Had to come and share this link with you. I bumped into this when reading the Ravelry forum of the Cookie A KAL... Basically, it's a list/review of patterns you can use with variegated sock yarn. A big thank you for the person responsible for this list!
Pikainen postaus sekä omaksi ilokseni että täällä pyörähtäville. Selailin Ravelryssä Cookie A -yhteisneulonnan foorumia, ja löysin tällaisen linkin. Kyseessä on lista ohjeista, joihin pätkävärjätty (ja varmaan myös semisolidi) sukkalanka sopii. Kiitosta vaan sille ystävälliselle sielulle, joka on nähnyt vaivaa ja kasannut listan!
Tuesday, July 21
Thursday, July 9
Yummy handspun and hand-dyed
I spun this 100% merino yarn (2-ply) from the wool I bought from Turku Medieval Market. It's so light! About 30g was enough for a MarioBeret - love the pattern, by the way. I also love the cherry/plum shades of this wool. I got a business card from the lady who sold me the wool, Virpi. I don't know if she has a blog..?
Pattern: Heelless Sleeping Socks by Nancy Bush, from Knitting Vintage Socks
Needles: 3mm ebony dpns
Yarn: Juulibugi (from the owner of Naurava Lammas, bought at Turku Medieval Market)
I only had to use one 65g skein, and didn't even have to modify the pattern!
Tuesday, June 30
SNY:n syyskausi 2009
As this post is mostly about a Finnish swap, it's in Finnish only.
Salaisen Neuleystävän syyskauden ilmoittautumiset on avattu, ja kävin liittymässä mukaan. Laukku- ja sukkavaihtoihin olen joskus taannoin osallistunut, mutta SNY-ilmoittautumiset ovat jotenkin aina päässeet vilahtamaan hups vaan ohi. Tällä kertaa olinkin sitten ajoissa! Jännityksellä odotan syksyä: SNY ja TitiTyyn sukkalankaklubi! Molemmat mulle ihan uusia aktiviteetteja. Kyllä nyt kelpaa postimiestä odotella.
Mutta mukavaa tulee kyllä olemaan myös pakettien räätälöinti SNY:lle. Olen jo useamman vuoden seurannut sivusta näitä vaihtoja, ja meininki on näyttänyt niin kivalta että pakko oli lähteä messiin. Pidän dekkareista, ja tällaiset Salaiset Vaihdot ovat ainakin ajatuksena mulle ihan omiaan. En malttaisi odottaa, että saan SNY:ni tiedot, haluaisin heti mennä vakoilemaan blogiin ja Ravelryyn ja ja... ja lankakauppaan ostoksille tietysti!
Ensikertalaisena yritän parhaani mukaan toimia sääntöjen mukaan, ja selkeästihän ne tuolla SNY-blogissa olivatkin. Vähän jännittää silti. Onneksi netin neuleyhteisö on leppoisaa porukkaa, ei tarvitse olla oikeasti huolissaan, kunhan muistaa deadlinet ja raportoinnit.
Turun keskiaikamarkkinatkin tuli muuten kierrettyä. Tuliaisina oli tietenkin lankaa ja villaa. Mukaan tarttui vyyhti lammikoitumatonta sukkalankaa Juulibugia, pari värjäämätöntä vyyhtiä ohutta lähiseudun lammastilan villalankaa (näillä pääsen toivottavasti kasvivärjäystä testaamaan), ihanan pehmeää merinoa, josta osa on jo kehrätty, sekä vihersävyistä kotimaista villalankaa joka on parhaillaan mariomyssyyntymässä. Juulibugista on muuten tulossa Nancy Bushin Heelless Sleeping Socks, ja yksi 65g vyyhti näyttäisi riittävän ihan ohjeen mukaisiin sukkiin (ekan sukan jälkeen jäljellä vielä yli 30g). Loistavaa!
Salaisen Neuleystävän syyskauden ilmoittautumiset on avattu, ja kävin liittymässä mukaan. Laukku- ja sukkavaihtoihin olen joskus taannoin osallistunut, mutta SNY-ilmoittautumiset ovat jotenkin aina päässeet vilahtamaan hups vaan ohi. Tällä kertaa olinkin sitten ajoissa! Jännityksellä odotan syksyä: SNY ja TitiTyyn sukkalankaklubi! Molemmat mulle ihan uusia aktiviteetteja. Kyllä nyt kelpaa postimiestä odotella.
