
Have a great Sunday!
A wonderful good morning to the Saturday coffee with a little this and that from the knitting world and around Maschenfein. Tell me, do you feel the same way: When I knit in public, I am often approached and always wonder why not all the people around me also knit? Do you know this? "What are you crocheting?" - "Uh, I'm knitting a sweater, like this {I'm spreading the piece out for you to see} top down" - "aaaahhhh". Sometimes (like yesterday) also comes a.... "Oohhhh, how nice, you knit? I used to do that too, I used to knit my children, oh good idea, I should knit again".
I finally had a little more time to knit this past week. Still not much, but still. My sweater has already grown quite a bit, so I'll soon be able to cut off the sleeves and the rounds will be really clear. Many have started their projects in Cowgirl Blues Merino Twist, some are unfortunately still waiting for their color, we have asked several times and meanwhile the waiting is hopefully over soon. We are not taking any more pre-orders for sold out colors at the moment, but we still have enough other colors in stock, so you could join us and needle Merino Twist as well. I also have a nice idea below.
The day before yesterday, I was listening to Episode 84 of Fruity Knitting with Melanie Berg while making a few rounds in the evening, and I came across some beautiful scarves of hers.
So really had it to me in the episode namely the cloth "Mirkfallon", which had put me in the pictures at the appearance not sooo much in the must-have mode, but then prepared a head cinema in moving image. This could be knitted super, super super from baby alpaca from BC Yarn, there are also such wonderful colors! That would be a great Christmas project already. We are actually already getting the first requests for Christmas gift projects. Crazy, but such an XXL cloth also needs a while.
Speaking of Melanie Berg and scarves, the newest Anleiutng "Colorshift" has just been released. This scarf I could very well imagine less colorful in Merino Twist from Cowgirl Blues. Maybe even just two colors, yes, that would be nice! You can find the tutorial here on Ravelry also in German.
From Lang Carpe Diem we also have Tommy, the diaper pants as a knitting kit in the store. First the two cuffs for the legs are knitted and then additional stitches are picked up for the crotch from where you continue to work in rounds. You can find the pattern in our newest book "Smaland - Scandinavian knitting", which we are so proud of! Sososo proud, may I show you more right now?
There is then, for example, Svante, the Knickerbockerstramler with straps and button placket in the crotch. It is started on one leg in a rib pattern, so it is knitted from the bottom up. Sandra has knitted Rowan Cashmere Tweed here, beautiful!
I also find Michel, de sweater from ROWAN Big Wool grandiose. The sweater in light A-shape is knitted seamlessly top down. And the pattern are in the book in sizes 56 to 152, so there is something for everyone!
A favorite piece is also Margareta, triangle shawl, for which many of you have already (rightly) asked for the adult version. In fact, the shawl here in the book is a bit too skimpy for adults. So personally, I just like it bigger. But since the shawl is knitted from the middle of the long side, you can of course simply order one or two balls more per color and knit it larger. Very easy! Knitted from ROWAN Alpaca Classic.
The baby blanket Jonte is worked simply and nobly from Yak Lace by Pascuali and is also perfectly suitable for beginners. The typical pregnant women's entry project. But just as well suited as a side project for the expectant mother / aunt / grandma. Not to forget the uncles and grandpas too.
And if you like, you can of course knit this blanket a little larger and then just use it as a sofa blanket or give it away. Good idea, right? For example, in the color 08 Raspberry Red with a pink border of 19 Guava Pink. Hach!
The Mattis cardigan, for which you can find the kit here, made it onto the cover. It is knitted seamlessly top down and pockets are worked into the front pieces. A cardigan in the college look.
Lots of pretty Karlson - sweaters to admire, even for dolls!!! Isn't that great? You can find the kit here. Karlson is a sweater with a kangaroo pocket, which is started in the middle of the back with a provisional cast on and then knitted upwards first. We use many different techniques in the book, but we also explain them all and of course difficulty levels are given again. Karlsson is difficult :). So level 3.
Super soft and cozy (and perfect for autumn) is the slip-on scarf Ronja (here is the kit at Maschenfein ), knitted from Cusco by LAMANA. And right to match pretty again Tommy, the diaper pants (here again the kit).
And here are two more Svantes, the Knickerbockers rompers (you can get the kit here).
Have a great weekend!
