d.i.y. striped spring & summer sweater (on repeat)

A super light and easy d.i.y. striped summer sweater!

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

Hop over to my Etsy shop if you want to make your one-piece summer sweater. It only takes a couple of days to knit it.

a 'striped' version of the good old baby blanket

Baby blanket inspiration.

I choose for a 'striped' baby blanket for the future babyroom of our expected grandson. A non-obvious version wich i love, after some shuffling with 36 squares on the kitchen table.

You can find the baby blanket pattern in my ETSY SHOP.

And below some photos from years ago with different versions of the crochet pattern.

The original is from 2010.

striped or checkered?

New on ETSY; striped & checkered!

Same colors, different pattern.
Which pair would you choose?

Get them before they are gone.

And you'd better hurry cause today is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year ;-)

striped curtain

Spicy stripes for the curtain in the dormer window on our sloping attic room.

A good crochet project to use the colored wool from marrakech, in very easy filet-crochet harlequin pattern. I started it some weeks ago, not knowing what it would be.

Well, in the end it's a 'crocheted curtain anno 2019' and obviously it was not exactly fitting the window size. Do you see the subtle line? I subsequently made it a little bit longer. That's what I like about handmade; never perfect...

The colorful crochet fabric is made horizontal, but I preferred to hang it vertically.

In our (almost) all-white attic bedroom it's okay to use some colour.
I am thrilled with how serene this space turned out with the filtered light. Great atmosphere!

slashes

You can look anywhere and find inspiration. (Frank Gehry)

...and sometimes the inspiration for the backside of a handmade harlequin pillow comes from a parking.



At the moment I was preparing this post, the harlequin/striped pillow was still for sale in my Etsy shop. In the meantime it's sold! (wanted to share my inspiration for the slashes anyway...)

rotterdam in december - checkered & striped

beanie - made by me ☆ checkered coat - isabel marant ☆ striped sweater - made by me (pattern available in my etsy shop) ☆ legging - hema ☆ boots - souk marrakech ☆ basket - handwoven from nairobi

knitted stripes & crocheted harlequins

New in the S H O P

a bit of knitted
a bit of crochet
one side stripes
and one side harlequins.

slim stripes

A new pillow design; harlequin meets stripe.
The pastel colors make this pillow so summery.
The pillow is reversible and 'tied together' to fringes.
Harlequins & slim stripes, a perfect match!