His&Hers

Yesterday evening saw the birth of these two colorful household necessities - cup cozies for him&her. The future lucky recipients of these have actually donated the yarn earlier to me (in past life it was some really old needlework wool by Anchor), so it's recycling in the best sense of the word. I hope they will like 'em!

and now from the back

One more thing, related to my recent bead-craze, here's a bracelet I made - categorically Hers, I think..

East and vest

Well, I've finally started my new vest..





...with Debbie Bliss 'Merino Aran' which was naturally discontinued already (at least from all the net stores I frequent..) - and boy, is this eating up my stash fast...it seems that I only can knit few rounds and swoosh, another ball is gone.
Being the creative knitter that I am, I made the decision to order more yarn instead of frogging this and making something smaller, something that could be made out of the measly 8 balls that I had in my stash (one glove, perhaps?). I ended up with the closest equivalent, Debbie Bliss 'Cashmerino Aran' - hey, there's only one word difference, so it cannot be too different, right?? Let's see when the package come and these two are combined...

The bumpy pattern is created simply by alternating the k3-p2 rib pattern with k rows (2 and 2).

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Today, the second episode of the lovely, über-British, janeaustenish tv-series "Cranford". Capital!

Get cozy..

..with these 'Cabled Arm Cozies' (by Tanis Gray, in VK Holiday Issue '08). Knit with Rowan Tapestry yarn (combining wool and soya fiber) and 2.5mm dpns.

Please note the pearls, which nicely hide the fact that the original upper edge came out too wide and I desperately needed some gimmick to hide that - so I folded the edge in two just above the cable and fitted a pearl to decorate it. What you cannot hide you better enhance.. or something like that, eh?

The Lizard of Oz

What a murky day, started off with a rain and never got quite light at all... welcome, northern winter. This Sunday it will be officially winter time here in the northern parts.

But maybe, just to lighten up your day, this little fella could bring back thoughts of a tropical climate?


(needle felting, with a help from a cookie mould)

Scarf news

Progressing under the title "Grey's Anatomy", here's update on the scarf - I'm thinking of sewing some nice piece of fabric on the other side, to make it warmer, but let's see..

I like the texture of this simple basket stitch. And again, my camera just cannot capture the lovely sheen of this yarn and the correct shade of grey....

To boldly go where...

...no knitter (at least not me) has gone before! Behold, my very first self-made jewellery:

It's so easy and quick and addictive to make such very pretty things - this is definitely the new craze for me.

And the good thing is (or is it.... hmm?) that there's a well-stocked bead store within 2 kilometres from where I live.



Must... buy ...more... beads....

Autumnal things..

First of all, here's the hat mentioned couple of posts earlier - all finished and modeled by Iitu:


It's pok (pretty ok), I think.

The vest I mentioned also earlier is still very much an UFO, but as the yarn is already in my stash it's just a question of time when it starts to creep on the needles..

What else... some pretty pictures from yesterday's outing in the clear crisp October Sunday:

Grey's Anatomy

something lovely from down under - scarfe on the way on weave stitch..

Do you ever get the feeling....

...that you cannot buy some lovely knitted piece of clothing simply because you know that you could make it yourself, and what would people say if they saw that YOU are wearing something ready-made, you who are the ideal example of the do-it-yourself person??


I love this scarf, but my superego is telling me it's a no-no -- how easy would it be to make it yourself, bust your stash and have a go with a hook...

Or this cardigan?

(I know that I wouldn't knit anything with a yarn that has acrylic in it (maybe socks, but nothing else), and both of these have it...)

Oh well, this too shall pass, I'm sure.

I did get an idea last night just before falling asleep about a yet another vest, which could seriously bust my stash from some thick woolly yarn... chocolate brown... fitted and warm... some pearly buttons...

To be continued!

Whazzup?

Well, nothing much - only two projects now on the needles. And one on the hook:

Lovely color, isn't it! After I've crocheted about 1 million of these little buggers I will have a scarfe - so maybe it's ready around 2010..

The two projects on the needles are the Phildar cardigan mentioned earlier, made with frogged Debbie Bliss yarn. The other project is this hat, actually made with the same yarn (since the cardigan will have only short sleeves, so there's plenty of extra..) by Kim Hargreaves:


She doesn't look too happy with it, but I like the pattern and hopefully can achieve enough but not too much slouchiness. Progress will be reported later ....