Knitting a slipover

Just some knitting.

A surprise on my needles

Dear readers, I'm not going to tell you what I have on my needles. I can only tell you it is something blue. It is meant to be a surprise for someone I know. That someone has a wife and children. My plan is to surprise the wife too. And it seems I may have to knit another blanket for a prince or a princess.
How so?
A friend of mine told me one certain person has already privately committed to his girlfriend. The big "I do!" day is in November. There's no chance I could make them a congratulating gift, but if I keep hurry, I may have time to make a present for a prince or a princess. But all this is secret. Sometimes I hate secrets, but I must keep them, wanted or not. I want the targets to be surprised.
Let's knit, shall we?

Back to square 1

Dear readers, I was going to knit a sweater for myself. A sweater, that I could wear during a wedding celebration, if I get an invitation. I don't expect such, but who knows. Someone may want to invite me.
The back is already done, but the front and the sleeves are still missing. I started the front, but I had to rip it. I had made a mistake with the pattern. Now I've re - written the pattern for myself. I hope it will be right this time. But I am not going to re - knit it any time soon.

Let's knit, shall we?

Some knitting

Dear readers, here I sit again. I spun some yarn this summer. Now I realized the yarn refuses to become plied, so I must leave the plying plan and just knit the single together with some other yarn. It seems the single behaves nicely when you knit it. Some little boy may get a little cardigan soon. I don't know where the said boy is. I do not know if someone is expecting him. I don't know if he has been born already. But I just know I like to knit that little "vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce" cardigan.
Let's knit, shall we?

Just a picture of a sweater

Dear readers,I have started the actual funeral sweater. My trustworthy scanner seems to be the only way I can show you the pictures. It's better than camera ever, not to forget my skills are miserable.

Let's knit, shall we?

About my knitting

Dear readers,here I sit again. The funeral sweater project has made some progress. The test version 2 is ready. But! But but but! A friend of mine must check, if the front & the back are equal in length. If not, I must re - knit the front and mark the necessary changes to the pattern as well.
If the length is OK, she and I try to join the sweater as complete and see, if it fits me well. If the answer is yes, that means I have found The Pattern and I can start knitting the actual funeral sweater. If not, I may have to start all over again. That is, to find yet another pattern, test knit, check the length etc. Oh well, at least I'm knitting.
I also have some happier knitting to do. This blanket you see in the picture, it will travel to America. That much I can tell you, but I can't share the name or location of the new owner. This is a surprise, you see, and I want it to stay that way.

Let's knit, shall we?

Secret knitting keeps going

Dear readers,I wish I could even whisper you what I have on my needles, but believe me, it's better that I stay silent. I can tell you only this: they are surprises. One of them is such a surprise I do not even know where it goes. I want to get it done, though.
Let's knit, shall we?

Banana ice cream must wait a little bit longer

Dear readers, I got something done, yes, but it's not what I told you earlier. This project is a scarf. It is an ice cream scarf, but it's not banana ice cream with whipped cream. Instead it is pear - raspberry - blueberry - ice cream.
How does it look like?
Here's the answer.

Let's knit, shall we?

Whipped cream on banana ice cream

Dear readers,I have a secret plan. It is not food item. No one can wear food, be it the name is pretty delicious. I agree. It is. But this project is not something to eat. It is something to wear. I hope from the bottom of my heart, that it will succeed. It's a surprise, so I'd rather keep it under wraps until the end, and that may take some time. And later I must make that Hot Chocolate version as well. But let's not get ahead of things. Banana ice cream must be done first.
Let's knit, shall we?

Some more secret knitting

Dear readers, I have another secret project on my needles. I hope from the bottom of my heart it works fine. This far it looks just nice. I hate to be this mysterious, but if I let the whole world hear about this, it will fall apart for sure. I hope I am able to make a little bit more public knitting when this project is done.
Let's knit, shall we?

Another surprise, a scarf

Dear readers, here I sit again. You should see a scarf in the picture. It is a surprise I made for a friend. She is an older woman. She was very surprised. She can't wear wool, so I used cotton through the scarf.

Let's knit, shall we?

A blanket for a little princess

Dear readers,here I sit again. If you see a pink blanket in the picture below, you see right. It is a blanket that has a big, pink stripe in it. The blanket is meant for a little princess. She lives within the borders of Finland. I know her grandmother, so maybe the grandmother can arrange the blanket for the new owner. I am sad I found out this late, but better late than never.

Let's knit, shall we?

This is a blanket for a baby boy in Latvia

Dear readers, here I sit again. Look at this picture. I made this for a baby boy in a country called Latvia.

Let's knit, shall we?

A blanket for a baby

Dear readers, if you see a picture of a white, basketweave stitch blanket, believe your eyes. It is for a grandson of my friend. She lives in a country called Latvia. This blanket is an everyday blanket for the little one. The festivity one will be green. I will knit and send it later, but the main thing right now is, that the everyday blanket is done and I hope I will be able to send it soon.

Let's knit, shall we?

The mail brought me this

Dear readers,here I am sitting again. Look what the local Postman Pat brought me all the way from Kuusamo.

Let's knit, shall we?

Some new numbers

Dear readers,here I am again. You may want to know, how much yarn I have consumed in 2014. Well, here's the number: 3lb 10.449oz. I am so happy about it!

And of course you want to know, how heavy that scarf is. Well, in some part of the English speaking world the scale says 0lb 14.815oz. It's very small number. In my world (in Finland, that is) the weight of the scarf is 420 grams.

Isn't this terrible or what?

Dear readers,`here it is. The ugliest scarf anyone has ever seen.

Let's knit, shall we?

Unbelievable! Over one pound already!

Dear readers, here I sit again. You don't believe, how much yarn I have consumed this year. The converter from the Internet said 1 lb 2.5541 oz! I admit it, I am surprised. Why, we live only February and I've already consumed that much yarn! I admit the 2 scarves have their part in the big number, but every pound is counted, if you ask me. I am glad about this, though. Who knows, how much the numbers will be, when it's December 31st.
Let's knit, shall we?

WOOOOOOHOOO! I DID IT!

Dear readers, I know you don't believe a word, but it's true. I have knitted more than 6.6 lbs yarn during this year! Excel tells me the truth, and that's how I found out about that. My current WIP is a secret. Actually all my knitting is quite secret. Why? Well, if I declare my project to the whole world, a stitch will drop or something else equally bad will happen, but if I stay silent, everything goes fine. As simple as that. Let's knit, shall we?

I HAVE A SOCK!

Dear readers, I have a sock! How? I tried another yarn, that agreed to become a sock. Actually there is at least 3 different yarns, but the main thing is there is 47 g less yarn in my stash. How does the sock look like?

Let's knit, shall we?