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Sewing

6. July 2021 By Simone Neumann

Last Monday we shared a collective experience of secrecy and mystery: the amazing @needleworkmonday challenge “Tease Us!” But not every teasing is harmless… no sometimes the teasing turns deadly serious (no fear, this is only me joking). @marblely thought she could hear the soundtrack of twilight zone and I say yes , right you are. […]

Sewing

A wild story about mosquitoes, aliens, and needlework

29. June 2021 By Simone Neumann

Two days ago, I had a long and introspective day in the garden. I focused on an exercise from struthless to organise or better to get the second half of 2021 on track. It was a long exercise, 11 steps with a lot of writing, thinking and a bit of painting (to keep me interested). […]

Crochet

Two steps forward, one step backwards

22. June 2021 By Simone Neumann

Searching for the perfect yarn I shortly pondered if I should change the proverb into “two steps backwards and one step forward”, because I got near to nothing done this week (on the crafting side). You remember I was so excited about the hexagon crochet pattern I saw on Instagram and about my own design […]

Crochet

The true power of Needlework

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 […]