Handicrafts
What I have learned myself by constantly exploring and re-doing, what I have found through long searches on the vastness of the internet.
Crocheted Little Bag
My niece’s birthday was coming up and I had no present at all. I considered all sorts of interesting little things, but finally settled on a bag I found online. It looked simple and, as I had managed to do absolutely nothing for quite some time, there were only a couple of days left. If…
Buttons Made from Yarn
I have quite a serious little obsession: if something is hand-knitted or crocheted, the buttons have to be handmade too. I hate fiddling about making buttons and, whenever possible, make things that do not need them, but… this time I had to. I took white yarn and wrapped it ten times around an ordinary pencil,…
Knitted Cardigan, Trousers, Hat and Booties
A very long time ago, nineteen years ago to be exact, I knitted a set like this for my youngest son, and a year ago for my grandchild. I like it so much that when a colleague wanted a set for her grandchild, I decided to make the same kind again. The difference is that…
Socks
I still have supplies of homespun wool from the days when my mother kept sheep in the countryside and we used to take the wool to be exchanged for yarn. We dyed it ourselves, using all sorts of methods, including making it multicoloured simply by tying sections of the yarn. What remains now are mostly…
Mittens
Next it was time to knit mittens. The first pair in my long life. I had never needed to because my mother knitted every kind of glove: plain ones, patterned ones, fingerless gloves, mittens and finger gloves. I would not have started now either, but a good friend asked whether I could make a pair…