In the mood for spring? Here you can find spring yarns 
Neu - Sandnes 2407 - Sommerbaby 
Neu bei uns - Lankava 
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A nice good noon to the somewhat later Saturday coffee with many nice ideas from the knitting world, numerous projects from the Maschenfein community and around our big Mother's Day Knit Along.
I am currently firmly in the grip of hay fever. So tightly that I unfortunately lay completely flat yesterday with bad breathing problems due to a cheerfully blossoming birch tree in front of our front door. I really don't want to whine, because there can be worse problems right now, but it's really limiting when you're not even allowed to open the windows during the most beautiful time of the year. Now I hope that staying at home will do some good and that the birch will soon be ready to blossom. And as soon as possible I will finally take care of the hyposensitization, which was not indicated in the past years for various reasons, apart from the fact that the complaints have only become so extreme in our current living situation directly next to a huge birch tree.
But enough whining! Here comes your Saturday, large portion of inspiration from the knitting world and around Maschenfein.
Masks knitting
Well, do you already have a mask! I have accompanied by numerous curses in the past week a slew of masks sewn according to this tutorial. Have thereby determined: Sewing on the sewing machine is no longer my thing. But that's also because I no longer have a sewing room in which everything is ready in the right place. No, I have to set up the sewing machine, dig out the box with the fabrics, look for all the accessories together, not find everything and look again. Until I can then begin. Can I then but not for the time being, because the patience of the smallest Miss is already at the end after this action. So the sewing of the masks took several days and the living room completely devastated, because I just let the activities of the smallest Fräulein in this phase run (push chairs around, climb cabinets, clean out cupboards, distribute scraps of fabric). Also the cutting is no longer so mine...
... I much prefer to sit down in the corner when there are just a few minutes of air and knit a few rows.
Of course, you can also knit (or crochet) masks. There are a few good tutorials on the net, you must then feed the masks accordingly with a layer of fabric or even a filter. In the coming winter, we could then stylishly walk around the area. Who would have ever thought that?
A really good video tutorial on how I find very beautiful knitted mask copies can be found here. You can turn off the sound, watching is enough. You could use Catania in a trillion colors or ROWAN Cotton. Both washable without problems.
Cardigans, sweaters and co.
But also otherwise I have again discovered many beautiful things in the past week.
Cloudesly by Isabell Krämer, for example. Her new design from ITO Shimo, a wonderfully noble blend of wool and silk. The pattern are also available in German here on Ravelry. It is knitted seamlessly top down with the classic "contiguous set-in sleeve" method according to Susie Myers. The back is decorated with a fine pattern band, which is found on the front again before the lower cuff.
There is also a new design from Veera Valimäki and in SANDNES Børstet Alpakka, which is also already in our warehouse in a few beautiful new colors. You can find the pattern for the "Lempi Cardigan" here on Ravelry in English. You can knit it super fast on the side. It is worked on 5 and 6mm needles, so it goes very fast and is nice for cooler spring evenings.
If you are still looking for a huge spring shawl, the Glykos shawl by Dawn Henderson from Luma by The Fibre Company might be something for you. You can find the pattern here on Ravelry in English and the yarn Luma can be found here in our store.
Carol Feller has published a new design, the Transom Cardigan. You can find the tutorial in this digital magazine, where there are three more tutorials from her. You can also find more pictures and info about the cardigan on Ravelry. You could knit a summery version in two strands of ITO Kinu and Washi.
It's slipover or sweater time. After the first slipover, the simple Stockholm Slipover in stockinette stitch, was a huge success, now comes the second sleeveless slipover model: The Friday Slipover. It is also worked top to bottom, but in a pearl rib pattern instead of stockinette stitch. And it has a V-neck. It is knitted in two strands with Sandnes Sunday and Tynn Silk Mohair. You can find the pattern already here on Ravelry and soon also in German. You can also buy it now and try the Danish version, because the updates in other languages will be automatically available for all those who bought older versions of the tutorial. The wool package we make you then also the days ready.
I still have one for you, because I think it's just so cool and so different from everything else: the Jumper Folki I after a tutorial by Lenka Kacurova, which you can find here on Ravelry. If you want to knit it, then please contact me by mail, I can think of several combinations with the hand-dyed Balayage and or the Piura Arte.
Mother's Day Mystery Knit Along
Our Mother's Day Mystery Knit Along is just starting, the first part of the pattern is out. The first shawls are or will be pinned and in the Maschenfeinen Strickrunde we are flooding the net with beautiful Amelia beginnings. I'm so proud of our idea to offer many different packages this year, because it went down really well with you. There is something for everyone, with or without animal fibers, with or without fleece.... all info about the Knit Along and our Mother's Day shawl "Amelia" can be found here on this page.
It starts comfortably with the shawl "Amelia". This nice big shawl is knitted symmetrically from a design by Sandra, from the middle of the long side in the first part in garter stitch. With a nice center line and very simple increases.
Photos from top left to bottom right: Lavendula knitting package 6 in Suave by Pascuali as I am. Nicole knitting package 4 in Tynn Line and Tynn Silk Mohair. Sibel is knitting package 1 in Tynn Alpakka Ull and Tynn Silk Mohair. I already have this version at home because Sandra gave me the very first original Amelia shawl, hachz! Anja knits from the hand-dyed Balayage in the color Ancash. You can find many more Amelia beginnings in our Facebook knitting round and on Instagram with the hashtags #maschenfein #muttertagsmysteryKAL and #ameliaKAL .
I have also been busy knitting my second Amelia shawl and when I'm feeling a little better, very you me and my Amelia shawl on Instagram in the Stories.
Oh and as always there are of course also the pattern simply individually as PDF!
Other projects in the Maschenfein community
Claudia has finished knitting the Sorbet Cardigan. It fits perfectly to the spring weather. Knitted is in many beautiful colors of Tynn Silk Mohair, here you can find the wool package. Carolinchen has a spring-like Osaka on the needles, which is coming to an end and will be worn soon! Such beautiful colors!
Ulrike knits the patchwork scarf, triangle by triangle. You can find the pattern here and the matching knitting kit here. Lavendula has knitted the Kyler sh awl by Isabell Krämer from 5x Milano. I like it very much!
Now I wish you a hopefully peaceful Easter in this so extraordinary time!
About Marisa
I am Marisa, the founder behind Maschenfein. I made the first stitches with my grandma Lotti when I was about five years old. In 2014 I founded "Maschenfein". What started as a blog has now become exactly the online store for wool & knitting accessories that I always wanted. Together with my team I want to enrich the knitting world with inspiration, pattern, beautiful yarns and the best accessories.
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