Opposites attract

Within the Maschenfein team we have quite similar tastes with a few nuances here and there (Just thinking about putting our partners side by side ...). Jule and Louisa, for example, have an eye for Norwegian patterns that I sometimes wouldn't even see. Sandra discovers designs with that certain something, Marisa has a knack for yarn combinations and I always run into my misfortune because I listen to one of them and try something new. Each has its strengths!

However, we were different in the reception of the Melange Sweater from PetiteKnit. Because: You have to like this irregularity, of course. People with pronounced Monk (Psst! Sandra!) find this more difficult of course. Since I have no or not more than a small mini-monk, I was on the other hand thrilled. Especially when I discovered this color variant on Instagram.

In the original, the adult version is knitted from Tynn Peer Gynt by Sandnes. But we have also created for you a kit with Sunday by Sandnes - by the way, also the choice of yarn for the babyand junior version.

Knit the design top down, starting first with the back, which is formed at the top with short rows. Then pick up stitches from the shoulders to knit the front part. Under the arms, everything is then finished in the round. Next, pick up stitches for the sleeves, and then knit those in the round as well, all the way to the cuffs. The sweater is really simple - the eye-catcher is the choice of color. But what color would you like?

... of course I also have something! Because it's like any dating aao: Sometimes the profile of the counterpart just does not fit. And since we are not here at speed dating (would be perhaps an idea for a new blog category!), We have enough time to look at other designs.

There is also the Farnham Sweater from The Knit Purl Girl. Sunday is also used here, supplemented by Tynn Silk Mohair. The two just go so well together - you can tell by the color palettes. "It's a match," say the dating pros. "Birds of a feather flock together," is what my grandma would call it.

Like cozy!

However. The sweater is knitted top down, dropped shoulders are formed by short rows. The collar comes at the very end and gets its shape by small decreases.

What I particularly like about the design is that you can choose between different eases, meaning: you decide how loose or how fitted your sweater should sit. And we all know that the comfort in a relationship first increases when you have the initial phase behind you. Loose-fitting designs are therefore particularly practical.

Now I'll show you something you absolutely have to have (So in a dating app you would swipe right now, at Maschenfein you just put it on your wish list. Or directly into the shopping cart): The Water shawl from Water is back! This design, I'm telling you ... Is like the childhood sweetheart you meet again years later. This is what Marisa wore back then, it was 2018, over and over again. And then you just saw it in Instagram Stories. I mean that once it was even "just" hanging on the wardrobe. But the attentive knitting eye discovers something like that immediately.

And I was not alone. The requests were so numerous that the pattern (there is of course also individually) was finished more than fast. The original was knitted from the eponymous yarn Water by Wooladdicts by Lang Yarns. For logistical reasons we didn't have it in the store for a while. This was not a problem, because we had a super cozy alternative with Snefnug by CaMaRose.

But now that the snow is melting away and perhaps spring will come soon, something less warming is allowed and we are therefore even more pleased that we have Water back in stock.

Of course, as always, there remains the question of the appropriate color combination. I knitted mine in the original colors at the time(rose, light gray mélange and offwhite), but I also imagine the bright blue(Topaz) as the main color great or maybe it should be a shawl with green tones? Questions upon questions! Our support team may know the answer. If you need help, write Sandra and Jule a mail and they will help you to combine (support@maschenfein.de).

But last summer I developed affection for crochet thanks to the Hosta Bag by Sidsel Sanglid. And when the knitting needles are all full but the crochet hook is empty, that can only mean a new crochet project, right? Right?!!! Louisa and I agreed immediately, at least in our last editorial meeting.

So I could imagine very well to strike the Hobo Bag of Paula_m. Susanne has tested during her vacation with Ica from Lamana and found it good. So we created the matching crochet kit and I'm now sitting in front of it and thinking about what color it may be - because there was also growth. Somehow basalt blue calls for me so ...