The rhyme card bag.

We've got at least 50 rhyme cards just laying around. At last I found time to sew a bag for them.

Pattern: my own
Fabric: By Graziela from Lasten Metsola
Others: ribbon and stopper from Stockmann


THANK YOU for everyone who took part in this rhyme card swap. We have enjoyed every card, they are excellent!

The last skein of beige Mambo.

My mother got a new cap.

Pattern: Basic knitted cap, Novita autumn 2008
Yarn: Novita Mambo beige (647) 
Needles: 6 mm DPN


I've still got lots of Mambo left. Brown ones for Vihervaara and yellow ones for Sylvi. But now I'm finally out of beige.

Pants.

Our son grows really fast these days.

Pattern: Simo pants, size 98 cm, pattern no 27 in Ottobre 4/2008
Fabrics: velours and welts from Kestovaippakauppa and Myllymuksut
Others: Disney Cars patch from H&M Kids, Barbapapa and digger from Stockmann


The pattern is the same as before. Last year I needed to narrow the smaller size but now these fit.

Cables.

I prefer wool, cables and red. When I saw Johanna's cabled collar I absolutely wanted one for me.

Pattern: Palmikkokauluri by Kalastajan vaimo
Yarn: Drops Eskimo, red (008)
Needles: 9 mm CN


This was my first time knitting Eskimo. I fell in love with it right away. Although knitting cables with 9 mm needles was quite challenging every now and then. The collar took totally six skeins of yarn (à 50 g).

I've got only one problem: I don't have a jacket that fits with this! Shopping? I'm also thinking about knitting a cap, too. This one?

Can I sleep with this??

Twins.

Remember the socks I knitted for our teacher? After seeing them her sister wanted precisely same kind of socks. Same pattern, same yarn, same color.

Sorry for the photo, these socks are for smaller feet than mine.

Pattern: Saltkråkan
Yarn: Novita 7 Veljestä, white (011)
Needles: 3½ mm DPN


Now I think I could probably knit these cables in my sleep.

Baby socks.

Pattern: something very basic
Yarn: SandnesGarn Sisu, green (8514)
Needles: 2½ mm DPN

Booooring.

Thanks for the comments concerning our son's new orange cap! I LOVE orange too but am unfortunately going to tell about some grey stuff now. My sister asked for a cap and mittens in that color and I chose last year's new yarn Novita Tempo.

 

 

Patterns: Kati cap and mittens, basic ribbing and moss stitches
Yarn: Novita Tempo, grey (070)
Needles: 5 mm DPN

She wanted simple accessories and that's what she got. Those mittens seem very odd but they fitted perfectly. But at next time I'm going to learn how to knit a better thumb.

I liked the yarn and have bought some yellow skeins of it for my cap and scarf. Grey is just not my color and it was quite boring knitting these. Unfortunately my sister has asked to me knit two (!) grey scarves for her..!

Waiting for spring.

We've had a very snowy winter. I haven't seen this much snow since childhood. I'm glad that our son gets to go skiing and make snowmen every day. I'm definitely not going to complain about the cold - we are really enjoying the snow - but I've secretly started to wait for the upcoming spring.

Our son got a new jacket for the spring time. I couldn't help myself and knitted a matching cap to wear with it.

Pattern: Baby cap, Novita Autumn 2009 (pattern no 60)
Size: 70/80 m
Yarn: Kauhavan Kangas-Aitta Oy Panda, orange (004)
Needles: 3½ mm DPN


I have some brown Panda for my new cap, too. It's an extremely soft yarn with my favorite colors. Wonder how much of it should I have for a cardigan?

Lima mittens.

I don't do mittens. I hate knitting thumbs because they always turn out holey. Felted mittens are the only ones I can do.

Pattern: Filtede vanter, HjerteGarn Tilbehør no. 4
Yarn: HjerteGarn Lima, dark gray (402)
Needles: 5 mm DPN


These ones were pleasant to knit. I prefer Lima rather than Novita Huopanen which of I have knitted orange mittens for me about two years ago (they are not blogged). My mittens are very warm and I have worn them a lot but Lima was nicer to handle.


I will absolutely knit more Lima mittens in the future. These mittens are going to a relative.

Socks. Again.

These are suddenly too small so I knitted new socks for my son. Same basic pattern and same yarn, just a different shade.

Pattern: basic ribbed socks
Yarn: Drops Fabel, colored orange (153)
Needles: 3 mm DPN

The yarn is great but I probably should have used smaller needles. However the most important thing is that my son absolutely loved these.

Victory.

You know the type who always wears black, grey, brown and dark blue? My husband's one of them. In my opinion he desperately needed some new colors.

 

 

Pattern: basic ribbed cap
Yarn: Gjestal Rede, turquoise (438)
Needles: 4 mm


Pattern: Baktus
Yarn: Gjestal Rede, turquoise (438)
Needles: 4 mm DPN


At first he was almost forced to wear these but now he actually seems to like them, too ;) That's great because I already bought some green Drops Eskimo for his next cap. If I'm lucky, he'll probably wear red next year?

I wonder if I can find this yarn in future because it's no longer in Gjestal's pages?

Sweet.

I've been waving my needles studiously during these past two weeks but instead of finishing anything I have just started new projects again and again.

