tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84799361581255258822024-03-14T06:54:12.227+01:00Hannen käsityötKaksi lasta, mies, talo, kesämökki ja täysipäivätyö... Joskus kuitenkin löytyy hiemaa aikaa käsitöiden parissa.Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-67076266988831689892014-02-07T14:11:00.000+01:002014-02-07T14:11:29.406+01:00Lanka dieeti menossa
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="FI" style="mso-ansi-language: FI;">Tarkoitukseni oli
viime vuonna että lankavarasto kutistuu alle 8 kg, eli piti saada 2,5 kg
neulotuksi… Ihan niin ei käynyt. Lanka varasto kasvoi noin 15 g… Silti neuloin
pois noin 3,9 kg…. Kaiken kaikkikaan sain aikaiseksi 46 projektia, tosin
minulla on vieläkin 4 UFOa jotka oli myös vuosi sitten UFOja. Jos vaikka tänä
vuonna joku niistä valmistuisi. Alan tämän vuoden rankalla lankadieetillä… Ja
hyvin olen pysynyt kurissa. Vietimme viikon päivät Lontoossa ja en kertaakaan
ollut lähellä lankakauppaa, voin kyllä tunnustaa että mieli teki… kovastikin.
Mutta oli perheen kanssa niin paljon muuta kivaa menossa että aika hupeni
siihen, ja sen voin kertoa että perheelläni ei ole minkään laista ymmärrystä
lankakauppojen päälle. Tänä vuonna teen uuden yrityksen… lankavarasto alle 8kg
31/12 2014… Tammikuussa sain kaksi uuta neuletta puikolle, mutta neulomien on
ollut aika hidasta koska toinen ranne on kipeytynyt aika pahasti. Luulen että
se johtuu onnettomasta lanka/malli yhdistelmästä. Taitaa olla niin että minun
ei pidä neuloa pitsineuletta villasilkkilangasta pienillä puikoilla… </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><em><span style="color: blue;">My intention last year was to reduce the stash below 8kg, meaning I
should have to knit 2,5 kg stash. This didn’t happened… the stash grew with 15
g and still I knitted off 3,9 kg yarn. Altogether I finished 46 projects but
still I have 4 UFOS left that were UFOs beginning of last year. Hopefully at
least one of those will be transformed to a FO. I have started this year with
yarn diet and I have managed pretty well. I spent almost one week in London,
not getting near a Yarn shop. Though I must admit I wanted to but we had such
great time with family and none of them are particularly interested in yarn
shops… So I’ll make a new try this year, reduce stash below 8 kg 31/12 2014…. I
casted on two new projects in January<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but knitting has been extremely slow since my wrist has started to ache.
Probably due to an unfortunate combination of yarn and pattern. It’s obvious
that I shall not knit lace in wool-silk blend with small needles.</span></em> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><br />Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Heidi
M. Scheppman: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/Tarkoitukseni%20oli%20viime%20vuonna%20että%20lankavarasto%20kutistuu%20alle%208%20kg,%20eli%20piti%20saada%202,5%20kg%20neulotuksi…%20Ihan%20niin%20ei%20käynyt.%20Lanka%20varasto%20kasvoi%20noin%2015%20g…%20Silti%20neuloin%20pois%20noin%203,9%20kg….%20Kaiken%20kaikkikaan%20sain%20aikaiseksi%2046%20projektia,%20tosin%20minulla%20on%20vieläkin%204%20UFOa%20jotka%20oli%20myös%20vuosi%20sitten%20UFOja.%20Jos%20vaikka%20tänä%20vuonna%20joku%20niistä%20valmistuisi.%20Alan%20tämän%20vuoden%20rankalla%20lankadieetillä…%20Ja%20hyvin%20olen%20pysynyt%20kurissa.%20Vietimme%20viikon%20päivät%20Lontoossa%20ja%20en%20kertaakaan%20ollut%20lähellä%20lankakauppaa,%20voin%20kyllä%20tunnustaa%20että%20mieli%20teki…%20kovastikin.%20Mutta%20oli%20perheen%20kanssa%20niin%20paljon%20muuta%20kivaa%20menossa%20että%20aika%20hupeni%20siihen,%20ja%20sen%20voin%20kertoa%20että%20perheelläni%20ei%20ole%20minkään%20laista%20ymmärrystä%20lankakauppojen%20päälle.%20Tänä%20vuonna%20teen%20uuden%20yrityksen…%20lankavarasto%20alle%208kg%2031/12%202014…%20Tammikuussa%20sain%20kaksi%20uuta%20neuletta%20puikolle,%20mutta%20neulomien%20on%20ollut%20aika%20hidasta%20koska%20toinen%20ranne%20on%20kipeytynyt%20aika%20pahasti.%20Luulen%20että%20se%20johtuu%20onnettomasta%20lanka/malli%20yhdistelmästä.%20Taitaa%20olla%20niin%20että%20minun%20ei%20pidä%20neuloa%20pitsineuletta%20villasilkkilangasta%20pienillä%20puikoilla…%20My%20intention%20last%20year%20was%20to%20reduce%20the%20stash%20below%208kg,%20meaning%20I%20should%20have%20to%20knit%202,5%20kg%20stash.%20This%20didn’t%20happened…%20the%20stash%20grew%20with%2015%20g%20and%20still%20I%20knitted%20off%203,9%20kg%20yarn.%20Altogether%20I%20finished%2046%20projects%20but%20still%20I%20have%204%20UFOS%20left%20that%20were%20UFOs%20beginning%20of%20last%20year.%20Hopefully%20at%20least%20one%20of%20those%20will%20be%20transformed%20to%20a%20FO.%20I%20have%20started%20this%20year%20with%20yarn%20diet%20and%20I%20have%20managed%20pretty%20well.%20I%20spent%20almost%20one%20week%20in%20London,%20not%20getting%20near%20a%20Yarn%20shop.%20Though%20I%20must%20admit%20I%20wanted%20to%20but%20we%20had%20such%20great%20time%20with%20family%20and%20none%20of%20them%20are%20particularly%20interested%20in%20yarn%20shops…%20So%20I’ll%20make%20a%20new%20try%20this%20year,%20reduce%20stash%20below%208%20kg%2031/12%202014….%20I%20casted%20on%20two%20new%20projects%20in%20January%20%20but%20knitting%20has%20been%20extremely%20slow%20since%20my%20wrist%20has%20started%20to%20ache.%20Probably%20due%20to%20an%20unfortunate%20combination%20of%20yarn%20and%20pattern.%20It’s%20obvious%20that%20I%20shall%20not%20knit%20lace%20in%20wool-silk%20blend%20with%20small%20needles.%20Malli:%20Heidi%20M.%20Scheppman:%20Chevrolace%20sock%20(Knitty)%20Lanka/pattern:%20ONLinine%20Supoersock%20silk%20(m)%20Feelis:%20Kivan%20tuntuiset%20sukat,%20lanka%20loppui%20kesken%20ja%20jousteneule%20suussa%20jöi%20pois%20mutta%20oikeastaan%20suka%20ovat%20kivemmän%20näköiset%20näin.The%20sock%20feels%20goos%20on%20the%20foot.%20I%20ran%20out%20of%20yarn%20so%20I%20didn’t%20knit%20the%20ribbing%20at%20top%20and%20actually%20I%20think%20the%20socks%20looks%20better%20without%20the%20ribbing.">Chevrolace sock</a> (Knitty Winter 2007) <br />Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: ONLinine Supersock silk
(m) <br />Feelis: Kivan tuntuiset sukat, lanka loppui kesken ja jousteneule suussa
jäi pois mutta oikeastaan suka ovat kivemmän näköiset näin.<em><span style="color: blue;"> Feels good
on the foot. I ran out of yarn so I didn’t knit the ribbing at top and actually
I think the socks looks better without it.<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></span></div>
Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-27482626961580016072014-01-18T20:55:00.003+01:002014-01-18T21:04:24.369+01:002013 viimeiset neuleet<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="FI">Ollan jo uuden vuoden kolmannella viikolla, mutta tämä postaus kertoo mitä viime vuoden loppupäivillä sain aikaisiksi. Sain tosi rumat sukat puikolta pois… nyt ne lojuilee sukkkalaatikon pimeimmässä nurkassa… En pidä niistä koska se itseraidottava lanka ei todellakaan ollut sen näköinen kun olin kuvitellut ja sitten taisin tehdä pienen laskuvirheen jalkopöydän lisäyksissä mikä johti siihen että kantalapusta tuli hirmu iso ja kantapään kavennukset pönkötää ja sukka on liian leveä nilkan yli ja lörpöttää. Se mikä minua hieman ihmetyttää on se että huomasin aika ajoissa että raidoitus ei ole kiva, silti kuitenkin jatkan…. On kai se vika että en todellakaan halua purkaa, en sitten missään nimessä. Kyllä kai ne sitten joskus kelpaa hätävarasukkana, tai sitten voin neuloa niistä sukkahirviön jollekin leikkikaluksi. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="FI"><br /></span><em><span style="color: blue;">We’re already in the third week on this New Year but this posting will tell what I got off the needles the last days of previous year. I casted off a pair of really ugly socks, now they are buried in the darkest corner in my sock drawer. I do not like them since the selfstriping yarn didn’t behave as I had imagined it should and then I believe I did some mistake when calculating the gusset increases which gave a huge heelflap and the heel decreases are very bulky and the sock is flapping loose since it’s too wide over the ankle. What really puzzles me is the fact that I continued knitting even though it was pretty clear in a early stage the striping would be ugly… It must be the fact that I hate frogging, I never do if there is any other alternative. I guess I could use the as in-case-of-emergency-when-nothing-else-is-available-socks… or I could sew sock-monster of them.