One moment in time ...

... the right moment in time
gave me the opportunity to "capture" one of Mother Earth's finest creations. (on camera!)

Sooo beautiful! :-D

And some of my (new) flowers ...

Just a hint ...

... I am updating and adding all the knits I did within this year ... so you might want to check in again later on ;-)

(you will just have to scroll down ... right now I am adding May-projects)

Just a hint - please show me some love (I love comments and feedback ... really! *g*)

Ich update und füge meine Strickwerke chronologisch hier ein ... falls ihr das also sehen möchtet, bitte immer mal wieder heute reinchecken *zwinker*

(ihr müsst dann nur runterscrollen ... im Moment pflege ich die Mai-Projekte ein)

Nur so ein kleiner Wink mit dem Scheunentor - bitte um ein bisschen "Liebe" 

(Ich liebe Kommentare und Feedback ... echt jetzt! *gg*)

B-day-Joy and La Sarita ...

First of all I would like to thank all my dear friends 
for the B-day wishes yesterday on Ravelry and on Facebook.
You have made my day brighter and cheerier ;-)

(((BIG-MELLY-HUGGLEZ)))

Second I would like to introduce
"LA SARITA"

Pattern La Sarita by Janet Weston

Status:  Finished

Started:  September 2 2012

Completed:  September 5 2012

 

 

 Needle and yarn

 Needle US 6 - 4.0 mm

Yarn anabelcolori "zauberhand"

How much?1 skeins = 437.4 yards (400.0m) 

 

Notes:

 

A wonderful pattern and a great knit! 

Never get's boring, because the bottom-up architecture let's you make the lacey 

(and longish .... more than 400 sts to cast on) part first 

and then you get to learn a "new" estonian stitch and after that you just do short rows.

The I-cord bind-off is perfect for this project :-D

 

Ahem ... yes ... BEADS were optional ... 

so I didn't do them ( I am not quite the "beader" ...LOL)

With this project I also tried something I saw the other day in the projects of a fellow Raveler:

Folded blocking (<-- that's what I shall call it) ... 

you fold your shawl in half and block it with blocking wires and pins ... 

yes, you get a middle fold ....BUT the shawl turns absolutely symmetrical and it uses less blocking space ;-)

 

This is craaazyy ...

 ... but way cool and I love love love it!

See for yourselves:

Let the Games commence ...

Hooray for the Ravellenic Games 2012  ... 

(and for the Olympic Games 2012 too)

Here we go:

Can you believe it?? Although member of Ravelry since August 2007 

I have NEVER (!!!) participated in the Ravell*mpics ... 

so now here I go participating in the Ravellenic Games and I am soooo excited! :-D

Clapo-Ktus

Pattern Clapo-Ktus by Loredana Gianferri

Status Finished

Started June 28 2012

Completed July 3 2012 

 

 Needle and yarn

 Needle:US 6 - 4.0 mm

 

 

 Yarn: Zauberwiese Sockenwolle Merino/Leinen

 How much? 1 skeins = 437.0 yards (399.6m)

 Colorway: primel 

 Color family: Yellow-orange

 

 

Hoot and a half Socks

 

 

 

Hoot and a half Socks (testknit)

 

Pattern Hoot and a half by Nina E. Larsgard

Status Finished

Started June 24 2012

Completed June 26 2012 

 

 Needle and yarn 
 Needle: US 1½ - 2.5 mm
 Yarn: Regia Uni / Solid 4-ply / 4-fädig
 Colorway: 1092
 Color family: Green

Notes:
One sock for the testknit …
waiting for ordered yarn to make the second sock for my feeties ;-)
 

a-MAZE-ing ...

... just so amazing! A wonderful shawl! ;-)

Pattern:  a-MAZE-ing Shawl by Maria Olsson

Status Finished

Started June 9 2012

Completed June 17 2012

Needle and yarn
Needle: US 6 - 4.0 mm

 

Yarn: Wollmeise "Pure" 100% Merino Superwash

How much? 0.93 skeins = 534.8 yards (489.0m)

Colorway:  Limone

Color family:  Yellow
Purchased at:Rohrspatz & Wollmeise in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bayern

Notes

testknit for pysselochknap
Testing the written instructions :-)

Poignant Socks (test)

Poignant by Lisa Stichweh 

 

 

 

 

Status Finished

Started May 31 2012

Completed June 8 2012

 

Needle and yarn

Needle US 1½ - 2.5 mm

Yarn Zwerger Garn Opal Uni Solid 4 ply

 

How much? 0.7 skeins = 325.5 yards (297.6m)

Colorway: Beere

Color family: Pink

 

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ETA: This post was created in September 2012 ... :-D

"Mondnacht" Mitts

 

 

Mondnacht Mitts (testknit)

