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:

• Paradoxical Mittens for my DH2B <3
• Hourglass for my Mom <3

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

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.

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

Pssst!

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

Newest Ulla!

To do, Xmas

Time is running out!

WIPs:

• A knitted lace tablecloth for my Grandma <3
• Paradoxical Mittens for my DH2B <3
• Hourglass for my Mom

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. :)

Yippee!

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

But here it is :)

Oh no.

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

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. :)

Doing great

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

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. :)

Mittens for my DH2B

They're doing well :)

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!

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 :)

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.

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

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..

Felted mittens, FO

Sigh. Like always. All my felting project so far have failed. Too small, AGAIN.

Even I ran the short program..!

But well, they fit for my sister S. So she's gonna get a yellow Chrismas present this year.



Pattern: Novita Huopanen ball band
Needles: 10 mm
Yarn: Novita Huopanen, yellow
For: Sister S
Consumption: 100 g

Felted mittens, WIP

I knitted these last night while watching my sister play some stupid game. I only have to throw them to our washing machine. :)

Trade show in Lahti

Me and my DH2B went to Kätevä 2008 trade show in Lahti. I didn't buy that much as I first tought I would.

Sock yarn: Gray for Jussi, orange for me.



I'm going to knit and felt mittens for my Sister S from this yarn:



Toffee! One is missing, Jussi took it :P



I also redescribed to Suuri Käsityölehti, because 1) it was super cheap and 2) I got to choose 3 magazines and a book, free!



I also bought glass jewellery, or pearls, for my graduation party. I only have to assemble them:





We also visited my Grandma and she gave me these:



I think this day was a succes :P We ate pizza and I'm so full that I'm ALMOST too full to knit. But only almost.