</span></em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Malli<span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span>: Star Athena; <a href="http://starathena.com/">Lebowski </a>(Ravelry) <br />Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: Drops Fabel, Marks&Kattens Strömpegarn, Sisu <br />Feelis: Äääh. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="FI">Onneksi lapaset onnistui paremmin. Hieman reilut mutta kun oli alpaccalangasta sisälapaset niin kyllä kelpasi olla kun mittari hiipi alle -10 astetta (kuten pari päivää sitten). </span><em><span style="color: blue;"><br />Luckily the mittens turned out better. They are a little wide but when wearing a pair of thin alpacca-yarn mittens inside they are gorgeous when the temperature creeps below -10 degrees (as it did a few days ago).</span></em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Jean Gifford: <a href="http://snowman-mittens-pattern/">Cabled snowman mittens</a> <br />Lank<em><span style="color: blue;">/Yarn</span></em>: Drops Lima (83g) <br />Feelis: Aivan ihanat!!!<em><span style="color: blue;"> So wonderful!!!!</span></em></span>Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-69466956811944486912013-12-29T18:01:00.000+01:002013-12-29T18:01:18.380+01:00Lahjaneuleita<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sain kaksi kerää vihreäta tosi ihanaa vauva-kamelivilla/silkkisekoite
lankaa RAKina reilut vuosi sitten. Pitkää mietin mitä tästa
hämähäkinseitti-ohuesta langasta neuoisin. Viime kesänä sitten keksin että
neulon äidille huivin, koska lankakerät olivat hieman eriväirset päätin neuloa
kahdella langalla että saisin hieman elävämmän värin. Kesälomareisulla matkalla
Pariisiin sitten laition silmukat puikolle ja alku meni ihan kivva vauhtia mutta sitten
kaikki tyssähti siihen ja joulukuussa sain sitten neuloa urakalla että huivi
valmistuisi. Fylleryd-mallia on kovasti kehuttu mutta minulla oli sen kanssa
hankaluuksia, ei itse mallikuiviotten kanssa mutta joka kerta kun vaihto kaavaa
niin se ei ihan mennyt kivuttomasti. <span lang="EN-US">Voi olla harjoituksen puutetta mutta en ole aikaisemmin kokenut tätä. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><i>I
received two skeins green lovely baby camel-wool/silk blend as a RAK about a
year ago. For a long while I really didn’t know what to do of this
cobweb-weight yarn but last summer I decided to knit a shawl to my mom, since
the skeins were two different shades of green I knitted with one strand of each
skein to get a more lively color. On our Grand- Europe-tour, on the road to
Paris I casted on and knitted on happily until something happened and I lost interest
in it. In December I had to pick it up again and knit like mad to get it finished.
The Fylleryd shawl has been praised on Ravelry but I had some difficulties with
it, not with the pattern but moving from one chart to another gave me headache.
It may be lack of experience but I havn’t ever experienced anything like this. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Malli</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;">/pattern:</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
Mia Rinde: </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fylleryd" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fylleryd</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (Ravelry)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Koko<i><span style="color: blue;">/size:</span></i> 220*90 cm <br />Lanka<i><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></i> kaksi lankaa<i><span style="color: blue;">/two strands</span></i> Akasha
Zeropoint Colorworks Soie et Bébé Chameau Cobweb (2*725 m) <br />Feelis: Höyhenkeyt,
neuloin helmiä nyppyjen sijasta. <i><span style="color: blue;">Light as a feather, knitted with beads instead
of nupps.</span></i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Toinen lahjaneule valmistui hieman nopeammin, se oli myös
on-the-road-knit… Ne valmistui Örebron ja Tukholman välillä. Neuloin nämä Alman äidille
(Alma ja tyttäreni luistelee kaunoluistelua samassa ryhmässä) hän oli kovasti ihaillut Fetchin-kämmekäitäni.
Vietämme aika monta tuntia jäähallissa ja
siellä villatavara on aika kivaa… <br /><i><span style="color: blue;"><br />The second gift-knit was much faster to do. </span></i></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">It was a on-the-road-knit too. These
were finished on the road between Örebro and Stockholm. It was a gift to Almas
mother (Alma is in the same skate-class as my daughter) she had been admiring
my Fetching mittens so much so I thought she needed a pair. When spending as
many hours in a ice rink as we do you need warm accessories…</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Malli</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;">/pattern:</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">
Cheryl Niamath: </span><a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer06/PATTfetching.html" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fetching</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (Knitty, Summer 2006) </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lanka<i><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></i> Drops Lima (92m) <br />Feelis:
Lämpöiset. <i><span style="color: blue;">Warm</span></i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jälkeen päätin neuloa hieman värikäämmät tumput ja kun ne valmistuin lankaa oli
vielä ihan riitävästi että sain viellä neljännet lapaset jämälangoista. Kun
vihdoinkin Pitt’s Mitts lapaset oli valmistuneet lankoja oli noin 30 g
jäljellä, niistä ei taida saada mitään sen kummempaa kun kännykälle pieni
kotelo, mutta en tiedä jos uskallan. Ne jotka tuntevat minut tetää että olen
todellinen vilukissa, minulla on aina töissä kämmekät ja huivi pällä. Viime
työpaikassa minulla oli neulottu kotelo kännykälle ja kun työkaverini Leif näki
sen hän sanoi:- Perkele Hanne, olet ainoa tuntemani ihminen jonka kännykkäkin
palelee. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /><i><span style="color: blue;">Since the pile of
leftovers didn’t shrink at all when the Handtak-mittens were knitted I decided to
knit another pair, more colorful mittens. When those were finished there were
still left-overs enough for a fourth pair of mittens. Finally when casting off the
Pitt’s mitts there were about 30 g aran-weight yarn left. That might be enough
for a little cozy to my mobile phone…if I dare to knit one. Those who know me
know that I’m always freezing; at work I always wear scarfs and fingerless
mittens. When my colleague Leif at my previous appointment saw my knitted
phone-cozy he said: Damm it Hanne, you’re the only person I know who has a mobile-phone
that is freezing.</span></i><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Malli</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">/pattern:</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bernat Design Studio: </span><a href="http://www.yarnspirations.com/bernat" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">NorthernLights</a></div>
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(8 m), harmaa villa lanka<i><span style="color: blue;">/grey leftover</span></i> (~8m+8m) <br />Feelis: Tosi ihanat, rakastan
noita pilkkuja ja mainio tapa pääsä eroon pienistä lankakeristä. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="color: blue;">Love these, love those dots and it was a perfect way
to get rid of small amonts of left-overs.</span></i><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lanka<i><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></i> Gjestal Tinde (40 m), </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/schachenmayr-nomotta-alpaka"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Schachenmayr nomotta Alpaka</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> (30 m), villa lankaa<i><span style="color: blue;">/woolen yarn</span></i> (~10m?), Drops
Alaska (8 m), Noro Kureyon (4 m), Drops Lima (43 m) <br />Feelis: Jämälanka neule, ei
sen kummempi. <i><span style="color: blue;">Left-over mittens and nothing more about it.</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sitä tuntee itseänsä oikein taloudelliseksi ja reipaaksi kun neuloo
jämälangoista jotain käytännölistä. Puzzle Striepd Mittens mitkä valmistui
hiljakkoon sai minut innostumaan jämälankojen käyttöön… Keräsin kaikki saman
paksuiset jämät yhteen kasaan ja luulin että nämä Hantak lapaset tekisi ison
kolon sinne jämälanka pussiin mutta ei vaan , ihan näyttää siltä että siellä on
yhtä paljon jäljellä… Toisin sanojen… niitä jämiä on näköjään enemmän kun
luulin. Ei se mitään, minulla on jo uudet lapaset puikolla, niistäkin tulee
kirjavankivat. Aiona mikä minulla on näitä lapasia vastaan on se että kun ne
oli neulottu niin oli 24 langanpäätä/lapanen mitkä piti sitten päätellä. Kyllä
sitä voi aikaa kulttaa kivemälläkin tapaan. Eka lumi on jo tullut ( ja mennyt) ja pyhäksi luvataa pakkasta siispä eiköhän Hantakille tule käyttöä. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>You can’t bet that feeling you’ve got when you
use those odd balls that’s been over from other projects. The Puzzle Stirps
Mittens that I finished a while ago got me hooked on left-overs. I gathered
together all aran-weight left-overs I had and thought that these Handtak mittens
should dig a deep hole into that pile but oh no… There is still a huge amount
of left-overs in the pile. Obviously I have more left-overs than I believed I
had. Well it doesn’t matter. I have already casted on a new colorful pair of
mittens. The only thing that wasn't so fun with these mittens were the 24 loose ends /mitten I had to weave in. You can spend you time doing funnier things. The first snow has already arrived (and melted away) but the weatherf orecast promsies cold weather for the weekend so I'll guess there will be use for Handtak.</em></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Malli/<em><span style="color: blue;">pattern:</span></em> Védís Jónsdóttir;</span><a href="http://www.vogueknitting.com/free_patterns/lopi_handtak_mittens.aspx"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Handtak</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> (Vouge Knitting) </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lanka/yarn: Drops Alaska, Drops Neal, Gjestal
Tinde, Noro Kureyon, Novita Puro (~ 77g) <br />Feelis: Tosi kivat neuloa mutta
toi viimesteleminen ei ollu ihan yhtä kivaa. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: blue;">Great fun to knit but the finishing
wasn’t as fun as the knitting. </span></em></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: blue;"></span></em></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Tietystin neuloin myös sukat marraksuussa… Totta
kai neuloin, ei kai sitä voi olla kuukautta ihman sukkaneuletta, vai voiko? </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Aragorn-sukat on ollut minun listalla melkein neljä
vuotta ja vihdoinkin sain ne puikolle. Aika haastavat sukat, uusi tapa luoda
silmukat, jalkopöydän levennykset tehtiin uudella tapaa ja sitten kaikki nämä
kierretyt silmuka jotka ovat niin hitaat neuloa. Nyt kun ne ovat valmiit olen
tosi tyytyväinen mutta siitä huolimatta en taida toisia tehdä, en pahemmin rakasta
näitä kierretyjä silmukoit koska ne ovaat niin hitaat neuloa mutta se voi ehkä
olla harjoituksen puutetta epäilen kuitenkin että niitä kierretyjä ei telkun
edessä neulota ihan noin vaan. Lanka ei tosin ollu yhtä kiva kuin sukkamalli,
mitä on tapahtunut Regialle? Se on ollut yksi minun lempilangoista mutta nämä
kerät halkeili minkä kerkesi ja lanka oli jotenkin pörröstä eikä ollenkaan
niinkuin muistin. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: blue;">Of course
I knitted a pair of socks in November too, you can’t have a month without a pair
of socks on the needles, can you? Aragorn has been on my to-do list for almost
4 years and finally I got them on the needle. They were more challenging that
the socks I usually knit, a new cast on (tubular cast on), the gusset increases
on the top on the foot and all these twisted stiches that are so slow to knit, (lack
of experience…). I’m very pleased with the socks but I wonder: What has
happened to Regia? It used to be one of my favorite yarns but these two skeins
were both splitty and fuzzy and not fun to knit at all.</span></em> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Malli/<em><span style="color: blue;">pattern</span></em>: Janneke Maat; </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aragorn-english"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Aragorn</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> (ravelry)
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lanka<span style="color: blue;"><em>/yarn</em></span>: Regia 4 ply (335 m)<br /> Feelis:
Kivat, hyvin istuvat sukat mutta kurja lanka neuloa. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>A lovely, well fitting sock but the yarn was
lousy to knit.</em></span>Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-52893704014503848092013-10-31T09:50:00.000+01:002013-10-31T14:07:10.197+01:00Satumaisia neuleita<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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viimeinen päivä ja Socktober alkaa olla ohi ja tänä vuonna sain kahdet sukat
aikaiseksi. Olen tosi tyytyväinen tähän toisen pariin, upotin siihen jämäkerän
tosi kirjava lankaa ja sille kaveriksi yksinäisen kerän violettia Fabel lankaa
minkä olin saanut lankavaihdossa. Sukien nimi on Ruma ankanpoikanen ja ihme ja
kumma, kyllä niistä vaan joutsen tuli! En nyt ihan haluasi sanoa että se
pätkävärjätty lanka oli ruma mutta oli se todellakin ilosen kirjava, ehkä
heiman liian kirjava minun (sukka-)makuun. Neuloin sukan varpaasta ylöspäin ja
sain silä tapan käytettyä joka ikisen metrin, hädin tuskin oli niin paljon
violettia lankaa jäljellä että sain langanpäät päätetyksi.</span></span></div>
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result this year were two pairs. I’m very pleased with the second pair I casted
on since I could use up a really colorful left-over I didn’t know what to do
with. The left-over was accompanied by o lone skein of violet Fabel I received
in a swap. The pattern was called Ugly Ducklings and to my great surprise it
turned out to be a swan! Well I wouldn’t maybe call that variegated yarn ugly
but it is really cheerfully colored, maybe a little too cheerful for my
(sock-)taste. I knitted mine socks toe-up and managed to use up every meter of
yarn, there were hardly enough yarn left to weave in when the socks were knitted</em></span>. </span></span></div>
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>:
Karin Aida;<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ugly-duckling-socks"> Ugly Ducklings</a> (Ravelry) </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: Drops Fabel (205m) Drops
Fabel (107 m) <br />Feelis: Tosi ihanat, voisin ihan hyvin tehdä toiset koska malli
oli niin tarttuva. Kun on yhden ruudun neulonut niin on neulottava pikkuisen
lisää että näkee miltä seuraava ruutu näyttää… ja seuraava.<em><span style="color: blue;"> </span></em></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: blue;">Truly wonderful and
and I think I could cast on another pair right now since the pattern is so
addictive, you want to knit some more to see how the next square turns out… and
the next.. and the next… </span></em></span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><br />
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olen neulonut satumaisia neuleita. Ranteetkin ovat saaneet oman osuuden
villaista lämpöä, ihan alpakkavillaista lämpöä. Tämän tukoosinsinisen alpakkalangan
sain syyskuussa lakavaihdossa. Voi että se oli pehmätä ja siintä oli saatava
jotain heti… Olin ehkä himen liian kiireinen kuin pisitin silmukat puikolle,
Camelont-kämmekäissä on tosi kaunis palmikko-neule joka ikävä kyllä hieman
häviää alpakkapehmeyteen.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: blue;">In
October my knitting has been inspired by fairytales. My wrists have also
been rewarded with something woolen warm... soft alpaca wool. I received this
wonderful turquoise yarn in a swap. It was so soft and cosy and I really wanted
to have something warm of it immediately. Maybe I was a little too hasty when
casting on; the Camelont fingerless mittens have got a lovely cabled patter
which unfortunately disappears a little in the furry alpaca coziness.
