Armwarmers - Pipi Lonstocking Style

Remember the Stipy WiP? I recently finished it, YAY! :-) I made a pair of armwarmers and I think they quite look like Pipi would wear them, too. I'm a huge fan of everything Pipi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren and Scandinavia inspired things. The red colour reminds me of those typical red Swedish woodhouses and I combinded it with white to come even closer to the style because these houses use to have white painted window- and doorframes. The wooden button matches the style perfectly, I think.

I'm so sorry the pics are this blurred... I whish I could take better photographs. I'll have to improve my technique somehow..

Stripy WiP...

Did I mention that I love stripes...? :-)

upon my personal cloud...

Yeah, I know, spring is coming and everything.. But here it's still winter. And this means it can still be cold in the evenings and we have to start a fire in our oven every now and then. As you can imagine, it takes some time until our living room is reheated properly. And this is where my new cosy and large shawl comes in handy!

The pattern's name is "Nuvem" which means "Cloud". I used an entire skein of Wollmeise Lace yarn in Feldmaus and it took me a whole month to finish this one! I mean, we're talking about 1500something meters of yarn.... For me this is not a shawl to wear when I go out, but I love to snuggle up to it when I sit on the couch or at my desk. We'll see if I make another one.. Maybe not in the next months, but somewhere down the road... We'll see! :-)

Hitchhiking

I made this little shawl for a friend's birthday in January.

The pattern by Martina Behm is a nice and easy tv or public transportation knit. BTW, she named it "Hitchhiker" because if you knit up one 150 gr. skein of wollmeise yarn, you'll end up with 42 teeth on th shawl. Right, 42. And that's the answer to the question about the universe and everything. At least it is in Douglas Adams' book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".

Don't forget your towels! ;-)

A Day at the Beach

This was my first try in lace knitting and I think it came out great. The pattern is named after Holden Beach, North Carolina. It is a free pattern and works up quickly and really easy, ideal for beginner lace knitters like me.

I used wollmeise lace yarn, which I think is gorgeous. The colourway is "Ein klein wenig verrucht", a vibrant semisold purple. I planed this as a christmas gift and the receiver loved it! *phew*

Hope you like it aswell!

A Dream of Winter

As you may have noticed, I changed the design of my blog because I got rid of the old wood desing. Somehow it was too dark. We'll see how long I will be pleased with these lovely flowers...

Although I didn't bolg very much for the last months, I was quite active over on Ravelry. I just didn't feel like sewing and spinning during the last year and I still prefer knitting. At least for now, that may change again! ;-)

I recently finished this nice little Shawl an I love it! The colours remind me of the snow, ice and grey clouds we have here for two weeks now. I must admit, I kinda like winter.. I really do. As long as it's cold and has at least some snow.

 

Crochet Bunny

 Somehow this post got lost as draft in my archive... Can't explain how this could happen. However, I hope you like it nevertheless.

A friend of mine had a little baby girl some time ago and I took this chance to design this cute crochet bunny for her. I wanted to make something pretty without being too girly, and I'm pretty pleased with this one. :-) Even though little Miss P. is still to young to decide if she likes it, her mommy does. 

I could write a pattern if there's a demand. Just let me know! I used Drops Paris and a 5mm hook.

Public Transportation Crochet

 

I had the pleasure to test this lovely pattern for Heather on ravelry. It was a nice little project that kept me busy while sitting in the bus on my daily trip to the city/university. It's fun and pretty easy and perfect to use some left yarn from other projects. Mine is worked in DROPS Cotton Viscose but you could take any yarn you have at hand as long as the gauge matches.

I didn't wear it yet because I usually don't wear such things arround my neck, but I'm thinking of using it in a different kind of way, maybe as a bag decoration or something... We'll see.

Find my ravelry project page here

Afternoon Tea Fingerless Gloves - lacy and victorian inspired

I made these a while ago but couldn't post them because they were a gift and I wouldn't spoil the surprise. They were so easy and so much fun to make! I guess I have to make some more in differen colours for myself. :-P The pattern can be found here

A new easy headband

I was inspired by Frau Kichererbse's cool headband and knew I had to make my own! I usually don't wear headbands, even though I like them. They always run up my head and won't stay where they are supposed to.. However, this one behaves perfectly! 

It's made of black and red and beige checked jersey fabric, with a black band to wrap arround. I made it far to long intentionally so I can wrap it three times arround my head.

 Please excuse the silly face.. Taking my own picture was more difficult than I thought..