13. April 2009
Yudl - Ay - EEE - Ooooo
During our vacation in Bavaria back in September last year my boyfriend asked me to knit him a traditional Bavarian jacket. We bought the yarn in a small local craft store and I started knitting full of beans (and sauerkraut). Only after a few rows my hands started hurting because of the very rustic wool. This and loads of garter stitch made the project moving rather slowly. Half a year later it is finally done and I'm sure it would have been easier to learn yodeling than knitting this jacket.
Anleitung: meine
Garn: 100% Wolle aus Bayern
Nadeln: 3,5 mm
Pattern: mine
Yarn: local no-name 100 % wool yarn
Needles: 3.5 mm
9. April 2009
Der rote Faden

Die Ostertage werden sicher eine Gelegenheit bieten ein paar Bilder zu machen, so dass ich ihn euch bald in Gänze präsentieren kann.
15. März 2009
Grün+Grün=braune Brühe / Green+Green=Sludge
What do you think is going to happen if you mix one shade of green with another one? A third shade of green somewhere inbetween, right? When I was dying this yarn my goal was an earthy and mossy shade of green but when I started mixing the colours it came out rather emerald. In my despair I poured on a green easter egg dye to my sour dyes and the colour turned sludge brown. Oh well, I really wanted to dye some yarn on that day and had no time for another colour mixing session, so I just put the yarn into the dye and abandoned it to it’s fate. An hour later I was holding a greenish brownish yarn in my hands and was surprised how close the achieved colour has been to my goal. The base is Merino Slim from The Knittery and it has a gorgeous sheen to it but I guess it would have been wiser to use it for a lace project as it is really thin and quite drapey. Maybe next time… For now I’m intrigued by the lace and cable goodness of future TTL Mystery socks.