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Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></em> Artesano 100% <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alapca 4py (185 m)
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Feelis: Neuloin <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sormista alespäin,
ranteesta tuli aika pitkä </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">mutta se lämmitää tosi ihanasti. Väri on aivan mahtava mutta vaikea näyttää valokuvassa. Tän talven lemmikit!!<span style="color: blue;"><em> </em></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>I knitted them top-down to be able to use all the yarn. The cuff is maybe a little too long but it keeps me warm. The color is gorgeous but truly difficult to catch on a photo. These will be a favorite this season!!!</em></span></span></span><br />Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-75479662127140680782013-10-28T21:03:00.001+01:002013-10-28T21:03:27.727+01:00Socktober<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lokakuun ensimmäinen sukapari valmistui ennätysaikaan, Vajaassa viikossa sain Kalajoki-sukat valmiiksi. En oikein tiedä miksi nämä valmistu niin nopsasti, ehkä siksi että lanka oli hieman paksumpaa kuin sukkalanka mitä tavallisesti käytän, mallineule oli myös tosi nopea neuloa. Ihan kivat niistä tulivat, neulon nämä Cascade Heritage langasta, se oli tosi kiva tuttavuus.. Niin kiva että olen jo ostanut hieman lisää sinistä sukkia varten. Vyyhdissä oli 150 g ja se riitti justiinsa kaksiin sukkiin, tosin varret eivät ole niin kovin pitkät mutta ihan riittävän pitkät että pitää kylmän loitolla. <br /><br /><em><span style="color: blue;">The first pair of socks in socktober is finished in less than a week. I really don’t know why these were finished so fast, maybe because the yarn was a little heavier than what I usually use for socks, the pattern was very easy too mostly knit and a few purls. Really nice socks, I knitted them in Cascade Heritage, a very nice acquaintance indeed. So nice actually that I have already bought myself another blue hank. There were 150 g yarn in a hank and that was just enough for two pairs of socks, the legs are maybe a little shorter than I usually knit but it’s still long enough to keep feet and ankles warm.</span></em> </span></div>
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Tiina Seppälä; <a href="http://yliveto.blogspot.se/2009/11/neuleohje-kalajoki-sukat.html">Kalajoki</a> <br />Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: Casacade Heritage 150 solids (225m) <br />Feelis: Kiva malli, kiva lanka neuloa, tykkään! <em><span style="color: blue;">Nice pattern, nice yarn, me like! </span></em><br /><br />Sain myös talvea varten lapaset puikoilta. Tunnen itseni tosi reippaaksi kun neulon jämälankoja pois. Lapasista tuli tosi lämpöiset ja ihanat mutta jämiä on vielä niin paljon että taitaa tulla toisetkin lapaset. Kaikkein paras näitten lapasten kanssa oli se että ne valmistuivat niin nopeasti kun puikkopaksuus on 5mm. Mutta nyt olen taas palannut normaaliin ja tuherran tumppuja 2mm puikoilla;-) <br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><em>I have finished a pair of mittens for the winter too. I’m so pleased because I have used some of the leftovers I had… but still there are aran-weight leftovers enough for a second pair. The mittens are warm and cozy but the best of all was that they were so speedy to knit but what else is to expect when you’re using size 5 mm needles. But now I’m back to old well know paths and knit mittens with 2mm needles;-)</em></span> <br />
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Rebecca Blair; <a href="http://doiliesarestylish.blogspot.se/2011/09/puzzle-stripe-mittens.html">Puzzle Striped Mittens</a> <br />Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: Drops Alaska (81m), Noro Kureyon (70 m) Novita Puro (8m) <br />Feelis: Tulkoon talvi! Olen valmis! <em><span style="color: blue;">Winter may come! I’m, prepared</span></em></span><br />
<br />Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-43300599297206058292013-10-04T18:36:00.004+02:002013-10-04T18:38:03.271+02:00Olen mustasukkainen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Musta pitsi on aina tyylikästä… mutta musta lanka on aika kurjaa neuloa syyiltoina varsinkin kun se näkö ei enää ole sitä mitä se kerran oli, ja siihen sitten halkeileva lanka… Yritiän siinikkässti pääsää eroon noista Fabel langoista mitä ovat kertyneet tonne mun lankakokoelmaa, lapasoissa se on ihan kivaa mutta ollen hieman epävarma mitenkä se sukissa kestää.. Ketävyydestä puhuen. Kun viimeksi otin Noro-sukat peun jälkeen käyttöön huomasin että ne olivat melkeen kuluneet rikki. Aika harmi, sukat ovat olleet noin vuoden käytössä ja luulin todellakin että niin kallis ja kehuttu lanka olisi kestänyt paremmin. Ei muuta kun parismaan pohjia kassan. Noro kämmekäät mitkä neuoin langanlopiusta ja jotka nytkin lämmittää ranteita on kestänyt käytön paljon paremmin, ei ole edes pahemmin nukkautuneetet. Sitä ei voi sanoa kämmekäistä mitkä neuloin Fame Trendistä mitkä on myös jokapäiväisessä käytössä, ne on tosi nukkaiset. Jospa palataan sukkiin. Siis tyylikäs musta pitsi ja tosi kivat vaihtelevat sukat neuloa. Sukka oli Ravelry ryhmän Solid Sock elo/syyskuun mysetterisukka. Inspiraationa oli ollut Beethovenin Für Elise, Sukat alkavat aika vaimeasti pienin äänin jousteneuleena ja sitten ääni kovenee kun varsia neulotaan, jo kantapäissä jo hakataan tangentteja aika lailla kunnes sukat päättyvät mahtavaan forte fortissimoon jalkapöydän isoon pitsineliöön. Muistelin kuinka itse joskus 35 vuotta sitten itse taistelin Für Elise kanssa ja tietysti minun oli neulottava nämä! <br /><br /><em><span style="color: blue;">Black socks are always stylish…but black yarns isn’t a pleasure to knit durin darkening evenings especially when the eyesight isn’t what it used to be and the add splitting yarn to this… I’m eagerly trying to knit away all that Fabel yarn I have in my stash. It’s Ok for mittens but I’m still a little uncertain about how the yarn stand the wear in socks. Talking about durability. Last time I put on my about one year old Noro-socks I realized that there were almost holes in the sole. I’m a little disappointed; I had thought that such expensive and praised yarn should stand wear a little better. My Noro fingerless mittens on the other hand (I’m wearing them right now) are still OK hardly no piling at all. That I cannot say about the fingerless mittens I knitted in Fame Trend which I also use daily, they pile more than their fair share. But let’s return to the socks… Stylish black lace and a really fun pattern to knit. These socks were the Aug/Sept mystery sock in the Ravelry group Solid Socks. The designer was inspired by Beethoven’s Für Elise when designing these. The socks start quietly with some ribbing and the volume increases a little at the leg. Once at the heels you hammer pretty loudly on the keys and it all ends up in a mighty forte fortissimo when knitting the lace-diamond on the foot. I remember myself struggling with this piece about 35 years ago and I only had to knit these!</span></em> </span></div>
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Malli<span style="color: blue;"><em>/pattern:</em></span> Laura Jenkins: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/solid-socks-mystery-aug-sept-2013">Crescendo socks</a> (Ravelry) <br />Lanka/<em><span style="color: blue;">yarn:</span></em> Drops Fabel (310 m) <br />Feelis: Yep, yep, yep </div>
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Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-80769176962059461742013-09-13T12:45:00.002+02:002013-09-13T12:45:08.972+02:00Sukka blues<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: SV; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Joskus
malineule ja sormet eivät oiken toimi ydessä. Tämä malli oli sellainen. Heti
kun sain tän kerän Zauberballia päätin että teen nämä sukat langasta, tosin
kesti hieman ennen kuin sain langan puikoille<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>ja petyin kovasti. Mallineule oi todellakin sitkeä, tuntui siltä että
maleskeli tervassa. Mutta neuloin kuitenkin ahkerasti ja nyt minut on palkittu
tosi hyvin istuvilla sukilla. Neuloin kantalapun numeroa pienemällä puikolla ja
tällä kertaa siintä ei tullut nin pönkkänen kun se yleensä on ja sukka istuu
todellain hyvin, kuin nyrkki silmässa. Olen niin tyytyväinen ja kiittelen
itseäni että istuin sen eka illan ja kerin lankaa edes takaisin että saisin
värit samala paikalle. Vihdoinkin minulla on raitalangasta sukat missä raitat
ovat samaa paria. <br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sometimes the harmony between yarn, needles and fingers isn’t there. This pattern was one of those. Already when I received this skein of Zauberball I decided that I should knit a pair of Ridges and Ribs of it, it took almost a year before I had an opportunity to cast on… and was so disappointed. The pattern didn’t fit my fingers at all, but I struggled on and now I’m rewarded with a pair of socks with great fit. This time I knitted the heel flap with one size smaller needles and avoided the bulkiness that usually marks my heels. I’m so pleased and congratulate myself that I took the time to wind and rewind the skeins so that I had the colors to match. Finally I have a pair of socks of self striping yarn where the socks are alike.</span> </span></em></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern:</span></em> Criminy Jicket:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://criminyjickets.blogspot.se/2007/10/ridges-and-ribs.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Ridges andRibs</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
<br />Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></em> Zauberball (260m) <br />Feelis: Olen niin tyytväinen, sukkien kanssa ja itesni
kanssa koska en antanut periks vaikka tuntuikin vastahakoiselta. <em><span style="color: blue;">I’m so pleased,
with the socks and with myself for not giving up even though I wasn’t that fun
knitting.</span></em></span></span></span>Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-36433486176154304612013-09-03T21:20:00.001+02:002013-09-03T21:20:37.188+02:00Lapasia, lapasia
Sukkakuume on lauhtunut mutta lapasvimma jatkuu. Ensiksi
merihevoset valmistui ja pari päivää myöhemmin<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hilma-lapasetkin olivat valmiit. On tää neulevimma aika kummalinen
tauti. Luulisi että kaikki neulominen sopisi mutta eipäs vaan, täälltä löytyy
kaksi puolivalmista tilkkutäkkiä, puikoilla löytyy kaksi puolivalmista huvia , kaksi pulovalmista
villapaitaa odottaa valmistumista… ja kahdet puolivalmiit sukkaparit odottavat parempia päiviä. Ja mikään niistä ei maita… Mieli
tekee <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>uusia lapasia, ajattelin upotaa
hieman Drops Alaskaa ja sitten Noro Kureyon jämät niihin, ehkä myös hieman
Novitan Puroa tai Gjestalin Tindeä jos tarve vaatii. Ajattelin neuoa lapaset
sormista ranteeseen niin voin voin suunitella paraat langat siihen missä ne
näkyy parhaiten. <br /><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><em><span style="color: blue;">The
sock-knittng fever has really left the building… but the mittens-mania is still
going strong. First I finished the Hippocampus mittens and only two days later
I casted off the Hilma-mittens. This knitting-fever is a strange disease. One
could believe that any knitting would do… but oh no, no way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have two afghans ongoing, two shawls on the
needles, two cardis to finish and two pairs of socks waiting for better days.