About a year ago, shortly after our move, where I felt every single item, every piece of clothing, every sock in my hand at least once, I experienced the horror scenario of every knitter: textile moths - A moth hole in my Diary Cardigan. It didn't stop there. Shocked, I pulled all my knits out of the closet, unfolded them, and found larvae. In knits. In knits I had knitted myself. I wanted to cry. I called Sophia, my expert in moth control. "ichneumon wasps!" she called out to me, "get some ichneumon wasps!" Put everything that is infested and still salvageable in the freezer. That will be fine.
Again and again I had read about infested stashes in our Maschenfein community, never had the subject of moths affected me myself, I was careless. I thought I was safe. Nothing would happen.
A week later, I was handing out little cards in my closets. Little cards with small, wandering black dots. Today I present to you Perla Natura, a company specializing in textile and food moths. They know. How to take precautions, how to care, how to act and how to take care when it's too late. There you get exactly what you need. Even ichneumon wasps, if it is too late.
I wish you a lot of fun while reading, the text and also the detailed telephone conversation, which I could lead with Daniel because of our food moth infestation in the kitchen, opened my eyes very much. I will now certainly take better care to keep the moths away completely - and maybe now and then chase a few ichneumon flies through the cabinets.
And we also have a goodie for you: With the code "Maschenfein10" you get 10% off your shopping cart at Perla Natura until September 30, 2019.
Dear Perla Natura team, we are delighted to welcome you to our blog today. Maschenfein is one of the largest German-speaking online stores for wool, knitting and crochet accessories. Many, many women (and also men) knit and network in our Maschenfein community on Facebook or Instagram and of course the topic of moth control comes up again and again. Usually when it's just too late and one of our fellow knitters has discovered moth holes in their painstakingly knitted favorite pieces. The term "ichneumon wasps" comes up again and again...
Tell us a little about yourselves, who founded Perla Natura and how did it come about? How did you come to the topic of moth control?
It started in 2012 with the purchase of a scratching post for our two male cats. As it turned out later, this was patient zero and from him then the infestation of moths spread first in the bedroom and then in the living room. In the beginning, you slay the moths and buy a moth trap to combat the infestation. Put lavender or cedar wood in the closet, freeze the woolens and assume that these measures will solve the problem. Then over time we realized, this problem unfortunately will not be controlled this way. We did not want to spread poisons in the bedroom. So we researched further and looked into the use of beneficial insects to control pests - a method that was already widely used in agriculture at the time. Then in 2013, Perla Natura was born. In January 2014, our online store went live and since then we have been providing our customers with ichneumon flies. In the beginning, the acceptance of putting live insects in your closet was not very high but in the past five years, environmental awareness and skepticism about poisons - fortunately - has evolved.
Photos: Perla Natura - The products are lovingly filled, glued and shipped by hand.
How do moths get into our closet in the first place?
Quite different. Of course, moths can fly into the apartment or house through the open window. Depending on where you live, this happens more or less. Most often, the moths are directly bought or brought in. Moth eggs can "lie around" for up to two years before the first moth larvae hatch. This depends on the humidity and temperature. For this reason, the closet is suddenly full of moths in the spring and you wonder where they came from. The moth eggs were either laid in the fall or brought in during the winter. In the kitchen it is very similar. Here the moths are bought in with dry foods. The more natural the food, the higher the probability.
Let's say we have a heavy infestation, a moth hole and maybe even discover larvae in our knitwear. How do we proceed? What do we do with infested garments?
Most importantly, stay calm and do not panic pull everything out of the closet. It is always not only the clothes that are infested, but also the closet, dresser or shelf. Moths are quite clever and lay their eggs in such a way that they are not immediately discovered, so they also like to lay their eggs in the cracks of the closet. In case of visible infestation with larvae and or webs, we recommend spreading a few garbage bags on the floor in front of the closet and sifting through the clothes piece by piece and removing all larvae and webs. Immediately dispose of clothing that is already broken (i.e. can no longer be sewn). Vacuum out the closet afterwards and clean it with warm water only. Then immediately take out the garbage bags, the vacuum cleaner bag and the broken clothes and throw them into the garbage can. Afterwards, put the clothes away again and, ideally, start the ichneumon treatment quickly.
It sounds a little strange to put a card full of little critters in your closet. Isn't it kind of "gross" to let such little creepy crawlies in between our clothes (or even in the kitchen in case of food)?
