For my son.

We like colors.

Pattern: basic sock
Yarn: Novita Nalle Colori, colored (877)
Needles: 3 mm

I'd been saving this skein for something special. This was the first time I knitted a short row heel and maybe the last one, too. These are ok but reinforced heels just fit better.

Little Child's Socks.

For a year or so our son has told that his favorite color is pink. We had no idea why until a couple of weeks ago he finally revealed it: his mother often wears pink and he loves her ♥ When I asked him to pick a color for his new socks, he chose pink.

Pattern: modified from Little Child's Socks by Nancy Bush (in Knitting Vintage Socks)
Yarn: SandnesGarn Sisu, pink (4517)
Needles: 2 ½ mm DPN


These socks’ sole is 17 cm instead of 23 cm (in the book). I also started with 56 stitches because 72 was way too much.

Still these turned out way too big.

The roses I got for our fifth wedding day 7th May and Mother's Day 9th May.

It's always nice trying to photograph a black object.

Yksi joululahjapipoista oli kulahtanut käytössä, joten neuloin uuden mustan tilalle. Pipon tuli olla simppeli eikä missään nimessä kireä, joten valitsin ohjeeksi Hallanvaaran. Ohjeen pipo on neulottu eri langasta, pienemmillä puikoilla ja vieläpä tasona (!!), mutta päädyin pudottamaan aloitussilmukoista vain kaksi ja neuloin tietysti pyörönä.

One of the Christmas presents had turned out too big in use so I knitted a new one to replace it. It had to be simple and not too tight so I chose to knit Ski Beanie. 

Malli: Hallanvaara, kirjasta Son of Stitch 'n Bitch
Langat: Novita Tempo, harmaa (070) ja Novita Isoveli, musta (099)
Puikot: 3 ½ mm, 4 mm

Pattern: Ski Beanie from the book Son of Stitch 'n Bitch
Yarns: Novita Tempo, gray (070) and Novita Isoveli, black (099)
Needles: 3 ½ mm, 4 mm


Pipossa on harmaa reunus, vaikka sitä onkin kuvasta vaikea päätellä. Kavennukset tein suurin piirtein ohjeen mukaisesti. Isoveljestä on varsin helppo neuloa, tulee väkisinkin siistiä jälkeä.

Toivottavasti ei enää sada lunta ja pipoa tarvitaan vasta ensi talvena!

It has a gray ribbing although it's hard to see. I did the decreasings adapting the pattern. Isoveli is such a nice yarn: easy to knit and always turns out so neat.


Hopefully it's not gonna snow anymore and this won't be needed before next winter!

Victory.

Viimeinkin. Minä tein sen. Ensimmäinen isompi kolmiomainen pitsihuivini. Kauan tähän meni, mutta valmista tuli. En ymmärrä miksi tällaiset tuntuivat pitkään niin ylivoimaisilta. Ainakin tämän kuvion oppi helposti ja alpakkaa oli mukava neuloa bambupyöröillä.

Finally. I did it. My first bigger triangular lace scarf. This took a long time but now it's finally finished. I don't understand why these kind of scarves felt overwhelmingly difficult at first. I learned the chart easily and liked knitting alpaca with bamboo circular needles.

Pattern: Lehmus
Yarn: teetee alpakka, natural white (100)
Needles: 3 mm 80 cm circulars
3 skeins

Neuloessa sattui vain muutama pieni virhe, mutta ne hädin tuskin näkyvät valmiista työstä. Vasta jälkikäteen huomasin tosin, että unohdin täysin neuloa työhön vielä kolmannen kaavion, mutta eipä huivi lainkaan pahalta näytä ilman sitä. Yläreunasta tuli vain siten hieman erilaisempi.

Tämä huivi menee Petriinalle, mutta ostin heti itseänikin varten Dropsin pinkkiä alpakkaa. Sitä ennen täytyy keksiä parempi tapa pingottaa valmista huivia, koska ainakin tämä ensimmäinen kerta oli niin syvältä.

Olen aika ylpeä. Minun ensimmäiseni.

I made only a couple of little mistakes while knitting. Afterwards I noticed that I had forgotten to knit chart number three but I think it won't matter. 


This scarf goes to Petriina but I immediately bought some pink Drops alpaca for my own scarf. But before that I need to find a better way to straighten these kind of scarves.


I'm quite proud. My very first.

Mambo caps.

Neuloin toissaviikolla kaksikin jo tutuksi tullutta myssyä löytäessäni kätköistäni vielä kaksi kerää vihreää Mamboa. Molemmat kuitenkin pääsivät uusiin koteihinsa jo ennen kuin ehdin niitä kuvata, joten pyysin toisesta kuvaa jälkeen päin.

I knitted two more Mambo caps during Easter holiday. They were both grabbed to their new homes before I had time to take pictures so a friend of mine sent me a photo afterwards.

Pattern: Basic knitted cap, Novita autumn 2008
Yarn: Novita Mambo, green
Needles: 6 mm DPN

Parin päivän sisällä luvassa yhden isomman projektin esittelyä, se alkaa viimeinkin valmistua!

Next I will present a bigger project which has taken a lot of my time lately!

For ECO cleaning.

I hate acrylic yarns but love bright colors. I just had to made some dishcloths of one of Novita's newnesses.

Pattern: basic garter stitch and trebles
Yarn: Novita Puro Batik, shade 886
Needles: 4 mm
Crochet hook: 3,5 
Usage: 1 skein


I haven't used these yet but am hoping that cleaning will get merrier with such a colorful dishcloths!

Depleting my yarn stock.

I like knitting caps for my husband. He always likes everything that I do and never complains about tickling yarns etc.

Pattern: Square, my own
Yarn: Drops Eskimo, green (006)
Needles: 6 mm DPN


This took about 1,5 skeins of Eskimo. WHAT am I going to do with 25 meters of it??

Blueberry hat.

At first I tried to make me a cap of Silo. FIN-beanie turned out to fit my son's head instead of mine. After that I thought that Mustikka would be perfect for me and it is - not just in turquoise.

Pattern: Mustikka by Suvi Simola
Yarn: Kauhavan Kangas-Aitta Oy Silo, turquoise (8282-1)
Needles: 4 mm DPN
Size: S/M


I've still got some of this extremely soft yarn left. I will knit Mustikka again but maybe in brown?

More cables.

A friend asked for these.

Pattern: Palmikkosukat by Anna-Maija Immonen, Novita
Yarn: Novita 7 Veljestä, light gray (047)
Needles: 3½ mm DPN

There are only three cabled charts in the pattern but I decided to knit five. Otherwise the legs of the socks would have turned out too short. Reinforced heel and wedge toe (for a first time), that's it.

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?