Month: May 2020

A wonderful good morning to Saturday Coffee, which feels totally hungover to me this week. Not a normal hangover, but Corona hangover, as Steffi so aptly put it in one of her podcasts last week. Somehow, the air is out. I'm exhausted, tired, don't like it anymore. No more cleaning up. No more waiting. No more keeping my distance.... I lacked the desire for everything in the last few days and I hope to be able to recharge my batteries over the weekend. To do this, I would also like to take a little blog break for the next one or two Saturdays. Just tidy up the store and our site a bit, take care of the future design of the site, get some ideas and maybe knit a bit more. Accompany me during this break but on Instagram, there I remain online and also in our Facebook round it is exciting with a lot of exchange on all Maschenfeinen topics.

But a little helps the head knitting yes. Inspirations usually make a better mood and so I try to write me today once again in knitting mood ... I start directly with beautiful Amelia scarves, because I just noticed that I have not yet presented the Amelia shooting result. Yet our model scarves have become so wonderful and so different in their effect by the different color combinations!

Here is the combination of Tynn Alpakka Ull and Tynn Silk Mohair, from our kit no. 01. Louisa knitted this shawl and then gave it to Sandra. Team Blue! And now you all want to know what kind of blue this is and unfortunately I have to announce loudly: Sold out. There is no longer, Sandnes can not deliver more. No idea who has this color just so deleted from the range... But does not matter, because there are beautiful alternative shades of blue and actually Curry is also mega cool, look:

This is the original original from Sandra who gave it to me and I cherish it, currently wearing it almost daily. It is such a great, big cuddle cloth! The colors are always in the kit.

I find it fascinating how different colors are combined with each other and work. On black-green I would never have come, is so not my Beuteschema, but fits mega with white blouse and jeans. Knitted this cloth Marta and may now wear it Bea. As you can see, the Amelia scarves have traveled all over Germany. This one is also the line version from kit no. 03, where we still have this color combination:

Same yarn, completely different effect. Crazy, right? This one belongs to Sibel, who also wears it herself when she's not snuggling up the curry-colored version she knitted right after. A woman can never have too many tutors.

The duo version in two shades of pink belongs.... sure! Lina (who is currently knitting something blue, though)! You'll find it in this kit no. 02. Duo was the surprise of the last year for me, when I knitted it for the Sunday Sweater and didn't want to put it down. It's a yarn like butter and also wears really, really great solo like here in this Amelia shawl. However, Duo is unfortunately no longer available in all colors unlimited... only again after the long summer break in Norway, at Sandnes. But for now you still have and again enough choice. Also looks beautiful in these colors:

So classy, don't you think? This one belongs to Silvie. And with it I'm wearing the Curry... er "Blue Tunnel" from a tutorial by Katrin Schneider, which Sandra knitted last year during our Cowgirl Blues Knit Along. Do you remember? It all started with Winnie, the shawl for which we created a special summer edition. The Winnie summer kits, which included a bag and pin, are no longer available, but since you liked the yarn so much, we added it to the store and then just added a Cowgirl Blues Knit Along. With many beautiful designs, including this Blue Tunnel.

Sandra's Blue Tunnel once again in full glory and in detail. And if you want to knit Winnie, you can find the pattern here in the store, we should still create a normal knitting kit, it occurs to me on this occasion... Oh and you know what? Because Sandra couldn't get enough of Katrin Schneidinstructionsttern or Cowgirl Blues or just both, she knitted Stage Diving right on the back? Or was it there first? I don't know, my head is smoking and I can't keep up with Sandra's knitting tempo, although unfortunately she suffers from a Corona hangover just like me and even knitting isn't that easy for us anymore.

The photos are in any case a bit older and so carefree, as I look there, I do not feel at the moment. That's why the Wooly Hugs from ChrisBerlin will soon be on the needles in the Maschenfein office. Because a hug just fits so nicely right now. And in our podcast ChrisBerlin really infected me with the idea of putting a scarf around my shoulders, which thanks to ingenious construction easily becomes a cardigan.

Our matching wool package we have developed in the podcast also directly and so you can find the package of LAMANA Piura and Cusi from now on here in our store. I have already chosen the color today: it should be copper. Knits me our maschenfein Petra, because she has just quite the opposite to me nothing on the needles. With me, on the other hand, there is the greatest project backlog danger - urgs.

Oh our podcast! Yes, it's been online since the day before yesterday - the fourth episode of the Maschenfeinen podcast "Just one more row". Chris and I talked for a delightfully long time. About knitting travel, knitting friendships, test knitting, and knit design. And I could have listened for hours more. Make yourselves comfortable! And please don't be alarmed, the end is a bit abrupt. I forgot to record the credits because I was so tired and had Corona blues. And if you listen carefully, you can hear the smallest Miss croaking in the background... that's how it is... podcasts in Corona times.

