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Smooth transition

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IMG_1537As you can see, it is sort of winter here and hats are urgently needed, so I stopped the miniature project for now and started to knit a few hats.

Well actually, I used these ones as a smooth transition to the new project (as you might remember, I am still suffering from a past hat trauma):

The following two are more grown up sized, I used the super soft Debbie Bliss Rialto Chunky with slightly thinner than recommended needles to make sure they will be thick and warm for proper Austrian winter.

A third one is in the making and my husband keeps showing me pictures of pretty hats … No idea, what he is trying to tell me, his birthday is only in June after all. I guess I should give him the link to my shop  🙂

I am also considering to make one for myself for the London version of cold winters, so with bigger needles and without the double layered edge.

I guess the hat trauma is finally overcome.

And remember, there is only one day left to enter the Christmas raffle. Good luck to everyone.

 

Door 23 – something small

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As we had the huge outdoor knits a couple of doors ago, I thought the tiniest ones I ever came across need to be shown as well.

When I was looking for soft toy patterns for my knitting class I came across these snails and slugs and always meant to knit them to scare away the slugs that frequently! crawl into our house. But I guess they would feel invited to a party and I should rather knit a scary duck 🙂

One of my friends told me once about a woman who is actually miniature knitting with pins and normal sewing thread.

What I found online here and here is definitely worth to be checked out – as long as you are wearing your glasses 🙂 I really admire these people, I don’t think my clumsy hands would want to produce such tiny things.

Door 22 – the biscuit replacement

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This year, I didn’t want to give another bag of biscuits to our very nice landlord and decided to knit him and his wife some scarves.

So the precious DyeForYarn found already some very good purpose.

IMG_1461It’s a handsome scarf knit in a beautifully soft DK merino/silk mixture for our landlord. For his wife, I made a triangular scarf with a few eyelet lines and a lacy edge using a Bluefaced Leicester fingering yarn in a greenish light blue.

IMG_9842Yesterday evening, the whole family set out in the dark with Christmas card and wrapped up present to go over to their house and deliver the presents. It reminded me of my childhood when we had to walk through the snow to bring presents to our neighbours. Very Christmassy indeed.

 

Door 20 – sharing

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I was just reading through some of the blogs I am following and realised, that I am mainly knitting boring “useful” things. Apart from my mountain chain and the odd soft toy, I am only ever knitting things that will keep you warm or your belongings safe. (Ok, you can always argue if a knitted phonecase is really that useful ;))

On one of my last trips to Vienna I came across a few beautiful pieces of knitted graffitis, guerilla knitting, yarnbombing or urban knitting, whatever you want to call it.

I have often heard about it and also seen it on pictures, but seeing those huge knits wrapped around a rather dull and ugly scaffolding made me smile.

I am sure you have heard and seen a lot about it already but how about checking out these: Knit the City, Strickistinnen , Knit Vienna or Knitsforlife… just to mention some of many artists knitting for all of us 🙂