But I’m not in mood for knitting anything of that. I’m keen on casting on for a
new pair of mittens where I'm planning to use some of the Drops Alaska I have and at the
same time use up the Noro Kureyon leftovers I have and if needed I could also
use some of the Novita Puro and Gjestal Tinde leftovers I have. To make sure
that the prettiest yarn will show <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>best I’m
planning to knit the mittens top-down.</span></em> </span><br />
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Torirot design:
<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hippocampus">Hippocampus mittens</a> (Ravelry) <br />Lanka/<em><span style="color: blue;">yarn:</span></em>
Drops delight (150m), Drops fabel (85m) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feelis:
Tosi kiva malli neuloa, varsi n heman erikoinen, neulon varren hieman
pitemmäksi kun malli neuvoo. <em><span style="color: blue;">A great pattern to knit. I like the cuff, it.’s a
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>:
Tiina Vatanen; <a href="http://www.ullaneule.net/0104/ohjeet_hilma">Hilma lapaset</a> (Ulla neule 1/04) <br />Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></em> Järbo mellanraggi (145m)<br />Feelis: Tosi kivat, tykkäsin kovasti
vale-palmikko varresta, se teki Hilman paljon hauskemmaksi <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>neuloa kun peruslapaset. <em><span style="color: blue;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Really nice, I really liked the false-cable ribbing in the cuff. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made Hilma a much funnier knit than a pair
of ordinary mittens.<o:p></o:p></span></span></em></div>
Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-13350513354374136212013-08-31T21:10:00.001+02:002013-08-31T21:10:34.571+02:00Pikkusiskon pipoAamusin on kylmää kun pyöräilee kouluun/töihin. Siispä virkkasin pkkusikolle pienen syyspipon.<br />
<em><span style="color: blue;">It's cold in the mornings when we ride by bike to school and work, so I crocheted a beanie to Little Sister.</span></em><br />
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/Pattern</span></em>: Pipo/<em><span style="color: blue;">beanie</span></em> Linda Permann; Little Sister (<a href="https://www.craftsy.com/pattern/crocheting/accessory/little-sister-hat/34620">Craftsy</a>), <br />
Kukka<em><span style="color: blue;">/flower: </span></em><a href="http://www.action-hero.net/blog/2004/09/crocheted-flower-pattern.html">action hero's blog</a><br />
Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: Bomulls flamé ( 68 g), Drops Muskat (7 m)<br />
Feelis: Kiva virkata mutta lanka syö mallikuvion. <em><span style="color: blue;">A fun thing to crochet but the yarn hides the Shell pattern.</span></em>Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-51167927930300193032013-08-15T08:02:00.002+02:002013-08-15T08:02:13.732+02:00Floran villatakki<span lang="FI" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tai paremmin puuvillatakki. Oli tosi kiva malli neuloa, ei sauman saumaa jos jättää taskut neulomatta. Luulen kyllä että jos hieman harkitsee asiaa niin saa ne taskutkin neulottua paikalle mutta jos on niin hätäinen kun meikäläinen on niin en ehtinyt harkita asiaa ennekuin taskut oli neulottu. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ikävä kyllä en ostanut tarpeeksi lankaa ja viimeinen kerä sinistä on ihan eriväristä vaikka on sama väri. Onneksi se jäi sinne helmaan. Voisi melkein uskoa että se on tehty ihan ajatuksella. Parislanka on ihan kiva neuloa mutta kova halkeilemaan. Valmis neule on tosi pehmeä, se saa minut hieman funtsimaan miltä toi helma mahtaa näyttää kun taskut on tungettu täyteen hienoilla kivillä, ja kaikella muulla kamalla mikä on pikkutytölle tärkeätä. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Floras cardi was a really nice pattern to knit. No a single seam but for the pockets. And I’m sure that if you think about it more thoroughly you can knit the pocket onto the cardi, but if you are in such a hurry to cast on as I’m the pockets were knitted before I realized that some time to reflect what you’re doing and how to do it had been useful. Since I never frog if I can avoid it I took a bite in the sour apple and out the pocket in place the last thing I did. Unfortunatly I didn’t buy enough blue yarn and had to buy one more skein and it is not the same lot and it’s very visible. Luckily the stripe is at the hem, you could almost believe it was made with purpose. The yarn was nice to knit but a little splitty. The finished garment is very soft and it makes me wonder how the hem will look like after a few days of wear when the pockets have been stuffed with beautiful stones and other things that are precious to a </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">little girl.</span> </span></span></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="FI" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Malli/</span><em>pattern</em></span>: Kate Blackburn: </span><a href="http://www.petitepurls.com/Spring11/spring2011_p_flora.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Flora </span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Petit Purls issue 8 spring 2011) </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="FI" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lanka<span style="color: blue;"><em>/yarn</em></span>: Drops Paris (800 m) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="FI" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Feelis: Kiva malli neuloa, lankakin on ihan kiva ja pikkusisko on tosi tyytyväinen. Ihan tulee hymy huuleen kun näkee pirteän (pikkusiskon oma valinta) väriyhdistelmän.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A very nice pattern to knit and Little Sister is very pleased. The cheerful color combination (chosen by Little Sister) makes me smile an happy smile</span>.</em></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="FI" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kun takki oli valmis kaivoin esille kaikki Paris-langat mitä minulla oli ja neuloin niistä pari tiskirättiä ja pari pientä kasovpesulappua. Ei ne sen kummempia ole, nurjia ja oikeita silmukoita ruutukuviossa, väriyhdistelmä on ”pirteä” ja minulla on tosi hyvä olo kun sain kakki pienet langanöttöset pois käsistä.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>When the cardi was finished I picked out all Paris-yarn I had and knitted two dishcloths and a two face-scrubs of it. They are nothing particular, knits and purls in a square-pattern and a “cheerful” color combination. You cannot imagine how pleased I’m to have spent every cm of the yarn in a useful way and no left-overs at all to bother about.</em></span><br /><br /><br />
Kesäkuussa osallistuin Ravelry-ryhmän ”European Let the Love Flow swap” järjestämään huvi-KALiin pääasiassa koska toisena palkintona oli tosi hieno huvineula. Sain ainoastaan yhden huvin aikaa… ja voitin toisen palkinnon ja sain tämän upean huvineulan ja pari silmukkamerkkiä.</span>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="FI" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>In June I participated in a shawl-KAL arranged by the ravelry-group “European Let the Love Flow swap” mainly because I fell in love with the shawl-pins that were the second price. I only managed to finish one shawl and I won the second price… this beautiful shawl-pin.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-3884182632968699372013-08-08T08:11:00.000+02:002013-08-08T08:12:27.322+02:00Sukkakuumen viimeinen vingahdus<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Viime vuonna tähän aikoihin päätin että neulon vähintään yhdet sukat
kuussa. Liityin Ravelry-ryhmään Sock Knitters Anonymous jolla on uusi
sukka-haaste joka kuukaudelle paitsi elokuulle mikä on lomakuukausi.
Osallistuin haasteeseen ja sain neulottua 15 sukkaparia, tuntuu ihan kivalta
kun kurkistan sukkalaatikkoon ja olen aika tyytyväinen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alkaa hieman tuntua siltä että pahin sukkakuume
on ohi. Sen tilalle on tarttunut lapaskuume ja huivihurma. </span><br />
<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="color: blue;">At this time last
year I decided to knit at least one pair of socks every month. So I joined the
Ravelry-group Sock Knitters Anonymous they had a new sock challenge for every
month but August which is the vacation month. I joined the challenge and
knitted 15 pairs of socks. I’m really pleased and satisfied when I look into
the chest of drawers where my socks are. It feels like the sock-fever I been
suffering from is tailing away. Instead I feel a more and more urgent desire of
knitting mittens and shawls.</span></em> </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kesäkuun haste oli muun maassa<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose Hiverin suunnittelemia sukkia ja
heinäkuun haaste oli pitsisukat. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tässäpä ne sitten on. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="color: blue;">The June challenge was amongst
others sock designed by Rose Hiver and lace was the challenge for July. </span></em></span><span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="color: blue;">So here they are…</span></em>
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<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Rose Hiver: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quartzonite">Quartzonite</a> (Ravelry) </span><br />
<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lanka/yarn: Cascade
Yarns Heritage 150 Solids (225m)</span><br />
<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Feelis: Tosi nätti malli oli yllättävän helppo
neuloa ja istuu hyvin jalassa. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;"><em>A very pretty pattern that was surprisingly easy
to knit and it fits well on the foot.</em></span> </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Cookie A: <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTmonkey.html">Monkey Socks</a> (Knitty
Winter 2006) </span><br />
<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></em> Ewas
Sockenwolle Baumwolle/Elastik<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(275m)
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<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: FI; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Feelis: Nyt minullakin on apinasukat, Ravelryssa niitä on jo reilut 17000
näytillä…. Malli oli ihan kiva neuloa mutta lanka oli todellakin kurja kokemus.
