My last FO was a cardi for a kid, pattern by Villapeikko.
Today the pattern for Pikkuveli-cardi has been published. Do check out also the Ravelry page for Pikkuveli – there are a few projects of the pattern in different sizes and colours.
Posts from ‘November, 2009’
Pikkuveli pattern published
Ready, set: Pikkuveli-cardi
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 [...]
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 [...]
A week of test knitting
I saw Villapeikko’s Pikkuveli-cardi in her blog and fell in love with it right on. Villapeikko intended to make a pattern of this cardi, and I voluntered to test knit.
Earlier I posted a few pictures of yarn bought from Secretwool. The yarn – Cascade 220 Wool, 100 % Peruvian wool – was bought for this [...]