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Done. Done. Done. And done!

Done.

Done.

Done.

And done. I am in a finshing mood. Just saying...

Almost done...

Just knitting the afterthought heels. Another pair of funky socks almost done. Addiction? Mwoah!

She likes it...

 

I really wanted to make my sister something for her birthday this year. I found the perfect thing.

The pattern is called Piper's Journey  

Made it with Royal Alpaca from Aslan Trends Bought the yarn at De Vlotte Knot

Designed by Paula Emons-Fuessle It was a joy to knit.

And...she likes it! Yeah!

 

Time to chill...

I have been racing like a maniac through the house this morning. Doing six things at the same time. Sometimes this works. Not today. Need to chill for an hour or so. Outside. In the sun. Knitting socks from left over sock yarn. They don't match at all. Just the way I like it.

Hold Me

Looking good! But something is missing...

Looking better. But, still something is missing...

Ahaa! That's it!

First Free Pattern up on Ravelry! Yeah! It is called:

Hold Me 

The cup cozy I designed fits a long glass. The glass is 13 cm (5.2 “) tall. The circumference is 17 cm (6.7”) at the smallest part (bottom) and 22 cm (8.7 “) at the widest part. The finished cup cozy I made with the wool that I used measures about 16 cm (6.3 “) in circumference and 9 cm (3.5 “) lengthwise. 

The knitting is done in the round on two circular needles. 

Materials:

• Leftover sock wool.  I used 2 strands held together. About 10 grams total
• Two circular knitting needles 4 mm. (6 US/8 UK)
• Tapestry needle 

Instructions:

Cast on 33 stitches with the long tail cast-on using one circular needle. Slide the 33 stitches from the needle to the cord. Divide the stitches in half by pulling the cord in between the 17^th and the 18^th stitch.  You now have 17 stitches on one needle point and 16 stitches on the other needle point (from the same needle). Transfer the extra (17^th) stitch to the front needle and knit this stitch together with the first stitch to close the round. Make sure your work is not twisted. Start knitting with the second circular needle. From now on you have 16 stitches on each of the two circular needles.  

Pattern:

*Knit 2, purl 2. Repeat from * for about 26 rounds. Or until you have reached the length you need. Bind off loosely knitwise. Weave in the ends. 

Enjoy your tea or coffee…and the knitting off course! 

Feel free to use this pattern, but please don’t sell it as if it is yours. It is ok to sell the finished product. If you want me to teach you in real life how to knit it or if you want to me to knit you some…let me know. 

Designed and created by Renee Ellen Luitjes ©2012

Lowland Originals

Winter...and guess who is doing the hard work.

Well, somebody has to do it. Right?

Guess who? Right!

And then you start doing silly things like this.

Ha! Help arrives. Just in time.

They helped me to finish this. (This is a picture from the morning after)

Father and son enjoying each others company very late in the evening. This is one of the reasons why we live in this beautiful house on this beautiful spot. I am soo lucky!

 

 

 

 

It was about time to update Ravelry...

Hat. Made in Dingle (Ireland) during the Xmas holidays.

Slouchy Hat. Too Blue for you Too

Mittens #10

Mittens #11

Some days it seems nothing gets done. And some days it all works out the way you want it. Today, was one of those...

Thank you, Rosalie for modelling so patiently and so gracefully!

No more talking now. Got some mittens to make. Snow and ice is coming...

Only one sock this time...

These are socks.

Single ones.

Not for your feet!

But for your I-phone!

Here is the proof. See?

Not convinced yet?

I made a bunch of these from leftover sockwool a year ago. Wouldn't they make great Sinterklaas or Christmas presents? Should put them on Etsy . Or, use them myself. One for every day of the week. If you would like to make one yourself... I sell those lovely miniskeins on Etsy . If you buy a set of miniskeins you'll get this I-phone sock pattern for FREE!

 

Smitten with mitten...

Bought a new book about knitting mittens. It is called Warm Hands (Warme Handen). It is written both in dutch and in english by Carla Meijsen and Hilly van der Sluis from the Dutch Knitters. All the mittens in this book are started from the cuff up. I decided to make mine from the fingers up. Just like a toe-up sock.

It is working. Thumb on hold on a piece of leftover yarn. After I finish the cuff I will pick up the stitches for the thumb. Just like I do with an afterthought heel when I knit a sock. Because of the double stranded knitting, it makes a very warm mitten. Cuff to the tip, top down, toe-up? Whatever! It's all good. It will be a mitten when it is done.

If you can't knit, you can still write about it...

 

 When life gives you lemons... you make lemon tea! 

Question: what do you do when you can't knit because your left shoulder hurts like hell?

Answer: you write a pattern about something you have already knit. 

Question: how?

Answer: you still have your right arm to type with. Yeah!

  
I kind of feel like the chopped up knight in that hilarious Monty Python movie. I have been trying to find

time and more importantly the patience to translate all those scribbles on loose pieces of paper that look like

recipes the doctor prescribes. This is because when I knit, I make up the pattern as I go along. And, if I am lucky,

I will remember in time to write down some notes about the number of stitches, how many increases and what

not. So, I only have myself to blame for this mess that is supposed to be a very well organised book of patterns. 

 

But, now is the time like never before to give it a try. I have opened a new designers page on Ravelry to put the

patterns on.

 

Now, it would be too weird to ask for a long period of recovery from this pain in the shoulder. Just a long enough

break from knitting to give me some time to put at least a few patterns up and running. First in my native (Dutch)

language. Maybe, when there is time also in English.

 
Let's keep our fingers crossed!