Boy, Am I Glad It's Still Winter...

... 'cause I finally finished knitting a balaclava to my son. First I tried this way, then ravelled a bit, then I tried another way, didn't like it. And then I found the Toasty Topper from knitty.com, I did'nt like it either, 'cause it's hard to fit the ends of a scarf under the jacket. I changed the pattern a bit, and here it is - a balaclava:




I didn't have finances to buy new yarn, therefore I ravelled my old scarf i knitted three or four years ago. It wasn't emotionally hard to ravel it, 'cause the scarf was hideous, it was simple and striped, but the colours!

Edit (13th March): How could I ever think these colours were pretty together around a woman's neck. I like when boys wear bright colours but a nice and neat garment in dark colours suits as well. When my son runs around in the yard, it seems like six little kittens are romping around :D (there are six kittens on the hat).

Here's a glance at my Project Spectrum (March):



Will I ever finish it?

I thought that bobbin lace is a technique I'd never try. Cause it's hard to get the things needed and it seems quite difficult. But today there was a workshop in my very little hometown and I couldn't resist it ;) This is what we did today:



I hope I can practice it more in the future.

Have a nice day!

My First Lace Scarf

I always thought that my first lace scarf would be something fancy but as I joined this project called "Meestevahetus" - "Men Swap" I decided to knit a simple lace scarf...
as a gift...
for a man...
seriously...
'cause You know men tend to forget all kind of anniversaries and stuff like that. Therefore I knitted this simple scarf just in case. I thought: "Taking part in this project is a present to one's husband, therefore it would be nice if that husband has also something to give. If the one I'm making Valentine's day gift already has a gift to his wife, it's wonderful and he can add something simple to his gift. But if he forgot the present, it's perfect 'cause he can give his wife that scarf." By the way, it took ages to write this part, I hope it makes sense :D




The one I had to make something, likes havin sauna and therefore I made this big mug for him. The text in blue is in Estonian, translation: "On Saturday evenings one can have three warm things: warm sauna, warm porridge, warm woman".





When I was thinking what I should give to a stranger, I was sure I'd avoid hearts, but.. Can You see the handles as two sides of heart? And my Mother said a minute ago that the woman's bottom looks like a heart.

And there's more. As you all know, one can't win someone's heart using force. Gentle moves guarantee that the heart will be his/her. Therefore I made this wire puzzle for my stranger :D

Just some pictures

Stuff I made at the end of last year.

Wanted to use it as soup bowl, but the are lot of cracks in the glaze therefore it will be used as candy bowl for example:


Kitchen accessories:


Just wanted to try to make a star:

February - Red As Love?

No, I have other plans for February. You can see from my profile picture what kind of haircut I had a year ago. Now my hair is too long and I needed a headband. And here it is: simple, quick, comfortable.





Yarn: Novita Kotiväki
Hook: 1.5 mm

January. White As Snow

So much time has passed since I last posted and I have only few things to show. I have been doing this and that, but most of my projects are still unfinished.

At the beginning of the year I decided to take part in Project Spectrum (Estonian) and now I can show my first finished object.


I found a nice pattern from Ravelry :) - The Balloon Bag.

My version of the bag before and after felting:

Yarn: Novita Jussi (double stranded)
Needle: 5.0 mm
Hook: 5.0 mm

The bag was a gift to a little girl who liked it and therefore I like it too, although I'd do it a bit differently next time.

The Fairy-Tales in Our Lives

At 3 am on the 1st of Dec I saw a little man walking up and down my window sill. He was very disturbed, 'cause he had to leave his gifts on the window sill. At first I didn't understand what he was talking about.

But then it hit me. It's time to let the sweet fairy-tale into my life again as my son is 2 years old already. We need this kind of fairy-tales to make our every-day-lives colurful.



As I didn't have time to look for patterns, I made one myself. To be more exact, I just drew on the paper what Iwanted the boot to look like and then tried to knit it. I'm proud of myself, 'cause the finished boot is not very different from the one I had drawn (usually I need any kind of pattern).

Before making this white snowflake (actually, it's not a snowflake, I don't know if "archaic symbol" is the right term or not) the boot reminded me a rooster's head.

It's All in the Eyes...

... and that is why I haven't made eyes for it yet:

You all know, of course, how easy it is to spoil the cutest toy by simply placing it's eyes either too close to or too far from each other.

I found this cute pattern from Ravelry - Elefante by Susan B. Anderson.

By the way, a few moments ago when I returned from my kitchen I caught it doing tricks: