The Maschenfein Blog
It all started with a blog. And even now it is still the heart of "Maschenfein". This is where the community meets and where we gather inspiration for our knitting projects.
It all started with a blog. And even now it is still the heart of "Maschenfein". This is where the community meets and where we gather inspiration for our knitting projects.
March 16, 2024
{Saturday coffee & net talk} I can tell you, this week it was - once again - very busy in the Maschenfein chat. Why? Because the final preparations for this year's Mother's Day Knit-Along were underway. But now the samplers are knitted, the kit is online, the schedule is set - let's get started! A warm hello to our shawl Lotti! I wish [...]
March 09, 2024
{Saturday coffee & webtalk} Hatschi! Hay fever has me in its grip. Itchy eyes, runny nose. I just know it: it's spring! Good morning to Saturday Coffee, where we're focusing on one of our four favorite seasons today! You know ... spring lets its blue ribbon of pollen flutter through the air. But be [...]
March 05, 2024
The time has (finally?) come: spring is here! And with it everything that goes with it - warming rays of sunshine, colorful splashes of color in the meadows and blossoming buds on trees and bushes. But we can't go completely jacketless yet. But that's no problem for us. After all, as knitters, it's easy to continue working on cardigans or [...]
March 02, 2024
{Saturday coffee & online whispers} In pedagogy, there is the approach of needs-oriented education. In a nutshell: It's about seeing the child's needs and acting accordingly. Of course, the child's own wishes and feelings should also be taken into account, which is why I had the idea that this concept could also be used in other ways [...].
July 20, 2016
Before I finally cast off the Whippet from ANKESTRiCK, I want to show you the progress I've made. I'm knitting the long version, but I haven't knitted it quite as long because I'm assuming that the yarn will still give a lot of slack when stretched. Compared to the short version of the whippet, the long version has side [...]
December 05, 2015
Good morning for your Saturday coffee with some nice embroidery links from the net! I think I've linked to it somewhere before: an overview of the different basting techniques and how they appear in the knitting pattern. You can't look at it often enough. Incidentally, among the provisional cast-ons, I've been using the [...]
February 18, 2023
Have you seen him this week? How he has already peeked cautiously around the corner? Well, I have discovered the spring in any case. And I promptly held my face in the sun, because light and warmth have done so well after the rather dull, past days. Now hang again [...]
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