Handwerkbeurs Zwolle

Last Friday I was at the "Handwerkbeurs" in Zwolle. It was the first knitting and craft show that I attended. A lot of stands, and many were beautifully adorned.


I met many fellow ravelers and have my own Ravelry button now.


It was really fun to see so many knitters in real life, knit some, talk some and buy some.


I got some yarn, some needles, some books and knitted a little sock. When I got home I was tired, but it was a lovely day.


How strange it is that when you are knitting, a lot of (usually) elderly women come to fondle your work, without even asking. I know they want to admire it and only mean well, but it can be a little intimidating.

Last ends woven in

I completed this top somewhere in the summer of 2008, but have only woven in the last ends today.


This picture shows the lace design better, but the top picture comes closer to the actual colour.

Bedside knitting

I usually have a knitting project by the side of my bed, so I can knit a little before going to sleep or getting up. I finished one project: the Prosperous Plum Tank (ravelry link). I changed the pattern section into something simpler, so I did not need to consult the pattern for that. And I changed the crab stitch crochet edging into two rows of single crochet, because I could not get the crab stitch nice and even.


This is my new bedside knitting project. A top-down raglan sweater with a fold-down collar and a polo neck closure with two buttonholes. The top part will be knitted in stockinette stitch and the bottom part will have a mistake rib pattern. At least, that is what I have in mind at the moment.