Se koostui kolmesta kippuraisesta puuvilla langasta ja kahdesta kumilangasta
joita ei ollut millään tavalla punottu yhteen eli lanka halkeili minkä kerkesi.
Mitä syvemmälle kerään pääsi, sen enemmän lankojen pituus muuttui. Kun päätin
sukat, pisin langoista oli noin 25 cm pitempi kuin lyhyin lanka. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em><span style="color: blue;">Now I have my pair of
Monkeys. In Ravelry there are over 17000 pairs on show already… The pattern was fun to
knit but the yarn was really not a pleasant acquaintance. The threads were
curly and not spun together at all so it was extremely splitty. What was even
worse was that the length of the threads varied and the deeper into the skein you
got the worse the variations were. When casting off the longest thread was
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<span lang="FI" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Vuoden alussa haastoin itseäni että neuloisin 13 lapaset tänä vuonna. Nyt puolet vuodesta on ohi ja olen saanut aikaiseksi kuudet lapaset. Oravalapaset valmistuivat pari päivää sitten. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Niistä tulee ihan varmasti ensi talven suosikki! </span></span></div>
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<span lang="FI" style="mso-ansi-language: FI;">Taivaansinisen langan ja taivaallisen mallin sain toukokuun lankavaihdossa. Minulla oli tosin hieman vaikeuksia ymmärtää mallia voi olla että malli on hieman epäselvä, tai että mallin logiikka ja minun logiikka ei puhu samaa kieltä. Tai sitten minulla oli vaan yksinkertaisesti niin kiire päässä alkuun että en malttanut lukea kunnolla. Olen kuitenkin ihan tyytyväinen lopputulokseen, se on niin sopivan kokoinen, sitä voi käyttää joko kaulahuivina takin alla, tai hartioiahuvina viileässa konttorissa. Mistähän johtuu että minä aina joudun kylmiin konttoritiloihin. Nytkin minulla on villasukat, kämmekäät ja huvi. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ulkona niitä ei kyllä tarvita.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em><span style="color: blue;">I received this skye blue yarn and this heavenly pattern in a swap in May. I did have some difficulties to understand the pattern. Maybe the pattern was a little unclear or it could also be that the logic of the pattern didn’t fit the logic of my brain. Or it could be so simple that I was in such hurry to get started that I didn’t have patience enough to make sure that I understood the pattern. Anyhow I’m very pleased with my shawl, it has such a nice size. Small enough to be used as a shawl around your neck under the coat but big enough to wrap around your shoulders at work. I’m sure I’ll be needing this since I always mange to get my des in the coldest office in the house. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At work I’m wearing knitted woolen socks, fingerless mittens and a shawl, outdoors there is no use for these knitted items…. </span></em></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vL-V_vfJy4/UcnkIU3FpnI/AAAAAAAABN8/6vZpqOU_rz4/s1600/IMG_2001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="264" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vL-V_vfJy4/UcnkIU3FpnI/AAAAAAAABN8/6vZpqOU_rz4/s400/IMG_2001.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><br />Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern:</span></em> Christy Verity; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/198-yds-of-heaven">198 yds. of Heaven</a> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(Ravelry) <br />Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: Hjertegarn Hjerte Fine Highland Wool (75g) <br />Feelis: Heaven…..I’m in heaven. <br /><br /><span lang="FI" style="mso-ansi-language: FI;">Juhannusatton vietin hääpäivääni tätä päivää kanntaaa tietysti juhlia. Siispä osallistuin merkkipäivävaihtoon (sai itse päätää mitä halusi juhlia). Sain hääpäivälahjaksi kerän Teetee Eleganttia ja shamppanja teetä</span>.<br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7H_TY6ZPLw/UcnketJRbJI/AAAAAAAABOE/yVz9AGcI6gA/s1600/IMG_1950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7H_TY6ZPLw/UcnketJRbJI/AAAAAAAABOE/yVz9AGcI6gA/s400/IMG_1950.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><em><span style="color: blue;">I had my wedding anniversary on the midsummer night eve. That’s a good reason to celebrate therefore I participated in a ”celebration-swap” (you decided yourself what you wanted to celebrate). On my anniversary-day I received a skein of Teetee Elegant and some champagne flavored tea. </span></em><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color: #741b47;">Ett stort tack till dej Ingaredstoka som uppvaktade mej på min bröllopsdag med ett så härligt paket, teet det delar jag med min man eftersom han också tycker om ett gott te.<o:p></o:p></span></em></strong></span></div>
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Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-90577827116489767822013-06-12T21:14:00.002+02:002013-06-12T21:14:44.276+02:00Tour de Sock<span lang="fi">Toukokuun loppu ja kesäkuun alku on minulle vuoden kiirein aika. Viisas ihminen ehkä silloin laskee hieman tavoitettaan esimerkiksi neulerintamalla… Mutta tolkuton ihminen ilmoittautuu silloin sukkakilpailuun Tour de Sock. Kilpailu alkaa kesäkuun ensimmäinen päivä ja määräaikaan sitten julkaistaan sukkamalli. Kymmenen päivää myöhemmin uusi sukkamalli julkaistaan ja jos eka pari ei ole valmis niin olet leikistä ulos. Kuusi sukkaparia myöhemmin maalikäynti on heinäkuun lopussa. En tietenkään harkinnut asiaa hetkeäkään ennekuin näppäsin pääsymaksun PayPalin kautta. <br /><br />Sitten sitä neulottiin, joka ilta niin paljon kuin jaksoi ja ehti. Ikävä kyllä koko lauantai meni ”hukkaan” kun olimme naapurikaupungin ja näimme Benke Rydmannin</span><span lang="fi"> </span><span lang="fi">Joutsenlammen. Se oli todellakin MAHTAVA esitys. Illalla sitten nautimme ystäviemme kanssa pienen baletti-illallisen eli en saanut silmukkaa neulotuksi. Kävi niin että jos olisin jaksanut sunnuntai-iltana neuloa tunnun lisään niin olisin pääsyt toiselle kierrokselle… Tosin oli hyvä näinkin, saan kaikki sukkamallit vaikka en päässyt jaksoon ja tää rankka neulominen sai ranteen kipeytymään ja kakkossukassa oli kovasti palmikoita ja kierrettyjä silmukoita. Tiedän kokemuksesta että sellaiset temput ei millään helpota rannekipua. <br /></span><em><span style="color: blue;">End of May and beginning of June is the busiest time for me. A wise person would reduce her ambitions for instance when it comes to knitting… An unwise person participates in Tour de Sock. It’s a knitting competition which starts 1<sup>st</sup> of June when the first sock pattern is released. Ten days later the next pattern is released and if you haven’t finish your first pair you’re out of the game. The finish is six pairs of socks later in end of July. Naturally I didn’t give the timing aspect one second of reflection before I sent the registration fee via Paypal. <br /><br />Then I started to knit; every evening as much as I could after all must-do´s were done and before my eyes fell together. Unfortunately the whole Saturday was a lost day from knitting point of view. We went to the neighboring town to see Benke Rydmans set of the Swanlake. It was a MAGNIFICIENT performance. In the evening we had a ballet-soupe together with our friends and not a single stitch were knitted that day. Hadn’t I’ve been so tired Sunday evening, had I knitted one more hour I had passed the first stage. Now I didn’t… Well, it’s OK this way too, I’ll receive all the remaining five patterns as they are released and this heavy knitting was really hard on my wrist and the sock for the second stage was filled with tiny cables and twisted stitches. From experience I know that those are techniques that definitely don’t cure aching wrists. <br /></span></em><br />
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Adrienne Fong; The Secret Fan (Ravelry) <br />
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Feelis: <span lang="fi">Kiva neuloa, tosi hyvin istuvat suka, kauniit joka suunasta ja kantalappu on todellakin nerokas! Taitaa olla ensimmäinen kerta kun voin ajatella että tekisin toisetkin</span><span lang="sv">. </span><em><span style="color: blue;">Fun to knit, great fit beautiful in all directions and the heel flap is nearly genial! I think this is the first time I could consider to knit another pair of the same pattern.</span></em>Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-50678826399699969582013-05-23T15:22:00.001+02:002013-05-23T15:22:29.960+02:00Minua on hemmoteltuMaanantaina kun tulin töistä postilaatikossa odotti paketti. Kapris oli lähettänyt minulle sinisen sukkalanka paketin. Paketissa oli ihanaa suomalaista salmiakkia, suklaata ja 150g Cascade Heritage lankaa, siintä tulee minulle kahdet sukat!!! Olen nähnyt tämän langan mainittuna monessa paikaa ja olen ollut tois utelias. Nyt se on myös minun oma ja sormenpäitä kutitaa niin kovast että olen aika varma että se pääsee puikoille ji kesäkuussa. Mietin nimittäin että osallistuisin Scandinavian RAK-ryhmän siniseen sukka-KALiin. To-do-listalla on 72 sukat että eiköhän sieltä löydy sopiva malli.<br />
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<br /><span style="color: blue;"><em>Last Monday when I came home from work there was a parcel waiting for me in the postbox. Kapris had sent me a blue sock-yarn-swap-parcel. I received some delicious finish salt licorice, some chocolate and 150g Cascade Heritage yarn in a sky-blue color that will be enough for two pairs of socks! I have seen this yarn mentioned every now and then and have been very curious. Mow it is in my possession and I’m quite convinced that I will cast on for a pair of socks in June. I think I’ll join the sock-KAL arranged by Scandinavian RAK-group in Ravelry. There is 72 pairs of socks in my to-do-list so I’m pretty sure that I’ll find a suitable pattern.</em></span><br />
