Entries from May 2007

May 31, 2007

yarn mystery part 2 and 3

i’ve got a little bit left of part 3, but will get to it today since the 4th and last part of the pattern comes tomorrow! What is this gonna be? a box? a bag? we will know soon…

i didn’t mind what the pattern says about colours and just decided to do mine with stripes. [...]

May 31, 2007

2 x lace sock

i had to finish the second sock before the great yarn mystery started, and i found that knitting the second sock feels (is?) much quicker than the first one!

i’ve never really felt the urge to knit socks, and i’ve just breezed quickly through blogs about socks, but these socks might have given me the bug. it [...]

May 26, 2007

yarn mystery – stash buster!?

but what colour combination to choose..? i need about 500 g for the mysterious project….
everytning outside the box is feltable yarn, which is what’s needed. right now i’m drawn ot the white/beige/pink, but i’ll go out for a while, come back and look at it with fresh eyes…. the sun is shining on this [...]

May 21, 2007

yarn mystery

i joined the yarn mystery at hobbyboden.com! first part of it starts on thursday at 7 p.m.
 

May 21, 2007

knitting gramps

just thought i’d let you know that i have knitting genes… check out my grandpa (age 83)

 
on 2,5 mm needles!
 

 
i’ll never complain about my big hands and thin needles again
 he’s been knitting more lately since there’s not so many fish nets to mend anymore, and mostly when he gets bored and when watching tv,
digging into my [...]

May 21, 2007

lace sock

although, i’m quite bold when it comes to diving into complicated patterns i found this one quite har to learn. but i also discovered some errors in the pattern that kinda threw me off in the beginning, but I did get the hang after a bit. i thought this would be the birthday present for [...]

May 21, 2007

felted rescue

i knitted a yey ho huge piece to be a felted bag about 4 years ago. it didn’t turn out so well, or it was too big to use for anything, really. but when i was invited to my aunts 50ieth birthday, i though aha, i have something in a drawer that is taking up [...]