Christmas presents vol 6.

The first one is for my friend, my son's godmother. The second one went to my husband's brother. 

Pattern: Virna (Ravelry) by Jatta Saukko

Yarn: Schachenmayr Nomotta Extra Merino BIG, green (174)

Needles: 4 mm CN + DPN

1.5 skeins

She liked this very much. I'm just about to knit the last few rows of her cabled collar. 

Pattern: Seaman's Cap by Brenda Zuk

Yarn: Lane Cervinia Le Fibre Nobili Mambo, light gray (2801)

Needles: 4 mm CN + CPN

double yarn, almost 4 skeins

Both yarns are from Karnaluks, Tallinn - yarnaholic's heaven.

Christmas presents vol 5.

One more! This one goes to my father who usually never wears caps but promised to wear one if I knit it.

Pattern: Seaman's Cap by Brenda Zuk
Yarn: Lane Cervinia Le Fibre Nobili Val Gardena, gray (251)
Needles: 4 mm DPN
4.5 skeins, double yarn

Christmas presents vol 4.

The next cap is for my husband's 10-year-old goddaughter. I have wanted to knit Aatos for a long time and now finally I got a chance. She can were it like this..

 ..or like this:

Pattern: Aatos by Kristel Nyberg in Ullaneule 02/09 (in English in Ravelry)

Yarn: Kauhavan Kangas-Aitta Oy Panda, brown (8259-1)

Needles: 3 mm, 3½ mm CN + DPN

Yes, I know - our son doesn't like to pose every time I knit something.

More Christmas presents next week, we are leaving to tomorrow and I'm going to forget TV and computer for a couple of days.

PS. I finally graduated three days ago!

Christmas presents vol 3.

For my teachers.

Pattern: Virna (Ravelry) by Jatta Saukko
Yarns: Schachenmayr Nomotta Extra Merino BIG, white (102) and beige (106) + Novita Isoveli, dark cyclamen (576)
Needles: 4 mm CN + DPN

I have now knitted 11 Virnas and there are still two more to knit!

Christmas presents vol 2.

These Virnas went to our son's kindergarten teachers. I asked him what colors those three women like and he chose white, red and blue skeins. Everyone got a crocheted flower too although I remembered to photograph only one of them.

Pattern: Virna (Ravelry) by Jatta Saukko

Yarns: Schachenmayr Nomotta Extra Merino BIG, natural white (102), red (131) and blue (156)

Needles: 4 mm CN + DPN

Coming soon: more Virnas. Thanks Jatta, I'm stuck with this pattern!

Christmas presents vol 1.

Pitkä hiljaisuus. Koulu on viimein saatu päätökseen ja valmistuminen koittaa tulevana lauantaina. Puolen vuoden työsuhde on ohi, nyt on hetki aikaa levätä ennen uusia tuulia. Olen neulonut ahkerasti, mutta vielä en voi tämän enempää esitellä.

A long silence. School's finally over and I will graduate this Saturday. After working for six months it's time to take a little break before starting again. I've been knitting a lot but can't yet present you anything but these.

For my husband's brother's fiancée, she already knows what she's getting. 

Pattern: Virna (Ravelry) by Jatta Saukko

Yarn: Schachenmayr Nomotta Extra Merino BIG, beige/natural (103)

Needles: 4 mm CN + DPN

Pattern: Cabled collar by Kalastajan vaimo

Yarn: Schachenmayr Nomotta Extra Merino BIG, beige/natural (103)

Needles: 6 mm CN

 

The color is actually light beige or maybe natural. Meiju has also made Virnas with this yarn but she calls the color gray. Either way, she has managed the picture this yarn we bought from our knitting club trip a way better than me.