Owlie Bag

Summer is officially here! Only Wednesday I was up north and it was sleeting all day long and only +4 C. But now it's warm and sunny and green!

I finished my owl from Storyland Cross Stitch and made it into a canvas bag I am so so happy with! I lined and backed it with fuchsia fabric sporting white little flowers to add some color:

I can't believe how many things there are I want to knit - it seems never-ending! Right now there are at least five pairs of socks, three shawls and two tops I'd like to be knitting! And some people say they only knit when it's cold outside!

Fire Opal Tee

I finished something other than socks! The pattern is Fire Opal Tee by Allyson Dykhuizen (try saying that three times fast) and it can be found in Knitscene Spring 2014. Apparently this was the last issue I was able to get through the library Zinio account for free which kind of sucks but at least I have lots to knit from the back issues I already have.

I used Hjertegarn Blend Bamboo which is 70% bamboo and 30% cotton. I really like the smooth feel of it although it was very splitty and thus not so nice to work with. I feel like I always have this problem whenever I am not working with wool yarn. However, the color is vibrant and the finished top lovely. If I look a little frozen in the photos try not to mind  -  it actually snowed a little earlier today!

Cross-stitching

I have been cross-stitching again, and it's fun! Late last year I bought myself a cross-stitch book, Storyland Cross Stitch by Sophie Simpson, aka Delilah. You can find her work here. I am totally in love with the book! My first project is, of course, probably the most demanding one in the whole thing. I am going to make this handsome owl into a canvas bag. I am stitching it on bed sheet fabric and not all my stitches are perfectly the same size. However, I love it and I think this pattern allows itself perfectly to not being perfect!

Wise Owl