I’ve been test knitting a cardi for kid by Villapeikko, and now I’m proud to announce that it’s finished. And I mean really finished, all ends of yarn and buttons and all, not just 95% finished. (In fact, I’ve been almost there for over a week now, but due to numerous tasks I had last [...]
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Earrings in lottery
Our local entrepreneur association is organizing a lottery before Christmas in a local shopping centre. Thought that giving a few earrings as lottery prices would be a nice way to contribute.
Wanted to give something in sterling silver, because when won in lottery, I’d hate that the recipient’s ears were too sensitive for other metals. Unfortunately [...]
Third one of a kind
A few weeks back, I knitted two caps of Novita Puro for kids.
Needed a quick and easy project for last Thursday – I had an afternoon of lectures to attend to. Decided to make yet another cap of Novita Puro, this time the yarn colourway was “Iltanuotio”.
There were some nice colours in that yarn, but [...]
Making 95% UFOs into FOs
I’ve been in a process of finishing 95% UFOs. Glad to announce that I’m almost there: I have three items crossed off the to-do list.
In August 2008 I started knitting these wrist warmers. Found a “fake cable”, which requires no cable needle, in a pattern book and adapted it.
First made wrist warmers for myself.
The wrist [...]
Showstopper Sagittaria
This shawl caught my eye right on. I had never knitted a triangular shawl starting in the middle of the neck, let alone casting the knitting from some crochet stitches. Vilma Vuori’s Sagittaria was bit of a challenge.
I found the pattern relatively straight forward, once I got the hang of it. The pattern of the [...]
Lace in my colors
I have quite a lot of Novita Nalle in my stash, because it’s inexpensive and available. Over the years there has been a number of beautiful colours there, especially in Novita Nalle Colori. The colour I used in the following items is definitely my favourite, a mix of pink and grey and white.
Halfway through August [...]
Alpaca Clapotis, soft as a dream
I believe that half of the knitting world has knitted a Clapotis by now. Well, now I can join them, too.
I started this scarf at the end of August. I thought the pattern would make a great knitting for lectures. And so it did: it rather simple to follow, yet a bit more interesting than [...]