Some years ago, in a scorching summer (for Dutch conditions), I created the Soul of the Sea Shawl. A pattern inspired by the deep and dark blue sea. I always had a connection to the sea; wherever I am on this planet, and there is a sea or ocean nearby, I have to see it.... Lees verder →
Finally, I can reveal a big secret...and a new pattern! I have been working on this for the past six months together with Tineke Tap. One of the largest projects I ever made and I can finally introduce it: meet Seaside Serendipity. It has become the next big project after my Spice Market pattern -... Lees verder →
It has been already four months ago since I wrote a blog post. Something I often did as I really like writing down some stuff once in a while as it is always a good thing to ventilate your thoughts and feelings by writing them down. But I decided I really needed a break from... Lees verder →
Well here it is ! The third edition of my mosiac tiles patterns. As previous Medina mosaic tiles and the Tibet tiles, this third one is also inspired on a region of our world. And as the title says, we're traveling to the North part of our world. And when I think about the North... Lees verder →
I have waited a while to finally release this pattern. It is one i'm proud of and something new to my collection of designs. I came to the conclusion I never designed a shawl pattern before, so it became time to add one to the collection. As theme i took the sea and ocean. A... Lees verder →
Well it is time for a new pattern and a special one. Floating Lanterns was for a long time on my mind and earlier this year i already gave you the choice to this pattern out of four lovely options. It came out secondly as the Messier pattern was chosen first. In the end i'm glad... Lees verder →
I feel like it is time to write down something about my first official publication at Scheepjes. It has been a few days now since the new Scheepjes YARN book-a-zine is out now and in it is my Hydra blanket. I can't believe how great this one turned out and the way Scheepjes presented this... Lees verder →
And here is my newest design, the "Messier" crochet pattern. A large crocheted circle inspired on Charles Messier who discovered the famous M-objects throughout space. I'm not gonna write down too much information about the full details of M-objects as all is to find in the pattern as well and way more fun to... Lees verder →
In the pattern that I work on at the moment that will be released later I work a lot with beaded crochet stitches. Working with beads isn't really hard as you only have to know the knowledge of making a basic stitch, but as it is with everything...you only need to know how to do... Lees verder →
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