Finally the pattern is released –  Diamonds and Waves!

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/diamonds-and-waves-2

Diamonds and Waves is a classical triangular wrap. It is started on the bottom tip and knitted bottom up. The patterning uses elements of Swing-Knitting™. It is completely symmetrical.
The wrap can be knitted in two variations:
• as a right-angled triangle with a straight upper edge
• as a right-angled triangle with a curved upper edge that shaped a neckline.

The pattern is written in two versions:
• as row by row instructions
• as instructions for Swing-Knitters™
All elements of general knitting technique that might not be known by everyone, are explained in detail with step photos in the technical appendix.

The pattern is divided into 4 parts:
A. General explanations and instructions
B. Row by row instructions for the wrap
C. Instructions for Swing-Knitters™
D. Technical Appendix

The wrap is knitted with 2 different yarns. The fabric is stretched a lot because of the diamonds, therefore the wrap has to be blocked. Please take care to choose yarns that can be easily blocked!
The yarn for pauses should be slightly larger than the yarn for stanzas. The pauses surround the short row elements and keep them to shape.
My Diamonds and Waves uses these yarns:
Yarn for stanzas: 2 x 100 g Schoppel Laceball (75% wool, 25% polyamide, 800m/ 100g), color 1536 “Fuchsienbeet”,
held together with 4 x 25 g Lanartus Galaxy (100% polyester, 340m/25g), color 102.
I used up: 185 g Laceball held together with 100 g Galaxy

Yarn for pauses:
2 x 100 g plant hand dyed 4ply sock yarn (basic yarn Schoppel Boots, 44% wool, 42% cotton, 14% polyamide, 400m/100g), dyed by Marion Kade
I used up: 150 g

The complete wrap is approx. 260 cm wide and 125 cm deep in the middle tip. The wrap is subdivided into several parts, so it can be made smaller easily.

Petra Neumann has made a video of her impressions of the Intrnational Swing-Knitting Meeting in Helmstedt 2015 – thank you, Petra, that was a real lot of work and you did a wonderful job!

The Helmstedt mood was there again at once – pure joy!

Swing-Knitting at Swiss Wulle Festival – I will teach 4 workshops there, some for every taste!

On Saturday, October 3rd, 9.30 to 12.30, I’ll teach the Swing-Knitting Taster Class in German, including the instructions for Lismeverruckt, the shawl I designed especially for the Swiss Wulle Festival.

You can download the class sheet as an PDF here: 

http://swing-stricken.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Schnupperkurs-Kursblatt-DE-Lismeverruckt.pdf

You can book the class here:

http://www.swisswullefestival.ch/pages/einfuhrungskurs-swing-stricken-auf-deutsch-von-heidrun-liegmann-halama 

The same class in English, Swing-Knitting Taster Class and Lismeverruckt, I will teach on Sunday October 4th vom 10 to 1.

Here you can download the PDF sheet for this class:

http://swing-knitting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Schnupperkurs-Kursblatt-EN-Lismeverruckt.pdf

You can book the English Taster Class here:

http://www.swisswullefestival.ch/pages/schnupperkurs-swing-stricken-e-von-heidrun-liegmann-halama

On Saturday, October 3rd from 15.30 to 18.30 I offer a class on knitting the Neptunia shawl – we will start to knit the shawl together, and you will learn all elements that are involved in this pattern.

Please look at these two new Neptunias – my own one made of Siidegarte Siide Fideel, and Andrea has finished her gorgeous Neptunia made of Wollehimmel Wolke 7 – both yarns will be available at the Festival!

If there are English speaking people in this class, I will teach it bilingual!

This is the (German) class sheet for the Neptunia class:

http://swing-stricken.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Neptunia-CH.pdf

Here you can book the Neptunia class:

http://www.swisswullefestival.ch/pages/neptunia-von-heidrun-liegmann-halama

The Welcome Baby! Hat is guided Swing-Knitting – the pattern includes a row-by-row instruction!

On Sunday, October 4th, 13.30 to 16.30, we will start this baby hat together and learn some Swing-Knitting elements on the way.

If there are English speaking people in this class, I will teach it bilingual!

This is the class sheet for the Baby Hat class as a PDF download:

http://swing-stricken.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Baby-Mütze1.pdf

You can book the Welcome Baby! Hat class here:

http://www.swisswullefestival.ch/pages/babymutze-von-heidrun-liegmann-halama

(c) Swiss Wulle Festival

http://www.swisswullefestival.ch/

There are a lot more teachers there, with very interesting and exciting class ofers!