A few more news: The first colors of Shibui Silk Cloud arrived this week, which I had to have urgently, because it fits so wonderfully tone in tone with the other Shibui yarns. I fell in love with the Caffeine color pictured here right away. Lunar is already in stock in Caffeine, we are still waiting for Silk Cloud in this color.

There are also new accessories coming soon to the store, which are already here on my desk ready. I'm so looking forward to it! Not that we get bored here. And also from proven, classic Maschenfein accessories come supplies, such as our good Mien project bags. Soon back in stock, Maja has been busy!

Maschenfein knitting round on Instagram

I love to browse through your projects on sleepless nights, and in the last few days more and more Luna shawls have come my way:

Here, for example, the two scarves from Manuela (left) and Verena (right). The knitting kit in the original yarn "Sultano Fine" by Rowan can be found here. And if you still have enough yarn in your stash, you can find the pattern alone here, of course.

Evelyn (right) knitted Luna from the Sandnes alternative and she's already finished. You can find this knitting kit here. And who would like to have a little more pattern: Anita knitted Kyler by Iabell Krämer from five skeins of "Sultano Fine", looks wonderful! You can find the knitting pattern here and the yarn here.

The two I still have for you! Steffi has finished your Sunday Sweater Mohair Edition, yay! And Martina has knitted a Talula shawl and staged it so beautifully! You can find the knitting kit for the Sunday Sweater in the Mohair Edition here and the good old Talula here.

And now I wish you a relaxing, hopefully sunny weekend. With a trip. Blue skies. Conversations. Perspectives. And courage!

A wonderful good morning to the Saturday coffee with a little net whisper from the knitting world and around Maschenfein. After a few, cozy rainy days, it is here in Berlin all of a sudden summer warm again. Therefore, I dedicate this Saturday coffee times completely to the beautiful summer yarns in the store, with many summer knitting ideas. Also there are yes some really nice summer variations.

One of the newest additions to the Maschenfeinshop is the new yarn from Shibui Knits called "Koan". A blend of 70% linen and 30% silk and a stated gauge of 26M to 10cm.

If you knit Shibui Koan two-thread, you could knit this short-sleeved sweater: the Sideways Tee, you can find the pattern here on Ravelry. Knit from the center out from each side. To get the color in the picture, you would have to combine the colors "Bone" and "Ash". You will need about 5 skeins depending on the size, we reorder all colors directly again!

You can also knit the top Else by ChrisBerlin in Koan (but then single yarn), you can find the pattern in German here on Ravelry. Chris and I also talk about Else in our latest podcast, which will be online soon on our podcast channel.

You could also use double thread koan for the Diving Tee by Verena Cohrs. You can find the pattern here on Ravelry.

From Quince & Co we have the beautiful pure linen yarn Sparrow in our assortment and just now a load of supplies arrived in all beautiful colors.

There is already a nice set of tutorials for this yarn on Ravelry and also kits in our store.

The sweater "Zara" with three-quarter velvet is knitted for example from Sparrow. You can find the pattern here on Ravelry. The vertical lines are crocheted at the end in the contrasting color.

We already have the matching Sparrow wool packs in the store for these two shirts. That is once on the left the Cullum Tee Shirt and then on the right the Azalea Shirt.

In the beautiful Purple Coke Shirt by Katrin Schneider you combine two yarns from ITO: Urugami (wool and paper) and Tetsu (silk and stainless steel). You can also replace the latter with Sensai for a fluffy feel, if you like that.

And speaking of ITO: The current design-in-progress of ANKESTRiK is created from ITO Washi, a yarn made of paper and viscose. We are also looking forward to it!

Of course, we have many more beautiful summer yarns in the store, so it's best to just browse through them. In our filter functions on the knitting kit page you can filter great for individual yarns. This is a bit hidden and "collapsed", because we have sooooo many yarns in the store. For example, here are three beautiful ones from Nepal.

Next week there is again an Instgram round by the Maschenfein community. I now devote myself to our garden furniture, which I would like to gradually sand and re-oil all once and finally make a real free weekend. What you just do - spring cleaning!

Have a great weekend!

A wonderful good morning to Saturday coffee with a little this and that from the knitting world and around Maschenfein. I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm entering a new phase of Corona time and slowly grasping the new reality as the new normal. One is settling in, gaining a little courage and has created new routines. Doesn't quite work out perfectly yet, but getting better. Either way, I don't believe in a school as we know it until fall, and I can hardly imagine returning to old structures afterwards.

