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This week we are making all the Diamonds. This motif is a much plainer diamond that provides some breathing space or a harmonious pause to all the texture of the square and popcorn diamond. So once again we will be focusing on shape this week and using the same techniques to get those nice sharp…
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It’s CAL day again! This week we are making all the Popcorn Diamonds. This motif is about the texture and the shape. We will be using a lot of the same tricks to get nice pointy corners that were used in weeks 1&2 with the triangles, and it is also full of back post stitches…
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It’s CAL day again! This week we are making all the squares. The triangle motif was all about the shape, the square motif is all about the texture. It is full of back post stitches and popcorn stitches. Take a moment to read the tips on gauge this week as we now need to make…
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Welcome to my main page for the Scheepjes CAL 2024: Festival of Lights! Here you will find lots of important information and helpful tips and tricks. Don’t worry if this is a lot of information at once, I will also be posting helpful tips and progress pictures for each part of the CAL along with…
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Hooray! It’s CAL Day!!! Welcome to the official start of the Scheepjes Festival of lights CAL. For the first part of the CAL we will be working on the triangle motifs. There are a lot of them, so this section is going to span over two weeks. The written PDF of the pattern can be…
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Can I admit that I have been sitting on this pattern for a while and have finally worked up the courage to publish it? This is my first knit pattern, I had originally set out to design something simple in knit to try out the new, at the time, Arcadia Yarn. However, as I kept…
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WOW! Thank you all so much for the positive response to the Festival of Lights CAL announcement. Since there was so much excitement and I was excited, I took some time to compile a list of answers for some of the more common questions and concerns that I have been seeing. Let jump right in!…
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EEEEEEEK!!, I have been holding on to this exciting news for a long time now and today I finally get to share with everyone! I am the designer for the final Scheepjes CAL for 2024, Festival of Lights. For me, a highlight of the Scheepjes community is the big annual CAL. In the Scheepjes Facebook…
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These instructions are written to go with my Squiggle Squares purse but will work for almost any pattern that can be turned into an open cylinder of fabric. I am a bit rough on my purses so I knew that If I was going to crochet a purse for myself, it would need a bit…
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These instructions are written to go with my Squiggle Squares purse but will work for almost any purse that is rectangular: flat or three dimensional. I am a bit rough on my purses so I knew that If I was going to crochet a purse for myself, it would need a lining, and so I…