Lots of FO's

 Lots of things has been finished since last time I posted here and I will show them all here and now.

I have managed to finish more things this year that I was expecting so I'm very pleased about that and there will be more before the end of this year.

Project Bags

 

Beautiful gifts from a dear friend.

I can't beleive that I'm so lucky to get these beautiful gifts from a friend in my Facebook group. I was mentioning that I have three sewingmachines and non of them are working properly and I really want to have my mums old Singer from 1960 serviced and fixed, but we don't have any shops in town that does services on sewing machines, so I need to drive some distance to do it so it jut sits there and it's frustrating. I really want to learn how to sew these things for my knitting and then I might be able to sew some cloathes, but I'm not holding my breath.

So then she asked me what size I want them in and modles and I was starting to realize that she was thinking of making me one and she told me to pick fabric and colours from a photo she posted and Wow! it was hard to pick one because there was two colours and fabrics that caughted my eye so I was struggeling picking one so she then told me that she will make me two!!

So when these arraived 3rd of March I was averwhelmed over the bags and how well made they are and the little extra notion bag and all other little lovely things she added to it all just made me stunned.

I really hope that I one day can make these myself and I have already starting using the smaller one with a pair of socks that I have started to knit on.

first project has moved in. Happy days!

Bullfinch Mittens

 

I am a big fan of Bullfinches so when I saw these mittens, I just had to knit them, so I did. But it didn't go as planed, because when it was time to pick up for the thumb, something went horrible wrong and it ended up being ripped up, the whole thing and after that I just lost interest for a year. But this year I picked it up again and learned from my mistake and finished them. I am SO pleased with them and they are so warm.

I never thought that I could knit a pattern like this but I really wanted them so I just went for it, and I'm glad I did. I have learnt so much by making them and that will just help me in the future in the next pair I will make.

Yarn used: Du store Alpakka Sterk
Needle: 2.50 mm
Started: 26th of January 2021
Finished: 5th of February 2022
Pattern: Bullfinch Mittens
Designer: Jorid Linvik

Green buttons

 

I finally got the buttons that I ordered from www.e-slojd.se January 13 but I had to remind them twice before they sent them. Anyway, these buttons are for the Oh-land cardigan that I knitted recently and after seeing these up front I decided on the biggest ones.

The sad thing with this one is that before I blocked it it fitted perfectly but now the yoke is massive and I need to sort it out in one way or another and I think I have come up with a good idea, so I will be trying that out first before I mention it here and show you what I did.

Christmas Eve Cast-On Finished

 

This was a fun and fast knit and I love the colours in this one. It reminds me of old Victorian Christman.

Yarn used: Opal  Glitter mit Silbereffekt, 9670 Shine
Needle: 2.50 mm
Started: 24th of December 2021
Finished: 25th of January 2022
Pattern: Just a Vanilla Sock
Designer: Me ;) 

Christmas Eve Cast -On

 

On Christmas eve I wanted to cast on a pair of socks with this lovely Opal yarn that I bought in Cambridge 2019. It has a silver sparkle in it so it was perfect to use it during Christmas and I was not using any patterns for this one, so just a vanilla sock with a bit of "fun" just after the rib.

I have just cast on the second sock so this pair will soon be finished.

Yarn used: Fingering weight (Opal 9670 Shine)
Needle: 2.50 mm
Started: 24th of December 2021

Lovely Blankets

 

When I have finished a pair of socks, shawl, cowl a.s.o, I can't throw away the leftover yarn, instead, I use it for a scrappy project like blankets or socks even, so here I have four blankets on the go at the same time and as soon as I have finished a project, that yarn goes straight into these blankets.

The two Granny Striped blankets are from a pattern by Atic24 and it's a free pattern. You can see I have two of them on the go and that's because one is wider than the other one and I have only variegated and tonal yarns in that one and only for two rows, whilst in the other one I use even solid coloured yarn and up to 4 rows of the same yarn depending on the yarn itself. 

The top blanket is called "Jelly Roll Blanket" by Kay F Jones from the Bakery Bears Podcast and it's a pay-for pattern and you'll find it at Ravelry. The one on top of the Granny Striped Blankets is another one from Kay F Jones and it's part of a blanket called "Stitch in Time" and that too is a pay-for pattern and can be bought via Ravelry. All these blankets are perfect for getting rid of leftover yarn from projects.

Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022!