My 2nd Lace Shawl

In June I casted on 113 stitches and started knitting... a lace shawl. The Haapsalu shawl, to be more exact. I'm very proud to say that I really finished it and it was a wonderful gift. Now I need to knit another one, of course, but now I know that it is really easy to knit, although it took me too much time. I'm not used to knitting lace, you see. Nevertheless I'm sure that the next one is not the last one.

I choosed the pattern of lilly-of-the-valley with a leaf (pr. Ingrid Rüütel pattern) 'cause I think, it's the most beautiful one. I used 3 mm needles for the body, and 3,5 mm for the edge. The size of the shawl is 70 x 150 cm. Yarn I used was Micro 28/2. The shawl weighs probably less than 80 grams.

And now the pictures:

Happy Valentine's Day!

All the shops are overloaded by hearts, mostly Estonians make gifts for their best friends (not for their Valentine) on that day. I don't celebrate the day but as I found the guide to make this beautiful ribbon, a 9-year-old lady and I started to make it. I made the white hearts to her and she did red ones to her Mother. As I don't like when beautiful ribbons have ugly endings, I made them more beautiful. There's a little bead at the end of the chain.

Some jewelry

I tried to make a pair of beautiful earrings:



They are not what I expected them to be.

But these... I'm so proud of myself :D :





Look how proud I am:

Re-use

Meet my mom's coat:







The coat was bought in the 70's. I wore it few years ago, but it looked already old, so I decided to make something else out of it. It was a present to a little boy. i'm planning to sew another one, 'cause my son also needs a hobby-horse ;)

Here's my son delivering the present:

Ode to Men

My husband, my brothers, my father - the most important men in my life. They all have something in common: they can make marvelous things if they want.

My husband is a teacher (teaches boys' handcraft, I don't know the right term in English). Some of his own work: here (the page is still a bit incomplete as I'm not a IT-specialist ;) ). A collection of pupils' work is on Flickr, but we don't remember his yahoo-account (if you know what to do on that occasion, let me know, please. My husband also has a blog in Estonian. About a year ago he tried a bit beading and wiring:



I have two elder brothers. The younger one made the best looking bunny to my son. My son already had a bunny, which he had for Christmas. They look good together, don't they?

The older brother visited m. some time ago and he too tried beading and wiring a bit.

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of my father's handcraft and at the moment there's nothing to take picture of. I remember brightly how lovely was a wallet he made to my mother, sadly it was lost a very long time ago. But I can say that he too is not afraid to do something with his own hands.

So men don't just cook well ;)

Practicing

I love beads and wire. I'd like to make stunning jewelry, the problem is that I don't have any ideas at the moment. Here are some links to marvelous jewelry:
m. (Edit: her blog in English) I particularly like this one from her (usually pink isn't my colour).
Mdm Beadalot
Janalill
Lucy

I just love visiting these blogs. They all have their own style and it's enjoyable. As I'm not even a beginner yet, I don't have my own style so I just practiced making open loops:







Wanted to make a necklace that's simple by technology.

One day I'll show you what my eldest brother made while visiting m. I'm really stunned.

Kitchen Accesories

Thinking of the house that's waiting for us in a countryside:



It's a kitchen towel (tea towel?), I sewed it myself, and the edging is made by me also, of course. I have some finished lace ribbons waiting for towels so hopefully I'll add some more pictures soon.