final spurt

I am almost finished with christmas knitting. Just the second foot of my Dads christmas socks (I am about to turn the heel) and then I'm finished :-) I know a lot of you have knitted a lot more than I did but nevertheless I'm proud that my parents will have warm feet and some others will be able to clean their dishes knitting style ;-)
I started the Mr. Greenjeans cardigan from Knity Fall 2007 and I love it so far. I had a test skein in japanese maple which I used and since I liked the structure of the Cascade 220 I ordered 6 more skeins to finish Mr. Maple-jeans as I call it ;-) Now, I am just too impatient... when, oh when will it be shipped? (by the way, I was afraid that those skeins would be lonely so they will be accompanied by two balls of Jojoland Harmony in orange/coral/yellow for Icarus, a set of US 8dpns and two addi lace circulars since I'll take part in two mystery knitalongs in spring :-)
I really hope that they'll be shipped today since I have a dentist appointment tomorrow that scares me. I had to get 7 crowns for my teeth and they will have to remove the temporary ones tomorrow to check if the new ones will fit (the same procedure will be in January again but hopefully the last time then). I really hope it won't hurt to much (bad experience talking here). Alas, if I know my yarn is on its way I have something to think of while they rip my jaw apart ;-)
Until then... knitting continues to calm me down and hopefully I'll have to show off some new things soon (like... the umpteenth lacy round dishcloth or finally some socks ;-) )
Wish me luck :-)

Which Austen girl am I?

Ok, I admit it. I love Jane Austens books, probably more than I should ;-) So I had to take this quiz of course ;-)

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picture heavy post ahead

Well, I didn't fall from the earth obviously but I planned to take pictures of my finished knitting in daylight. As you can see, I gave up ;-) It seems as if the sun decided to go on christmas vacation too. Each and every day has been dark and cloudy, mostly rainy and not a single snow flake was seen around. Actually it's the perfect weather to plop myself on the couch and drink a cup of tea while reading some trashy novel ;-)
But I was quite productive during the last week or so, so be aware: pictures ahead ;)

My finished projects:

It's the DW dishcloth, made in Peaches n Creme Christmas. It was easy to memorize and a perfect "to-go"pattern, plus it shows off the colours of the yarn perfectly :-) ( A little note on the side: I tried this pattern in "seamist" too and both hubby and me didn't like the outcome, so I guess it's more suited for brighter colours)

Pattern is the Round dishcloth which (as you can see) I like very much. It shows off variagated colours very well and you'll easily learn how to do short rows :-) This one is made with Peaches n Creme shaded browns. To be honest I liked the colours a lot better when the yarn was still balled up which is dissapointing since those colours are very much my favourite ones :-/
Off to the next one :-)

Pattern is the same as above (duh...) just made with Peaches n Creme lilac ombre. It looks awesome, a little springy which is quite nice when everything is grey outside ;-)
Now off to the "almost finished" ones, they still need blocking and I need to sew in the ends

Now, pinch your eyes, it's well worth it. The pattern is Butterfly in flight, in Peaches n Creme sunburst. I loved the outcome and the size is very nice. I think I'll make some more of these, they make me smile :-)

Baked with love, and also knitted with passion ;-) This pattern makes a really large cloth perfect for giving it away with some homemade cookies :-) Nothing more to say than I enjoyed making it (of course, otherwise it would have landed in the frogpond, life is to short to knit ugly things ;-) )
Of course, I did not finish everything, so here are my current wips :-)

Another Lacy Round dishcloth, this time in PnC seamist. Nothing more to say except that I like the colours and secretly call it my lily pond cloth ;-)

Dads Christmas Socks in progress. I use a simple 4 row pattern ( 2 rows k2p2 followed by 2 rows k all) in Lana Grossa Megaboots Stretch, I think colour 507? The colours aren't really accurate since I had to take the picture of them in artificial light too. They are much more blue and green than they appear.

And last but not least, I unpacked my sewing machine and started on my christmas dress (a basic one, I really need to sew more to get better):

The fabric is a light blue cotton with bright(!) red embroidery and sequins. It looks really nice (and was a deal on one of the fabric markets I visited in spring, only 2,50€ per meter). I still need to line it (fear! panic! omg!) but I hope I'll finish it in time :-)

Pattern is Butterick4471.

Phew, that's all for now, hubby keeps asking me what I do anyhow. (Still not finished?!-No, I'm NOT!) ;-)

I'll post a bit more later (without pictures then ;-))

Light a candle :)

Hello everyone :-)
I really hope you had an awesome weekend and to those of us who celebrate christmas: I hope you had a nice first advent.
We spent our time mostly inside since it seems as if the wind and rains won’t stop. It was dark all day so we lighted a candle and made ourselves comfortable.
I haven’t been able to knit this week as much as I wanted, not to mention visiting ravelry :-/ After taking so many painkillers over the last few weeks I had a small setback and my colitis ulcerosa kicked in again. I really hate that, feeling so low on energy, but it’s better than the constant headache. Hey, at least I can concentrate on knitting :-)
I managed to finish three dishcloths and turned the heel on my first Dad’s Christmas Sock :) Luckily hubby will stay home for a few days so he helps me out with a few things that still feel awkward like stretching to reach the higher cupboards etc. (and big bonus: he’ll clean the cats litter boxes, yay ;) )
I hope the light will be a little better tomorrow so I can take some pictures to show the knitting I have done, after all this is a knitting and not an”I’m sick and whiny”-blog ;)
Until then, why don’t you drop me a little Hi in the comments or say Hello on ravelry? ;) I am a little shy myself and don’t dare to be the first to write to someone.