SAS Knits It Again Knit Kits (breipakketten)

SAS Knits It Again designs, makes and sells knit kits. Kits come complete with basic knitting instructions (with pictures), a pattern for one or more projects, bamboo needles, yarn, tapestry needle and buttons, strings and other 'pimping' stuff.

SAS Knits It Again ontwerpt, maakt en verkoopt breipakketten. In de pakketten vind je een beschrijving voor de basistechnieken van het breien (met foto's), een patroon voor één of meer projecten, bamboe naalden, garen, maasnaald, knopen, linten and ander mooimaakspul.

Buy Knit Kits by mailing me!
(patterns are available on Ravelry, through PayPal.
I'm working on a webshop for kits and Ready to Wear,
untill that time, please trust me and mail! Don't look at the post date for referral to yarn color updates, I update regularly and that date wont show)

Koop Knit Kits door me te mailen !
(patronen kun je downloaden op Ravelry, je betaald met PayPal. Ik werk aan een webshop voor kits en kant-en-klaar breiwerk, tot die tijd kun je me mailen en een bestelling plaatsen! De datum van dit bericht is niet de update datum, ik update de verkrijgbare garens regelmatig, maar die datum zie je niet.)

'City Set'

beginner

€ 20,-

slouchy hat, fingerless mittens, coffee-to-go-warmer

hangmuts (slouch), vingerloze handschoenen, coffee-to-go-warmer

'Knitting with Knowledge'

advanced beginner / semi gevorderd

€ 30,-

neck warmer and bag with cables, bobbles, ajour and other techniques

nekwarmer en haarband met kabels en fantasiesteken

'Enfant Terrible'

absolute beginner

€ 15,-

i pod bag, fingerless mittens, small bag, bracelet

ipodtasje, vingerloze handschoentjes, klein tasje, armband

Bamboo Beret & Bamboo Bag

beginner

€ 15,-

beret and bag

baret en tas

Octopussss aka the other neck/wrist piece

starter plus

€ 27,50

They are not just a neck- and wristwarmer, they're woolly warm jewelry.

Niet alleen een nek- en polswamer, maar warm wollen juweeltjes.

Knit Kits are available at Naaicafé Caroline Vogel or by mailing me while I work at opening my webshop.

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Available Colors for CITY SET Knit Kits / Verkrijgbare Kleuren voor CITY SET Breipakketten:

NOIRE (black, zwart) vanaf begin 2009 weer verkrijgbaar
GIVRE (light grey, licht grijs)
LIERE (dark green, donker groen) lighter than pictured, lichter dan op de foto







ACIER (grey, gemeleerd grijs)









OUTREMER (kobalt blue, kobalt blauw)








ORCHIDEE (pale pink, licht oud roze)

MINERAI (dark grey, donkergrijs)

CABAN (dark navy, donkerblauw)

Valentines Week

We don't do Valentines day, for one because I think it's become too much of a commercial thing. And Boyfriend Dear... well, because he's a dear but he mostly forgets about stuff like that.

He bought me red roses last week, just because, and they're still look like I just put them in the vase, very very beautifull.

I got him the yarn (phildar tweedy, color granit) to make him Cobblestone. I wrapped it for him and gave it to him this wednesday. (I'm not afraid of the curse of the boyfriend's sweater, we have a kid now and I'm pretty sure in 2008 that counts as married ...)

There's a cupcakemix with pink frosting in the cupboard, so I'm making my sweatheart those this weekend or next week.

'But didn't you just say you didn't do Valentines day?'

-'Yep, that's right, we didn't do anything on Valentines DAY.'

;-)

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YAYWA

I've been waiting for a good opportunity to use one of those crazy #ss words you get for verification when commenting on a blogpost as a title.

This is it, for lack of a better titel 'yaywa' has made it.