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Viime viikolla minua hemmoteli Lingonben. Ravelry-ryhmä ”Svenska Byten” on järjestänyt dekkarivaihdon. Sain toisi ihanan paketin jonka teema oli sininen Britannia. Sain Håkan Hesserin kirjan ”Himmel över London” ja taivaansinsitä lankaa ja "198yds of Heaven"-huvin mallin, siihen sitten lisäksi englantilaisia namusia ja pipareja. Huivimalli ja lanka oli niin kivat että oli heti aloitettava.<br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">Last week aI was spoilt by Lingoben in a detective story swap arranged by the Ravelry-group Svenska Byten. I received a wonderful swap where all the parts were join together in the theme Blue Britannia. I receive Håkans Nessers novel "Himmel över London" (~Heaven above London) and sky-blue yarn. Together with the yarn came the pattern to "198yds of Heaven"-shawl. Some British sweets and cookies completed the parcel. The yarn and pattern were so irresistible that I had to cast on immediately.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sukkalaatikko alkaa olla aika täysi ja lisää pitää vaan neuloa. Kesää varten olen neulonut bambulangasta nilkkasukat. Tällä kertaa neulominen oli vaivatonta. Tästä voi siis oppia sen että malli kannattaa aina valita langan jälkeen. Kuinkahan monta kertaa tää läksy pitää tehdä ennkuin se asetuu sinne korvien väliin? Bambulanka on ihanan viileän tuntuinen jalassa mutta ei se ihan ole kuin villalanka… Päivän käytön jälkeen sukka on löysistynyt ja lerputtelee nilkan ympärillä. Onneksi varsi on niin lyhyt että ei kuitenkaan mene makkaralle. Vaikka sukka tuntuu viileältä jalssa niin päivän käytön jälkeen se haisee ja sukka menee suoraan pesuun. Villasukkia voin hyvinkin käyttä pari kolme päivääkin eikä ne haise.<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><em>My sock-drawer are getting full but still I have to knit more socks. For the summer I have knitted a pair of ankle socks in bamboo-yarn. This time the knitting was painless. From this you might learn that always chose the pattern after choosing the yarn. I wonder how many times you must do this homework before it’s in place between the ears? The bamboo-yarn feels very airy but it is not like a sock of wool… after one days wear the sock is hanging loose around my ankle. Even though the socks feel airy on the foot it does not feel particularly fresh after one days wear and it goes straight into the laundry. Woolen socks feels fresh even after two or sometimes even after three days wear.</em></span></span></div>
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Malli<em><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></em>: Traci Heine: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basket-rib-socks-for-women">Basket Rib Socks for Women</a> (ravelry)<br />
Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn</span></em>: Wendy Happy (48 g)<br />
Feelis: Kesäiset ja kivat. <em><span style="color: blue;">Summerfresh.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Nyt kun kevät on kauniimillaan, meillä on ollut pari oikein kaunista kevätpäivää tällä viikolla, saan kahdet lapaset valmiiksi. Ne saa nyt odotella syksyä ennekuin ne tulee käyttöön (toivon mukaan ainakin). Ensiksi valmistui lehtimaja-lapaset. Ne oli tosi kivat neuloa ja pidän tästä yksinkertaisesta lehtikuviosta. Ainoa mikä minua harmittaa on että suusta tuli liian lyhyt. Se peittää hädin tuskin ranne-patin. Pitää kai olla takissa pitkät hihat niin että ranteet ei palellu. Minusta se peukaonlisäykset oli hiemna kummaliset koska ne silmukat sai sitten olla mukana peukaloaukon jälkeen , mutta olen nyt oppinut että täma on aika tavallista Selbu-tyylisissä lapasissa. <br /><br /><em><span style="color: blue;">Now when spring finally arrives, we have had some wonderful days this week, I cast off two pairs of mittens. They have to wait for the fall, don’t think I’ll be using them now (hopefully not…). The first pair off the needles were the arbor mittens. They were really fun to knit and I adore this simple leaf-pattern. The only thing that grieves me is that the cuff is very short, it hardly goes over that bump you have on the wrist. I guess I need to find a jacket with extra long sleeves to keep the wrists warm. Initially I thought that the thumb gusset were strange since you kept the increased stitches an knitted on to the top, but now I have learned that this is common for Selbu-mittens. </span></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Malli<span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span>: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/berceau">Berceau</a> by Maria Olsson </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lanka/<em><span style="color: blue;">yarn</span></em>: valkoinen<em><span style="color: blue;">/white</span></em> Navia Duo (25g) and vihreä<span style="color: blue;"><em>/green</em></span> Isager Highland yarn (neuloin kahdella langalla/<em><span style="color: blue;">knitted with two strands</span></em> 26 g) </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Feelis: Lyhyt, Leveä, Lämmin ja IHANA! <span style="color: blue;"><em>Wide, Warm, Short and WONDERFUL! </em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Toisen parin aloin jo huhtikuussa mutta kun olin peukaloa vailla totesin että ne ovat liian tiukat jag lyhyet (mutta varsi on taas turhankin pitkä) ollakseen hyvät. Siinä hävisi peukalo-inspiraatio ihan noin vain. Onneksi kummitytöllä on sirot kädet ja sain sisun avulla lapaset valmiiksi.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>The second pair was casted on in April but when I had the thumbs left I realized that they were too narrow and too short ( but the cuff was longer that one could wish for) to be comfortable. So the inspiration to knit thumbs disappeared just likes that. Luckily my good-daughter has got very neat hands so with the help of the famous finish sisu the mittens got the thumbs.</em></span>
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Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-22097921589979330312013-04-26T20:05:00.002+02:002013-04-26T20:05:45.144+02:00Tiskirättiä...<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Minulla on todellakin ongelmia... Yritän saada lankavarastoa kutistumaan mutta en millään pysty olla osallistumassa eri lankavaihtiohin ja vaihtokaverini ovat niin avokätisiä ja saan aina enemmän lankaa kun mitä lähetän menemään. Svenska byten järjesti lempi-lanka vaihdon... Gnyttan lähetti minulle tosi ihana paketin missä oli sekä puuvilla ja villalankaa. Pikkusisko omi heti pari kerää ja minä lohduttelin itseäni ja neuloin itselleni sinisen tiskirätin.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I really do have some stash issues... I'm trying to reduce my stash but I can not resist to join different yarn-swaps and my swap-mates are so generous that I receive more yarn than I send away. The Ravelry group Svenska byten arranged a favourite swap. And Gnyttan sent me a wonderful swap with both cotton and wool. LittleSister imediately claimed two skein of the cotton so I had to comfort myself by knitting a discloth of the remaining cotton.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Malli<i><span style="color: blue;">/pattern:</span></i> <span style="background-color: white;">Margaret Radcliffe: Chineese waves dishcloth</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A week later I received some more yarn in the dishcloth swap....</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Malli<i><span style="color: blue;">/pattern: </span></i>Danielle Cotes: Losagnes<br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Lanka</span><span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></i> Drops Paris (50g)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Feelis: Tästä tuli tosi kiva! <span style="color: blue;"><i>This one is perfect!</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Muistatteko unelmahuivini? Se on taas pääsyt esille, jos se vaikka valmistuisi mieheni kummitytön häihin....<br /><i><span style="color: blue;">Do you remember my In Dreams-shawl? It ongoing again. Maybe I could wear it on my husbands good-daughters wedding this summer.</span></i></span></span><br />
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Malli<span style="color: blue;"><em>/pattern: </em></span><span style="color: black;">Candice DeWitt; <a href="http://illusiveweb.com/wp/?p=229">Fair Isle Flower Sock</a></span><br />
Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></em> Regia hand-dye effect (54g) , Mirage - Merino/Tencel 4ply/Sock (7g)<br />
Feelis: Tosi ihanat sukat! <em><span style="color: blue;">So Lovely I love the colors!</span></em><br />
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Näin onnistunut projekti saa inspiraation pursumaan ja kaivoin esille puolikiloa mustaa Drops Muskat-lankaa ja istahdin Isoveljen kanssa suunittlemaan minkälainen siintä villapaidasta tehdään. Kun kaikki oli valmista ja totesin että siispä kuvioneuletta neljällä värillä, puuvillalangasta... Mutta mitäpä hyvä äiti ei tekisi lapsille kun isoveli mainitsi ihan ohimennen että:- En aio pitää sitä koulussa... No, koska sitten aiot käyttä sitä, kysäsin... No ehkä joskuks kotona... Sillion simahti, kerroin tälle kiitämättömälle nuorukaiselle että hän just nyt jäi ilman villapaitaa....<br />
Kiukuspäissään ongin tämän mallin esille ja aloin neuloa itselleni villatakkia. Luulen että siintä tulee tosi ihana, mustalle villatakille on aina käyttöä.<br />
