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.

Return of the Cherries

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3mm hook
Lyric yarn
My own patter
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Remember the Cherry headband, other Cherry headband, Cherry hat and the cherry tutorial ? Well, the cherries are back in the picture. Oh wow, you can really tell I haven’t done them in over a year. It did come out a little wonky. But I’ll get back in the game.
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And why are the cherries back in the game? ‘Cos I needed a new cell phone cozy. Why? Cos I have a new phone. Why? Cos I kinda broke my phone. Why? Cos I’m clumsy and concrete and phones don’t mix. Is it just me or am I hearing Cass saying “amen!” righ now?

Retirement of the Care Bear Pincushion

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So I used to use a small care bear as a pincushion. Think about it: I used to stick pins and needles on him(?). And I even strangled him with an elastic band. Kinda cruel righ? And I call myself an animal rights activist. For SHAME! So It was about time to do something about it.

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Much better! And cruelty-free. Well, it's animal print.. hehe. I used this tutorial for it, just like before. And the star button is one of the 288 I got from my mom's friend. Actually there were 4 of those star buttons. And on the other side I put an elastic band so I can wear it around my wrist when I'm sewing. Me likey!

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Finland has been so sunny and warm these past few days. Lovely. It's just a little hard to take un-shadowy pics in this sunlight. But I can very well live with it.

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late edit, didn't want to make a while new post for just one little thing:

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I made a square one too. Did it pretty much the same way as in the tutorial, but I used a coaster as a pattern. I'm not sure what to do with it. Maybe I'll take it with me the next time I'm going to mom's. The pincushion there is a little stuffed animal as well.

Shetland Triangle

Oh my! Some actual knitting in my knitting blog. Weird. Spooky really.

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Pattern: Shetland Triangle by Evelyn Clark (from the book Wrap Style)

Yarn: Novita Bambu (68%bamboo, 32% cotton) less than 3 skeins

Needles: 4,5mm

Mood: quite happy with it

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Yep, in the picture it's on a dumbster. Not to worry, it was never in it. I started knitting this on the 16th and finished on the 22nd. I liked this yarn for this project, but I'm thinking maybe I should have used a bit bigger needles. Maybe 5mm. It came out a little smaller than I would have hoped. The top measures about 140cm. Maybe I should have stretched it a little more when blocking. Anyhow, I still like it.

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Impossibile to take good pictures just by myself. I think it's the perfect size when worn as in the picture. But it is a little too small for my taste when worn on my shoulders as I am doing in a wedding tomorrow. Again this is something I can very well live with.

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Almost forgot to mention: I'm not sure how much I like these kinds of scarf patterns where the number of stitches keeps adding and adding. I start to feel like it's never going to end. Maybe that's just me. But that's why I liked ene. First you cast on an insane amount of stitches, but through out they just dissapear.

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(kiitokset markalle neuleohjeanarkiasta)