http://www.linabear.com/blog Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:14:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi all this blog - as well as the entire website - will be deleted within a few weeks. you may find me now at http://linabear82.wordpress.com or http://www.facebook.com/selina82 Please leave a comment, if you'd like my new email address :-) Thanks for stopping by. http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/06/21/moving/ Stats: pattern Pyewacket Socks by Kristi Schueler Wollmeise Sockenwolle TWIN, colourway Rhabarber (M), 252m used DPNs in size 2.5 Sock size 36 Started on the 18th and finished on the 23rd Feb 2009 Notes: I absoutely love this pattern. It was fun to knit :) http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/02/23/fo/ I am knitting this with my lovely Rhabarber Wollmeise Twin yarn - which is incredible soft. I casted on 50st and they fit fine. However,  if 52 or 54 st would have been possible they would have fitted even better. http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/02/19/wip-pyewacket-socks/ Knitted with my hand spun yarn in the colour way Eat your Veggies - Carrot. The stitches do look uneven, but after the first wash it'll be better. http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/02/15/wip-brainless/ .. is all done now. They're just wonderful. The Wollmeise yarn feels lovely on the skin and the paws are just too cute. http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/02/13/fo-guided-by-aireen/ The pattern is actually called Guided by love, but I thought I'd dedicate it to my lovely Aireen. I am sure she'd have appreciate it. Anyway, the first sock is now done. It is my first real toe up sock I actually do like. There was an alternative construction, so ... http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/02/11/wip-guided-by-aireen/ Here's my latest finish - well, actually it was done last weekend except the finishing touch. http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/02/01/fo-dpn-roll/ Yay, Pumpkin Pie is finished. It's cloudy here, so the photo did not turn out so great. This photo shows the yarn beautifully - it looks so even in this one: This photo shows the colour: http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/02/01/fo-pumpkin-pie/ Yay. I am done - well, almost. The yarn is currently trying to take a little, relaxing bath and then gets to dry so there should be a good photo of it tomorrow. The yarn should have about 4 oz and has 289m. I do not seem to be able to ... http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/01/31/wip-pumpkin-pie-2/ Snoopy and me got our Winter Bunderland SWAP package today! Each item was so lovely wrapped: So it is how everything looked unpacked: I cannot wait to try the teas and chocolate. I never used a row counter, so I am excited to start a new project. The yarn is so soft. ... http://www.linabear.com/blog/2009/01/31/winter-bunderland-swap/