Little details....

... turn even the simplest garment into a treasure. Just have a look at Claire's vintage doll's cardigan. Perfect seams and a stich with a tiny details. Gorgeous! See you Sunday!

Make-over in Oostende

You're probably familiar with "make-over" stories in magazines. Here is our very own, made in Oostende:

Before - A basic stuffed toy pattern by Dawn Toussaint:

After - The finished Pinkie Pie for a very happy little girl:

Christmas cheer

Yesterday, I bought a Christmas tree and went ice skating on the Wapenplein with Lieven and the children - Oostende is sparkling at the moment. The Christmas lights are very pretty (espcially noteworthy is the old sailing ship, The Mercator, which has twinkling lights up the two masts and the rigging, and the floral clock in Maria Hendrikapark). So, if you are not yet in the mood for Christmas, or feeling festive, here are Rozemie's marvellously cheery winter wonders to get you in the mood. Perfectly executed, as always, and totally loveable - aren't they great?

Finished!!!!

Doubts and difficulties are a thing of the past! I don't often write about my own work but I could not resist showing you all the famous baby blanket now it's finished. After all, if you've been coming to the knitting club regularly, you'll have lived with this project as long as me. I'm sending it off tomorrow and I'm sorry you won't have the chance to see it in the flesh. Needless to say, I worried for nothing - it's actually turned out very well and I like it alot. It's colourful, soft, pretty and cosy with a vintage, but quite contemporary feel. It's lovely! I used Debbie Bliss Cashmerino (from Stoffenidee in Ghent), a size 4.0mm hook and a basic Afghan pattern. To finish, I crocheted two rounds of double crochet in white, then a row of treble's in green, a row of trebles in purple, a row of trebles in white and then a simple picot stitch edging. What more can I say, except that it took A LOT of time!

Here are the 2011-2012 dates for your diaries:

Volgende afspraak: zondag 4 december, 11am - 3pm.

Geen brei club in januari.

Terug op de eerste zondag in februari, zondag 5th februari, 11am - 3pm.

And have you seen Sini's Etsy shop? Ladies and gentlemen, if you ever doubted you could sell your knitting on line, you CAN!!! Let this be an encouragement to us all and, Sini, we wish you lots of luck and success with your new venture. Let us know how it goes. http://www.etsy.com/people/sinthashop?ref=pr_profile

A masterpiece

Ines has every right to smile - she's just finished Kate Davies' Paper Dolls sweater in Rowan fine tweed.

If you don't know Kate Davies, read her inspiration blog here: http://textisles.com/ The Paper Dolls pattern can be downloaded here: http://textisles.com/designs/paper-dolls/

It was wonderful to finally see one of Kate Davies' designs knitted up and, of course, it's abslutely gorgeous. Such an inspiration.

Congratulations Ines!

Made in Oostende: Pascale's stunning scarf

This photograph of Pascale's beautiful scarf was taken in Ghent on Sunday. It's simply gorgeous - partly beacuse of the wool but mainly because it has been finished with such love, care and attention to detail. Crochet at it's best! A 'dikke proficiaat' Pascale!

NB. From now on we'll be posting the Made in Oostende projects on the home page (it's easier) but maintaing a list of links to the posts on the Made in Oostende page as well as labelling the posts so you can find them again.