Vanilla Beanie

W zeszłym roku znalazłam w SH przypadkiem szydełkową czapeczkę George albo Next, nie pamiętam.

O właśnie tę :

  Spodobała mi się jej prostota,całkiem inna od ażurowych czapek jakie robiłam dla mojej córki.To były zresztą pierwsze czapki jakie nauczyłam się robić na szydełku.
Czapka kupiona idealnie się sprawdziła więc na ten sezon postanowiłam zrobić taką samą - w większym rozmiarze.

Wybrałam włóczkę Yarn Art Jeans w kolorze 03 - taka delikatna wanilia.

Włóczka jest bardzo miękka, nie czuć tego dodatku akrylu, który nadaje matowości i ciepła w noszeniu.Bardzo fajnie współpracuje i z szydełkiem i drutami. Żadnego rozwarstwiania, plątania czy ściągania robótki. Bardzo przyjemny produkt. Mechacenia też nie zauważyłam a czapka już trochę noszenia przeżyła, choć dopiero teraz powstał o niej post.

Pierwsze czapki robiłam z czystej bawełny Altin Basak - ale tym razem nie chciałam połysku. Czapka miała być idealną kopią.
Szydełko w rozmiarze 3,5 i w drogę :)
Kombinowałam, prułam, zmieniałam ilość oczek - bo schematu nie miałam, a chciałam ładny kształt uzyskać.

 I chyba się udało

 Ozdób nie robiłam z prostej przyczyny - odpruję ze starej czapki.

Obie prezentują się tak :

Niby zwykłe slupki, ale jaki fajny efekt dają z tą włóczką 

Bad Piggies Beanie

Again Himalaya yarn ;)

But when I saw this tonation of green the idea of knitting Bad Piggies beanie for my son appeared immediatelly.

Firstly I thought I'll prepare a surprice beanie, The King.
But knowing Mr My-Own-Opinion I decided to ask him which one he likes the most.
To my surprice he has chosen the one I would never guess...since I dislike the mustache a lot.

Here's the Bad Mustache Piggies Beanie 

Sorry for the quality of picture - it doesn't show the real green shade - but for a long while the weather perfectly fits the Edward Cullen's needs.

 ( of course the traycloth still awaits for it's picture but since lack of good light and lack of enough room to expose it rightly...need to figure out sth)

Busy Sunday

Children grows up constantly so it makes me checking their wardrobe... constantly :)
There are days I feel like beeing clothes vending mashine manager.
So was this weekend.

This pink set I've knitted in summer 2012.
That was the time I 've decided to refresh my knitting skills. I hadn't been touching needles for years. Then my baby daughter appeared and that was excellent motivation to change it.

To knit it I've used Bergere de France IDEAL - a mix of unshrinkable wool, acrylic and polyamid in Cyclamen color.
For one 43cm beanie, a shawl and a pair of little leg warmers I needed  two 50g balls of yarn. Needles size 3.5.

Well, it doesn't fit her anymore. Time to find a new baby owner.

The leg warmers were my first project I was practising 5 needles. Definitely I've messed up the beggining since the pattern was kind of spiral.

The yarn is soft despite the wool, but it is not productive at all. The set was knitted for 6-8 months baby so was really small.

It has  really nice glint.The yarn looks more upstanding.

Yesterday I've also visited a second-hand shop nearby. Needed some fabrics to make a Halloween top cloth for my son. I've ended up with a black jersey (now I hate it) blouse and two T-shirs, white and orange.

I've even used some kitchen tools to help myself with the ghost...

"Mom, make it really scary, please!"

 (Hell it is, when you look at the sewing. The jersey is @$#%*(&&^*(*^$#$#%^^& to work with for such an amateur like me).

It is extremally  ugly but the preschooler said :" Wow!" 

Will not understand it ever.

Along with the black-white-orange clothes I've bought a linen tablecloth. It had one small whole and someone had got rid of it. I've figured out it is a perfect fabric for kitchen.

 I've teared it...

Ironed the sides...

Sewed...

 And now I have six brand new linen dishtowels ;)

At 7 p.m I felt deadly tired.

Today I go back to my crochet project. It is more relaxing.

Let's warm the neck...along with the rest :)

Last Wednesday I got the yarn I've ordered. 

It took me quite long to find something soft, warm, colorful and not pilling yet not woolish. Impossible?? 

No!! :))))

Himalaya promises it all.

I had to knit a set for my son. That's why the wishlist was so strict. We already had this black jacket so I wanted to put some life into his outfit. Especially since clothes for toddlers are more vivid but the older the kid gets the more gloomy the clothes are. 

My preschooler is full of energy so I thought this set of colors will be just great. 

And I was right - when he saw the yarn he couldn't wait to have it done. 

Well, I was anxious too ;)

To my surprise it appeared to be very comfortable to work with. Fuzzy, cozy, soft...delightful.

I used whole 100g ball (250m) to knit a neck warmer with needles  size 4.5

For the bobble I had to broach another one ball.

I wonder if it really can handle whole season staying so perfect ;)

 

From the other hand - I have a set for my toddler daughter.
I've knitted it last autumn and since it was too loose it fits good this time as well.
To knit a beanie and a neck warmer I've used almost two 50g balls of Bergere de France Barisienne, color Titane .
It's acrylic and despite it's fine to work with it pills. It's a pity.
As I remember well I used needles size 4.5 and 3.5 for beanie.