Drops Archives - La Casa Cactus https://lacasacactus.com/en/tag/drops-en/ Ideas and Threads Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:54:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 121743050 Cozy Christmas beanie and mittens https://lacasacactus.com/en/christmas-beanie-mittens/ https://lacasacactus.com/en/christmas-beanie-mittens/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2025 08:30:49 +0000 https://lacasacactus.com/?p=19361 I'm back to knitting with the colder days ahead. Let's start the season with Christmas-sy hat and mittens from free Drops patterns.

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]]> https://lacasacactus.com/en/christmas-beanie-mittens/feed/ 0 19361 A review of Charlotte Stone’s sock knitting books https://lacasacactus.com/en/review-sock-knitting-books/ https://lacasacactus.com/en/review-sock-knitting-books/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 07:30:58 +0000 https://lacasacactus.com/?p=18869 I love knitting socks! Here's a review of Charlotte Stone's two books I got for Christmas, Charming and Joyful Colorwork socks.

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]]> https://lacasacactus.com/en/review-sock-knitting-books/feed/ 0 18869 A light grey Terrazzo slipover https://lacasacactus.com/en/grey-terrazzo-slipover/ https://lacasacactus.com/en/grey-terrazzo-slipover/#respond Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:30:07 +0000 https://lacasacactus.com/?p=18462 A comfy turtleneck made of twisted ribs, a slipover shape, slits at each side are the main features of the Terrazzo knitting pattern.

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]]> https://lacasacactus.com/en/grey-terrazzo-slipover/feed/ 0 18462 The Elfriede shawl https://lacasacactus.com/en/the-elfriede-shawl/ https://lacasacactus.com/en/the-elfriede-shawl/#respond Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:30:22 +0000 https://lacasacactus.com/?p=17848 Elfriede is my first-ever knitted shawl. Some leaf lace design and ribbing for a petrol shawl made in Drops Lima yarn.

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]]> https://lacasacactus.com/en/the-elfriede-shawl/feed/ 0 17848 Introducing my second Celeste knitted sweater https://lacasacactus.com/en/introducing-my-second-celeste-knitted-sweater/ https://lacasacactus.com/en/introducing-my-second-celeste-knitted-sweater/#respond Sun, 15 Sep 2024 07:30:42 +0000 https://lacasacactus.com/?p=17676 I knitted another Celeste, in new Karisma colors from Drops. This Petite Knit knitting pattern is so much fun.

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]]> https://lacasacactus.com/en/introducing-my-second-celeste-knitted-sweater/feed/ 0 17676 My first Celeste top-down sweater https://lacasacactus.com/en/my-first-celeste-top-down-sweater/ https://lacasacactus.com/en/my-first-celeste-top-down-sweater/#respond Sun, 21 Apr 2024 07:30:57 +0000 https://lacasacactus.com/?p=17314 After some years off the knitting needles, I did my first ever top-down sweater called Celeste, with some stranded colorwork.

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]]> https://lacasacactus.com/en/my-first-celeste-top-down-sweater/feed/ 0 17314 Baa-Ble Hat (S!) https://lacasacactus.com/en/baa-ble-hat/ https://lacasacactus.com/en/baa-ble-hat/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2017 07:00:34 +0000 http://lacasacactus.com/?p=3154 Since I saw this hat on Pinterest, I had in mind that, one day, I would knit it. But I’m a newbie in knitting, having only knitted socks for the…

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