A change of heart

I brought one of my many unfinished shawls with me on my summerholiday, in a hope I would actually knit on it.... I was wrong... but not totaly wrong. I frogged it, just ripped it back, and it felt good ;-).
After all that frogging I startet on a new shawl, and lest cross our fingers and legs and everything else for that this time it might turn into a finished product.

WOW it is over a year since the last update. wellwell, those how know me knows that my head has been occupied by other stuff. However, I am trying to make a comeback.

I am as always having three or more socks on the needles and one of them are made using self striping yarn. However, I realised that they have used two different methods for changing the colours. First method is to have nice fading changes between colours (the reason for buying the yarn) and the second was to just to tie a knot (which was a surprise). Was not to happy about that surprise, but what can I do, I finished the socks and they look nice to wear.

Stove-mitten, one handed, +5 heat resistance

Garment:

Glove: One handed, when worn gives a + 5 heat resistance bonus.

If worn in combination with "poker of mighty fire" it will act as an additional shield giving bonuses:
+ 10 protection

+ 10 heat resistance (instead of the + 5)

+ 5 fire resistance

- 7 hand precision (you have a thumbless glove on your hand, dork!)

Finished!!!!! It took only about over three years

It is amazing, I have finally managed to finish the green baby jacket. It took me over three years to finish the knitting, and an additionally month to get the buttons sewn on. Am I a racer? Obviously not on this project. The kid it was knit for is too big, however there are always a kid in the right size somewhere, so this one will be shipped off to somebody else. Lets hope they will like it and that this one will be used and handed over to other kids until it is not usable anymore. It should be the dream of any knitted kid-garment.

I redid a pattern I found in a 50 year old Burda. And the yarn is green (no idea about the brand anymore)

eeeehm... okey... I did...

something came calling

New mittens! and lovely lovely they are. Yellow! Can newer really get enough of that colour. It is just a pitty I look pale as a corps when wearing anything yellow. But mittens are a good alternative. They do not need to be worn close to the face ;-)
These mittens are really easy to make:
For female hand:
yarn: Rauma finull or PT2
needles: 7 mm

cast on 40, knit 40 rounds, put 8 stitches on a scrap yarn, make 8 new stiches on the next round, knitt 38 rounds and decrease stiches evenly on the next 12 rounds leaving only about 6 stiches, break yarn and thread through the remaining stiches. Make the other mitten.
thumb: Take up the eight stiches from the scrap yarn, take up 12 stiches making 20 stiches. knit for 14 rounds, decreas stiches to around 6 on the next 6 rounds.

Felt in a machine or by hand :-D

I can finish projects

It is true I CAN finish projects. However, most times it feels like I only buy yarn and starts multiple projects which now are hiding under the sofa, in the sofa, and in various boxes. It is nice to finally finish something.


The blue is my pirate dress for a little princess. Made after Tora Frøseth's "Little sister dress". It is made inGarnstudio DROPS Muskat (Yes, it is cotton...)


The hat is already in use, and I love it, it is slightly to cold for it at the moment... it will change ;-)
The hat is made after the patter "Clione" by A black pepper designs in Malabrigo worsted. I really like the feel of Malabrigo, but time will tell if it can handle hard wear and tear.