In my digital photo archives it first appears in 2002. On a lost morning somewhere in the second half of the 1990s I dropped by at my favourite clothes shop, [...]
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A Yellow Sweater
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A scarf and a hat for a one year old
Over the summer I’ve worked on a few different projects. One that I thought was going to be quick and easy saw its final touch only last week … For …
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The checkered scarf Tony’s mom made
Lees dit artikel in het Nederlands Lisez cet article en français Quite often people look at knitting as a winter activity. But if you want to wear that new sweater …
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Being kind to the animals
A member of a local knitting group posted this announcement on their Facebook page: Asos plans to ban mohair, cashmere and silk from next year and noted in the comments …
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Slow Fashion Market
Last Saturday was Oxfam Day here in Brussels in one of those splendid buildings at Tour & Taxis. The theme of the day was fair fashion and on the program …
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H+H Goes Green
Last Friday I travelled to Cologne for H+H, the international trade fair for creative handicraft and hobby supplies. It’s the largest trade fair for textile hobby supplies in Europe, the …
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Jan’s Isometric Scarf
In January I wrote about Rib Magazine, a magazine specifically created for men who knit or those who wish to knit for them. When we received issues 2 and 3 we …
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Knitting with double yarn
There’s only a limited choice of GOTS-certified yarns on the market. Taking the yarn double increases the number of choices, but the label never mentions a needle size or a …
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Double Knitting
This week I’ve taken up double knitting again. I almost forgot how much fun that is. Quite a while ago I wanted to knit multi-coloured mittens. I looked for a …
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