And there will be a lot of interesting and multifaceted vendors with a wonderful variety!

Please look for yourself!

 Swing-Knitting™ Workshop 8 is online!

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swing-knitting-workshop-8—tirnanog

This tutorial is for ADVANCED Swing-Knitters™ only. If you want to understand the contents, you must have knitted and understood Swing-Knitting™ Workshops 1-3 and 5 at least!

Swing-Knitting™ Workshop 8 “Knitting with targets, mirrors and connections” involves:
• A short introduction to the theory of target pins and compensating pins. Experienced Swing-Knitters will grasp the concept easily and will be able to train and apply it on their own.
• The horizontal mirroring of a Swing-Knitted sequence, and the tricks you need to know
• The vertical mirroring of a Swing-Knitted sequence, and the tricks you need to know
• The horizontal and vertical mirroring of a Swing-Knitted sequence, and the tricks you need to know
• A detailed explanation of the concept of knitting connections in Swing-Knitting™ – how to add a new piece of knitting to the right and to the left of an already existing Swing-Knittted knit, that has the same knitting direction and continues and completes the stanzas of the already existing (middle) panel.

The workshop includes two knitting examples – the new Swing-Knitting™ contents are explained in great detail, adapted to these knits step by step and trained: Tirnanog and Philipp’s Cowl.

All chains of thought and all knitting steps are explained in great detail, using step photos, schematics and written explanations – for the concepts of target pins and compensating pins, for the different mirror-images of the basic segment and for the knitted connections in the side wings of Tirnanog that continue and complete the stanzas of the middle panel. On 120 pages, the PDF of Swing-Knitting™ Workshop 8 explains everything in a detailed and reasonable and easily comprehensible way.

If you want to see more photos of Tirnanog, please look at my Ravelry project:

 http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/swing-knitting-workshop-8—tirnanog-2

5th International Swing-Knitting Meeting in Helmstedt – THE event of the year!

About 60 people süent a wonderful weekend together – and everyone could chose the way she liked it best!

Chatting and knitting in the lounge, learning new things in classes, meeting old friend and finding new ones, admiring beautiful knits in the exhibition and as worn garments – everyone could make her individual mix!

We laughed a lot and had so much fun – the atmospehere was cheerful and happy!

Thank you to Petra Neumann and her team, who did a great preparation of the event so that everything went smooth and stress free!

And THANK YOU to all participants who made the event a harmonious and wonderful one!

The Swing Fashion Show was a new element that we added to the Sunday morning program – THANK YOU to Angelika for preparing the show, and THANK you to everyone who added their beautiful knits and to our enchanting models!

To see so much creativity and knowledge – it was stunning!

I made lots of photos especially of the Fashion Show – if you want to see them all, you can find them here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/106654135732682088798/albums/6150544620883580689?authkey=CKqC8568kMTbPQ

After Helmstedt is before Helmstedt!

The 6th International Swing-Knitting Meeting will be from May 6th to 8th 2016 in Helmstedt!

On my blog, I’ll show you some more photos within the next days, about the wonderful classes we had before the meeting!

www.magischemaschen.blogspot.com

 
The weekend after Helmstedt I’ll be in Berlin, at the Berlin Knits Yarn Festival!

There is a gigantic offer of wonderful sellers and interesting workshops – please look for yourselves, the webiste is in English as well :)!

http://www.berlinknits2015.com/browse/home/en,0,5058,0,0.html

I will teach Swing-Knitting Taster Classes:

Swing-Knitting Taster Classes in German:

• Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Sonday, May 17, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Swing-Knitting Taster Class in English:

•  Saturday, May 16. 3 to 6 p.m.

There are still a few places left!

On the Berlin Knits website my class information looks quite queer and is rather unreadable – this is my info sheet about the Swing-Knitting Taster Class, in English.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/welcome-baby-ebook/patterns

All projects of the Welcome Baby! series are on Ravelry now – I made three projects of all the hats, booties and kerchiefs I knitted.

All pattern instrcutions are completed as well – I added the missing English version to the hat pattern.

These are my Ravelry projects:

Welcome Baby! Hat

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/welcome-baby-hat

The pattern is available as part of the eBook and as a single pattern.

Welcome Baby! Kerchief

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/welcome-baby-kerchief

The pattern is available as part of the eBook and as a single pattern.

