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Crochet

Knit to be seen! Easy bobble hat and crochet cowl pattern

27. November 2018 By Simone Neumann

I am an attention seeker. I want fame and honour. An applauding audience at every step I make. I want to be seen in my glorious beauty (by now you perhaps notice the irony). No pedestrian nor driver should pass me without admiring my outfit (yes @cryptocariad I remember your comment ) and with these […]

Sewing

Do you think before you sew?

20. November 2018 By Simone Neumann

Naturally we are all thinking constantly, while eating and walking, while reading and baking and while sewing. Contrary to some meditation teachers our brain cannot stop to think while it is alive. Nevertheless, although I am alive during sewing (mostily) my sewing is not always well considered. In my dreams handmade clothes should follow the […]

Knitting

Knitting the Pipipink Sweater

12. November 2018 By Simone Neumann

I still do not understand my crafty soul. I seem to work in strange spacings. For weeks and month, I started one new project after the other but never finish them. And suddenly there is this one project which I work from start to finish. This one project is like a starting signal to unbury […]

Knitting

Fast fashion rant with knitted solution – how to knit mock rib stitch

7. November 2018 By Simone Neumann

19,95 € Really!!??! If it were knitted, I perhaps could convince myself that it is made with a machine in a big industrial building in less than 5 minutes, but crochet, so cheap!? No way. You already know from last week that I was in Frankfurt and that after all many museums were closed my […]

Sewing

Ida-Dress for Dinosaurs

29. October 2018 By Simone Neumann

A big hello to you all and I missed you so much. I was one week in Frankfurt and as we came back we had a funny water problem in the bathroom. So funny that I am only now back to writing for #needleworkmonday. The water of shower and basin did not stop to run. […]

Sewing

Toaster Sweater Mania

9. October 2018 By Simone Neumann

No, these three words in the title are not random. They have a deeper meaning. They proof that I can sew a sweater that I can sew a sweater in three attempts that Sew House Seven makes wonderful patterns. Wow, I got the sentence finished, this was tough 😅 As always, my first passage […]

Knitting

Flu(ffy) knitting – knitting a wrap cardigan while having a cold

2. October 2018 By Simone Neumann

First, beware: Do not lick this post, wash your hands after reading and disinfect your computer, I have the flu… With this security advice out of the way, wool, magazines and knitting will follow. I had a very busy week, so not too much ‘hobby-knitting’ for me. The bit of knitting I have done was […]

Everything Else

Miette Addiction – ahem update on my knitted cardigan

24. September 2018 By Simone Neumann

Last week I asked for your advice regarding my grey Miette cardigan from Andi Satterlund (1). And you lovingly helped me with your button- and sleeve-wisdom. So, I wanted to let you know, I (mostly) followed your hints. Today I present you my finished Miette cardigan. I started with the neckline update: I worked two […]

Knitting

Diving deep into buttonland

18. September 2018 By Simone Neumann

Some month ago I told you about Randolph Carter , about the crazy dreamlands of H.P. Lovecraft. I described you some of the gruesome tales Lovecraft spun for his readers: rats in the walls, alien entities in the sea, strange scribblings in old and musty books. But the biggest horrors of all Lovecraft probably never […]

Crochet

What to gift a master crafter

11. September 2018 By Simone Neumann

Do you like to buy or make birthday presents? I love this… If the job of a ‘present-buyer’ would exist, it should be mine (if you also want it, no problem, I would share :-D) Naturally there are some basic parameters which should be fulfilled, like me not being broke and having a bit of […]