I've been tagged by Storm op Zolder, this one's very doable in terms of numbers in questions, so here goes:

4 Jobs I've Held:

summercamp counselor @ camp Chateaugay, upstate New York

DJ in an all women DJ/artist collective called 'RUNDFUNK' founded by myself

Talkshowhost

paper girl

4 Movies I like:

Etre et Avoir

Walk the Line

Donnie Darko

Clerks

4 Places I've been:

Stockholm

New York

Ljubljana

San Fransisco

4 Places I've Lived:

Terneuzen

Maastricht

Den Haag

Rotterdam

4 TV Shows I Watch:

Top Gear (UK car show)

The Pfaffs (real-life soap about a Belgian ex-soccer keeper and his family, very tasteless but hey, I'm half Belgian, it makes me think of my roots...)

De Daltons (Dutch childrens comedy/drama about a family with 4 sons)

Grand Designs (UK show about spectacular house building a lot of the time eco-friendly with lots of wood)

4 Radio Shows I Listen To:

I haven't had a working radio since I was about 12. I sometimes tune into the 'Luisterpaal' at a Dutch music listen to new albums for free. (Emma, you'd like this!)

4 Favorite Foods:

Boyfriend Dear's fish noodle dish

Chocolate

Fresh bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles (hagelslag)

Cakes and pies from Koekela

4 Places I'd Rather Be:

Nowhere, I'm perfectly happy where I am

(ok, maybe in one of those eco-friendly wooden Skandinavian inspired houses from 'Grand Designs')

Ow, I forgot..

I tag:

Emma

UmaJoy

Aileen

Tijm

Making it Happen!

I've been waiting a long time to tell you about this, because I had to be sure first...

I'm making a total career change. I never thought I'd have the guts to go for it, but ever since my old employer didn't renew my contract and the birth of Iep, it's become more and more of a realistic thing to start my own business.

To be honest, at first I planned to just take care of Iep for the first 6 months and steadily ease into my new self and new life as a W.F.H.M. (work from home mom). But I just can't help myself. Even before my pregnancy leave was officially over, I already contacted some people to see if any of my ideas could go anywhere.

And they could...

As of march I am starting to teach knitting at Caroline Vogel's Naaicafé in Rotterdam. I'm still working on the details, but the idea is that I'll teach beginners and intermediate knitters how to knit using different kits I design myself. If the idea proves succesfull I'll try to sell my kits in other places too, like lifestyle and fashion shops. I have some other plans but I'll keep those to myself for now. ;-)

So the last couple of weeks I've been working on designs for beginners to knit. Three types, for children, teenagers and adults. I need about 6 patterns to complete the kits so I've been buisy. I'm still fairly new to designing so designing for beginners is a good way to start.

It's been a real adventure so far, it al seems way more simple than it actually is, it's like a mathematical question with loads and loads of variables. To make it affordable and still be able to earn some money is a challenge to say the least. But I'm getting there. I've thought of a cool way to package the kit, the patterns are almost done, I've ordered the materials (that made it seem so real 'hi, I need 10 skeins of so and so, 14 sets of #7 bamboo needles'...) flyers and e-flyers have been sent into the world, it's official...

I am my own boss.

It partly scares the sh#t out of me. Not because I'm afraid it'll only cost me loads of money, not because I think I forget how to speak as soon as I'm in front of my first class, not because we'll have to manage with one less income, but because I have to get a class first... What if no one's interested.... What if I'm in the café all dolled up and ready and noone is showing up.... what if I think there's a market for my stuff when there really isn't...

Better cross that bridge when it's in front of me...

I've worked in marketing/communication for the last 6 years so I know how to sell things, the thing is I'm used to work at least 8 hrs a day and now -beeing mom first of all- it's 4 hrs max. Then the designing takes up a lot of time so I have to do most of the 'selling' after the first workshop is over when I have more time. That is a big contradiction, but I'm counting on the flyer, e-flyer and word of mouth to get me the first group of wannabe knitters.

Big news huh?

Well that's not all. I'm also going to continue my communication work. Small projects that I can do from home. I just really love to do that stuff, make sure everything has been done to get people to know about a certain show, play or festival. The really cool part is getting as much as possible done within the -always- tight budget. I've already had a conversation with one potential client so that's business number two ready to take off.

I'm overwealmed with the possibilities, I'm drowning in inspiration and I'm really really happy. The next thing I need to do is get ajusted to the new way of working. My little boy comes first, everything else is extra.

Ok, just because he's so cute, here he is...