Welcome Baby! Booties

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/welcome-baby-booties

The pattern is available as part of the eBook and as a single pattern.

TODAY the SPECIAL OFFER is still valid: The Welcome Baby! patterns present the new hand dyed colors of the Lungauer Sockenwolle 4ply by Wollgarnspinnerei Ferner – the new colors will be presented during the H&H Cologne for the first time!
Up to April 01, 2015, the e-Book will be available at a SPECIAL 50% DISCOUNT PRICE!

As we promised – Swingeling is online!

Both versions are included in the pattern – and:

H&H Cologne SPECIAL of Magische Maschen and Lanartura of www.lanartus.net :
THIS PATTERN IS FREE FROM TODAY UNTIL APRIL, 05, 2015!
After this date, the pattern will be charged.

The pattern is available in German and English.

You can download the pattern either from my Ravelry Store or from the Lanartus website:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swingeling

http://www.lanartus.net/swingeling—tuchanleitung-von-heidrun-liegmann/index.php

Swingeling is a crescent shaped shawl. It is knitted top down.

The main part of the shawl is knitted in stockinette stitch. It has a wide border knitted in the Swing-Knitting™ technique.
The shawl is finished with a row of crocheted fringes.

Swingeling can be knitted by advanced beginner knitters. All knitting techniques that might not be known by everyone, are explained in detail in the Knitting Technique Appendix.

The shawl involves elements of the Swing-Knitting™ technique. All short row elements are explained row by row, so you can knit it as an advanced beginner without prior knowledge of this special short row technique.

The green Swingeling is about 180 cm wide and 50 cm deep in the middle.
The pink Swingeling is about 140 cm wide and 38 cm deep in the middle.

For the green Swingeling you will need:

Main yarn:
3 x 50 g Lanartus Alpaca Fine, color 33
(100% alpaca, 165m/50g)
5 x 25 g Lanartus Lustro, color 22
(66% pearls, 34% polyester, 25 g = 80 m)
– both yarns are knitted held together!
Contrasting yarn:
2 x 50 g Lanartus Alpaca Fine, color 54
(100% alpaca, 165m/50g)
– Both strands of yarn are knitted held together!

Gauge in stockinette stitch with needles 4.5 mm (after washing and drying):
18 stitches and 26 rows = 10 x 10 cm

You will need additionally:
1 circular knitting needle, at least 120 cm long, 4.5 mm or matching the gauge, maybe you’ll prefer to knit the start tab with double points in matching size
1 crochet hook 3.5 mm for the crocheted fringes
11 closed stitch markers that can be positioned on the knitting needle

For the pink Swingeling you will need:

Main yarn:
2 x 100 g Lanartus Fine Merino Art, color 16
(100% wool, 330m/100g)
– The yarn is knitted single

The pattern instruction explains the color arrangement of both balls of yarn in detail.

Contrasting yarn:
2 x 50 g Lanartus Alpaca Sport, Farbe 47
(100% alpaca, 100 m/50g)
– The yarn is knitted single

Gauge in stockinette stitch with needles 4.0 mm (after washing and drying):
20 stitches and 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm

You will need additionally:
1 circular knitting needle, at least 120 cm long, 4.0 mm or matching the gauge, maybe you’ll prefer to knit the start tab with double points in matching size
1 crochet hook 3.5 mm for the crocheted fringes
11 closed stitch markers that can be positioned on the knitting needle

Here you can find my two Ravelry projects:

 http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/swingeling

 http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MagischeMaschen/swingeling-2

Bijou’s comment on the yarns – no more words necessary :)!

Welcome Baby! – that’s three new patterns!

• for Baby Booties
• for a Baby Kerchief
• for a Baby Hat

All patterns are availabe as single patterns or as part of the Welcome Baby! eBook!

Here you can get the eBook:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/welcome-baby-ebook

SPECIAL OFFER:
The Welcome Baby! patterns present the new hand dyed colors of the Lungauer Sockenwolle 4ply by Wollgarnspinnerei Ferner – the new colors will be presented during the H&H Cologne for the first time!
Up to April 01, 2015, the e-Book will be available at a SPECIAL 50% DISCOUNT PRICE!

Here you can get the single patterns:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/welcome-baby-hat

NOTE: THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THIS PATTERN IS NOT ONLINE YET – IT WILL BE FINISHED on Tuesday, March 31 LATEST AND WILL ASAP BE ADDED TO THE PATTERN !!!! 

