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15. June 2021 By Simone Neumann

The true power of Needlework – calming down with Lisette blouse and Mezzo cardigan Last Monday we had a much-needed conversation about support and connection in the @needleworkmonday community and the respond to @crosheille’s wonderful post was overwhelmingly positive and understanding. We all planned to connect more with each other and to shift the focus […]

Knitting

Grey cardigan, grey days (metaphorical)

8. June 2021 By Simone Neumann

(Trigger and boredom warning: I only start to write about knitting in paragraph five. If you want to avoid reading about migraines and my whining, jump further down to the headline “the knitting”) I just yesterday wrote how much I love to read more about the daily life of you all, to learn about your […]

Knitting

4 reasons why designing your own knitted cardigan will make you happy

1. June 2021 By Simone Neumann

Okay: I have the will, I bought the yarn and I made a tension square… nothing can stop me now and if you have no clue what I am talking about than read my last post 😀 No, just kidding, naturally I will tell you here and now what I am up to:I want to […]

Knitting

How to design a flat knitted cardigan

25. May 2021 By Simone Neumann

My orange jacket is nearly done, and I should feel satisfied and proud, but dear needleworkers, with me there is always a “but”. More to this in a minute. What I did with the orange cardigan This orange cardigan is made after a pattern from a Danish book by Birgitta Forslund which has a lot […]

Sewing

Sewing Lisette blouse from La Maison Victor

11. May 2021 By Simone Neumann

(For the impatient readers who tire of my long-winded introduction: I will start to write about my expirience with the sewing pattern Lisette roughly at the fourth paragraph 😁) Could it be possible that I only can sew fitting garments with recycled fabric?Most of you know that I love to sew with stretch fabric because […]

Knitting

Mysterious Mistakes in Knitted Cardigan

27. April 2021 By Simone Neumann

Do you believe me when I tell you I do not want to write about mistakes I make while crafting? Again…? While I woke up today, I envisioned this wonderful post about a cardigan I knitted. It is a pattern from this lovely book: I started the cardigan a long time ago, but for some […]

Sewing

Dark magic and the checkered bedsheet dress

13. April 2021 By Simone Neumann

One day I want to start a blog post with the words: look, I made a dress and it turned out exactly as I wanted. And now you know which turn my checkered bedsheet dress took. AHHHHHHHH! Am I cursed? Should I start to search for hidden pentagrams in my sewing room, look for dead […]

Sewing

Designing the perfect tiered dress

30. March 2021 By Simone Neumann

Last time I wrote about my newly made knitted cardigan and I opened up about my fears, that the weather will be soon too warm to wear it: guess what happened… Yes, this is no mistake, our temperature went up from freezing in the night to 20 degrees. Kind of instant summer which lets me […]

Knitting

The cute but impractical knitted coat

16. March 2021 By Simone Neumann

Since some weeks we are having weather which promises spring on one day and winter the next (its called April weather in Germany, and it seems nobody likes April… :-D). My fingers are itching to plant and enjoy the garden and I am more than happy to finally start wearing less thick clothes. I hate […]

Sewing

I (don’t) care too much – Fibreart for International Women’s Day

8. March 2021 By Simone Neumann

For this years international women’s day during a worldwide pandemic I have chosen not to celebrate the successes of the collaborate effort of women which came before me, I have chosen to point out one part of (several) still existing injustices in women’s life: unpaid care work.I found this important to point out – this […]