Here they are, so cute, aren't they? I've knitted a baby cap earlier, and this lucky baby is going to have it too! And the cap is made of the same yarn, and the same SKEIN, so altogether this project consumed under 50 g of yarn. Wow!
Footies & Mits:
For: My God-Mother's friend's baby boy
Needles: 3 mm
Yarn: Novita Wool
Consumption: about 25 g
Cap:
Needles: 3½
Yarn: Novita Wool
Consumption: about 25 g (already unstashed from my Yarn! -list)
Footies are ready now, and I'm knitting mittens. The first one is ready! So fast... :P
And, I think I even have enough yarn! Yippee!
I've done a baby hat earlier, and it's the same colour.. I could give it away, and knit a new one when we'll have our own baby... :)
Oh my gosh, look at these! I promised my god-mother to knit these teeny weeny footies for her friend's baby boy. This is the first one, and look how small it is! So cute!
Well, as they say, better late than never, so
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY VISITORS!
This Christmas was the last one I spent at home. Of course I'm going to visit my parents every Christmas, but as a guest... I'm not feeling sad yet, but it'll be a big change to live with Jussi all year round instead of living with my parents. After all, I've been living home for almost 19 years already!
My parents still know what's a good xmas present for me :D My Dad actually bought me A SEWING MACHINE! No way! I'm soooo happy :D Till this, I've had to sew with my mother-in-law-to-be's sewing machine, but now..! Happy happy :)
Jussi bought me a book of quilting, and 3 skeins of yarn (as I told you before). He also payed Novita for one year :) He really knows what I like! <3 I didn't manage to knit the Paradoxical Mittens for Christmas, but Jussi said I gave him enough presents anyway :D So I just knit the mittens ready and give them to him when he needs them. Even if there's snow, it's not really cold in here yet...
And, guess what. I just HAD to start a new project (again). I bought 2 skeins of Novita Nalle, brown, and started to knit Panache while staying overnight at Jussi's home :D I'm already done half of it! So, that's about all I had to say this time :) Now we'll wait for new year's eve, then I'll go to Jussi again :)
And guess what... :)
Exactly 6 months! :) <3
My husband-to-be gave me some money and ordered me to go to a local yarn shop and buy what ever yarn I wanted :D And then I had to gave the skeins to him, and I'll get them on Xmas Eve then. Handy :D
So, I chose Gjestal's Topp Mohair, brown. :)
WIPs:
WIPs:
Finished :)
Pattern: Hourglass
Needles: 4 mm
Yarn: Novita 7 Veljestä
For: my Mom as a Xmas present
Consumption: 110 g
Yesterday I finished this beret. It was fast to knit :)
My mother-in-law-to-be has a very small head, so I used a little bit smaller needles.
Pattern: Pitsibaskeri by Novita
For: My mother-in-law-to-be
Needles: 3½ mm and 4 mm
Yarn: Novita Rose Mohair
Consumption: about 30g
WIPs:
I actually read the Little Prince in one day. Gosh I love it!
And. What have I knitted? I've making these yellow-gray -striped footies for my premier bridesmaid. Aaaaaand... Oh, the Paradoxical mittens! One down, one to go.
I just love these short days at school. For example, today I got home around 12! This is living. :D
AND! It's SNOWING! YEEII! A White Christmas isn't that impossible anymore, is it :D
They are here! Wow! It didn't take long, did it?
As I told you before, I bought a lace crocheting book (Hildegard Åstrand's Pitsinvirkkaus). And, I bought The Little Prince, written in French! So the name of the book is actually Le Petit Prince. I really like this one! Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a genious..!
Absolument magnifique, ce livre! Peut-être le meilleur livre français que j'ai lu! J'adore cette naïve façon d'écrir, de raconter une histoire, un conte! Comme nous n'avions jamais vieilli... Comme tout le monde, le monde éntier était dans ce livre. Je l'adore.
WIPs:
Finally. The last period of finnish senior high school (or lukio here in Finland) started today. AMAZING. 13 periods altogether, almost three years... Wow. I don't have that much courses anymore = more time to knit. :) Though, matriculation exams are coming again, I'm a little nervous, but not too much, yet.
So. I continued knitting the Paradoxical mittens for Jussi. I'm not quite sure if they are big enough... Well see.
Oh, and guess what I bought.
Hildegard Åstrand's pitsinvirkkaus (lace crocheting). Happy happy! :)
Finished!
Pattern: 56. Orapihlaja-liina by Neovius
Needles: 2 mm
Yarn: Novita Virkkauslanka
Consumption: about 20 g
For: My Grandma
WIPs:
I haven't knitted ANYTHING in a WEEK. All the exams I've had, phew... There's just no time. Well, on Friday I'll have my last exam, and after that I have all the time I need. :)
I need to go shopping. I just can't knit all the presents this year.
Oh, and I need more yarn. Surprize, surprize.
Mon livre de concours :)
This is the book that's going to be my best friend for the next six months.. :D
Time is running out!
WIPs:
FINALLY! I finished the cover's top layer just a few minutes ago. :)
This is a pic of "half way down" :P
And tadah!
Test run on my MIL's and FIL's bed :D
Now: Ironing and quilting all the layers together. :)
This quilting is REALLY annoying. :D It's so slow... Now I have 9/36 ready blocks, and I hope that tomorrow I'll finish the rest. I've been doing all of them at the same time.
But, to be honest, they look kinda nice :) On weekend I'll finish the cover. Hopefully. :)
Me and Jussi went to "the big city" today. I actually drove myself! I was terrified, but no one got hurt or anything. :D
First, we got my wedding ring. Oh my gosh. It's more beautiful than I even remembered! Here is a peek:
The first one (down) is my engagement ring, the diamond ring is my wedding ring and the last is Jussi's engagement ring. It's there because when we have our very first baby, we'll buy a ring just like our engagement rings to complete the combination. Perfect! <3
Then, we went to a fabric store. As you remember, I'm going to sew this bed cover. Here's the design:
I bought all the fabrics I need. Tomorrow I must wash them, because they shrink (5-8 %). Then I need to iron them. And finally, I'm able to cut snippets. And on Monday, I sew. A lot. Fun!
The edited Paradoxical mitten is now on needles. Let's hope the best!
I co 48 sts on 3 mm needles (yes, he has quite a small hand), and I made a k2, p2 ribbing first. Then I added 4 sts = 52 sts and switched the 3 mm needles to 3,5 mm needles. :)
Ugh. The original pattern for Paradoxical mittens doesn't fit my yarn. :D Or, correctly, I don't have the right kind of yarn to fit the pattern. I decided to do little changes to it. I don't want to do huge mittens :D I'm using Novita Nalle and Novita Nalle Colori, these:
We'll see how this is going to end up... :D
Yesterday I started to knit these socks. Wow. I really like them :)
Tomorrow me and Jussi are going to buy fabric for our bed cover :P AND we're going to buy our wedding ring! We actually payed one part of it in June, and tomorrow we'll pay the rest and get the ring home, own :) <3
I think I should start the Paradoxical mittens soon. Black and red, for my Jussi :)
...what to do next. If i had enough time I would just knit and knit and knit. Sigh. I'm soooo sick of going to school. Even though I have less than 50 school days left... (If I count right). Matriculation exams are coming (again) and I have more than enough to read.
But after I finish my school, I will work hard, think about our wedding and KNIT! And do all other crafts too. Yum.
:)
They are ready now :)
Pattern: Eeva Haavisto: Sata kansanomaista kuviokudinmallia, model 24. Kotka
Yarn: Novita 7 veljestä
Needles: 4 mm
For: Sister M for Christmas
Consumption: 70 g
Why aren't my badges working? :(
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New Moda came to me today, yippee! Lovely patterns, as always. Great winter and Christmas ideas and so on :)
But Christmas is that time of the year: No knitting for yourself, only to others. :P
Can this even be possible? I started to knit a shawl, AND I DIDN'T POST ABOUT IT? Weird.
However, here it is. I'm not sure if I'll have enough patience to finish this one...
The mittens I started are doing great. :P I finished the first one, and the second one is on needles. :)
I started a new project. Again. Lovely :D
These I'm going to give to my sister M. The pattern is from Eeva Haavisto's Sata kansanomaista kuviokudinmallia. I didn't cast on so many sts as in the pattern, instead, I co 48 sts because of the yarn I'm using. :)
I've been thinking a lot. I have dozens of knitting ideas in my head, and I would like to share some of them with you. I just need to realize them first :D I'm not sure if they are going to be published tomorrow or next month, but I'm sure I will, some day. :)
I want to thank you, my readers, for keeping my blog alive. It really warms my heart to see how many of you come to "visit" me :)
As I already told you, yesterday I bougt glass pearls for my graduation party jewellery. Today I made them :P And, to be honest, I think I did pretty well for a first timer :D
Necklace:
..and earrings:
I'm very pleased with them :) Even I didn't have the right tools..
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