Few knitted scarfs

I have been doing pretty little amount of crafts in the summer, but here are few scarfs I have made.

The violet long one I call ice scating scarf, merely because it reminds me of those first times on ice when you alter the width of your legs to learn how to move. The scarf is done with "scrunchy" parts, similart to this washcloath pattern I wrote to Finnish dishcloath blog.

I was watching TV today and had nothing decent to craft, so I made this little scarf out of efect yarn bought from trip to Tallin. Yeah, I played with the image a bit, you can see better pictures of this one on my blog in Finnish.

Hairpin lace scarf

I finnished a hairpin lace scarf the other day.

I first crocheted the loops on sides of the strips together and then joined two strips together with crochet.
This makes valleys and ridges to the finnished piece which I like.

The scarf is long, about my own lenght, and can be wearen in many different ways.

Scarf

I did a quick project as I needed a scarf that could be used to cover some formal outforms. It is just basic knitting but the lush yarn makes this looks stunning.

This can be wearen many different ways, but I am planning on making a broach to attach it to showlder. I am pondering between using brown pearl buttons or then doing the thing with polymerclay.

One more for the lady

One more for the lady. I did not have enough yarn for one colour solution so I made a rim out of that lucious violet I love so much.

De ja vu

It might feel bit like de ja vu but this is not the same hat. The older kid wanted one too and I started this at morning an finnished a while ago. Way fast project, I think.

Now the kids are crawling on the floor playing cats. Nice.

Ps. What a pose!

Cat- hat

I visited a friend today and she had done theese cat hats with two different kinds of yarn. Got inspired to try similar thing with non- woll yarns (kids are allergig) and made this simple hat to the smaller one who herself picked the colours of yarns.

Surprisingly quick and fun project, finnished in one day.

Yarn bying diet

Last month I participated in Finnish knitbloggers yarn diet where people signed for not to buy any new yarn and try to knit as much as they can from their yarnstash.

I did some bookmarks, samplers for an article coming later in spring, this wrap and one wallpiece.

The idea of not buying stuff if you dont need is merely impossible for all the crafters I know. As if we all have lived trough desperate times of hunger and financial depression and now are trying to have as much sugar under our beds as possible.

It would be funny if there would be at least SOME free space in our home. There aint. And wont be untill I learn to actually USE that nice and expencive stuff I have collected for at least over a decade now.

Illusion of tux

I finnished my Linux illusion scarf to my husband on monday. As I am no follower of any strict pattern or path, this was very much teaching one to do do as following the pattern exactly is essential when you are trying to draw something to the piece.

Illusion knitting is interesting stuff. When you look at the piece from front, it just looks like striped piece but in angle you can see the result.

Ponchokeepwrap

I finnished this poncho/keep/wrap style of garment the other day. It is done with thin cotton yarn and this special yarn I got from germany.

The front is sort of V shape, but the back is straigth. It can be weared any way or even as a scarf-hat thing. Design, obviously, even though I made it myself :)

Ps. Added this blog to Finnish blogilista. fi directory too after getting 3 demands about it last month ;)