Sunday, December 28, 2008

Teeny Weeny Set, finished :)

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)

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Teeny Weeny Set, Mits!

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... :)


Teeny Weeny

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!

Am I late?

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

Friday, December 19, 2008

Yarn :)

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. :)

Monday, December 15, 2008

Nine days

WIPs:


FOs:

  • Eeva Haavisto's Kotka mittens for my Sister M
  • Felted mittens for my Sister S
  • Orapihlaja-liina for my Grandma <3
  • A lace hat from Novita (Pitsibaskeri) for my mother-in-law-to-be, aka MIL2B
  • Hourglass for my Mom <3

Ready:
  • Crosswords magazines for my FIL2B
  • Xmas ham gift card for my Dad <3
  • An L-mug for my BIL2B L
  • A "Coffee"-mug for my BIL2B O
  • A Sauna-set for my Aunt and her husband
Knitted:

NOTHING!

Not knitted:
  • Something nice to Jussis bestman HP
  • Something nice to my secondary bridesmaid A

Thursday, December 11, 2008

To do, getting shorter!

WIPs:


FOs:

  • Eeva Haavisto's Kotka mittens for my Sister M
  • Felted mittens for my Sister S
  • Orapihlaja-liina for my Grandma <3
  • A lace hat from Novita (Pitsibaskeri) for my mother-in-law-to-be, aka MIL2B
  • Hourglass for my Mom <3

Ready:
  • Crosswords magazines for my FIL2B
  • Xmas ham gift card for my Dad <3

Plans:
  • A scarf for my BIL2B L (see, one to go!)

Not knitted:

  • Something nice to Jussis younger brother O
  • Something nice to Jussis bestman HP
  • Something nice to my secondary bridesmaid AL

Socks for my Mom

Finished :)



Pattern: Hourglass
Needles: 4 mm
Yarn: Novita 7 Veljestä
For: my Mom as a Xmas present
Consumption: 110 g

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

FO!

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:


FOs:

  • Eeva Haavisto's Kotka mittens for my Sister M
  • Felted mittens for my Sister S
  • Orapihlaja-liina for my Grandma <3
  • A lace hat from Novita (Pitsibaskeri) for my mother-in-law-to-be, aka MIL2B

Ready:
  • Crosswords magazines for my FIL2B
  • Xmas ham gift card for my Dad <3>

Plans:
  • A scarf for my BIL2B L (see, one to go!)

Not knitted:

  • Something nice to Jussis younger brother O
  • Something nice to Jussis bestman HP
  • Something nice to my secondary bridesmaid AL

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Phew

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

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

New books! Nouveaux livres!

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.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Update to Xmas To Do -list

WIPs:

FOs:

  • Eeva Haavisto's Kotka mittens for my Sister M
  • Felted mittens for my Sister S
  • Orapihlaja-liina for my Grandma <3

Ready:
  • Crosswords magazines for my FIL2B

Plans:
  • Socks, maybe two pairs if I have enough time for my DH2B <3
  • Some kinda footies for my Grandma <3
  • A lace hat from Novita (Pitsibaskeri) for my mother-in-law-to-be, aka MIL2B
  • A scarf for my BIL2B L
Not knitted:
  • What to do buy for my Dad?
  • Something nice (not knitted?) for my FIL2B
  • Something nice to my friend and my premier bridesmaid JP
  • Something nice to Jussis bestman HP
  • Something nice to my secondary bridesmaid AL

Wow

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! :)

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Tablecloth for my Grandma

Finished!




Pattern: 56. Orapihlaja-liina by Neovius
Needles: 2 mm
Yarn: Novita Virkkauslanka
Consumption: about 20 g
For: My Grandma


WIPs:

FOs:

  • Eeva Haavisto's Kotka mittens for my Sister M
  • Felted mittens for my Sister S
  • Orapihlaja-liina for my Grandma <3

Plans:
  • Socks, maybe two pairs if I have enough time for my DH2B <3>
  • What to do for my Dad?
  • Some kinda footies for my Grandma <3>
  • A version of Selbu modern or something like that for my MIL2B (mother-in-law to be, etc. below)
  • Something nice (not knitted?) for my FIL2B
  • A scarf for my BIL2B L
  • Some kinda mittens for my BIL2B O?
  • Something nice to my friend and my premier bridesmaid JP
  • Something nice to Jussis bestman HP
  • Something nice to my secondary bridesmaid AL

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Help!

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.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Il est là!

Mon livre de concours :)

This is the book that's going to be my best friend for the next six months.. :D


Saturday, November 22, 2008

Pssst!

I'm 100 % sure you want to check this out..!

Newest Ulla!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

To do, Xmas

Time is running out!

WIPs:


FOs:

  • Eeva Haavisto's Kotka mittens for my Sister M
  • Felted mittens for my Sister S

Plans:
  • Socks, maybe two pairs if I have enough time for my DH2B <3
  • What to do for my Dad?
  • Some kinda footies for my Grandma <3
  • A version of Selbu modern or something like that for my MIL2B (mother-in-law to be, etc. below)
  • Something nice (not knitted?) for my FIL2B
  • A scarf for my BIL2B L
  • Some kinda mittens for my BIL2B O?
  • Something nice to my friend and my premier bridesmaid JP
  • Something nice to Jussis bestman HP
  • Something nice to my secondary bridesmaid AL

Okay. I just MIGHT get a little busy. I love Christmas. :)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Yippee!

Ready! Finally! This 1,5 weeks was the longest ever :D

But here it is :)



Sunday, November 16, 2008

Oh no.

My work is way too big to be sewed with a sewing machine. So I have to do it by hand. Gosh!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Quilting is over!

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. :)

Friday, November 14, 2008

Doing great

Time ran out. But I'll make it! I hope.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Phew

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. :)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Mittens for my DH2B

They're doing well :)




Saturday, November 8, 2008

A good day

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!


Friday, November 7, 2008

Started

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. :)

Counting

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

Bintje

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 :)

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Don't know

...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.

:)

Hello there

I just realized that I have this thin yarn to make these lovely socks! It's called Bintje-socks (also available in Finnish, Bintje-sukat)

Wow!

But, I'm not sure when I'm going to have enough time to do these socks. I already have a loooong to do -list.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Mittens for my sister M, FO

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

Badges :(

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

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Kide Shawl

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...


Knitting fast

The mittens I started are doing great. :P I finished the first one, and the second one is on needles. :)

Mittens for my sister M, WIP

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. :)


Patterns in my mind

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 :)

Jewellery!

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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