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Peter is busy knitting. Yarn bombers, scarves and hats are being knitted. All of this goes to his best friend Scout and his sweet princess Rosie in Australia.
OLEG:
You've been knitting for two days now Peter. Isn't it time to take a break?
PETER:
I need to knit...knit...knit. It has to be ready before it turns winter in Australia. I don't want my friends to get cold.
I'm almost done with the hats.
A little later:
Look Oleg...Tada...finished the hats!!!
Oleg wakes up from his afternoon nap
OLEG: (yawns)
Oh...Peter...that looks beautiful!
PETER:
The red white and blue hat with the Dutch clog is for my very best friend Scout and the pink hat with diamond is for my very dear princess Rosie!
OLEG:
The red white blue colour is the colour of the Dutch flag. What a great idea. The hat with the diamond will look very nice on your princess Rosie
I'm so proud of you Peter!
PETER:
Thank you Oleg
A pink blush appears on Peter's cheeks
Scout and Rosie:
The pieces felted up really well.... they're quite thick and ridged... probably because it's garter stitch and not stockinette.... so my teacher tells me. I love them!
Thanks for the guidance, Steph! :)
All done. Ain't she purdy?
Pattern: Birch, Rowan 34
Yarn: ArtFibers Tsuki (1+ balls), color 6
Started: August 6, 2005
Finished: August 16, 2005
Blocked: August 18, 2005
Thoughts: I loved the pattern, really easy to memorize. It definitely helps to practice on an "easy" yarn to get the hang of it and to see how it develops. I must say though, the first few pattern repeats were so torturous because there were so many stitches and you couldn't really see what was happening. But once I got to the 3rd or 4th repeat, I was addicted!
I spun some more yarn... this time with small shells!
First I dyed some white roving into beachy colors using commercial food coloring I bought at Smart and Final.
Then I spun up the yarn starting with with the sand colors and progressed to the sea and sky so when it is knit or crocheted, it should make somewhat of a landscape.
I plied the yarn with holographic metallic thread that I had strung with small shells I got in Hawaii recently. (That took a LONG time!)
I'm really happy with the results! the stats: 80 yards, 3.5 oz.
Makes me want to go back to Hawaii though!
knitted myself a new pair of cosy wristwarmers ready for the colder autumn days. Have written it up as a free pattern which you can download if you'd like to make some. See my profile for a link to my blog where there's info about downloading the pdf file.
I have done a lot of knitting this past winter. This is one of the things tha I have kept for myself. It is a very warm large cowl or small poncho. The pattern came from a Ravelry contact, Jane Thorney (sp?).
Noro Hat by Saartje de Bruijn
Kureyon #165 1.5 skeins
Addi circ 12" size US7
started 1/14/08
finished 1/15/08
one of the most relaxing and satisfying knits available.
From my beetroot handspun. I made one pair as a birthday gift for a friend, and liked them so much I decided a second pair for me was in order. Good thing I had plenty of yarn.