Strickmich! Club 2017: Miss Babs
Surprise! Our fourth dyer is a true superstar in the world of handdyed yarns: Babs Ausherman aka Miss Babs from Mountain City, Tennessee. Do I really have to say it? To me, it’s a dream come true having… Read More
Strickmich! Club 2017: Bilum
… and here she is, our third dyer for Strickmich! Club 2017: Zsofi Csongor and her insanely beautiful handdyed gradient Bilum yarns. They are truly special, as producing yarns with long color changes by hand is a very… Read More
Strickmich! Club 2017: Das Mondschaf
Our beloved Mondschaf (“Moon-Sheep”) is back and will dye for Strickmich! Club 2017! I am really excited about this, as Sabrina Gleiß has already proved in Strickmich! Club 2015 that she is able to produce the most intensive,… Read More
Strickmich! Club 2017: Nature’s Luxury
Danica Mäder Jully has an unmatched instinct to find luxury and beauty – that’s what you will notice when you… Read More
Heaven of Fiber Tools
Our summer vacation last year was a dream come true: I admired the colorful ponds in Yellowstone National Park, we saw bisons and moose and exquisite stone formations in Arches National Park. For me, however, visiting the legendary… Read More
Lesung beim Wollfest Hamburg
Am Samstag Nachmittag hatte ich das große Vergnügen, beim Wollfest Hamburg eine Kleine Lesung zu halten – hier ist der Text nochmal zum Nachlesen. Viel Spaß dabei! Martina •••••••••• Stricken in schwierigen Zeiten – oder auch: Draußen geht die Welt… Read More
Hitchhiker Beyond
Hey, is that a Hitchhiker? No wait, something is different… There are teeth all around your neck! And many more than 42! And it’s symmetric! How did you do that? Simple: This is not a Hitchhiker, but a… Read More
Miss Babs in Strickmich! Shop
Good news: We are now able to offer a small but beautiful selection of Miss Babs handdyed Yarn in Strickmich! Shop – so you can order the yarns I used for my patterns Brickless and Miss Winkle from within… Read More
Knitters’ DNA
Knitters are special people. We love to transform what sheep and creative handdyers offer us into warm, useful and fun items. We gush over beautifully dyed skeins, we stroke them and hold them next to our skin, we… Read More
Shrug & More: Useful Hints
Here are a few useful hints for knitting Shrug & More: About the crossed stitches, short rows and more! Shrug & More (Vimeo Link) from Martina Behm on Vimeo.
How to wear Shrug & More
Here’s a little video that about Shrug & More: How to wear Shrug & More on Vimeo
It’s happening!
Things are hap-pening around here: First of all – all Strickmich! Club parcels of the second shipment 2016 have left the building this Tuesday. They are on their way to our excited members, and I am really looking… Read More
Goodies
Dear Knitters, I have been incredibly busy during the past weeks: I taught two classes at Edinburgh Yarn Festival (so great! You should definitely go next year if you have the chance), knit the next pattern for Strickmich!… Read More
March 12th: Open Studio and a Special Guest
I am so looking forward to this: On the day of our next Open Studio knitting event on March 12th, hand dyer Heike Rehfeldt will join us and offer a selection of her gorgeous Wollkenschaf yarns here in… Read More
Class: The little knitting things
I will teach a little knitting Class at our event on March 12th here at my house. It’s in German, but if you are interested, please drop me a line at mail at strickmich dot de.
I am now MartinaBehm on Ravelry
When I chose my Ravelry Name a couple of years ago, “Martina” was already taken, and as I wanted something short an number-free, I just exchanged the “r” for an “l” and became “Maltina”. I was only mildly… Read More
Blunk the Hat as a Kit
In my online Shop I am now offering kits for “Blunk the Hat” with the beautiful gradient yarns by Schoppel. Unfortunately we are currently not able to ship outside Germany – but we are working on it! In… Read More