Lilirious knits

I completely forgot to post this on the blog! I’ve neglected my blog for a few days because of the Queen/Kingsday preparations (yes I dress in orange), and the overall excitement being in Iran the next two weeks. I need to pack, I need to take my work stuff, I need to finish some things before I go.. the list is almost endless..

Now that you’ve heard my lame excuses, let me (finally) present my second online pattern:

You’ve seen Altocumulus come by a number of times, but now you can download the pattern in English and in Dutch on the patterns page. The Farsi translation is in the works, so I’ll keep you posted.

A short post today, because I’ve already said a lot about this pattern, and it’s free so you can just go ahead and download it

I hope you like it

I’ve been knitting them! I keep forgetting how much I love knitting socks. They are great because they are very portable, lightweight, mostly mindless and most of all: very fun to knit! I mostly use socks as in-between knitting, or when I have to wait.

The pattern is “By the River Seine” and I think the pattern is very cute. I usually CO 60 for socks, but this time I CO 72. It might be a little big, but I’m willing to thoroughly enjoy the process of reknitting this very addictive pattern

This is the backside of the work. I love how the striping in the yarn behaves What makes the work just a tiny bit slow is knitting through the back loop. I know why it’s important, and I know it makes for very pretty stitches, but it’s still a slower process.

Something not knitting related. Spring has finally arrived and I’ve been in a very cheery mood the past few days/ weeks. It’s been sunny and nice out (albeit rather windy), and I’ve been spending some time on the balcony with the cats.

This is my cat Noodles being unimpressed by the 4 story height, and (I guess now I know why they call it a ‘catwalk’) strutting around like she owns the place. She can’t escape, so all she does is walk around and try to peek at the neighbors.

I really like the silhouette in this picture. Kitties are so graceful

My 2 year old nephew visited me a while ago and now I have the most awesome art hanging on my wall

Now I’m off clearing out my basement, I need to make room for.. YARN! (what else..?)

If you follow me on anything other than the blog you’ve probably already noticed that I’ve ‘officially’ published my first pattern; Erasmus.

The pattern is available in English, and will soon also be available in Dutch and Farsi (I need to have it proofread to make sure there are no strange errors in them).

As you may have noticed I added a new page for patterns. Here you’ll find the downloadable patterns of my designs. I hope you enjoy them, and please feel free to contact me if you have questions/ found an error/ just want to drop a line