striped summer sweater - d.i.y.

Oh, lookie. The striped summer sweater!

New in my ETSY SHOP; an easy to follow knitting pattern with detailed description in English and Dutch version.

Summer is on the way and what is it about stripes that they just scream S U M M E R ?!
Probably it has something to do with sailing on those summer seas.

Who doesn't want lilac & yellow stripes for summer evenings?

Hop over to my Etsy shop and knit your one-piece summer sweater in only a couple of days.

lilac knitted one-piece sweater

First autumn day and I am in the mood to knit. Do you recognize this behavior?

I found some soft lilac yarn at Zeeman, named Julia and I decided to knit a new one-piece sweater.

It goes pretty fast with knitting needle 8mm and it's super easy to knit this one-piece sweater.

My new favorite color is lilac. It started with my lilac jumpsuit that I bought in Vienna in March. Since then I notice that it is slowly becoming my favorite color. Lilac looks great with many colors.

You can find the knitted one-piece sweater pattern in my Etsy shop. The Julia yarn is also available in other beautiful colors, in case you are not to keen about lilac. You need about 6 balls of Julia yarn for the sweater.

notting hill

London - 8th of January - 11776 steps

Breakfast at 'home'
Coffee at Deeney's
Underground to Notting Hill
Portobello Road
Drink on the terrace at The Walmer Castle
Lunch at Gail's
Afternoon walk in the Notting Hill Area in perfect sunny weather (found the same vintage car and street art as in February 2016 when I walked there with Minne)
Underground back to Leyton
Dinner at home

bring on the wool wardrobe!

The woolen winter collection has been brought out from the attic again.

I could easily 'live' in these homemade sweaters and cardigans from now on.

The loopy cardigan and tweed yarn sweaters I made in previous years.

Right now I'm knitting a harlequin spencer, a project that I started shortly before I went to Marrakech and continued last week. It's almost finished, I only have to 'design' the neck and put it together.

You can find the patterns of this whole pile in my ETSY SHOP. So if you fancy a homemade sweater or cardigan? Have a look at the patterns, download your favorite one and...

Bring on the wool!

knitted one-piece sweater pattern - easy level

I get a lot of questions from beginning knitters. The ask me if I think, they can make my knitted (striped) sweater...
Well it's an easy to follow pattern, but when you've never made a sweater before, it might be a bit difficult to start with.

When you are a beginner and you would love to knit something else than just scarfs, this is a great project for you!

For the beginner knitters amongst you, I designed a brand new super easy knitted one-piece sweater!

I'm sure you are able to complete this project. It is easier than you think.

This knitted sweater you knit in only one piece. The sweater is reversible, there are no seems on the shoulder. Both sides have a different look.

I made this sweater with dark green tweed yarn, from a Dutch textile super.

You can download the KNITTED ONE-PIECE SWEATER PATTERN in my Etsy shop.

It's also a great pattern for advanced knitters, because the tricky part of putting your knitted sweater together, is a lot easier now.