Most people are put off by the term "wasps". Quickly arises the fear of being stung or that wasps fly around everywhere. These fears are completely unfounded. The name "wasp" has the hatchling wasps, because they reproduce parasitically and lay their eggs in the eggs of moths. Moreover, at a size of about 0.3mm, or one-third of a millimeter, they are nothing more than tiny black dots that scurry around but cannot fly. Once customers have seen the ichneumon flies live, fears are blown away. The hatched ichneumon wasps live for about five days. During this period, they do not eat any more food. The only focus is on finding moth eggs and reproducing. If there are no moth eggs left at the end, the ichneumon wasps are also gone. No one has to be afraid of having to fight the ichneumon wasps in the next step 😉.
Photos: Perla Natura - cards with ichneumon wasps on the left against clothes moths and on the right against food moths .
How exactly do the ichneumon flies find the source of our moth infestation? Can we be sure to really stop the infestation with a sufficient load of ichneumon wasps?
The ichneumon flies find the moth eggs based on their very fine olfactory abilities, i.e. they have a sensitive sensory system for scents. Put simply they "smell" the moth eggs - although of course they do not have noses. For this reason, problems can always arise when customers apply strong odors in the form of sprays or detergents before the ichneumon wasp treatment. Often the tip is also given to wash out the closet with vinegar - it doesn't really help and the closet needs to be aired out for two to four weeks before the ichneumon wasp treatment. If the odors are too strong, the ichneumon wasps have problems picking up the scent of the moth eggs. Comparable to when you want to listen to music and there is a loud construction site in the background. Problems also occur when customers place moth traps too close to the ichneumon flies. The moth traps are usually pheromone based and their scent is supposed to attract the male moths - but resembles that of the moth eggs ... the result is then many ichneumon wasps in the trap. For this reason, we recommend placing the moth traps at least two to three meters away. Often the mistake is made to order too few cards. The ichneumon wasps on a card manage to spread over about one square meter and search for moth eggs in this area. As a rule of thumb, one card is needed per square meter of carpet. For shelves, cabinets and dressers, calculate one card per shelf, drawer or running meter of shelf. For example, a two-meter shelf with five shelves requires ten cards. For closets with clothing, you may have to calculate a little more generously, here it depends more on the amount of clothing. For two heavy Norwegian sweaters or alternatively for four thin wool sweaters you should calculate with one card.
How long does it take to get the moth infestation under control with the help of the ichneumon wasps?
For clothes moths, the treatment with ichneumon wasps lasts 12 to 14 weeks. Every 14 days we send the customer new cards with ichneumon wasp eggs. The cards contain eggs in various degrees of maturity to ensure that new ichneumon wasps hatch continuously over a period of three weeks. Now I'm sure many will wonder why we send new ichneumon wasps every two weeks if they hatch for three weeks? This is for simple reasons. 14 weeks is a long time and many do not keep track of when they are on vacation, for example, when they order. The extended hatch is our buffer, so to speak, to give the customer the possibility to postpone a delivery for a week if necessary. Sometimes shipments get lost in the mail, the buffer gives us the opportunity to send replacements. For the treatment it is very important to have continuously hatching wasps on the infested areas. But briefly again about the duration - it depends on several factors. First, were the right spots discovered, were all spots discovered, and so on. Ideally, one discovers moth infestation in the closet, treats it and is rid of the moths for now. Unfortunately, many have a rather diffuse infestation, usually the infestation has existed for some time and the moth nests are not found. In such cases we recommend the following approach: At the beginning, concentrate on the largest suspected locations and place ichneumon flies there. At the same time, set up sticky traps and monitor weekly how many new moths are caught. Halfway through the treatment, i.e. in weeks six to seven, no new moths should be caught. If new moths are still caught in the traps, the search must continue. The total time to get rid of the moths depends somewhat on the hit rate and how long the infestation has been there.
Photos: Perla Natura - adhesive traps on the left against clothes moths and on the right against food moths .
Once we have defeated the moths with the help of the ichneumon flies, do we still need any precautions? What are these sticky traps good for? And should we send ichneumon flies into the closet every few months as a precaution?
