Silmukointi

I read from Ravelry that there was new yarn store in Helsinki and it was huge! It name was LankaMaailma Nordia and it was located to Oulunkylä and more spesific in Ogelin ostari. So I deciced to visit there. The truth was that the store was big but half of it was full of clothes and not yarn. So I can't say it is biggest yarn store in Helsinki. I think Menita is maybe bigger or at least has more yarn brands. There was a lot yarn in bags. They were in bargain if you want to buy whole kilogram of same yarn. For Tui's and some other's delight there was a lot of "kissalanka". I don't know what the brand is but the label has cat on it. :D

A couple of weeks ago I stayed hospital one week. Before going there I needed desperatly something to knit. Then I remembered Hansi Singh and her fabolous hansigurumi creatures! I ordered four patterns: squid-a-licious, fibbler crab, anglerfish and cuttlefish. So I chose the colors for squid-a-licious and started to knit. I didn't even remember how fun it is to knit. And Hansi's patterns are like you solved crossword. I don't mean that they are hard to read or anything, but you finish the parts quickly and you can feel that you did something! Every piece needs own kind of techniques so you won't be bored knitting them. I recommend them to everyone! Some photos of Squid's adventures. I did use some vintage Novita Nalle yarn again and douple pointed needles 2,5 mm.

Novita has improved their Mambo yarn, or so I have been told. I fell love with their new color, violet, instantly when I saw it. It is just my color. So I bought it and 8 double pointed needles. pattern: Rounded hat (own, details in Ravelry ) yarn: Novita Mambo Needles: 8 mm I did also something that was completely new to me. I bought Kool-aid's and dyed some yarn. Yarns was originally blue as you can see and then I dyed the other end with grape and other end with strawberry. I like the result but don't really know what to do with this yarn. I have it 22 grams and it is originally lace weight but this is double of it. Again it is some vintage yarn and I don't know what fibers it has or what brand it is or anything.

Last week I visited in Salo and found nice yarn store, Lanka- ja käsityöliike Inkeri. There was a lot yarn in sale. And a big collection of old colours of Novita's yarn. That is what I found there: * some green 100% wool, 3 skeins * Kamomilla 100% cotton, 4 skeins, and this is one of my favourite colour! You can't see it properly because of plastic, but it is just the right colour. * Novita Nalle Colouri, I have tried to found this colour in many place and finally i found it! :) * 2 big white buttons for my Taika. So.. what happened to "I don't buy sale yarns"? I also got these nice Drops' Fabels last week for knee socks. Actually there is 4 skeins. (topic is edited version from "grün grün grün alle meine kleides ist grün" song)

I'm participating Ravelympics 2008, which is "knittin olympics". My knits are participating Events like colorwork cross country and amigurumi-n-toy toss and WIP wrestling. Today I got first knit finish. It's Berry Octopus . Berry Octopus is a cheerful and lively little thing. She went straight to wild and wanted to pose in grass. She loved the flowers. Pattern is Octopus by hansigurumi . I used Novita Nalle Colori and some vintage Marlux superwash. Needles was 2,5 mm dps.

Once upon a time there was retro curtain... ...Maija Isola's design "Resla"... ...is now my needle holder edit: This was supposed to be test version but I never did the actual version because this took so much time! Maybe someday... I did also needle inventory when I added needles to this holder: 1,75-2 mm: 12 metallista 2,5 mm: 5 harmaata, 8 metallista 2,75 mm: 4 harmaata 3 mm: 12 harmaata, 4 metallista 3,5 mm: 6 harmaata, 2 metallista 4 mm: 1 harmaa 4,5 mm: 11 harmaata Those are my mum's old ones. And here are my own ones. 2,5 mm: 5 addi's 3 mm: 5 addi's bambuu 3,5 mm: 5 addi's bambuu

Sensual knits Last wednesday I got Sensual Knits from Book Depository. It is so fantastic book. It is just what knitbook should be. There are beautiful photographs and well written text. I could watch those photos again and again and they are so good. It is not suprise to me that this book is made by Photographer. Person who understand photos and knits is wonderful compination to make knit book. I read the introduction and other texts very carefully and totally agree with them. I don't have much money to spend to yarn so I will only buy them when I need them and am totally sure I will knit certain project from them. This way I save money and can buy more expensive yarns and choose luxuries instead of acryl. Unfortunately I don't have the book with me now so I can't quote it. There are many patterns I like but I'm not yet sure will I knit them. But I'm really sure that I will some day knit Vixen camisole . I don't have photo of it but if you have Ravelry account ...

My Nudibranch is finally finish! I'm almost finish with my Taika-mekko , but it too big. Now I'm testing if I can save it with smaller needles. If that doesn't help I'll frog it. Then I will knit again to get much prettier dress. Here is photo when I was just started to knit.

Joskus on aloitteleva neuloja ja ottaa Novitan lehden esille ja ajattelee, että täällähän on selkeä hyvä ohje aloittelijalle, saattaa pettyä. Vaatteen mitat ei tunnu mitenkään järjellisiltä kun sitä alkaa miettiä. XS: yläreuna 72 cm, alareuna 100 cm, erotus 28 cm XL: yläreuna 104 cm, alareuna 148cm, erotus 44 cm Vaikka joku onkin iso yläreunasta, ei se tarkoita että olisi suhteettoman iso alaosa. Toi 148 cm on todella iso koko verrattuna mihinkään vartalossa. Mittailin, että jos tuo 104 cm olisi vaikka hyvä ylhäältä (on hieman löysä) niin joku 122 cm olisi hyvä alamitta (M:n koon mitta). Mutta toi 148 cm on iiso. Myös L:n 136 cm on todella iso. Sitten on vielä vaatteen pituus. XS on 48 cm ja XL on 62 cm. Kun vertaan kuvan neuleen pituutta ( kuva ), niin tuo 48 cm olisi hyvä mulle, 62 cm on puolivälissä reittä. Tuntuu, että toi XS ja XL on aivan eri vaatteet. XS on aika vartalon myötäinen lantiolle ulottuva toppi. XL taas on minimekko jonne mahtuisi alhaalta kaksi ihmistä. Ongelma lähte...

I haven't knitted my nudibranch since last time.. Here you see how it looks now: I almoust finished my DNA scarf. I haven't fasted off yarn but otherwise I don't need to knit it anymore. It's lovely but maybe too narrow. This is how it look in beginning. I started making Zetor scarf in Colinette Jitterbug. I love the colours of yarn: Today I got yarn reel from my mum's ware and wound a skein of Jitterbug. It was really fun and fast! I'm proud of result. It's cute.

My nudibranch is almost done. I haven't take any photos of it yet, but soon I will.. :) I bought today some yarn from Käsityö-Elisa, two skeins of Hjertegarn Palino. It's red red red.. I dont usually like red, but it looks nice with black. I'm making DNA scarf from this yarn so I will use the scarf with my black jackets. Nice contrast. I also bought new needles: Drops' circular 60 cm 4,0 mm. I didn't need them but... Their cable is so flexible.

I finally finished my octopus. Pattern is made by hansigurumi. Yarn is Novita Nalle and I used 3 mm needles. In progress picture: It took me 2 months to do this. This was a little difficult to me but I think and hope that second one would be quicker and easier to do. Next I will do nudibranch from hansigurumi or Shaun the Sheep mobile pattern.