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<em><span style="color: blue;">After a sucessful Project like this the inspiration is bubbling all over so I started to plan BigBrothers sweater together with him. When we'd agreed upon the design and I had realized that it would be intartsia-knitting with four colors in hard cotton-yarn...But what doesn't a mom do to her beloved children, when he "by the way" mentioned tha he was not going to wear the sweater at school. OK, I said, when will you be wearing it then? Maybe at home... was the answer. So I told this ungrateful young man that he that moment had lost a homeknitted sweater. Filled with frustration I casted on this cardi to myself... you can never have too many black cardis....</span></em><br />
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Nyt voin myös esitellä joululoma neuleen...Neuloin kummitytölleni vauvapeitton. Ensimmäiset kymmenen centtiä oli ihna kivan mutta voin ihan rehellisesti sanoa että lopulta palmikot maistui puulle. Kummityttö sai pienen poikalapsen ja peitto on toivon mukaan käytössa siispä voin nyt näyttää sen muillekin.<br /><em><span style="color: blue;">Now I</span><span style="color: blue;"> finally can show what I was knitting during the christmas holidays. A baby-blanket to my good-daughter. She got a wonderful little baby-boy and the blanket has now reached the happy family so I can share it with you too. The first 10 cm was fun knitting but I can honestly say that by the end I was quite tired of cables...</span></em><br />
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Malli<span style="color: blue;"><em>/pattern:</em></span><span style="color: black;">Lindsay Humphrey; <a href="http://knittikins.wordpress.com/patterns/levis-baby-blanket/">Levi's Baby Blanket</a></span><br />
Lanka<em><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></em> Drops Nepal (358 g)<br />
Feelis:Nepal oli tosi kiva neuloa ja palmikot näkyvät niin selvästi. Toivottavast se kestää pesun hyvin. <span style="color: blue;"><em>Nepal was nice to knit and the cables are very well defined.</em></span>Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-38225226433956368692013-04-02T13:09:00.002+02:002013-04-02T13:09:58.938+02:00Neuleblääh iski taas<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neuleinspiraatio on hävinnyt ihan tyysti ja se on <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/patterns/anise">Anisen</a> vika...<br /><span style="color: blue;"><i>My knitting inspirations has gone and it's <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/patterns/anise">Anises</a> fault....</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Aloin neuloa sitä viime syksynä, neuloin yläosan, kauluksen ja hihat ja totesin että se on liian pieni... purkuun meni. Mietin pitkää jos yritän tehdä suurempaa mutta päätyin että teen langasta <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/faery-ring">Faery Ring</a>-villatakin. Ensiksi neulotaan 137 cm palmikkoa ja siintä poimitaan silmukat. Vähän matkaa neulottua aloin miettiä että ehkä Anise kuitenkin olisi parempi....</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><i><span style="color: blue;">I started to knit it last autumm. I knitted the body, collar and sleeves and realized that it was too small</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">. Into the frog pond it went. I was thinking about making it bigger but decided to knit a<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/faery-ring"> Faery Ring</a> cardigan of the yarns instead. First you knit 137cm cable and pick up stiches for the cardi. After a short while I started to wodner if not Anise should be better anyway.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>So I knitted a cardi for LittleSister's doll... that one is at least finished<br /></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Feelis: Tosi karmea lanka neuloa, halkeili ihan mielettömästi. Neule on tosin pehmeän tuntuinen, ei niin kova kuin puuvilla usein on. <span style="color: blue;"><i>Pikkusisko on tosi tyytyväinen, väri ja (pitsi)malli olin ihan hänen mieleen. A terrible yarn to knit, it splitted all the time but the garmet is very soft, not as hard as cotton ususally is. LittleSister is very pleased both with color and (lace)pattern.</i></span></span></div>
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Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-60515230593782287272013-03-28T20:33:00.002+01:002013-03-28T20:33:44.092+01:00Opali sukat<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On muutamia sukkalankoja mitkä ovat tehneet minut uteliaaksi muun maassa Austerman, Opal, Regia, Noro ja Zauberball. Sain pari kuukautta sitten lankavaihdossa kerän Opalia ja nyt vihdoinkin sain se puikoille. Voin vain todeta että taisi olla ensimmäinen ja viimeinen kerä. Ei langassa sen kummempaa vikaa ole, se halkeilee hieman liian helposti, ei pahasti mutta sillä rahalla kun ostan Opalin ostan mielummin jotain muuta joka käyttäytyy paremmin.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><i>There are sockyarns that has made me curious Austeman, Opal, Regia, Noro and Zauberball to mention some. A few months ago I got a skein of Opal in a yarn-swap and had it finally casted on. I can only say that it was propably the first and last skein of Opal I buy. Not that there were any major faults but the yarns splitted a bit too easy to be comfortable. For that money I rather buy something else that behaves a little better.</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Malli<span style="color: blue;"><i>/pattern:</i></span> <span style="background-color: white;">Janneke Maat; <a href="http://www.moonwise.nl/patterns/lau-en.pdf">Lau</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lanka<i><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></i> Opal (72 g)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Feelis: Tosi kiva malli neuloa, sukat valmistui niin nopeasti että tuntuu siltä että ne kutoi itsensä ilman apua. Ne istuu jalassa kun nyrkki silmässä. Tykkään todellakin! <span style="color: blue;"><i>A great pattern to knit, they knitted up so fast that I almost believe they knitted up by themself. The fit is perfect. Love these!</i></span></span></div>
Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-25295243998448503402013-03-13T09:20:00.003+01:002013-03-13T09:20:57.158+01:00and the winner is....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">minä!!! Minä voitin tämän kirjan Jen Lucasin järjestämässä huivi-mysteerio KALissa viime vuonna. Helmikuusa hän järjesti uuden KALin tällä kertaa sai vapaasti valita huivin hänen kirjasta. Minä valitisin kansikuvan huivin ja neuloin sen ja pingoitin sen ja piti vain päätellä langanpäät kun äiti tuli... Hän ihastui huiviin ja minä tietysti avasin ison suuni ja sanoin: Jos se mielytää niin ole hyvä... mutta saat päätellä kangat itse. Ja sinne se meni. Ihana Zauberball huivini, ihan noin vaan.... mutta hyvää kotiin se meni (ja on todennäköisesti enemmän käytössa kun se olisi ollut täällä).</span><br />
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<i style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">me!!! I won this book in a mystery shawl KAL arranged by Jen Lucas last year. This February Jen arranged a new KAL, this time you could chose any of the shawls in the book. I choose the front page shawl and knitted and blocked it and was about to weave in loose end when mom came. She really admired the shawl and naturally I opened my big mouth and said: If you like it you can have it... but you have to weave in the loose ends yourself. And the shawl was all gone, my lovely Zauberball shawl, just like that... well the shawl got at least a good home (and will propably be more frequently in use than it should have been here)</i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Malli<span style="color: blue;"><i>/pattern:</i></span> Jen Lucas:<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/inflorescence-2"> </a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/inflorescence-2">Inflorescence</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lanka<i><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></i> Zauberball (85g)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Feelis: Tosi kiva pitismalli neuloa. <span style="color: blue;"><i>The lace pattern was really fun to knit<br /></i></span></span><br />
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<br />Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479936158125525882.post-73905567196888812172013-03-12T08:41:00.001+01:002013-03-12T08:41:09.205+01:00Kylmä maaliskuu....Viime viikolla sain maaliskuun lapaset valmiiksi. Silloin tuntui siltä että lapaset saa odotta ensi talvea mutta talvipakkaset palasi yllättävästi ja eilen mittari näytti -12 astetta. Oli ihan kiva että laatikosta löytyi uudet lämpöiset lapaset.<br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">These mittens were finished last week and I had the feeling that I wouldn't be needing them anymore this winter. That was obviously an optimistic thought. The winter cold weather has returned and yesterday it was -12 deg Celsius. So, it was nice to have a pair of newly knitted warn mittens to wear.</span></i><br />
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Malli<i><span style="color: blue;">/pattern</span></i>:<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;">Cailyn Meyer; </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://dailyskein.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/cabobble/">Cabobble</a></span></span><br />
Lanka<i><span style="color: blue;">/yarn:</span></i> Schachenmayer nomotta juvel (75g)<br />
Feelils: Tosi selekä ja kiva malli neuloa ja lapaset istuu tosi hyvin ja palikko ei kiertele. <span style="color: blue;"><i>A well written and fun pattern to knit and the fit is great.</i></span>Hannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13327228702977823507noreply@blogger.com0