Having dissolved most of the hibernating projects, managed to pile up more. Just can't stick to one project for long, while my mind is full of new adventures. Very flighty of me!

I'd call myself an intermediate knitter. However, recently I have dived into modifying patterns or coming up with ideas. These ideas are from what has already been discovered, tried and true but that I use them in a different way.

One of them is a toe-up sock with Turkish cast on. I shall talk about the detail later when I proceed with what I got inspired to form the heel. There will not be a second pair. Just this one. The demo sock :)

The other recent goody is a wrist warmer. Again I used an existing pattern but modified it significantly. Luckily, I have a nice friend who appreciates my little adventures which gears me up to finish rather than drop them aside until next century or so.

These are some attempts for the edging. I ended up modifying and using a ruffle but these antique knitting designs were enjoyable to play around. They were quite big though I used lace-weight yarn. Thus dropped.

This is the coquette I talk about. The cat too is coquette :)

And ta-ta-taaa ... Off to knitting the other pair!

Knitting Samplers ~ Strickmuster ~ Breirol

Bunların Türkçe'de bir karşılığı olduğunu sanmıyorum, zira bildiğim kadarı ile Anadolu kültüründe böyle bir uygulama yok. Çeşitli örgü örneklerinin ince ve uzun şeritler halinde muhafazası için Avrupa'da, özellikle Almanya, Hollanda ve Avusturya'da kullanılmış bir yöntem. 1900'lu yıllar ve öncesinde bugünkü dergiler olmadığı için, genç kızların, hanımların örnek saklama yöntemi. Hepsi pamuk ile ve 1 mm ya da 2 mm şişler ile örülmüş. Daha yün olanına rastlamadım. Büyük bir olasılıkla zamana ve güveye en dayanıklı doğal malzeme pamuk olduğu için. Genelde beyaz, bej renkler kullanılmış (ya da beyazlar zamanla sararmış). Elimdeki elli küsur parçanın (birkaç tane tığ ile işlenmiş örnek de dahil) en uzunu 3.5 küsur metre. Bir-iki istisna hariç, enleri ise 6 ila 10 cm arasında değişiyor ~ This is what I was able to collect over the years Now, the question is, as these samplers are very specific to Europe and people here in Turkey think they are edgings of some sort :) I am wondering what to do with them in near future, before I eventually and inevitably dissappear. I need to find a good home for these babies. The longest in my collection is a little over 3.5 meters. Their width vary between 6 to 10 cm except for a few wider versions. Majority are knitting samplers but do have crochet samplers too. Ages vary between 19th and early 20th.