And in Recent Knitting News

I finally took a photo of the finished 50's lace gloves! I am very happy with them, the yarn really is as soft as can be and the colour is just breathtaking. Before knitting these, I have only once before knit gloves and they didn't come out very well. So I was quite surprised now to find out that knitting gloves really isn't even that difficult! I think I'm going to be wearing them a lot but maybe not right now as gloves aren't really as warm as mittens and we just got our first snow of the season.

I have also bee knitting the Rhombus socks, I have finished the first one, now in 2.25 needles (earlier I knit in 2.0 and that was way too tight). In these small needles, even the .25 makes a huge difference! The yarn is Hjerte Garn's Sock 4 and so far I am totally in love with pretty much all of its colourways. The Rhombus socks are from 2499 and I love how it's dyed so that there are only very short lengths in one colour so that it doesn't stripe nor does it form colourpatches the same way the 2099 in which the Twisted Flower socks are knit in. However, that's lovely, too, and fits that pattern perfectly. I have also in my stash the beautiful blue 2599 and I don't think I'll stop there! Next time I go yarn shopping I'm bound to have bought more of this awesome (and quite cheap) sock yarn...

Most recently (read: on Wednesday) I started knitting a slipover for my boyfriend. It's something I have been talking for a while of doing and now I finally got around. The pattern is from Novita's Fall magazine, the same one my Autumn striped skirt was in, and it uses two very different yarns, one is basically a sock yarn (Novita Nalle) and the other is a very soft 100% yarn that felts if washed in the machine (Novita Puro). I know, that doesn't sound like the greatest choice for a slipover, especilly since the front is in that yarn and the back in the sock yarn, but the colours are really just so beautiful. It's self-striping and the colourway I'm using has red, green and gray. The back is going to be dark gray. I think it's going to be very nice, and he liked the colours as well. And really, Novita Puro isn't even that bad, I knit scarves from it for both myself and him a year ago and they are both still very nice-looking. I just have to make sure that he doesn't accidentally put it in the washing machine!

The Socks on Fire - Finished!

Finished with them socks! I am really happy with them, the yarn is pretty, the pattern is beautiful. Or what do you think?

I also finally got a picture of the vintage turban I worked on for a while. Like I said previously, it's okay but far from perfect. Maybe if it was easier to put on, but I definitely always will need a mirror to do that. However, when I manage to put it on, it looks kind of nice. And I think turbans are kind of in right now, at least all the Fall knitting magazines I've read have had turban patterns in them.

The pic really isn't the greatest, but it's starting to be really difficult to get good pictures as there is a definite shortage of daylight here! But such is life in Finland... Not that I'm complaining -much.

Yesterday I made five pompoms and I need six more: I am making a necklace out of them. That might sound weird but maybe this helps a bit: the yarn felts in wash, so the pompoms should turn into little woolly balls. And suddenly the idea of a necklace doesn't sound so ridiculous. I think it'll be very pretty, I'll also have some wooden beads, maybe every other wood, every other wool.

I am also thinking of starting up knitting the Rhombus socks again. I had to frog them as they were too small. If I started them now again, I could still do it. I'm afraid the longer I wait the less likely I am to start knitting them ever. Well, maybe not ever, since I already have the perfect yarn... My fingers are also really itching to get started on a lovely shawl pattern, Haruni by Emily Ross. I have yarn for that as well, I got a beautiful green-white multicolour yarn last Christmas from a friend, it's a silk-alpaca mix and almost too fine to knit with. But the Haruni pattern will do justice to it, or so I hope.

I also am salivating over a long cardigan with bunnies from Novita's new winter collection. I have wanted to knit something with cute animals on it, and I have also thought that a long cardigan could still fit really well in my wardrobe (which is already quite full with knitted objects...) Gorgeous isn't it?

Long Time No Blog

It's been a while since I last blogged, first for being busy and then for being sick. I'm back now though, to share some pictures of projects I have recently finished. First, here's the hat I knit for my boyfriend. The picture is not the best, but the hat is nice and looks great on him. The colour is just perfect as it fits nicely with a scarf I knit him earlier. The pattern is from Raverly, naturally, a free pattern by Shana Kreikemeier, published in her blog. You can find the pattern on Raverly here.

Then there are a couple things I made for presents, first a Lady Jessica cowl you can find under that name on Raverly, a lovely Victorian style pretty frilly thing and then a brooch I made from a crocheted lily of the valley made earlier from Lesley Stanfield's pattern. I was pretty happy with them both so it felt good to give them out.

Since finishing these presents, I have been working on my Kasha cardigan which is coming along nicely, I have finished left front, back and one sleeve.

I have also knit yet another pair of socks from Cookie A.'s Knit.Sock.Love, this time a sweet pair called Twisted Flower. Or as I call my pair, the Socks on Fire. They are named thus because the yarn I'm using resembles flames with its dark red, purple, burning hot orange and flickers of blue. I am also pretty hooked with the Hunger Games trilogy so I named the socks in honour of the girl that was on fire. I'll post pictures of the socks later as well as of my Kasha as soon as I knit further on. I really adore the socks, I was a little afraid that the complex cable pattern wouldn't look nice with the strong-coloured yarn but as it turns out, they were a perfect match. But now whenever I put the socks on, I'll always feel a little like Katniss when they first ignited her cape in the first book: anticipating the pain of the flame burning my skin. ^^ Well, maybe that is a bit of an overstatement but still, it brings a smile to my lips.

I really don't have much more to report at the moment. Other than that Joss Whedon's fans rated 12th on Vulture's list on most devoted fan bases. That was pretty fun, although I do not know if the list is really very reliable. Yet, it's fun to read, and some of the info on each fan base is quite funny.