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I'm so excited! My Ravelympics shawl is done! In case you're not familiar with the term, it's basically a knitalong where you do a challenging project during the Olympic games. Mine was the Tulppaani shawl (this pattern is originally in Finnish, but can be found in English at Villapallo's blog)
I'll post more about it once it's been blocked and my darling husband is back from his conference Drupaletics and available to take some photos of me modeling the gorgeous shawl! Sorry for the quality of these - I tried my best standing on the bed, but it just didn't seem to work better than this!
This is the second year when I'm knitting from my stash (not exclusively though!) with the Ravelry Stash knit down group, in particular the Personal Small Items "club". The idea is simply to (before the year) starts pack one small project per month -yarn from stash plus pattern- and work these projects month by month.
The idea is that by packing the yarn and patterns beforehand you quite quickly forget what you packed and are happily surprised with what lovely yarn and a nice pattern you get to reveal from its bag monthly! Well, that's what happens me most of the time. These here are the two fun projects I've made this year.
So, I'm feeling better so I can finelly get back to blogging! This is what I have to show you first - the Damson shawl.
First the stats:
Pattern: Damson by Ysolda Teague
Needles: 4mm circular
Yarn: 1 skein of Zitron undyed sock yarn, self-dyed with Kool aid - and ca. 20 grams of Zitron bamboo sock yarn, also self dyed. More about this later..!
Modifications: I did the lace bit in garter stitch instead of stockinette. It looks good!
Sorry everyone for not updating lately, I've been a bit ill and just haven't found the time or the energy to blog about my Damson shawl or my Reading in bed shrug, or the things I'll be making for Ravelympics, or my stitch markers, but it's all coming. Just give me a few days to get back on my feet!
EDIT: See, the stitch markers are already up! Enjoy :)
"Twilight Red", set of five
For needles up to 6mm / US size 10
Length of markers is ca. 3 cm
Handmade with love using glass and acrylic pearls
Price: 4 € + postage
"Twilight Clear", set of five
For needles up to 6mm / US size 10
Length of markers is ca. 2,5 cm
Handmade with love using glass and acrylic pearls
Price: 4,5 € + postage
"Royalty", set of three
For needles up to 6mm / US size 10
Length of markers is ca. 2,5-3 cm
Handmade with love using glass pearls
Price: 3,50 € + postage
"Deep in the Barrel", set of two
For needles up to 6mm / US size 10
Length of markers is ca. 2,5-3 cm
Handmade with love using glass and acrylic pearls
Price: 2,50 € + postage
GONE - can be made to order, please leave a comment
"Clarity", set of two
For needles up to 6mm / US size 10
Length of markers is ca. 2,5-3 cm
Handmade with love using glass and acrylic pearls
Price: 2,50 € + postage
"Box shaped Heart", set of five
For needles up to 6mm / US size 10
Length of markers is ca. 2,5 cm
Handmade with love using glass pearls
Price: 4 € + postage
"Christmas bauble" set of four
For needles up to 6mm / US size 10.
Length of markers ca. 2,5 cm
Handmade with love using glass and acrylic pearls
Price: 4,20 € + postage
So this thing... it's not quite as pretty as I hoped, and it's not very flattering on me, but hey, I knit it so I will show it here as well.
Pattern: Cloud Bolero by Ysolda Teague
Yarn: Marengo by G-B (a local German brand, the yarn is wool and acrylic)
Needles: 7mm KnitPicks circular
Modifications: none
I knit the size M, and it fits me well. However this type of garment doesn't look too good on me I have noticed. Not sure how much use this will get... it does warm my shoulders nicely! We'll see, maybe I'll even end up giving it to someone.
