Once I start, I start. There is no stopping me. The original idea was actually something completely different: yarn bought, project started, then “no, this still is not right”, another idea, another yarn, another start and more unravelling. I did have one very definite idea, though, and had bought yarn for it. My first…
There is no getting away from it, the birthdays continue. Fortunately these are the last two in my family this year, my grandchildren. So the fingers have to keep moving. I went looking for an idea and once again landed on the Drops website. I found what I was looking for. I had already bought…
In a winter mood…
The knee-high socks are knitted on 3 mm double-pointed needles using Alize Forever crochet thread. That was one big mistake: the thread is slippery and the needles keep falling out. I had to unravel and redo so much and pick up so many dropped stitches. It immediately reminded me that in Soviet times there used…
A lacy summer dress, hat and knee-high socks for my dear granddaughter.
The dress is crocheted from Alize Forever crochet yarn (50 g = 300 m) using a 3 mm crochet hook. Naturally the first job was a test swatch, though even with that I unravelled the work several times. I made the bodice first. Once the armhole was the right size, I joined the sleeves into…
I learnt how to knit the hedgehog stitch and naturally had to put my new skill to use immediately. What could be simpler than baby booties and a hat 🙂 Booties I cast on 40 stitches. Rows 1 and 2 – knit Row 3 – edge stitch, yarn over, knit 18, yarn over, knit 2,…
I started knitting the cardigan from the neckline. I cast on 56 stitches and knitted 6 rows in garter stitch. On row 7 I began the leaf pattern. The pattern repeat on the first row is 4 stitches. Once the leaves were finished, I added the blue yarn. I knitted 3 stitches in pink and…
