Woven


60/365-2010: Veilchenkraut, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 28th February 2010
Finish: 01st March 2010
Warp: Wollmeise, 100% superwash merino; colourway "Kraeuterbeet" (116 strands)
Weft: Wollmeise, 100% superwash merino; colourway "Veilchen"
Loom: Ashford Knitter's Loom, 30 cm, 40/10 heddle
Finished size: 210 cm long / 25 cm wide

Well, seems like the weaving bug has got to me. I seem to be churning out woven scarves left and right within a few days.

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Still around


52/365-2010: Samantha, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 18th May 2009
Finish: 21st February 2010
Needles: 2.5 mm Inox DPNs
Yarn: Wollmeise Twin; 80% superwash merino, 20% nylon; colourway "Tant Groen, Tant Brun och Tant Gredelin", light intensity
Pattern: "Sam" by Cookie A. in "Sock Innovation"
For: A.

Wow, I haven't blogged anything for a while now. Sorry. I just didn't have any FOs to show and I think that I have lost my knitting-mojo along the way, too. Besides, my energy had been focused elsewhere.

But here I am...still around. Haven't fell off the face of the earth yet.

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Norræna hættuspil


Norræna hættuspil, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 28th December 2009
Finish: 13th January 2010
Needles: 3 mm Addi Lace for ribbing and 4 mm Addi Turbo for the rest
Yarn: Schachenmayr Nomotta "Shetland Alpaka"; 50% new wool, 25% baby alpaca, 25% mohair; Colours #9225 (natural, lot #6535), #9211 (light brown, lot #6532), #9293 (dark brown, lot #6533), #9262 (light blue, lot #6537) - 9 skeins of the natural colour, otherwise one skein each
Pattern: "Pullover in Karisma Superwash" from Garnstudio Drops Design
Modifications: Won't be making the turtle-neck, but instead make it a round-neck, since the yarn is too scratchy for bare skin. Knitting the children's size for fit, but lengthening everything using the adult's small size.
Name: "Norræna hættuspil" is Icelandic and should mean "Nordic venture"

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Black Opal, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 25th October 2008
Finish: 19th December 2009
Yarn: Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Sockenwolle, 100% Superwash Merino in Blue Suzanne (dark)
Needles: 3.5 mm - 80 cm Addi Turbos
Pattern: Clapotis by Kate Gilbert from Knitty Fall 2004.

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L'Antithèse


L'Antithèse, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 14th December 2009
Finish: 15th December 2009
Needles: 5 mm Addi Turbos
Yarn: Wolle Roedel "Soft-Merino"; 100% Merino Superwash (100 m - 50 g); Colour #393 (Grey), Lot #166; used up 2 balls
Pattern: Winging this one myself. Based on Scrumptious Neck Warmer (Ravelry link) by Kristin Goedert

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Instant gratifications

...by getting a pair of fingerless mitts for Nikolaus from a great friend, the Wollmeise herself.

I don't know which pattern she used. There are several similar patterns to be found on Ravelry. The colourway she used was "Okzident" from the Sock-Club set from March 2009. I will definitely knit myself a pair, but I will need to add a longer thumb gusset to it, so that my thumbs won't be so exposed.

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It's 1st December...

1st December 2009

...and it's World AIDS Day 2009.

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!!!

Started: 18th February 2009
Finished: 31st October 2009
Yarn: Regia 4-Ply Sierra Colour (75% virgin wool, 25% polyamide; 100 g / approx. 420 m); colour no. #5547 "Ethno"
Needle: 2.5 mm Inox DPNs
Pattern: No particular pattern....just toe up plain stockinette socks with master numbers from Cat Bordhi's Sockitecture. Probably could categorise the pattern to the Universal Toe-Up socks, since I'm planning to do short-row heel on this one.

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Smokin'


Smokin', originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 12th October 2009
Finish: 22nd October 2009
Needles: 6 mm / 80 cm Addi Turbos
Yarn: Schachenmayr Nomotta Extra Tweed; 95% wool, 5% viscose; colourway #0099 (Black); yarn held double; used up the totall of 18 balls (actually about 17 balls weight-wise).
Notions: 5 crescent horn buttons
Pattern: "Smokin'" by Jared Flood, aka Brooklyn Tweed; from the book "Son of Stitch 'n Bitch"
Size knitted: S
Modifications: Pockets are done by set-in pocket linings instead of just sewing the linings on to the outside of the jacket. I also replaced the leather cased buttons for crescent horn buttons instead.

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Knitted fashion on the march!

HERE is a very interesting article (in German) about knitted fashion making a come-back in the fashion industry. Seems like knitting is really back.

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