I’m not a huge gift knitter, but this year, I have a few handmade presents planned, and they’re keeping my needles completely busy. While I’m really enjoying making for people I care about, I’ve also started to daydream about what I might cast on when the last gift is cast off! I usually have a thousand and one thoughts swirling in my head about what I’d like to knit next, and the challenge is sifting through all the inspiration to figure out what I need or what to knit most. So the other day, I broke open my new Strickplaner to start getting organised for 2022.
Read moreStrickplaner, but not as you know it...
We are absolutely delighted to be stocking Martina Behm’s fantastic Strickplaner again this year. She has taken lots of feedback for the planner, and it has had a makeover… It’s no longer an annual diary, but rather a book that you can use over a number of years to track your knitting projects, and spoiler alert – we love it!
Read moreKeeping Track with My Strickplaner
Suddenly, it’s October! As we head into the last quarter of the year, I’ve had a real urge to get both my time and space organised and planned, and I’ve been using my Strickplaner to help me do it. Today, I thought I’d show you two features of the planner that help me stay on track and celebrate progress.
Read moreHow I Strickplaner
The other day, I was listening to Episode 3 of the Uncut podcast which was all about finding time to craft. With limited free time and seemingly endless projects I want to tackle, this is something I think about a lot! My Strickplaner really helps me make the most of snippets of free time — today I’ll share a little bit about how I use it to organize my craft time and life more generally!
Read morePlanning my Time for Socks
I’ve been thinking about what I’d like to knit in 2020, and one of the things that has been at the front of my mind is that I’d like to make more socks. I’ve always enjoyed sock knitting, but it has been a while since I made anything more complex than a plain vanilla sock, or a pair with a straightforward stitch pattern. I love how the small canvas that a sock gives can be used to put together complex patterns. I have a few patterns in my Ravelry queue that I’d like to work through: Bitter & Twisted by Jimenez Joseph and Delbert by Rachel Coopey are high on the list.
So I have set myself a challenge to make 12 pairs of socks in 2020. In normal life a pair of socks would take me around 10 days of knitting, so I think that this is a reasonable goal to set. I can knit some socks for smaller members of the family if I get behind!
I thought it might be interesting to show you how I’ve set up my Strickplaner for 2020, as I’m planning to use it to keep myself on track with my knitting goals for the year…
Read moreFive Reasons I Love my Strickplaner
The Strickplaner 2020 is now on sale! I’m thrilled that we are stocking this wonderful paper planner for the third year running. This clever planner, developed by Martina Behm in collaboration with WeekView, a small German planner company, is designed to help you stay focussed on what you actually want to be getting done in any given week, month, quarter, or even year with lots of added sections that are specifically for knitters and other fibre crafters (think places to record project notes, chart patterns, and note yarn purchases)! I wrote about how much I love my planner last year, and that hasn’t changed much! Here are just five of the many reasons that I am a hardcore Strickplaner fan!
Read moreStrickplaner 2019 has landed!
Would you like more time to knit? I most certainly would! Well this year, I've been quite successful in making more time to knit (it's still not enough, but it's definitely better than it was), and my secret weapon has been my Strickplaner.
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