Today Laila brought me the book I “ordered” from her visit to Denmark. Hönsefödder & Gulerödder from Anette Danielsen. And it is so great the website looks like. Some models I like to have for myself – did anybody tried that yet?
Thanks Laila!
That was yesterday. Didn’t see any knitters in town, but I was at the Zoo with my daughter and knitted while she was eating a huge ice cream. Really a huge one, so I managed a few rounds at my socks…
But then I am not so into knitting, it is getting too warm, but the main reason is that I am totally hooked with my wheel. And the fiber…
Yesterday evening I got this beautiful swift from Laila.
I tried it today and it works like a charm. Thanks again! But not only I got the swift, she really helped me to get started with a new knitting project by suggesting patterns for the beautiful yarn I got from her to my birthday. So I started February Lady Sweater.
In the course of the evening she also demonstrated her ball winder – and I was fascinated and said: I want one. I really want one. I am going to buy one. And today we went into town, to the local fleamarket and look what I got:
Beautiful, isn’t it? Together with this old ball winder I got this – the seller didn’t know what it is for – but I think it is to put a ball on it and keep it from rolling around. It’s name is “Lismeli” (the little knitter), at least that is printed on the bottom.
What can be more perfect after a nice and comfy evening? Oh yes, there’s more – I got something like a studio! Update follows.
Do you know the feeling after finishing a big project (aka sweater)? When you are pleased wearing your new knitwear and at the same time long to start a new project. If only you knew exactly which one…
So instead I decide to blog. About the dyeing yarn. Together with the kids I dyed some old superwash yarn. With Kool-Aid.
And knitted mittens for the kids.
Now, Boy was so fond of his half-mitts, that he wore them all the time. They needed a wash. Superwash – so I put them in the washing machine. And that’s the result.
On the left one mitten of Girl, never washed. I read several times that Kool-Aid is permanent – but look at the difference. (And I didn’t use any bleach!)
Experiences?
who link them to interesting articles: nchenga twittered: Knitting can be subversive!
Finally I completed one depth and generated new ones, but on the other side. I have a good friend who volunteered (more or less) babysitting for the business christmas dinner. More or less because I kind of had to talk her into it (I’m sure in the afterthought she doesn’t understand why, the kids were most peaceful. And seriously telling about 3 bedside stories isn’t that bad, is it?) so I promised to knit her something. And because babysitting really is a kind task to the stressed parents, what could have suited better than Humanity?
And here they are the second FO in 2009!
I totally agree with SlippedStich (at least I think to remember that I read sth like that in one of her posts) – Ravelry has an impact on blogging. I admit I find it intriguing to keep up with project on the net. Specially as I never managed a handwritten notebook. (I know). But dividing the time between family, my day job, knitting/spinning, sports AND the internet (blogging, ravelry) is not easy.
In short – the job won and blogging lost.
But even if I was quite buried in work end of year (even during christmas holidays – sad) I managed to get some project finished in november, december. And I did some spinning, not nearly as muched as I hoped and some dyeing. More about that later.
During my stay in Hamburg I finished Branching out (started in June – Mohair just isn’t the right material for summertime).
And I knitted the first of the Noro mitered mittens (gift).
I actually knit another one, in a different colorway – but can you believe it, I gave them away without taking a picture!
And then another helgi for my beloved man:
And the longest project of last year – because it was crocheting? I finally finished the Boho Blocks Sweater for my little girl. Just in time
After thinking a bit – I think it wasn’t the crocheting (which actually is great for playground projects), but the sewing together!
fiber stuff to be followed.
Tags: knitting, noro, mittens, ez, elizabeth zimmermann, miter, branching out, helgi
I finished my first object from my own hand spun yarn! That’s something. I chose Calorimetry from knitty.com, first because it’s a perfect object for little yarn, second to manage my growing hair! And since I wear it quite a lot I probably knit some more.
I really like the yarn (and the color), I first was afraid that it would be too hard, because of being overspun, but it turns out it was totally ok to knit. I should know because I knit it twice – the first try was why toooo big (and I swatched ladies, my gauge was smaller, so I figured that using the same stitch number would be ok, but still, had to reknit it with 25% stitches less). Anyway, it’s finished and practically stays on my head.
At the same time I try to manage the twist amount and use the cheap multicolor bats to exercise spinning fingering weight singles. And did I tell that I get some help from my oldest. That usually works that way, that he treadles and I draft. Not too bad – he treadles quite slow which is good for the twist. So far I have spun four skeins (about 65g) each. Oldest whishes a hat from the yarn, we will see…
And from time to time I am still knitting on the second edition of helgi’s mittens – this time with a heavier yarn and darker colors. It’s getting cold outside…
This piece of knitting kept me from getting insane this week, from the terrible workload (giving courses and conference talks…)
I managed to finish the last six ridges (including the button holes) yesterday evening and I am still overwhelmed by the genius of this pattern. I can’t find another word for it. Of course most of you already guessed what I am talking about. EZ famous Baby Surprise Jacket (BSJ).
It’s made from Opal Sock wool, worked double stranded with neede Nr 5; more details see on ravelry. Now let’s weave the shoulders.
I finished the knitting. Good that I didn’t make it the original length – I just had enough wool. Remaining tasks: Blocking and finding the appropriate buttons. And make the afterthought buttonholes.
Im glad that I finally knitted this. I really like improvising but it adds up to total knitting sum…
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