Schöne Wolle

Letzten Donnerstag hatte ich das Glück Dagmar von Wollerey.de kennenzulernen.

Sie hatte natürlich auch jede Menge ihrer Schätze dabei und ich habe mir von ihr ein Farbset für die Thuja-Weste in Doppio Wolle zusammenstellen lassen.

Von den Farben bin ich total begeistert und kann es kaum erwarten, dass meine Anleitung eintrifft, damit ich loslegen kann.

So sieht das Modell aus. In meinem Farbset wird sie bestimmt ganz klasse aussehen.

Sackboy

The first time I saw him I fell in love with him. I bought the PS3 game on the same day it came out and of course I wanted to knit him.

Luckily Alan Dart designed a wonderful pattern that made it possible.

Isn't this little guy just adorable?

Beautiful Yarn

I am really thrilled, because Saturday a birthday package arrived and it contained some very beautiful sock yarn.

The blue color is called Heather. For these I will have to pick out a special pattern,

but it will be some time before I start making these socks.

At the moment I am busy with four different knitting projects.

1) a scarf in a pattern called Dragon Skin from a wonderful skein of Noro

2) a pair of lacey socks in variegated light brown, first one is done, second one about half way

3) a sweater for myself in a deep red yarn with little colorfoul specks

4) a baby sweater in Elizabeth Zimmermann's pattern for a knitting friend

Fotos of these projects will be posted upon completion.

I will leave you with an impression of the forsythie in front of my window. Spring!

Back home again

Saturday I finally made it back home after a terribly long and uncomfortable flight.

In retrospect I have to say that the trip was wonderful. There were so many new impressions and I've learned so much about Australia. It was great fun!

During my stay I knitted 5 pairs of socks. Here they are, guarded by my lovely echidna, one of several little beanies I bought. Just can't resist a cute face and soft fur ... ;)

Some of the yarn I brought with me and some I bought in Melbourne and Sydney. Both cities have some lovely yarn shops.

In Melbourne we got to me a knitter group. They were very nice and welcoming. Unfortunately we didn't get the chance to meet the Sydney knitters, but I like the idea that you can connect with people all over the world through a shared passion for knitting.

Happy Feet

My 9th pair of socks is finished. The yarn is called Happy Feet and it was fun to knit and feels so soft.
I will be knitting pair no. 10 down under ... :)

President Obama

A while ago my son requested that I knit President Obama for him.
Luckily I found a great pattern, posted by Katie Park on Ravelry, also to be found here:
http://caffaknitted.typepad.com/caffaknitted/president-obama.html

Wrapping Up January

Work has kept me pretty busy the last couple of weeks, so I didn't get to post. To make up for that, this post will be a little bigger, so I can show off the rest of the projects I knit in January. :)








Here are socks no. 7 and 8





Watching the movie Twilight I fell in love with Bella's mittens. Fortunately Marielle was so kind to post a free pattern through Ravelry: http://subliminalrabbit.blogspot.com/2008/12/bellas-mittens-updated-pattern.html

See the results ...




Knitting so many socks I have plenty of yarn leftovers, so I decided to treat my iPod to a bag. ;)

This way I can listen to it during sport and while working in the garden without the worry of it falling out.





Due to the cold weather I decided to knit a hat.
I think I found the perfect mannequin to model it ...

Baby, it's cold outside ...

It was really cold last week and I had this fluffy yarn lying around so I decided to make a scarf. It turned out really nice and soft and I like wearing it, but it was not much fun to knit.

Also my sixth pair of socks is finished and the sock blockers arrived, so now it is easy to take nice pictures without having to show off my feet.

All Wrapped Up

Jennifer wanted to wrap herself in something warm, to keep out the draft at work. As a result I made her this shawl in teddy-brown and from the leftover yarn some matching fingerless gloves.

Sock Day

Two more pairs of socks are waiting to be posted, numbers 4 and 5.

Six is still on the needles. The colorful one is made with Opal Harry Potter yarn, the Harry colors. Even though in my opinion the colors don't have anything to do with Harry Potter, nevertheless I really like the way they look.

Today ... something different

I've decided to give the socks a rest, at least for today ... ;)
This is a scarf and fingerless mitten set I made for my daughter:

Frozen

Today it is extremely cold, -15° C in Frankfurt. Best time to show off some more socks I made. ;)

This is pair number 2:

Pair number 3:

Last night I finished the shawl I made for Jennifer. It was done blocking and I just had to weave in the ends. Now the package can be sent off tomorrow. :) Pictures will follow!

First Entry

Today I finally got around to setting up this blog, so I would have a place where I can show off the things I make to my friends and family.

Since this is First Entry I will start by showing the very first pair of socks I knit.

Even though I've been knitting off and on since school, I never quite got around to knitting a pair of socks.

But I really enjoyed it and right now I am already on pair number 6 and lots of ideas in my head. :)