Kaffe

I found back my favourite sweater in the back of a closet. I made it sometime in the 90ies. It needs some repairing, but it's still my favourite.


Pattern: adapted from Kaffe Fasset: Glorious Knits. Yarn: Acrylic, wool, cotton, rayon, and blends. I bought skeins on sale, ripped thrifted sweaters etc. It was great fun and left me with a stash, I have still some of the yarns used for this sweater.

second time around 'bleh'

man what is it with this yarn? I frogged the hat, started a new one following the top-down-no-swatch-approach with the plan to make a beret. The top looks good, I think.























But on my head it looks like a shower cap. I think this is because the hat is to sturdy to be so big. Either it should have been more drapey, so it would kind of fall in folds at the back of my head like a real slouchy beret. Or otherwise it should have been sturdy but smaller, like the urchin I made.





Any help appreciated...


The whole idea behind the Lifestyle top down hats, no swatch needed
is totally me. Go and play with the yarn, live dangerously, design-as-you-go, try out a new stitch, knit fearlessly, ...

and end up with a shitty hat. Bugger.

Hats

I cannot get enough of hats. Two more finished:





Today I was just busy buying yarn for yet another hat (a gift for a friend), when Julia walked in the yarn shop. Julia introduced me to Mette, who I know virtually. It is so much fun to meet internet knitting friends in real life!



Hat 1: handspun (not by me) found in a thrift shop, undyed, Elizabeth Zimmerman Knitting without tears: Snail hat, needles 5,5
Hat 2: handspun (not by me) found in a thrift shop, handdyed with food colouring, Elizabeth Zimmerman Knitting Almanac: Ganome hat. needle 5.5.

Model: Simone

one hat, one girl, two pictures

see I have two pictures: In the one, you best see the hat. In the other, you best see the girl.

I want to show off both.

Good, better, best

A girl can be lucky in several ways. One good way is having purchased some wonderful yarn as in:




rowan tapestry (wool with soy); malabrigo (wool) & silky sock yarn (wool, silk, nylon)

But better even is having purchased something you have needed and wanted for a long time, from a second hand shop, for less than a fifth of what a new one would cost, as in:



found at 'svalerne' this saturday for dkr 80,- (that's about 15 dollars)

The very very best way in which a girl can be lucky, however, is getting home from a trip to the states, and upon your arrival finding a package send from Finland with an assortment of fleeces in it, as in:



the white and brown is Finnwool, the grey and black Kainuu sheep. At the far right, some tussah silk and on top of it all, handdyed wool in 5 colours. All send to me, by the wonderfully nice internetcompanion Pirkko. Thank you so much Pirkko, it warms my heart.

vintage/thrifted/second hand/old/used

Useful things from old thrifted materials! Two circular skirts (for an almost four year old) and a messenger bag. Ingredients: fabric, duvet cover, 'turist wipe cloth' (Ontario, Canada - found in Denmark) - all thrifted. New materials: Sewing thread, velcro and elastic. Pattern for circular skirt: here
Tutorial for messenger bag: here

Brugbare ting fra genbrugsmateriale! To cirkel-nederdele str. 4 år, og en taske. Ingredienser: stof, dynebetræk, turist viskestykke (med scener fra Ontario, Canada, men fundet i Danmark) - alt fra genbrugsbutikken. Nye materialer: Sytråd, velcro, elastik. Mønster for nederdel her
Anvisninger for taske her


Bruikbare spullen van tweedehands materiaal! Twee cirkelrokjes maat 4 jaar, en een tas. Ingredienten: Stof, dekbedovertrek, toeristdroogdoek (voorstellende Ontario, Canada - gevonden in Denemarken) - allemaal uit de kringloopwinkel. Nieuwe materialen: Naaigaren, klitteband, elastiek. Patroon voor rokje hier
Aanwijzingen voor tas hier

What on earth is the point of a turist wiping cloth anyway?