Saturday Night Knitting

It has been ridiculously hot in Finland for the last few days. And no, I am not complaining. It's about time for some hot weather, it's been pretty much raining since the beginning of June. I spent most of today outside, cos my apartment is too damn hot. I even started a new knitting project.

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It's (going to be) Katharine Hepburn Cardigan from Lace Style. I'm knitting it with Sofie by anttila yarn, which is 100% cotton. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is going to be a bit big for me. Maybe not. I'm constantly thinking I'm either bigger or smaller than I actually am. Is there anything nicer than knitting in the park in the shade? I had to stop at about eight 'cos the bugs were annoying me. I think I'll spend the rest of the night inside watchin some movie and knitting. Hmm.. should I watch Die Hard 4.0 (again), or Dreamgirls (again). Maybe both.

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I crocheted a little rattle 'cos my friend is having a baby. It's a cyclops rattle! It has a bell inside so it actually rattles. It's crochet with lyric yarn and 3mm hook.

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A little embroidery done too. One of my denim skirts was looking a little bland, so I embroidered a sparrow on it. It's a sublime stitching sparrow obviously.

For My Tattooer

And I'm done! I was so inspired by Rachel that i had to get it finished.

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Sweet mother of ... I hate to work with metallic floss!! It just gets tangled and stuff. But it just looks so pretty. And what can I say the genious that is my tattooer is totally worth it. He is the master mind behind my wings and my awsome knitting tattoo. He is so good that one can't even get an appointment with him before October, damn! Wonder if a little bribe like this will help? Haha, I just really hope he likes it.

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The pattern is from the Sublime Stitching Craft Pad, the letters I freehanded. Unfortunately the pictures don't really do the metallic thread justice. But I have to say, I'm pleased with it.

Freaky Coincidence

Great minds think alike, righ? Sometimes so much alike that it's freaky. The lovely and talented Rachel showed in her blog Confessions of a crafter an embroidery piece she made for her tattoo artist. The freaky thing about that is: I'm currently making a project from the same pattern, with very similar font letters for my tattoo artist! I kid you not. This was so weird that I had to take an in progress pic of my embroidery (which I don't normally do) and show it to you:

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It has been a WIP for a while 'cos I chose to embroider the dagger in metallic floss, and I hate working with that. But now that I've seen Rachel's awsome project I got new motivation to finish mine.

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Great minds really do think alike.

Here We Go Again

When I get into doing something, I tend to do it over and over again. I have made many socks, hand warmers, zippered pouches, stuff with cherries on them.. etc. Now the "thing" seems to be cell phone cozys. Now I made one for my dad. Oh yeah, and my friend's boyfriend asked me to make his cell a cozy as well, so the my next post will probably be about that.

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hook: 3mm

yarn: anemone (by marks&kattens)

pattern: just made it up as I went along

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What can I say, my dad likes things simple. The flap has a velcro closure. My dad said he'd prefer velcro to a snap 'cos my brother said a snap might damage the phone's display. *Sigh* Men. I don't think that even I'd be able to break a phone's display by closing a snap.

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Oh, and I've got bangs (fringe/whatever) now too. It's weird how much difference a little less hair can make. Atleast in my own eyes.

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Why is it a little uneven you ask? That would be because I cut it myself. I aint paying a hairdresser to do it for me when I have loads of scissors myself. I can think of a million better things to spend my money on. Like yarn, beer, concerts, fabric, beer, buttons, beer...if you catch my drift.