Browsed by
Category: Tutorials

Kiwi As! Summer Socks
Tutorial: Ladderback Jacquard knitting in the round – your stretchy Fair Isle friend

Tutorial: Ladderback Jacquard knitting in the round – your stretchy Fair Isle friend

Comments 0 Comment

While testing for my new pattern Kiwi as! Summer Socks (coming soon!) I was looking for a better way to do Fair Isle in the round when you have to carry the contrasting yarn around a larger area without knitting it. I came across the Ladderback Jacquard method, which is so brilliantly easy that it is just perfect for me. I was always intimidated by colourwork. Whenever I tried to knit it in the round it was just not very…

Read More Read More

Summer Skies Hat knitting pattern
Summer Skies Hat – FREE PATTERN –

Summer Skies Hat – FREE PATTERN –

Comments 4 comments

Don’t we all have this proverbial yarn-skeleton in our closet? That ball of yarn that isn’t just ever going to fit any project we’ll start. Because it’s simply not you. Right? I never hid the fact that I am completely not in love with the colour pink. My dislike for it even seems to spark some amusement among my friends, so one of my closest friends wrapped her wedding gift for us into a whole 300 yards of baby pink…

Read More Read More

Mumpitz Design blog
Will it blend? Scrap-blending techniques

Will it blend? Scrap-blending techniques

Comments 12 comments

For me this year is all about learning new techniques. And as I really love working with scraps of yarn and use everything to the last millimetre, I have been busy collecting and testing new (for me) techniques of blending. Most designs I see on *Hot right now* use one or the other technique of blending/fading/overlapping colours into one another. And if you look at the prices… I might as well just knit. It really isn’t that difficult. Take your choice…

Read More Read More

Mumpitz Design blog
Knit Hearts to be my Valentine – Free pattern

Knit Hearts to be my Valentine – Free pattern

Comments 7 comments

Oops, It’s Valentine’s again 😛 There’s always something I seem to forget when it comes to holidays. I have the perfect last minute gift for you that will make you and everyone you gift it to very happy. They look good on your bag, with your keys, as a general decoration and will definitely be a great idea for your Valentine. They also make a cute Thank You gift or table decor. I made a whole bunch of these once…

Read More Read More

hot air balloons mobile knitting pattern by Mumpitz Design
Hot Air Balloons Love

Hot Air Balloons Love

Comments 2 comments

One of my favorite pastime is to make things from leftovers. Colourful, unique, special and beautiful, things that are never the same no matter how often you knit them. And if they make others happy, even better! I’ve been busily working away on my Sockables so that I get this lovely jar full of leftovers which I intend to use for my next few projects 🙂 Can’t wait to mix and match!! But my absolute favourite project with these bits…

Read More Read More

Hdnknit socks from hand dyed yarns
Knitting Sock Heels: Afterthought vs Boomerang

Knitting Sock Heels: Afterthought vs Boomerang

Comments 3 comments

2017 is the year of de-stashing. At least for me. I’ve told you already that my challenge for this year to knit ONLY from stash yarns. And so far I’ve kept this promise that I made to myself (I haven’t even thought about buying more yarn, I must be seriously sick…). Also I want to learn a few new things this year, so let’s get started. Better late than never. After an incredible sock-frenzy that yielded ten pairs of socks…

Read More Read More

Hot Waffles Socks FREE knitting pattern
Hot Waffles Socks knitting pattern

Hot Waffles Socks knitting pattern

Comments 9 comments

I am knitting a lot while commuting. So I need small projects to take with me that are satisfyingly quick to knit and don’t need much brain activity in the process. If you are a frequent traveler, too, you might want to give this a try. And because I’m nice I wrote it down just for you :). Take it wherever you go and create something lovely and brainless with it (although the brainless part doesn’t show, I promise!). I…

Read More Read More