You read that right: Whirl is now being sold in 15 extra delicious ombre shades! When I found out that there would be new shades of Whirl, a longtime wish of mine had been fulfilled. The regular Whirls have beautiful gradients, but sometimes you just wish to stick to one colour, you know? And it …
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The pattern for the Maple Leaf Shawl is also available as a printfriendly, styled and advertisement free PDF in the Haak Maar Raak shop. The leaves are falling and as we’re gearing up for rainstorms and cosy fires, the days are slowly getting shorter. While it’s not quite Winter yet, the weather is getting …
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“Ombre: having colours or tones that shade into each other —used especially of fabrics in which the colour is graduated from light to dark.” – Merriam-Webster dictionary. Ever since ombre became a thing, I’m obsessed with it. The word originates from the Latin word ‘Umbra’, which means shadow. While you can take that very literal in terms …
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It’s a happy day when my copy of YARN pops through the mailbox. Scheepjes has just released their YARN bookazine FOLK, the 6th issue thus far. The theme of this issue is FOLK, and the bookazine is a riot of whimsical, colourful and unique designs! To show you all the ins and outs of the …
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YARN bookazine 6 FOLK It’s that time of the year again where you get all giddy about Autumn and Winter and Cold and Christmas. For a while I’ve been working with Scheepjes on the new issue of the YARN bookazine and this afternoon it was finally ready: YARN 6 hit the stores! The theme of …
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It’s finished! This crochet blanket has been a labour of love! Those of you who follow me on Instagram might have already read the story of this blanket. Or rather, the story of how I almost got detained at a UAE Airport over a blanket. Sit down for #storytime! I started working on this blanket …
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