Miulla on jo isoja suunnitelmia langoille.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Thank You!
Miulla on jo isoja suunnitelmia langoille.
Monday, September 17, 2007
So...What Puked These?
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Remember the Blueberry Puke- socks? The Puke-socks series got a sequel today when these got knit. Though it's still not clear what puked these up. I used the same yarn as in the Blueberry socks, except naturally not the same colour. They took me two days to knit. Not bad.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Shopping!
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I did a little shopping today. I bought yarn, yarn, fleece and yarn. I bought some Novitas Marine and Bambu that were on sale. I also got this really cheep dark grey acrylic yarn that comes in a huge 300g (750 metres) skein. I have crystal clear plans for the Marine-yarn and the fleece. I also have ideas of what to do with the really cheep yarn. But what to do with the Bambu-yarn? It is 68% bamboo and 32% cotton. It has 135 metres per skein, and I have three skeins of it. I just had to buy it! You know the feeling.. It was cheep and so pretty. Not to mention that the three little brown skeins looked a little lonely at the store. If you have any suggestions what to do with them, please let me know!
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The Pick-Me-Up Socks
Sain juuri tietää, että yks miun luokkakavereista odottaa vauvaa. Eli sain vihdoinkin neuloa jollekkin nämä töppöset (pdf) Ja söpöthän niistä tuli. Töppöset on tehty Schachenmayr Bambino langasta, 60% puuvillaa 40% akryylia. Piti tosiaan neuloa tuollaisesta unisex-väristä, kun ei vielä tiedä kumpi sieltä on tulossa. Jotkut on tarkkoja siitä että tytöillä on "tyttöjen värejä", ja pojilla "poikien värejä"..
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I just found out one of my classmates is having a baby! So I finally got to knit these bootees (pdf) I think they came out cute. They're made in Schachenmayr Bambino-yarn, 60% cotton 40% acrylic. I had to knit them in a kind of unisex-colour, since I don't know if she's having a girl or a boy. Some people are pretty picky about girls wearing "girl-colours" and boys wearing "boy-colours"..
Saturday, August 25, 2007
A Little Pick-Me-Up
Tänään oli päänsärky oikeesti ohi, joten suunta kohti lankakauppaa piristystä hakemaan. Ostin sitten tuota ihana bambulankaa, jota oon himoinnut jo pidemmän aikaa. Ostin kaksi kerää, tarkoituksena tehdä sukat.
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I had a little staircase related accident yesterday. After wich I know have a little purple colour, a patched up cut and swelling under my right eye. I fainted after donating blood. I have donated blood for 6 times, and never has anything like that happened. I am going to go donate again, but next time I'm going to take it easy a bit longer.
Today the heachache actually stopped, so I went to the LYS for a little pic-me-up. I bought that wonderful bamboo yarn I have lusted after for months. I bought 2 skeins of it with the idea of knitting socks.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The Activist Bunny
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This black bunny had a very busy day. He was helping a local animal rigths group to spread the message. His main job was to look cute near the donation "bin".
Kun minuutit kuluivat kävi pupu vähän levottomaksi. Se kävi istumassa melkein jokaisen lehtisen päällä siinä toivossa, että ihmiset huomioisivat ne paremmin.
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As the minutes went by the bunny got a little restless. He went and sat on almost every leaflet in the hope that people would pay more attention to them.
Loppua kohden pupu pahoitti mielensä, koska hänen mielestään pöydän ääressä ei käynyt tarpeeksi kiinnostuneita ihmisiä. Harmi ettei pupu ollut vielä näkemässä, kun suurin osa ihmisistä oli infopöydän luona.
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Near the end of the day the bunny got a little upset, 'cos he thought there weren't enough interested people visiting the infotable. Too bad the bunny wasn't there yet to see it, when the most people were around the infotable.
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Tein pupun fleur-halpislangasta (100% akryyli) 3,5mm puikoilla. Pupuun käytin muuten tätä ohjetta, mutta tein sille myös pikkaisen pyöreän hännän.
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After a long day the bunny travelled home in a handbag.
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I made the bunny from this very cheap fleur-yarn with 3,5mm hook. I used this pattern for him, but I also made him a little round tail.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Slashing the Teeeees
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My practical training has kept me busy. But I have done some t-shirt recons. I made a little pouch for my camera out of an old t-shirt that was too small for me. I figured that when you have trouble breathing in a shirt it is time to let it go, and not let it take anymore room in your closet. It is just a drawstring pouch. The fabric is in two layers, so it would offer a little more protection for my camera.
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I also made 2 skirts out of t-shirt I bought from a flea market. The shirts cost me 1,20€. So the elastic band actually cost me more than the fabric! The other skirt is a little longer and has black and red stripes. I just couldn't get a decent picture of it.
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Melkein unohtu: tein mie myös kämmekkäät (t-paidasta tietenkin). Niistä tuli oikein kivat. Jätin reunat huolittelematta, kun miun mielestä hieman rullaantuva trikoo näyttää kivalta.
Arvaa kellä on uus ja toimiva ompelukone?
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Almost forgot: I also made gauntlets (from a t-shirt obviously). I've heard that the cool kids are calling them gauntlets.. They came out nice. I left the edges raw, I like the way the jersey rolls up a bit.
Guess who has a new (working!) sewing machine?