Once the moths are gone, you should wait four to five weeks to see if they are really gone. After that, moth traps should be set up for better control, to be warned early in case of a new infestation. To spoil the moths' fun in the closet, we have a spray (furniture care) based on lavender oil, which is rubbed into the closet. For wooden wardrobes it is directly a care for the wardrobe. This keeps the moths out of the closet and the clothes don't smell like moth repellent. Alternatively, we also have customers who are reluctant to use fragrances and use precautionary ichneumon wasps at regular intervals to the normal treatment twice a year - in about half the card quantity as before.
Photos: Perla Natura - The protection against textile moths - furniture care is applied to the wooden surfaces in the closet and keeps clothes moths from visiting the closets in the first place. Textile protection can be sprayed on clothes right before they are put away.
Do you guys still have the ultimate tip for "oversummering" winter knits?
Most importantly, do not stuff. Overstuffed closets are predestined for moth infestation. In any case, regular cleaning out is the first step towards good prevention. If you have pets such as cats or dogs, it's better to use the vacuum cleaner more often, because pet hair under cupboards is also a great source of food for moths. If you want to pack away your winter clothes or store clothes in general because they are no longer worn, for example, you can use our neem oil-based textile protector. Neem oil drives away all insects and has the further advantage that moth larvae lose their appetite. The protection should be refreshed every 6 months. It is not suitable for clothes that are worn regularly. Many of our customers also use the textile protection for carpets.
Summary
Perla Natura offers organic products with natural ingredients for moth control, pre- and aftercare. Our range includes the following areas:
Infestation analysis and monitoring - With our sticky traps for clothing and food moths, it is easy to observe whether there is infestation and how it changes in the course of treatment with ichneumon flies. Sticky traps can reduce the moth infestation but not really fight it. The sticky trap should also be replaced regularly. When it is full, but after 12 weeks at the latest, it is time to change.
Control - To control clothes and food moths we offer ichneumon wasps. The shipment is made every 14 days. For clothes moths it is six deliveries and for food moths four deliveries.
Pre- and aftercare - For pre- and aftercare we offer two different spray bottles. One is the lavender oil-based furniture care, which is used, for example, to rub the cabinet (outside and inside). The lavender scent keeps moths away. And secondly, the textile protection, this is based on neem oil and is used when clothes are stored or to protect carpets. We also have the classics such as lavender flowers and cedar chips in the assortment.
Thank you very much, dear Perla Natura team for the detailed explanations!
And for you, dear Maschenfein readers,use the discount code "Maschenfein10" in Perla Natura's online store to get 10% off your shopping cart until September 30, 2019. For a moth-free knitting life!
A wonderful good morning to Saturday coffee with a little this and that from the knitting world and around Maschenfein. The temperatures have dropped, it's knitting weather. While big miss likes to snuggle up in her Winnie scarf in the morning, little miss usually wears this jacket in the early hours of the day. And I like to throw the Water sc arf around my neck on the bike in the early morning. I love these temperatures. Nice and warm during the day, nice and fresh in the morning and evening. Simply wonderful.
Last week a new PomPom magazine was released, it is called "Sea Change" and is also available as a PDF download on the Pompom website. On Ravelry you can also find all the pattern at a glance.
On the left in the picture the title model Seelig by Katrin Schubert, who designs a lot and with pleasure in the brioche pattern. The shawl Seelig combines two-color brioche pattern with garter stitch, whereby the pattern is quickly memorized and is therefore also well suited as a side project. Each row is knitted once with yarn and and then again with yarn B. Feel free to write us if you would like to have a yarn suggestion, depending on the material preference we will then consider togethera. The detailed description can be found here on Ravelry, the pattern exclusively in the Pompom Magazine.
On the right in the picture the beautiful sweater Astragal by Ainur Berkimbayeva with a fine pattern around the neckline. You could knit it great from Pascuali - Bayak. You can find the description of the tutorial here on Ravelry, the tutorial itself then also in the Pompom Magazine.
Another lovely shawl we discovered, the DUNDEE Shawl by Evgeniya Dupliy, which really goes perfectly with our new fine Blue Sky Eco-Cashmere. Or with our all-time classic Pascuali Alpaca Fino. You can find the pattern for the shawl here on Ravelry also in German!
And speaking of shawls... my very first book, the one-and-only shawl knitting book has just been published in an expanded new edition. The book contains five more pattern, revised and newly photographed, including the chipmunk shawl from LAMANA Milano. But of course you can still findinstructionsttern here as PDF.
