I took the opportunity to do quite a lot of crafting over the holidays, but I didn't have any internet access so I'm posting it all in one.
This is the ginger bread house my friend Susanna and I made, it ended up a bit wonky so we had to improvise... a lot. It's sort of unintentionally "Nightmare before Christmas"-themed.
These socks were a Christmas gift for my mother, the pattern is from the latest issue of
knitty and is called monkey.
This is my sister's dog Wagner and he is wearing a Santa outfit I made for him. It was supposed to be a jacket but since I'm an idiot I messed up and ended up having to make a cape instead. Click
here to see a video of him wearing it.
This is my first try using the shrinky dinks I got ages ago in the MCDHT6 swap. I glued them onto magnets with erikeeper, managed to lose them though :( The sewing machine in the background used to be my grandmother's, pretty isn't it? No one uses it at my dad's, which is a bit of a shame since it works perfectly.
I knit this bag out of the yarn I got from Superhooker, which I dyed with koolaid. I probably didn't use enough colour because the yarn came out quite pale but I still like it. It's basically the same as the other garnstudio bag I knitted but it's slightly smaller and the handle is different. The handle is just two icords, I considered adding a third but then I got the idea to crochet myself a headband thingy out of the left over yarn.
There are still four projects that I haven't posted, two are UFOs and one is going to be sent to Superhooker and she might still lurk around and get a look at it... wouldn't want that now would we? I thought her package had gotten lost in the mail so I started a new one and then she received her package. But I had allready finished one item, so I have decided to send it since they're too small for me and I don't know anyone else who'd appriciate them.
Comments? Questions?
I've finished two items since I last posted, the socks for my friend and a Calorimetry out of the leftover yarn.
Sorry about the expression, I'd just gotten home from an 11h school day... (need I say more?)
I found some blue yarn in my stash this week, that I bought ages ago and I decided to knit a pair of socks for my friend Susku out of it. They have to be finished by the 26th when I'll be visiting her in Helsinki (wish me luck.)
I suprised myself by actually finishing it, I thought it would look really awful! But it doesen't, I'm actually kind of glad that the top bit isn't the same shape as in the original. Bad news is that my mystery yarn is a bit itchy, but it's so pretty I can surely live with it!
I finished the socks for my grandmother a few days back but I forgot to post photos of them. I still have some yarn left, no idea what to do with it or any of the other left over yarn that is currently floating around my room ;)
More knitting? Yes! I work very well when ignoring, other more important things (such as schoolwork and cleaning). I cast on Piggle very late friday evening and this is as far as I've come so far, one more row of the lace pattern and it'll be time for the decreases. I'm only doing one hole though, I'm far too old to walk around with pigtails.
knitting Calorimetries, that is! Here is mine, I love it! It's warm, pretty and functional, what more could a gal ask for?
I'm going to take part in the 2007 Sock-along at Craftster! We're going to knit one pair of socks a month, yay!
This is the ginger bread house my friend Susanna and I made, it ended up a bit wonky so we had to improvise... a lot. It's sort of unintentionally "Nightmare before Christmas"-themed.
These socks were a Christmas gift for my mother, the pattern is from the latest issue of knitty and is called monkey.
This is my sister's dog Wagner and he is wearing a Santa outfit I made for him. It was supposed to be a jacket but since I'm an idiot I messed up and ended up having to make a cape instead. Click here to see a video of him wearing it.
This is my first try using the shrinky dinks I got ages ago in the MCDHT6 swap. I glued them onto magnets with erikeeper, managed to lose them though :( The sewing machine in the background used to be my grandmother's, pretty isn't it? No one uses it at my dad's, which is a bit of a shame since it works perfectly.
I knit this bag out of the yarn I got from Superhooker, which I dyed with koolaid. I probably didn't use enough colour because the yarn came out quite pale but I still like it. It's basically the same as the other garnstudio bag I knitted but it's slightly smaller and the handle is different. The handle is just two icords, I considered adding a third but then I got the idea to crochet myself a headband thingy out of the left over yarn.
There are still four projects that I haven't posted, two are UFOs and one is going to be sent to Superhooker and she might still lurk around and get a look at it... wouldn't want that now would we? I thought her package had gotten lost in the mail so I started a new one and then she received her package. But I had allready finished one item, so I have decided to send it since they're too small for me and I don't know anyone else who'd appriciate them.