Welcome Baby! Hat is a baby hat knitted with 4ply sock yarn.

The hat is given in 2 different sizes.
The neck part is longer than the front, so it will cover baby’s ears and neck but not baby’s eyes.

Size S is for head circumference of approx. 37 – 40 cm.
Size L is for head circumference of approx. 41 – 47 cm.

Depending on the knitted size, you will need:

• 15 g / 25 g of variegated 4ply sock yarn
• 10 g / 20 g of solid 4ply sock yarn

The hat is knitted in one piece side-to-side. The patterning uses elements of Swing-Knitting.

The pattern instructions for each step are given in 3 different ways:

• row by row
• with a chart for every short row area
• with a short explanation for those who already know Swing-Knitting.

All knitting techniques that might not be known by everyone, are explained in a special Knitting Technique Appendix, step by step as photo tutorials.

.

 http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/welcome-baby-kerchief 

  available in German and English 

Welcome Baby! Kerchief is a baby kerchief knitted with 4ply sock yarn.

The kerchief is given in 2 different sizes.

The kerchief has a triangular shape. It is closed by a snap button.

The kerchief is a very versatile accessory for newborns and larger babies and toddlers as well – as a neck warmer, as a drooling cloth, as a bib – the sock yarn is easily washable and does not mind lots of washing cycles :)!

Size S is approx. 14 cm deep and 31 cm long.
Size L is approx. 17 cm deep and 33 cm long.

Depending on the knitted size, you will need:

• 25 g / 25 g of variegated 4ply sock yarn
• 20 g / 20 g of solid 4ply sock yarn

The kerchief is knitted in one piece top down. The patterning uses elements of Swing-Knitting.

The pattern instructions for each step are given in 3 different ways:

• row by row
• with a chart for every short row area
• with a short explanation for those who already know Swing-Knitting.

All knitting techniques that might not be known by everyone, are explained in a special Knitting Technique Appendix, step by step as photo tutorials.

.

 http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/welcome-baby-booties

available in German and English 

Welcome Baby! Booties is a pattern for baby booties.
The size of the booties depends on the yarn you choose:

• Knitted with 4ply sock yarn, the Baby Booties will fit newborn to approx. 4 months old babies (foot length 9-10 cm, German shoe size 16-18). For newborn babies, they will fit over a footed onesie.
• Knitted with Sports weight yarn (300m/100g), the Baby Booties will fit to babies approx. 4 to 9 months old (foot length 11-12 cm, German shoe size 19-21).
• Knitted with 6ply sock yarn, the Baby Booties will fit toddlers from approx. 10 to 24 months (foot length 13-15 cm, German shoe size 19-21).

The foot is very elastic – so they will fit for quite a time and are worth the knitting time :)!

The Welcome Baby! Booties are knitted in one piece side-to-side. The construction is explained in detail with schematics and step photos.

Depending on the knitted size, you will need:

For size S:

• 25 g of variegated 4ply sock yarn (400-420m/100g)
• 20 g of solid 4ply sock yarn
• circular needle 2.0 mm

For size M:

• 40 g of variegated Sports weight yarn (300-320m/100g)
• 30 g of solid Sports weight yarn
• circular needle 2.5 mm

For size L:

• 45 g of variegated 6ply sock yarn (240-260m/100g)
• 35 g of solid 6ply sock yarn
• circular needle 3.0 mm

The Booties are knitted in one piece side-to-side. The patterning uses elements of Swing-Knitting.

The pattern instructions for each step are given in 3 different ways:

• row by row
• with a chart for every short row area
• with a short explanation for those who already know Swing-Knitting.

All knitting techniques that might not be known by everyone, are explained in a special Knitting Technique Appendix, step by step as photo tutorials.

All Welcome Baby! pieces you can see and feel live during the H&H Cologne in the booth of Wollgarnspinnerei Ferner – as soon as I am back from the H&H, I will make up all Ravelry projects for all pieces!

Next Wednesday, March 25, the Swingeling pattern goes online, in German and English!

I will have finished the translation by then :)!

Together with Lanartus we decided the pattern to be free from March 25 to April 05 – you can download it from the Lanartus website and in my Ravelry Store Magische Maschen Designs – after April 05, the pattern will be charged.

Everything you need to know about the coming-soon pattern and the materials you need you can find in this overview, you can download it here:

http://swing-knitting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Swingeling-Ankündigung-DE-und-EN.pdf