Cold winter, warm shawl

Januar 24, 2010 0 comments Article FO, knitting

Temperatures dropped again under 10°C and with the wind it feels plain cold, cold, cold. Just the right weather for sitting inside, central heating turned all the way up and knitting and spinning up a storm. Which also means I got to finish my latest shawl project in only 10 days. It’s a variation on Read More

Spectacular Spectras

Januar 9, 2010 0 comments Article eye candy, FO, review, tools

Well, it’s snowing up a little storm out there and the wind keeps heaping up snowbanks in the most inconvenient places. Like our door for example. But I won’t complain. It’s weekend, all the snow looks real pretty and we don’t really need to go outside if we don’t want to. Gives me the chance Read More

From Fiber to Shawl :: Bewitched Citron ::

Januar 2, 2010 0 comments Article FO, knitting, spinning, yarn

This little shawl is obviously the most knitted project from the newest Knitty issue. As of today Ravelry lists 379 projects and counting. When I first browsed this issue it was this pattern that instantly caught my eyes. And I was totally set to knit it in the original yarn – Malabrigo Lace Merino. Alas, Read More

Spindle Gallery :: Three Little Bossies ::

Dezember 20, 2009 0 comments Article spinning, tools

This set of three little Bosworth spindles arrived back in October. All three are absolutely perfect spinners, which was no big surprise. They are Bosworths after all. Whorl: Walnut, 2″ in diameter Shaft: Birch, 9″ long Weight: 18 g Whorl: Morado, 2″ in diameter, narrow Shaft: Morado, 9″ long Weight: 20 g Whorl: Pau Amarillo, Read More

FO :: Hand-spun Socks ::

November 28, 2009 0 comments Article FO, knitting, review

I finished the hand-spun socks last week pretty much in record time. The turned really nice and I’ve already worn them twice. The yarn got me a pair of mid-calf high socks (when worn they are 34 cm from floor to cast-off edge) that work especially well in boots. They tend to slouch down a Read More

WIP :: From fiber to sock ::

November 14, 2009 0 comments Article spinning, WIP

It’s been a while since I’ve tried knitting two socks at the same time on circular needles. All I remember is a whole lot of fiddling. I wanted to give this thing another try because ending up with two socks at the same time sure sounds like a cool thing. And besides there’s lots of Read More

FO: Thermal

November 9, 2009 0 comments Article FO, knitting

This was one of those patterns that I instantly liked when first seeing it in Knitty. I like knitting with skinny yarn and skinny needles. And I like plain sweaters that can be dressed up or down according to occasion and mood. But somehow I never quite worked up the nerve to cast-on. The pattern Read More

Photo Impressions :: Havellandrallye 2009

November 7, 2009 0 comments Article eye candy, family, FO, travels

The little hat was inspired by the Binary scarf that had been featured in Kitty.com, issue Winter 2006. It’s knitted from 4-ply sock yarn and the binary code actually contains a message. I used the converter provided here to convert ASCII text into ones and zeros. It’s a really fun knit. Currently working on another Read More

Eye Candy Friday :: Beautiful Autumn ::

Oktober 30, 2009 0 comments Article eye candy

That’s what the world in my little corner of the world looked like this morning. Pics were taken on the way back from play school in the little park/playground right behind our street. Read More

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