I am so proud of myself. I made this pair of beautiful, not-beginner socks , and was even able to modify them to match different yarn, and make them knee high. Way to go, Knitt!
Pattern: Baudelaire by Cookie A. Yarn: Novita Nalle. Needles: 2,5mm, 2mm for the cuff ribbing.
Started in November, finished February 08.
I have been very productive this weekend! I finished two projects, the Danica scarf and the String bag, both relatively new projects, meaning they have not waited on the needled months and months. I am pretty proud of myself how they turned out, and that I actually finished (finished! Like darning in the ends and all!) two projects in a weekend.
I went to Finland for a couple of days, to meet my family and to relax a bit. What better way to relax than going to the sauna every day, and learning to knit entrelac (not simultaneously, mind you). I cast on and made some progress on the Danica scarf during the 5 days I was there.
What do you know, I have many things on the needles: a pair of socks, a bag, a scarf and tunisian crochet, but of course then some bug bites me and I just have to start and finish two hot water bottle cozies in a few day's time. My only excuse is that the bottles are really new, and in need of cozies. Well, here they are.
The left one is made with scraps and ends of ToppTå Norwegian chunky yarn. I love it, and it is vert suitable for this purpose. Test report by Nick: excellent - the hot water bottle was warm after 12 hours in this cozy. Toasty!
This weekend I finished my third stash busting scarf, knit from one end to the other with big needles and funky yarns:
I am one for many projects on the go, so I decided to start the string bag. I decided to use some old cotton I got from Lidl at the beginning of my knitting career. Here's the humble beginnings.
Back from the holidays - the longest I've had since a while, almost 2 weeks - and slowly starting to get the hang of normal life again.
I got myself a new laptop, and a game to go with it; that's why I haven't blogged since New Years. First breaking my brain with Vista, and then hooked on the game I haven't even knitted this year yet!
I can not believe these socks are finally ready! I despised, hated them in the beginning, but after I had turned the heel on the first one (after some months of hibernating and knitting one row per week), I started taking to them. After the first one was done, beautiful and fitting better than any sock before, I quickly did the second one (took maybe only a month...)
Monen kuukauden aherruksen jälkeen Jaywalkerit ovat viimein valmiit! Ja ihanat!
Worsted Knitt proudly presents - Finished Objects! Quite often I tend to have a million things on the needles at once, and then finish them all at once.
Viimein jokusia valmistuneita töitä:
Here's the French Market Bag from Knitty, done with Cortina yarn and 10 mm needles.
On Saturday, the long awaited knitting group gathered again. I don't have the transport to the other meetings around the city during the week, so I'm always very much looking forward to this one.
It was lovely, and despite the bank holiday very popular. We were hiding at the Dublin Castle green area again (the cafe was closed)
Yesterday I went to the library and decided to visit the nearby shopping centre, and wandered to a everything-for-cheap shop. Guess what I found there? You got it – novelty yarns, four balls for five euro. I resisted the urge and bought only four balls of “Shabby Chic” yarn in black; a pretty, soft eyelash yarn. With it I was planning to make a triangular funky shawl.