For the book Silvie aka Wollkenfrollein has knitted the cloth again for the photo shoot in dream colors, namely rose quartz, curry, old pink and nutmeg. I am deeply in love!
Let's continue with garments, here the Like a Waffle Cardigan by Ririko, for which you could super try one of our relatively new additions for the coming fall/winter, namely BC Semilla Flamé, which creates this deliberately uneven stitch definition, as it - specially spun - varies in weight. You can find the pattern for the cardigan here on Ravelry.
But hey, speaking of Tynn Silk Mohair. Very bad want-to-be-needled feeling: The Sunday Sweater Mohair from Petite Knit. We have the matching wool package in the store, of course, and if you wait a few more days, you can also knit this in the absolute bangin' color 6042 Mørk Himmelblå. I mean.... without words... just great! But hey, we still have the whole winter time.
Alright, but one more out of Tynn Silk Mohair, because the color 6042 is just sooooo beautiful: Bobla by Nina Ruth. The pattern are only available in norwegian but hey, if you really want to.... Here's another link to SANDNES Tynn Silk Mohair and here's the tutorial on Ravelry for this beautiful top.
And now blatant style break from Petite Knit Style in Tynn Silk Mohair to the Westknits Mystery Knit Along, since so many questions have reached us about it. October's knit will be "Starflake." The Westknits Mystery Shawl KAL 2019 by Stephen West, Bea will also be knitting along when she returns. Our yarn recommendations for all Stephen West fans: Fibre Co. Cumbria Fingering or Pascuali Bayak or SANDNES Merinoull or Pascuali Saffira. Click here for pattern/registration for this special Knit Along, we can't wait to see which of you will be joining us!
Maschenfein Knitting round on Instagram
Also on Instagram we feel the cooler temperatures, it is knitted again. And many things have jumped off the needles, such as Sibel's Mega Osaka:
THE classic Hinata is of course always on the needles somewhere to see. You can find the Hinata yarn package in the store and the new edition of the book here.
And then slowly but surely our Cowgirl Knit Along starts. Unfortunately not all colors from South Africa have arrived yet, we ordered a bit too much. But everything will arrive and some of you have already started knitting, Sandra has now also started and I get out my Lavia sweater and finally continue knitting! So slowly here are suitable temperatures, I have to hurry up. Are you also getting started? All kits for "Merino Twist" by Cowgirl Blues at a glance. And here is the yarn in the store.
Lisa and Lina are working on a #geheimgeheim made of alpaca Fino by Pascuali, which has really become a masterpiece by Sandra again. There you can already look forward very much to something. But it will take a while.
On the needles in September
So in September we have Cowgirl Blues Merino Twist on the needles. And you? Join us and link your projects in our collection so we can find you too!
Have a lovely, knit-filled weekend!
September... what thoughts come to mind when you think of this month? The first leaves are turning colorful, apples are ripe and when you leave the house in the morning, it's already much cooler... autumn is approaching and with it the desire to knit more again (not that we would ever lose that at Maschenfein - we knit even at 35 degrees).
Fittingly, we are gradually starting the projects for the #maschenfeincowgirlKAL. For most of us the yarn from South Africa should have arrived by now, others are still patient and finish other projects in the meantime.
Maybe you have already started? On this picture you can see the beginning of the sweater "Blue Tunnel" after a tutorial by Katrin Schneider - well, rather a curry tunnel... #curryistimmernochdasneuerosa
Are you also part of the #maschenfeincowgirlKAL? Of course you can also join later. As always, there are no rigid deadlines, because the fun of knitting together should be in the foreground. So if you want to watch a bit first and join later, that's no problem. You can find all our ready to knit wool packages with the great yarn Merino Twist by CowgirlbluesHERE.
Or do you have something completely different on your needles in September?
"On the Needles" is a series from Maschenfein. What are you knitting in September? What has become of your last projects? Will you tell us here? We are looking forward to it! Just comment here under this post or link up in the links section. On Instagram we use the hashtag #aufdennadelnsseptember (and you'll also find projects from the last years of the same month there). Join us there as well!
You can link yourself for the whole month! Attention: You must set a backlink to this post or blog in your post, otherwise it will not work with the link tool. A backlink is nothing more than a link to this blog :)!
Are you visiting here for the first time? Every month we collect knitting projects that are linked here in the respective blog posts on "Auf den Nadeln". You can find all past collections to browse in the On the Needles section.
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
