Pure cashemere ... Recycled yarn. A delight to work with!

The best way to disolve yarn stash is to knit gifts for friends. Odette has been a grand succès and I get loads of requests. Combined two variegated yarn and it turned out wonderfully :)

Odette again ... This time with variegated yarn ... Knitted for a friend :)

Now ready to wear ... If I remember right, the scarf's raw silk yarn was from Madagascar. I had bought in it in France during Fete en Auiguilles some years ago. The edging is Mexican Lace. 

More photos from previous posts HERE and HERE :)

The rose brooch is needle lace with naturally died silk. Bought from Ödemiş, an Aegean town

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Just saw this hanging behind the door now and realized forgot to mention this wrap if I may call it. It was knitted some time between the berets.

Besides increasing stitches, I think I had used about four bigger size needles.

Odette

Another achievement this year is the free beret pattern that I found to knit for mom. It turned out real nice and I ended up knitting three in different colors; ecru for mom, blue for a dear friend and beige for me. The detail (leaf) is not part of the pattern. I wanted something for the dangling cast-on tail behind. Turned out real nice. It could either be left behind as originally planned or used at the side.

The leaf is from Epstein's Knitted Embellishments book.

Almost four years ... Hibernating ... And reborn this year for a good cause. This spontaneous piece, a "heavy shawl" received a generous donation for the "disabled animals" by a wonderful lady when I announced that it will be given away for whoever may grant the highest bid.

And when I needed to take photos for the announcement, the only person around was the visiting shepherd :)

Here are some old photos when I had first started knitting it back in 2011 ... Click HERE ... HERE and HERE. Below is the final result.

Überlieferte Strickmuster

Überlieferte Strickmuster aus dem Steirischen Ennstal (originally a series of three booklets) translates as Traditional Patterns and Garments from the Styrian Enns Valley (in Austria) and is amalgamated into one volume printed in English : Twisted-Stitch Knitting.

In November 2010, I had started THIS project and knitted all the way to THIS, until it was completely deserted for three years :(

It was not a difficult decision to unravel the whole thing into various pink balls and make a new start.

Twisted-stitch knit is more comfortable in the round but can also be knitted flat (was too tiring and complicated for me as a beginner). 

There are 174 patterns in the book(s) ... I improvised mine and am using DPNs, knitting my sweater in the round.

This beautiful pattern is called Mexican edging. I always wanted to give it a try but never had the courage. It is indeed complicated; however with a bit of concentration, fun to knit. Plus the outcome makes me happily dizzy :) I used the wild silk yarn from Madagascar. Three of them measures to 28 cm (11') which is a good width for a scarf. 

    

   

     

         

I love peacock colours ... There is no other colour that could make me lose control!

I have this local yarn, a mix of 70% Acrylic and 30% Wool and am knitting mitered squares. As to why all that synthetic for a naturally dyed fiber, is beyond my conception! I call this project "Vagabond" cause I have not yet decided of the form and/or purpose. Worst comes worse, I shall end up with an other blanket :)

I have more colour variations which are anxiously waiting to blend in ... Will share pictures as I proceed with this ultra light, very fun to knit yarn. This is the same yarn that I had used for my Himalayan Cardigan.

   

   

Frequent visitors of this blog may remember the project for the adorable powder pink yarn in my stash. On and off, I have been working on it and want to show you how it looks like so far.

As could be observed in the pictures, I have knitted all the front and back pieces together in one and divided it to three when reached the arm pits. The cuffs will be lacy again and rest, still to be planned :)

It probably is a dream of an intermediate knitter to knit a lacy shawl one day. I guess about time I give it a try with the Dane Shawl and make the dream come true. It appears to be simple and is a free download from Ravelry, designed by Jane Tanner.

If I am lucky, this is how it should look once finished :)

     

          

NORO Silk Garden scarf completed :) The yardage was not enough for Helix Scarf as previously annouced and I improvised this pattern ... Only a couple hours of knitting and VERY pleased with the way it turned out. The colours are too good to be true ... By the way, the number is 230 incase you wonder! I had knitted about seven inches until I reckoned my fifty gram yarn is too thrifty for Helix, but if you like ruffles, the pattern is a delight to knit and a MUST in my list of projects!