I made it!

..and yes indeed, here she is:

My variation of 'Little Birds' (by Ysolda Teague, in Twist Collective, Fall '08) - made with Pirkka-yarn and 2.5mm circs.

It fits perrrrfectly, I love it!

What do you think? :)

Want to hear the good news or the bad news first?

OK.

Bad news is that Miss Polly seems to have decided that it's officially winter, and she can start her beauty sleep as of now. All flowers have dropped, and she looks quite pale and withered..









Poor thing.


The good news is that my variation of 'Little Birds' is finally all off the needles, soaked and now drying up at the balcony, basking in the lovely late-Autumn sun and +20 degrees celcius. I think I'm in love.... just wait until I get the buttons and few other details done...

The plot thickens, said Charles Dickens...

...here are the buttons I found - perfect for 'Little Birds', eh?

More soon....

N. Scissorhands at work

Warning to all with a delicate disposition - the material shown below contains some gory details of a seemingly innocent Sunday afternoon turned into a full-blown massacre.

First, the weapon and the helpless victim:

Then suddenly, there's no turning back - the awful deed has been started, the inevitable is going to happen...

But, faster than you'd think, it's all over. The front of the cardigan is split into two, and the Sunday calm sets on the house again.

Is it just me, or is it hot in here?

With this heavy-duty wrist/arm + neck warmer combo you are for sure set to face the winter winds.

Plus, they are good when you decide to practise your camouflaging skills in the woods. Maybe to be combined with those green knitted shorts, what?

They practically knit themselves from thick Chilean 100% wool (sorry, lost the band already...could be Araucan) and 5mm needles. Boy, it was a task to knit again with straight needles, after knitting for so long with circulars only..
Buttons were found from the bottom of the button barrel.

Basic, rough, fast, big and practical. And yes, a bit itchy. To make me scratchy.

Now, back to the finer things in life.....

Somewhere between..

...finished and ready:


Here she is, posing to you casually on a piano - my version of 'Little Birds', almost done. The Abominable Steek is still to be cut, and buttons to be found and purchased. And then of course washing and blocking. But, I consider this stage an accomplishement already, I've made it so far!


Some things which I forgot to show you before - mementos from my trip to Tokyo.. As already seen from other blogs, the Japanese knitting scene is quite lively and original. Or what do you think of this combination?


Knit your own shorts! To match with your cardi!

This teddy bear can really blow your mind, man... talk about psychedelic furs!

Also, knowing how to knit your own underwear can come handy someday - especially here in the Northern hemisphere:

But there are also nice, clean-cut and very much for every-day use garments:



Now, the only challenge is to learn to decipher the patterns. One of these days!

It's here!