The only thing that always remains the same is the desire to knit. Don't you think? I've reached the second part of my Amelia shawl (I'm knitting kit no. 6 from Suave) and am happily knitting my way through the brioche pattern. I still have a bunch of finished shawls from Martina, Lina, Silvi, Sibel, Louisa and Sandra lying here.

They are eeeeendlich finished photographed and soon go home. I was interrupted by the darn Corona and some intensive weeks of work on the store... it will not be boring here! You can already admire the finished cloth on the beaming Sandra:

She has thought about the design shortly after Christmas in evening-long tinkering, in which she sent drawings and stitch samples via WhatsApp, until finally the pattern were ready, not without her "chickens" as she calls her small group of model knitters also still at least once so properly ribbeln. Hihi. Anyway, it was very worth it! She gave me the original shawl on the photo, I'm happy about it every day! And am excited to see my second version from Suave. Amelia's can definitely have more than one, with all the lovely alternatives we've come up with.

By the way, the kits are of course still available in the store and if you only need the pattern because there is enough yarn in the stash, you can find them here.

Far from Amelia but of course it is never boring for me to rummage a little on the net for you for the most beautiful beauties. But first, the biggest news in the store, now officially. Drum roll.... tadaaaa!!!

Our first Shibui yarns have entered the store and supplies are on the way. I'm afraid I have to buy the matching Shibui mohair yarn: "Silk Cloud". So you will find it soon in the store. If you want to afford it and like it a bit fluffy, you can knit the Kolding by Chris Berlin with two strands of Shibui Lunar and Shibui Silk Cloud (coming soon), it will be a blast!!! For the Kolding you need five skeins of Shibui Lunar in the single color version. We haven't packed a wool package yet, because Chris doesn't have his own pictures and the copyright of the pictures is somewhere else, but that doesn't matter, it's not difficult to order here (edit: Chris just sent great pictures via WhatsApp, then nothing stands in the way of your wool package, we'll take care of it :)). You can find Chris' pattern here. With Silk Cloud it gets a touch of fluff to it... hach! A bit tricky is the fact that five skeins of mohair will probably be too short and with six skeins you'll have a good portion of mohair left over for which you still need Plan B.... By the way, ITO Rakuda is also perfect for the Kolding, if you've always wanted to knit it.

How does she do it? I don't know. Mette's aka Petite Knits latest prank is the delicate April Cardigan, knitted from Sunday and Tynn Silk Mohair. Of course, we have packed the matching wool package directly for you, because the pattern are already available in German.

While we're on the subject of Sandnes... some have already asked about the Sunday Magazine from Sandnes, i.e. the magazine full of designs for the yarn Sandnes Sunday. We have created all the knitting kits for the magazine for you, because they all turned out great! You can find them clearly arranged on this page, have a look. Also included are these two men's designs above in the pictures and one more. And all three great! Since the gentlemen can finally be happy.

Cléonis is the name of the designer of this sweater called Mirmesnil. You can find the pattern on her site. You knit top down and you can use Sandnes Mini Alpakka together with Sandnes Tynn Silk Mohair.

I love the Paloma Sweater from Espace Tricot and imagine knitting it with ITO Rakuda and ITO Sensai... You can find the pattern for free on Ravelry.

Is not this detail just wonderfully pretty? A while ago I had you here in Samstagskaffee already linked the cardigan to it. Now there is the sweater for all sweater fans among you. I like it very much. You can find the pattern on Ravelry in English, you can knit it from Pascuali Balayage!

And finally for today, here's a great summery piece from SANDNES Line. The Twist Shirt from Nina Ruth is knit from the top down, with a twist/knot at the end. A super nice detail! The pattern are also available in German here on Ravelry.

Maschenfein Knitting round on Instagram

Instagram is teeming with beautiful projects in the Maschenfein knitting round. A few I have picked out again for you:

Grudrun has knitted a brioche scarf from Rowan Sultano Fine. In her feed her first picture! There you can also see it in full glory. Dagmar knitted the Lucine Top by Pam Allen in no time, faster than the knitting police allows. You can find the wool package here. It is knitted with the great Willet yarn from Quince & Co. Since all colors are on the way to us again, should your favorite color be out of stock.

Lisa knitted the No Frills Cardigan by Petite Knit, from our wool package of ITO Rakuda and ITO Sensai. Claudia knitted the Petria Sweater by Sari from Sandnes Alpakka Ull. You can find the pattern in the older Laine Magazine 06, we still have it in stock! We also have alternatively a nice wool package to this sweater from LAMANA Como in the store.

Have a great weekend and stay at home, even if the world around us is getting all jittery right now.