Pattern Mondnacht by Dagmar Mora

Made for chokoretoko

Size  M/L

 

Status Finished

Started June 2 2012

Completed June 4 2012

 

 Needle and yarn 

 Needle US 1 - 2.25 mm

 

 

Yarn Four Seasons Gründl Häkelgarn 100

Colorway  altrosa 

Color family Pink

Purchased at HAFU

 

 Notes:

A testknit for Dagmar a.k.a fingertips.
Wonderful as usual :-)
Great pattern, very unusual and fun knit. :-D

Es war, als hätt der Himmel
Die Erde still geküßt,
Daß sie im Blütenschimmer
Von ihm nun träumen müßt. …

It was like Heaven’s glimmer
had touched the Earth’s skin
that in Her blossoms’ shimmer
She had to think of Him. …

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
(Walter A. Aue)

wear silk on the Orient Express ...

Pattern:  Orient Express by Susan Ashcroft

Status Finished

Started May 23 2012

Completed May 27 2012 

 

Needle and yarn

Needle

US 6 - 4.0 mm

 

Yarn

Drachenwolle Sockenwolle mit Seide und Ramie

How much? 1 skein = 438.0 yards (400.5m)

Colorway: brownish

Purchased at Drachenwolle in Dusslingen, Baden-Wurttemberg

Purchase date: January 2008

 

Notes 

 

Wonderful pattern, great and quick knit!
Thanks to catger for this pattern-present! :-D

Nice yarn, although a bit stiff while knitting….but it softens up a little while soaking :-)

modelled by Cynthia, my youngest daughter (12)

"Geometrical Lunatics" ;-P

 ... is what always comes to my mind, when reading the name of the pattern ..lol

Lunatis Geometria by Sara Louise Bygvraa

Status Finished

Started May 21 2012

Completed May 22 2012

Needle and yarn 
 

Needle: 3,5 mm

Yarn

Wetterhoff Silvia

How much?

1 skeins = 547.0 yards (500.2m)

Colorway: grey

Purchased at: a gift from Rubanna 

 

Notes:

Beautiful pattern, although the start from the bottom upwards is a pain ... but it gets really quick at the end (which is nice!) and it has a lovely result.

 

I would like to recommend to bind off using the I-cord bindoff, because a simple bindoff doesn't give a sturdy enough edging and it tends to roll in while wearing it ;-)

It needs blocking .... I know ;-)

 

 

Magical Moments on the TGV

 

TGV (High Speed Knitting) by Susan Ashcroft

Status Finished

Started May 15 2012

Completed May 19 2012 

 

Needle: 3,5 mm

Yarn

Lang Yarns Jawoll Magic Dégradé

How much?

1 skein = 437.0 yards (399.6m)

Colorway : 85.0066

Color family: Black-Pink

Purchased at: this was a gift

 

Notes

Started out as “Orient Express”, but I changed my mind and this is going to be a “TGV” … 

(yes! another one! *giggles madly*)

going to choose some other yarn for the OE … something to bring out the lace more.

 

 Once again VERY HAPPY with the result :-D

 

 modelled by youngest daughter (12 years old)

 

There are pink seashells, aren't there?

Simply Seashells by Susan Ashcroft

Status Finished

Started May 3 2012

Completed May 14 2012 

Needles:

US 4 - 3.5 mm

US 6 - 4.0 mm

Yarn:

Drachenwolle Sockenwolle Handgefärbt

How much? 1 skein = 459.0 yards (419.7m)

Colorway  this is an old DW - from 2007 I think

Color family Pink

Purchased at Drachenwolle in Dusslingen, Baden-Wurttemberg

Purchase date December 2007

Notes:

I loved every single moment of this knit ... the yarn, the pattern, the colours!

It is supposed to be a quick knit, but I had to be quite busy doing other things ... so this took a while.

I donated it to be bid on for a charity event and the proceeds of it  (a 35 whooping Euros ... yay!) 

went to a charity called "Wünsch Dir Was"

Rocky Mountaineer

 

 

 

Rocky Mountaineer by Susan Ashcroft 

 

 

Status Finished

Started April 26 2012

Completed May 1 2012 

 

knitted for WDW-Treff 2012 - winner was hundschnuffelchen

 

Needle and yarn

Needle US 6 - 4.0 mm

 

Yarn:Rico Design Superba Poems

How much? 1 skein = 459.0 yards (419.7m)

 

Notes

The pattern is beautiful! The shawl is gorgeous!
Wonderfully written and easy to follow!
Susan, you are a genius! ♥

 

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  The yarn was giving me a hard time…
changing from parts where it was a Sport-weight rather than fingering to parts where is was more like a lace-yarn…keeping tension was very hard because of that.
The colours of the yarn are lovely though… but I would never buy this yarn again!