Mutta mukavaa tulee kyllä olemaan myös pakettien räätälöinti SNY:lle. Olen jo useamman vuoden seurannut sivusta näitä vaihtoja, ja meininki on näyttänyt niin kivalta että pakko oli lähteä messiin. Pidän dekkareista, ja tällaiset Salaiset Vaihdot ovat ainakin ajatuksena mulle ihan omiaan. En malttaisi odottaa, että saan SNY:ni tiedot, haluaisin heti mennä vakoilemaan blogiin ja Ravelryyn ja ja... ja lankakauppaan ostoksille tietysti!
Ensikertalaisena yritän parhaani mukaan toimia sääntöjen mukaan, ja selkeästihän ne tuolla SNY-blogissa olivatkin. Vähän jännittää silti. Onneksi netin neuleyhteisö on leppoisaa porukkaa, ei tarvitse olla oikeasti huolissaan, kunhan muistaa deadlinet ja raportoinnit.
Turun keskiaikamarkkinatkin tuli muuten kierrettyä. Tuliaisina oli tietenkin lankaa ja villaa. Mukaan tarttui vyyhti lammikoitumatonta sukkalankaa Juulibugia, pari värjäämätöntä vyyhtiä ohutta lähiseudun lammastilan villalankaa (näillä pääsen toivottavasti kasvivärjäystä testaamaan), ihanan pehmeää merinoa, josta osa on jo kehrätty, sekä vihersävyistä kotimaista villalankaa joka on parhaillaan mariomyssyyntymässä. Juulibugista on muuten tulossa Nancy Bushin Heelless Sleeping Socks, ja yksi 65g vyyhti näyttäisi riittävän ihan ohjeen mukaisiin sukkiin (ekan sukan jälkeen jäljellä vielä yli 30g). Loistavaa!
Tuesday, June 23
Waiting for the Finnish summer
While I was waiting for the Finnish summer to begin (this June has been a cold one!), I decided to make more socks. Such a surprise! Below, Glynis by Cookie A. The yarn is Araucania Ranco Solid, which is one of my favourite sock yarns, as I've probably mentioned before. I started these socks on WWKIP day, and they were soon ready. The pattern is easy but interesting enough, and I think it fits well the semi-solid yarn. I used 2,5mm Clover Bamboo needles (as I nowadays usually do, though it would be nice to get sets of 2,25mm and 2,75mm dpns).
And another Cookie pattern, Sunshine. This is Anttila Corallo again - I just love the bluish gray colourway. (and the yarn is cheap, too...) I had to make the leg slightly shorter than what the pattern calls for, because I didn't have enough yardage. The yarn was a bit too thick as well - must try the pattern again with another yarn. I enjoyed knitting both Glynis and Sunshine - logical, easy, but not too simple. Perfect patterns for travelling/TV fiber activity.
These mittens I really love! They're warm! They're pretty! And I decided to call them my Garden Mittens though I never really do gardening.
The base yarn, the grey one, is Gjestal Janne. The flowers, I think, are mainly Gjestal Maija... the lighter purple at least. I used a Drops pattern for the flowers, though I modified it a bit. The mitten pattern is a basic one, and I added the green leaves by crocheting them on in the end. As you can guess, I've also been doing some Fair Isle work... more about that later - still need to weave in the ends on those ones!
My friend has been experimenting with plant dyeing. She used birch leaves to get this lovely shade of yellowish green, and generously gave me a skein for test knitting. The yarn is wool, perhaps 100% (it started as a mystery yarn, white). I think it might be Novita 7 Veljestä (7 Brothers) yarn, or something very much like it. I improvised the pattern, using a cable from 101 stitches to knit (ed. Erika Knight, The Harmony Guides). I don't know yet what happens when I wash these mittens... that's all part of the test! I think the colour is fab, and I hope my friend will continue with her experiments. Though as a botanist, she really knows what she's doing!
A bigger font size, by the way. I thought it would look better with the new template. And as always, more details and links: knittitude @ Ravelry. Next: Turku Medieval Fair, this weekend - hope to see you there!
And another Cookie pattern, Sunshine. This is Anttila Corallo again - I just love the bluish gray colourway. (and the yarn is cheap, too...) I had to make the leg slightly shorter than what the pattern calls for, because I didn't have enough yardage. The yarn was a bit too thick as well - must try the pattern again with another yarn. I enjoyed knitting both Glynis and Sunshine - logical, easy, but not too simple. Perfect patterns for travelling/TV fiber activity.
