Tubularity-Video
How do I wear Tubularity? In this little video I demonstrate some possibilities: How to wear Tubularity on Vimeo.
Tubularity
I like my knitting mindless and simple, preferably without any purl stitches. But I also want the excitement of vibrant colors – and a useful, versatile result! If you are like me, you will love “Tubularity”: It is a… Read More
Rainbow Sock
I really had planned to knit rainbow-colored socks during the Olympic Games in Sochi, but somehow I did not get around to it. I loved the idea to set a sign for equality in this world, had the… Read More
Easy
Little shawlettes in garter stitch are just great: They look pretty in a colorful yarn a joy to wear – and the knitting is just a breeze. They are perfect for beginning knitters because they offer great results… Read More
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Tomorrow is my Mom’s birthday, and this is my gift for her: A pair of very warm socks made of Wollmeise Twin (colorway “Suzanne”). I knit half of the second sock during my flight to New York, the… Read More
Matchmaker
Here is my new design: Matchmaker! A generous cowl that can also be worn as a small triangular shawlette. The shape is new and special and it’s supereasy to knit. Only knit stitches, an increase here and there… Read More
Pimp your Bag
It’s been about a year that I own this little black bag (“Side Effect” by Tom Bihn), but I have started using it only recently. It’s not exactly stylish, but such a pleasure to use: several pockets inside,… Read More
New Pattern Booklet in German
Here is my new pattern booklet for those knitters here in Germany who do not have access to the internet or prefer to knit from a book rather from a screen:
Suzanne, the Sock
When I visited Wollmeise a couple of weeks ago, I needed a little carry-on-project that I could knit while waiting for the plane, during the flight (luckily no one confiscated my knitting needles during security check!) and while… Read More
Stricken macht noch schöner
Mein Buch “Stricken macht schön” hat eine kleine Beauty-OP hinter sich: Vor ein paar Wochen fragte mich mein Verlag BoD, ob sie mein Buch als Teil der Reihe “Edition BoD” neu auflegen dürfen. Herausgeber der Reihe ist Vito… Read More
Strickmich! Club Countdown
Signups for Strickmich! Club are closed for 2014! Thanks a lot to everyone who participates.
In da Club IV: Heike Rehfeldt / Wollkenschaf
And here, finally, is our fourth dyer for Strickmich! Club: Lovely Heike Rehfeldt and her Wollkenschaf-yarns! (“Wollkenschaf” is a word play in German, meaning something like “the cloudy, woolly sheep”.) When a friend of mine showed me… Read More
In da Club III: Claudia Hoell-Wellmann aka Wollmeise
Claudia Hoell-Wellmann and her “Rohrspatz & Wollmeise“-yarns hardly need an introduction, because her beautiful color-creations are well known and appreciated by knitters around the globe. Since I came across my first skeins of Wollmeise… Read More
In da Club II: Nicole and Cordula / DyeForYarn
Silky, shiny with intense, saturated colors – yarns like that are true gems and hard to find: silk fibers do not take the pigments handdyers use very well. But Nicole Eitzinger (left on the picture) and Cordula Surmann-Schmitt… Read More
A little reading
I will be doing a little reading in a small town near Hamburg on 27th Nov:
There will be … a Club!
Very big news: In 2014 there will be a Strickmich!-Club! I will design four patterns for the club, and they will be delivered each with a special hand-picked, exclusively hand-dyed yarn from the most talented hand-dyers in Germany…. Read More
Designing – III
My Design Process – Part III Knit (this time for real). I know that many designers let others knit their samples to save time – but that’s one thing I would never do! I just love knitting my own designs…. Read More
Designing – II
My Design Process – Part II Swatch (if required). Yes, sure, you have heard it before: Swatching is a necessary prerequisite for knitting and designing. That said, I have to admit that for my shawlette designs, I rarely… Read More
Designing – I
So what does the design process look like? I am sure that every knitwear designer has a different answer to this one. So here is what works for me: The Idea. There are different sources of inspiration. Sometimes… Read More