a fiberrainbow

From this moment on 

I really háve a  fiberrainbow !

The double knit scarf, following Loani's pattern

(with more stitches because of the thinner yarn I used)

is finished 

How I love the way these two different shades of the Noro yarn 

are coming together.

I think it's a sheer delight of colours 

and it was really fun knitting.

(though I hated the many (too) thin spots in the yarn,

where I had to double it up for strength)

Although the weather forecast for the next week

is rather good (the temperature is rising)

I still hope for a few more cooler days in March,

to wear my scarf !

;-) 

knitting (and felt) on Saturday

Today I went to Rotterdam for the Stitch'nBitch group there.

Again, like four weeks ago, it was bitterly cold.

This time however we were with 

sixteen women !

Can you imagine how much noise

knitting women make ?

A   LOT 

(ha, everyone was getting louder and louder

just to hear her neighbour)

Although I had to frog a bit 

(because I wasn't paying attention enough and had increased two stitches)

the work on my double knitted scarf 

is going smoothly :

nearly there !

The only thing I don't like 

about the Noro Kureyon Sock yarn

is that it's spun soooo thin in some places,

I have to break it up and knit some stitches with a double thread,

which leaves me with a lot of loose ends to weave in ...

Never mind that, 

the colours are gorgeous !

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In the garden the small flowers braved the icy wind

still going strong ..... and also gorgeous colours !

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For the felting - exchange this month's subject for me was 

water

I was in the mood for some experimenting.

The pre felt I made was dried a bit and then

stitched  into pleats with a woolen thread that would felt too,

and strips of plastic as a resist

(the wool is Rowan tweed, but nót very suited and strong enough for knitting)

After cutting the pleats and removing the resists

there was a lot more felting to do

This is the finished piece 

which turned out more or less the right size !

(on its way to the recipient )

lost ... and a new one

Just more than a week ago 

daughter lost the (real) Peru baby hat 

her youngest son was wearing 

while they were doing some shopping in the local mall.

We asked several times if it was found 

without success ...

(so the little one was wearing a slightly too big hat, I had knitted for his mom ages ago)

That left me no alternative than to grab my needles

and some leftover yarn in various colours,

draw some patterns of little man,

and make a gauge swatch.

... and I started knitting ...

... and knitting ...

finished !

(ha, there hád to be a little white dog somewhere ...)

Here's the little elf himself

(with mom's heavenly blue Malabrigo shawlette)

We think he looks very cute 

(though we 're not sure that he will agree 

in ... let's say ... fifteen years  ?)

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Ha, almost forgot this lovely peek in the garden

13 - 2 - 13 (mandala wednesday)

The second Wednesday in the month 

is mandala evening.

The subject tonight was 

WATER

In the middle is a stone.

(during the meditation I "saw" this stone lying by the edge of the lake,

it was such a nice smooth stone, I wanted to take it with me )

Here is the birth mandala I sent to Austria

wich will have arrived by now 

born

This week I got the most wonderful message 

from a very dear friend in Austria :

her daughter has a healthy baby boy.

So I took some paper 

and my beloved Karisma colour pencils

(yes .... they still last !)

and drew them a birth mandala as a present

which will be in the mail, probably tomorrow

Just these little bits till it has arrived safely ...

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For the rest ...

I'm still (double) knitting

(ooooh yes, it's quite addictive)

I was very curious how much there was still left on the skeins,

so I put them on a scale.

This means I'll have enough to finish the scharf

 which will then have about 25 rows of blocks.

Mmmmmm

that will do, I think !

wordless wednesday

felting-exchange

Ohhhh, Februari already !

Sometimes days go by so quickly ...

A few days ago I got my Januari piece 

of our felting-exchange

and time and again I'm pleasantly surprised 

by the ideas of other people.

And what's more fun :

there's always a lovely card to accompany the little felted piece !

This time there were funny gold glittering specks

and I don't know what they're made of ...  

Thanks very much J.

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My double knitting is going swell 

 Rows of blocks upon rows of blocks

like slowly building a (scarf)  wall 

It's so much fun to see what colour combination 

the skeins come up with !

;-)