My friend's daughter (almost 8 months) got a new cap. I knitted this three times - two times with Novita Luxus Cloud in white. The first one was way too tiny and the second one turned out like it could fit me. Finally I put the lovely yarn aside and chose to give Florica a chance.

Pattern: Knitted baby cap, Novita Winter 2009
Yarn: Novita Florica, pink (502)
Needles: 3 ½ mm
Size: 70 cm


Luckily I have lots of Florica storaged in our work room. This is way more lighter than Luxus Cloud. I just bought our son a new spring coat which has red and orange squares - a cap made from orange Florica will absolutely go with it :)


I have bought almost 3 kilograms of yarn from sales but don't probably have time to knit that much anymore. At least not before April. We really have to work with our thesis. Besides we have an extremely ferocious three-year-old who is in such a negative age right now. He really won't let me knit at all; hides my needles and tears unfinished projects.

With patience,

Year 2009

Last year I made:

30 hats or caps
    - 19 of them for adults
    - 8 of them for children
    - 3 of them for babies

26 pair of socks
    - 4 of them for adults
    - 12 of them for children
    - 10 of them for babies

2 slippers

2 scarves

2 baby mittens

1 baby jacket

5 pants
    - 1 of them knitted
    - 4 of them sewed


2 dish cloths
3 Trauma Teddies
many pearls
1 bed sheets
2 pillow cases
2 diaper pants (knitted)
2 washing mittens
1 handicraft bag
2 little baskets
2 tiny bags
1 mobile bag
lots and lots of rhyme cards (haven't photographed all)


This year I'm going to knit more scarves and mittens, sew clothes for my son, learn how to knit different heels and buy a little less yarn than last year.

This year I'm also going to graduate.

Christmas presents vol 4

Socks for our teacher.

Malli: Saltkråkan
Lanka: Novita 7 Veljestä, valkoinen (011)
Puikot: 3 ½ mm

Pattern: Saltkråkan
Yarn: Novita 7 Brothers, white (011)
Needles: 3 ½ mm DPN


Kaunis malli, helppo kuvio jäi nopeasti mieleen. Neulon tällaiset takuulla toistekin.

A beautiful pattern, stucked easily in my mind. I'll absolutely knit these again some day.

I added pictures of the books I'm reading at the moment on the right side.

Christmas presents vol 3

Sukat, ystävän tyttärelle.

Socks for a friend's little daughter.

Malli: oma, varressa palmikkoa
Lanka: Novita Nalle, ruskea (673)
Puikot: 3 mm

Pattern: my own, some cables in the leg of the sock
Yarn: Novita Nalle, brown (673)
Needles: 3 mm DPN

Christmas presents vol 2

Lakkeja langoille ;)

Hats for my brother-in-laws.

Malli: perusjoustinneulepipo
Lanka: Novita Luxus Stone, ruskea (063)
Puikot: 4 mm

Pattern: basic ribbing hat
Yarn: Novita Luxus Stone, brown (063)
Needles: 4 mm DPN

Malli: Pipo (malli nro 23), Novita kevät 2009
Lanka: Grignasco Flavia Baby Merino, musta
Puikot: 3 ½ mm

Pattern: Hat (pattern no 23), Novita Spring 2009
Yarn: Grignasco Flavia Baby Merino, black
Needles: 3 ½ mm DPN

Christmas presents vol 1

Kaksi Isabellaa.

Two Isabellas.

Malli: Isabella hat (Ravelry)

Lanka: Grignasco Flavia Baby Merino, harmaa (130) kaksinkertaisena

Puikot: 3 ½ mm

Pattern: Isabella hat (Ravelry)

Yarn: Grignasco Flavia Baby Merino, gray (130) twofold

Needles: 3 ½ mm DPN

 

Malli: Isabella hat (Ravelry)
Lanka: Marks & Kattens Superwash Safir, oranssi (1988) kaksinkertaisena
Puikot: 3 ½ mm

Pattern: Isabella hat (Ravelry)
Yarn: Marks & Kattens Superwash Safir, orange (1988) double yarn
Needles: 3 ½ mm DPN

Pearls.

Ensimmäiset on tehty pojan kanssa joululahjaksi hänen kummitädilleen. Loput ovat minulle. Kaikki helmet ovat Sinooperista.

The first ones are made together with my son and went to his godmother as a Christmas gift. The rest are for me. All of the pearls are bought from Sinooperi.

 

 

Lisää myöhemmin, ehkä vielä tämän illan aikana.

More later, maybe even tonight.

Finland 92 years.

Happy Independence Day!

Pink again.

Hieman lämmikettä tammikuun vauvalle.

Something for a January's baby.

Malli: perus-peukalottomat
Lanka: Gjestal Knopp pinkki (115)
Puikot: 3 mm

Pattern: basic mittens without thumbs
Yarn: Gjestal Knopp pink (115)
Needles: 3 mm DPN



Malli: Supervauvan polvisukat
Lanka: Gjestal Knopp pinkki (115)
Puikot: 3 mm

Pattern: Super Baby's Knee Highs
Yarn: Gjestal Knopp pink (115)
Needles: 3 mm DPN


Seuraavaksi pieni blogitauko. Palaan joulun jälkeen toivottavasti valmiiden töiden kera!

Next I'll take a little break on blogging. I'll be back after Christmas and have hopefully a lot of finished projects to tell about.