Pumpkin

A little present was delivered to my garden last week. A huge pumpkin! I have been growing a pumpkin quite close to where this is placed and we really fooled a couple of people that the size suddenly got supersized. My pumkin is about a handball big...

Estonian stars

Another tassled estonian type of lace shawl, but this time my own design with more nuppy rows. The shawl is knitted in 2/16nm angora-merino from Colourmart. A yarn that bloomed a lot when washed the first time. 4mm Addi lace needles were used. The yarn has a little marl effect which is subtle and I liked the yarn very much.

Turquoise evening

We had a cosy evening yesterday. First we made home made play dough and then it was time for baking and knitting. Our hobbies were matched in colours!

Mix:
2.5 dl of flour (wheat)
1 dl of salt
1 tablespoon citric acid (powder)

Heat:
2.5 dl water
1 tablespoon cooking oil
houshold colour

to boiling temperature and add the flour mixture and work it for a couple of minutes when it has cooled off a little.

There it is, your own home made play dough! Good luck!

... and yes, it is another turquoise shawl of my own composition. Stars of nupps.

Finished poncho

The poncho is finished, and I just love it!

Annis

Next one coming up is the Annis shawlette from Knitty.com. The yarn is an angora-merino mixture, 2/16nm bought from Colourmart.com (though, I suspect the angora to be cashmere, but I don't mind cashmere :-)). I added two nuppy rows, I like nupps. To be honest, this is a small size... scarf, not a shawl. If I would do it again I would turn on every stitch or every other, but every third gives a too small shoulder warmer. Though, my 6-year old loved it. She uses it every day and she has never accepted scarfs before. Says something about the softness of this yarn, doesn't it?

With a little bit of make-up...

With a little bit of make-up...

Before:


And after: