Furballs and Yarnballs

DONE – Quincy 02/02/2010

Filed under: knitting — linabear82 @ 18:43

I just finished the hat whose pattern I got as a RAK.

Quincy Hat

Pattern: Quincy by Jared Flood.
Yarn used:Schoeller+Stahl Lerici Color in Blue-ish, ca. 113 m

 

DONE – Hot Water Bottle Cozy 01/02/2010

Filed under: Uncategorized — linabear82 @ 18:50

I finished the hot water bottle cozy. It’s great and fits fine with my bottle.

Hot Water Bottle Cozy

Pattern: Hot Water Bottle Cozy by Sasha Evens.
Yarn used: Wolle Rödel Soft-Merino in jeans blue, ca. 130 m

 

Bunday Monday 29/01/2010

Filed under: bunny — linabear82 @ 19:00

Okay, it’s not Monday, but that picture of the Snooper is just too cute to not share:

Whenever DH and me have homemade soup, Snoopy MUST steal carrot peels, carrots and parsley from my cutting board. He does not know that whatever he can eat is at the edge, so he can easily access it. He’s proud of himself for “stealing” food from us.

 

WIP – Hot Water Bottle Cozy 28/01/2010

Filed under: knitting — linabear82 @ 19:45

So, the other day I had a real bad, painful neck. DH and me went out to get some medicine and I decided to get a hot water bottle for warmth in bed. A quick search on Ravelry found me the perfect cozy for my hwb :) It’s really going to be very cute – with buttons and a turtle neck.

HWBC

 

DONE – Reading Mitts 27/01/2010

Filed under: finished, knitting — linabear82 @ 18:47

Wow, those were done so fast I was not even able to show a WIP :) Those are some reading mitts I knit from yarn I received for being a Loopy Groupie:

Reading Mitts

Pattern: Susie’s Reading Mitts by Janelle Masters.
Yarn used: Tuscan Grove Bellagio in Three Tenors , ca. 127 m

 

DONE – iPhone Cozy 24/01/2010

Filed under: finished, knitting — linabear82 @ 18:40

I finished the iPhone cozy just in time for my iPhone to come back from the repair. I wish I had added one pattern repeat more though – it’s kind of tight.

iPhone cozy

Pattern: Cabled iPhone sock by Meggie Menzel.
Yarn used: Wollmeise 100% in Wilder Mohn, ca. 37m

 

WIP – iPhone cozy 20/01/2010

Filed under: knitting — linabear82 @ 19:51

Here’s a photo of my half done iPhone cozy modeled by an old Nokia phone. Hopefully my iPhone will be repaired soon, so it can enjoy the new cover, too.

iPhone cozy in progress

 

WIP – Sock Yarn Blanket 16/01/2010

Filed under: knitting — linabear82 @ 12:18

Here’s the progress on my blanket. It’s coming along pretty nice. I couldn’t have done it without the RAKs.

Sock blanket

 

RAKs 08/01/2010

Filed under: Gifts & Co — linabear82 @ 21:08

I was lucky to receive three (!!!) packages the last two days. All three ladies certainly out-did themselves :-)

One came all the way from Beligum and contained lots of sock yarn left overs, chocolate, teas, a set of stitch markers and a lovely card – see here:

RAK from Line, Belgium

Another one came all the way from the Netherlands which included sock yarn left overs, teas and a lovely card:

RAK from Annemieke, The Netherlands

And the third one came from Germany and included two skeins of pretty sock yarn, teas and and a nice card:

RAK from Dany, Germany

I was really blessed to receive such wonderful RAKs. I already started using the sock yarns into my blanket and will show photos soon :) :)

 

DONE – Dad’s Monster Socks 30/12/2009

Filed under: finished, knitting — linabear82 @ 22:29

My dad always asks for hand knitted socks … which is fine, but he has H-U-G-E feet and a pair of socks takes up the full 400+m most skeins of sock yarn have.  For comparison, a pair of socks for me take about 200-250m of sock yarn. Anyway, I just finished the socks and my dad seems to be please.

Pattern: Basic Socks
Yarn used: Regia Colour “Galaxy” in beige with blue, green and brown stripes, ca. 400m