not so good news...
Good news first:
Got my second parcel from my great secret pal! Will post picture as soon as the digicam decides to turn up again but let me tell you: I was COMPLETELY spoiled!!!
Wohoooow!
More good news:
Nonibag is currently drying on the block...mhm, felting IS kind of experimental, maybe I will have to felt a few spots by hand to get a more even look.
And still more good news:
I am knitting.
The not so good news:
Some things are seemingly just not meant to be -> Clessidra and I are having serious issues. I guess it has a lot to do with the yarn being white...well, this item is on hold and since I believe in closing a post with good spirits:
I am knitting green socks. (Get it? Green like spring like colour like not white!)
The yarn is yummy, the pattern mine *hehehe* and the colours just...a lot of greeny-beany-springtime!
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18. Mai 2007
12. April 2007
And because I love them so much...
a pic with the socks on my feet!!!
They are almost a perfect match: The heels are different and so is the tip of the toe by only a few rows, but I guess only you, esteemèd knitter, will notice...*hehe*
(And I can't work out how to turn the pic...whatever *rollseyes*)
They are almost a perfect match: The heels are different and so is the tip of the toe by only a few rows, but I guess only you, esteemèd knitter, will notice...*hehe*
(And I can't work out how to turn the pic...whatever *rollseyes*)
28. März 2007
A tale of perfectionism
today I tried myself at being a perfectionist...
I got myself the first part of the Desperate Housewives - Second season, some lovely Regia jacquard sock wool (red, pink, purple multicolour) and some nice hot coffee. The plan: Two perfectly matched socks.
I started the first one...everything went swell, well, the first sock always is, since there is no match...and when I had finished that one, I started on the second one. I unpeeled the ball of yarn, found the right spot, even measured the bit where I would start the cast on, an so I did...I cast on and started knitting. It matched the first one, it truly did...until I reached the heel. I realized that somehow, the dying differed. And since I had already spent some hours on the second sock, I succumbed...I did not frog the works!
After I picked up the heel stitches and had finished the gusset (which also did not match), the colourway suddenly reverted to my plan! Everything went my way until I started decreasing the toe stitches...and now I have a pair of socks which is almost perfect.
I blame Regia!
And I don't care, since the socks are really, really lovely!
Well, almost...*lesigh*
Lesson to be learned: Don't only match the beginning, but the whole lot of yarn, even if it takes HOURS! Or just don't care enough for perfectionism to mind...(and I am clearly resorting to the latter one...)
I got myself the first part of the Desperate Housewives - Second season, some lovely Regia jacquard sock wool (red, pink, purple multicolour) and some nice hot coffee. The plan: Two perfectly matched socks.
I started the first one...everything went swell, well, the first sock always is, since there is no match...and when I had finished that one, I started on the second one. I unpeeled the ball of yarn, found the right spot, even measured the bit where I would start the cast on, an so I did...I cast on and started knitting. It matched the first one, it truly did...until I reached the heel. I realized that somehow, the dying differed. And since I had already spent some hours on the second sock, I succumbed...I did not frog the works!
After I picked up the heel stitches and had finished the gusset (which also did not match), the colourway suddenly reverted to my plan! Everything went my way until I started decreasing the toe stitches...and now I have a pair of socks which is almost perfect.
I blame Regia!
And I don't care, since the socks are really, really lovely!
Well, almost...*lesigh*
Lesson to be learned: Don't only match the beginning, but the whole lot of yarn, even if it takes HOURS! Or just don't care enough for perfectionism to mind...(and I am clearly resorting to the latter one...)
21. März 2007
Socks and more...
I have been knitting...nope, no hoodie, no cardie but socks! Finished one pair, started the second one (first sock finished) and bought more sock yarn -> definitely hooked!
As for the toe-up sock: I bought self-patterning wild stripey stuff for that and shorter dpns (my hands are small). And since my feet are small too, making these yummy sockey thingies lovey duvey takes me less than five hours! (Once I did work out the flap heel...which took me three hours...ore more...and frogfrogfrogging at least four times...)
Wehell, I will cast on the first sleeve of the cardie and am thinking about blocking the hoodie...when and if I have the nerve for that (I don't like sewing seams).
As for the toe-up sock: I bought self-patterning wild stripey stuff for that and shorter dpns (my hands are small). And since my feet are small too, making these yummy sockey thingies lovey duvey takes me less than five hours! (Once I did work out the flap heel...which took me three hours...ore more...and frogfrogfrogging at least four times...)
Wehell, I will cast on the first sleeve of the cardie and am thinking about blocking the hoodie...when and if I have the nerve for that (I don't like sewing seams).
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