During the Christmas holidays, I knit a pair of tiger socks for Joel, and another pair for his little cousin Oskar. Opal wool is nice to knit with, but I am not really in love with their interpretation of tiger skin. Too many short black streaks, in my opinion.
This is the Red berries scarf, one of my Christmas projects. I still had some Koolaid in my craft drawer (I refuse to drink the stuff!) so I did some yarn dying with raspberry, strawberry and cherry. The yarn is Lana Grossa Sunday, a wool/mohair blend with some slubs in pastel colours that I picked up in Kleinpreismarkt for 55 cents a ball
some years ago. I found a stitch pattern in Ms Walker's treasury and ahead I went. I soon realised that I wouldn't be able to finish before Christmas, and I strrted having doubts about the zigzag edges and the way they would work while the scarf was worn. When it turned out that the intended recipient didn't like the scarf, its doom was sealed, and the Red Berries Sunday has returned to its initial ball state.
My colours! I don't know if these stripes will work with the lacy pattern of the
Pomatomus socks but I'm quite sure I need to at least swatch for them.
I found a nice tweed jacket at the winter sales. It has some green and pink in it and I immediately felt that I would need a green narrow scarf to wear with it. I found two balls of Lana Grossa ribbon and one cable yarn with a touch of gold. The others in this photo come from my chest of drawers. I am using a very nice three-colour stripe with slipped stitches, and so far it looks great. I'm not sure blocking will be enough to stop it from curling, I might crochet a thin picot edge or something.
Last but not least, a picture of Adrian the mole, wearing his three-piece suit. I found him at a garage sale this summer and I just haven't thought of taking his picture. I have no idea where the pattern might come from - but if he has a badger friend I would love to knit him.
I just found a link to the Yarn Harlot's
Olympic knitting. The rules are simple:
Concept: You must cast on a project during the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics (Feb 10)- and finish before the Olympic flame goes out (Feb 26). That's 16 days.
Rules:
1. The project must be a challenge for you to complete in 16 days.
2. There are no rules about what a challenge would be. Like the real Olympics, there are many areas to compete in. If you are a new knitter, then a garter stitch baby sweater might do...If you are experienced, well. I've already considered Torino. Use your own conscience.
3. While this is intended to be somewhat difficult (like the Olympics) it is not intended to ruin your life. Don't set yourself up for failure. (Olympic athletes may cry, but they do not whine pitifully, sob and threaten members of their family with pointed sticks because they haven't slept in five days. ) This is intended to (like the Olympics) require some measure of sacrifice, and be difficult, but it should be possible to attain.
4. No casting on before the flame is lit.
5. Finish before the flame goes out.
6. You may swatch before the games. (I consider this "training.")
Hmm, I need to think about this...
