Archive for the ‘knitting’ Category
My new socks. Nothing special! Just nice colours for warm feet.
Well it took some time but here it is……the winter outfit for little Monkie !
It was knitted with sock yarn.
The coat was white, but after finishing, dyed under supervision of Lucas
(with the voice of ‘MonTie’ :-))
The hood is knitted as the heel of a sock and it fits perfectly.
Socks and mittens are knitted as hands and feet of the original ‘Jacob’ pattern,
but 1 needle size bigger.
It took some time, but here is Simon’s cardigan. First it was too small….
I undid and started again!
The hood is closed with a kitchener stitch. That looks so much better
It is always hard to catch the right colour on the photo, but the close-up below shows it very good!
After we gave the book ‘Monkie’ to Lucas, I knew I wanted to knit a little one for him.
He loves cuddly toys very much.
I knitted, I sewed and made the bed from a shoe box to stand next to his bed, when he goes to sleep.
Forever friends…..
Several minutes ago I finished Lucas his cardigan. The buttons are made from timber.
Need I say more…..
It took some time to find a nice blue coloured yarn for Simon, but here it is.
It feels very soft. Now it is time to make a cardigan from the different parts 🙂 Next, into the water and the ‘finished touch’ will be the buttons. Two-three days at the most and this one is finished too.
It wasn’t a huge job….
Talking and knitting it was soon finished…..the yarn wasn’t even half way!
Because I’m not sleeping very well when I’m not in my own bed, I started a second one during the night.
It is twice the length and no yarn is left! I forgot to make a picture, sorry!
My spinning of the package….Annual Spinning Day 2011
Today the yarn is going with me to Elspeet for the Annual Spinning Day 2012!
I choose to knit the yarn….in the end a huge blanket will be the result
of our shared croched or knitting….
I wanted to knit ‘something’ for Lucas and Simon.
Lucas his favorite colour is green… so he told.
Well we did find some nice yarn for him. Cinque from Lana Grossa
The pattern is a design from ‘Katia’ and I use needles number 6.
Lucas is 3 years old and a slender boy. This width will do.
For Simon we didn’t succeed yet. Next week we will visit another shop and hopefully we will find his favorite colour there. Fingers Crossed!
Knitting was a joy. No thinking was needed…just knit….
Winter may come now!
I sewed nice pants for my ‘holiday project’….. Monkie.
The pattern was the same as the first two cuddle apes I knitted,
only this time I used a different yarn.
Please take a look at the designer’s website, Annita Wilschut
Using this hairy yarn was a real challenge. When I lost a stitch I hardly could find it.
Picking up the stitches to knit the ears???…. well I don’t know how, but I managed!
My daughter immediately recognized the favorite book of her youth and wanted him!
I made Monkie for her birthday.
Today he left my house. His place on my loom is empty….. 🙁
Sometimes one needs a challenge. Below is mine…. toe socks.
Casting-off made me fight with the needles 😉
At the end I used a circular needle, what a relieve….no needle falling out that one stitch!
Putting them on…well you have to get used to it. Sometimes I can’t find all toes 😉
I wanted ‘Marrocan mint’ on the table. It smells nice and I love the little flowers.
However, the only vase I had, was an empty peanut butter pot! What should I do…
I gave it a coat. The pattern is from spiral socks….
Well, he is not yet finished, but I had to show him….
The head needs some more stuffing, the eyes are not yet attached and
I need textile for his pants….
I finished number two……
I started to knit a bolero from the dyed leftover Jacob Humbug / Alpaca yarn.
The pattern is from ‘Drops Design’ Fingers crossed!
After finishing we really thought the sweater looked rather dull. We decided to add turquoise to brighten it up and the dye-pot was heated….
It was hard to catch the right colour with the camera. In reality it shows much, much nicer….
and the combination with the dark colour is beautiful.
Maybe the close-up will give a better impression!
After finishing my husband’s sweater, there was still a reasonable amount of yarn left.
Enough to knit something, but some colour would be nice.
I decided to rainbow dye this leftover and used turquoise / golden yellow / bright red
and a touch of black.
Yes, I finished Janneke’s shawl.