These mittens I really love! They're warm! They're pretty! And I decided to call them my Garden Mittens though I never really do gardening.
The base yarn, the grey one, is Gjestal Janne. The flowers, I think, are mainly Gjestal Maija... the lighter purple at least. I used a Drops pattern for the flowers, though I modified it a bit. The mitten pattern is a basic one, and I added the green leaves by crocheting them on in the end. As you can guess, I've also been doing some Fair Isle work... more about that later - still need to weave in the ends on those ones!
My friend has been experimenting with plant dyeing. She used birch leaves to get this lovely shade of yellowish green, and generously gave me a skein for test knitting. The yarn is wool, perhaps 100% (it started as a mystery yarn, white). I think it might be Novita 7 Veljestä (7 Brothers) yarn, or something very much like it. I improvised the pattern, using a cable from 101 stitches to knit (ed. Erika Knight, The Harmony Guides). I don't know yet what happens when I wash these mittens... that's all part of the test! I think the colour is fab, and I hope my friend will continue with her experiments. Though as a botanist, she really knows what she's doing!
A bigger font size, by the way. I thought it would look better with the new template. And as always, more details and links: knittitude @ Ravelry. Next: Turku Medieval Fair, this weekend - hope to see you there!
Tuesday, June 9
Spinning, finally
Look at this cute ball of Lana d'Irlanda! It looks like it could be mimicked - perhaps a nice pattern for a hat... the blanket under the skein has some lovely sheep on it. Actually, it isn't in the picture on purpose :D it's just almost always on the sofa.
Some spinning, then. First, three little skeins made from the Phat Fiber March Box samples - see the linked post for details and links! In the first one, the darker single is the Wild Hare batt, the light one is one of the Tactile samples. I enjoyed spinning both samples! The glittery Angelina in the Wild Hare sample does not show properly in the pic, but it's pretty. And did I say glittery?
This yarn is spun from the Whorling Tides sample in pretty shades of pale pink and blue. I spun it together with some grey wool from my stash (which is very small compared to my yarn stash!). I also spun in a few of the plastic, transparent stars that were in the plastic bag together with the sample. I'd love to spin more of this stuff!
This sample combines the NorthStarAlpacas sample with the candy-coloured one from Feeling Sheepish.
These two pretty little skeins are merino, bought from the owner of Naurava Lammas during the Turku Medieval Fair - was it two years ago? I forget :) The colours remind me of a berry sorbet of some kind - delicious! The fiber was easy to spin. I'm also knitting a shawl using Nauravan Lampaan Silkkivilla (30% silk, 70% wool) - I hope to post pics of the finished item later.
So that was it for now. I hope the new, more logical and hopefully more efficient Blogger interface will let me post more often than I used to... Oh, and I'll probably be starting my K-ing IP (or KIPping? well in theory K-ing IP would be more grammatical but no one puts it like that. sorry, it's the linguist writing) in Käsityö-Elisa (my LYS) on Saturday, so hope to see you there, fellow knitters from Turku.
Have a nice KIP day everyone!
Some spinning, then. First, three little skeins made from the Phat Fiber March Box samples - see the linked post for details and links! In the first one, the darker single is the Wild Hare batt, the light one is one of the Tactile samples. I enjoyed spinning both samples! The glittery Angelina in the Wild Hare sample does not show properly in the pic, but it's pretty. And did I say glittery?
This yarn is spun from the Whorling Tides sample in pretty shades of pale pink and blue. I spun it together with some grey wool from my stash (which is very small compared to my yarn stash!). I also spun in a few of the plastic, transparent stars that were in the plastic bag together with the sample. I'd love to spin more of this stuff!
This sample combines the NorthStarAlpacas sample with the candy-coloured one from Feeling Sheepish.
These two pretty little skeins are merino, bought from the owner of Naurava Lammas during the Turku Medieval Fair - was it two years ago? I forget :) The colours remind me of a berry sorbet of some kind - delicious! The fiber was easy to spin. I'm also knitting a shawl using Nauravan Lampaan Silkkivilla (30% silk, 70% wool) - I hope to post pics of the finished item later.
So that was it for now. I hope the new, more logical and hopefully more efficient Blogger interface will let me post more often than I used to... Oh, and I'll probably be starting my K-ing IP (or KIPping? well in theory K-ing IP would be more grammatical but no one puts it like that. sorry, it's the linguist writing) in Käsityö-Elisa (my LYS) on Saturday, so hope to see you there, fellow knitters from Turku.Have a nice KIP day everyone!
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