Silmukointi

I am making blanket from Novita Puro yarn. My goal is to use every color it has been made. But because not every color is available anymore I had to find other ways to find those colors. It came up that Rico Design's Creative Poems Aran is same yarn. I have made table of equility of these yarns. Novita Puro Creative poems aran 801 kanervikko 803 tundra 004 804 ruska 805 revontulet 806 jäätynyt karpalo 807 iltanuotio 809 pakkasyö 816 aamurusko 821 aallokko 827 kukkaniitty 830 kivi 832 metsä 011 839 lehto 841 rusko 843 kaarna 844 takkatuli 845 usva 006 848 kajastus 870 kajo 871 juolukka 873 ilo/td> 875 luumupuu 882 retro

I haven't finished anything since last post. I frogged those jealoux socks. Started shawwoltail shawl which is very nice pattern to knit. We desiced to do with bunch of friends a blanket for our friend who had some difficulties that time. You can find the whole story on Tui's blog: http://tuinkutomo.blogspot.com/2009/09/vaikeuksien-kautta-voittoon-from-fail.html I did a few squares for this. I would have wanted do more but I didn't have time to do that so... But here are my squares: There is also one more square which was bigger than those. Then I wanted also do my own blanked with that pattern. And when Novita published new yarn named Puro which is kind of copy of Noro I started to make it. Puro and Noro means almous same in finnish. :D Noro is just smaller than Puro but both are basicly rivers. Really small rivers tho. I didn't turn out so great.. I didn't have with me the right size hook so I think it is done too big hook. It looks ok but if I do it l...

It tend to do knitting in series. Last December I knitted amigurumi toys. Now I have moved to knee socks! Okay.. I'm knitting also a Swallowtail Shawl. I who usually don't knit useful things like socks... I haven't knitted pair of socks since I was school and there I knitted only one pair. So those with Fabel are my first pair of since. I'm quite proud! First ones was from Fabel. This yarn is so nice to knit and so comfy. They turned nice and elegant although I used multicolor yarn. Yarn: Drops Fabel Pattern: Own Needles: 2,5 mm in Ravelry Second pair is made of Sisu. They are pretty but not so comfy. They didn't turn out so well than first ones. Yarn: SandessGarn Sisu Pattern: Own Needles: 2,5 mm in Ravelry Third ones were Jaloux sock by Tikru from Moda. The pattern is pretty but I didn't quite manage to knit these right so I frogged them for many reasons. I regret that decision but I'm going to start again soon. Pattern: Jaloux socks from Mari "tikr...

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)