Friday, July 03, 2009
Questionaire for SP14
1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
Natural yarns, wool, alpaca etc. I don't like artificial yarn, except for the nylon in sock yarns...
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
A needle case for the straight ones and a special case for the interchangeables.
3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
With longer breaks for about 30 years. Would call myself intermediate.
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
Yes, but it's not up to date. Have to change that....
5. What's your favorite scent?
Vanilla, oranges, cinnamon.
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
Yes definately a sweet tooth. You could wake me in the middle of the night for oreos. I like dark chocolate, dont like milk chocolate and the white stuff.
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
I spin more than I knit, actually. Sewing, especially garb for reenactment. Not much other stuff.
8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
I like every music, except for rap, hip-hop and opera.
9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand?
The whole "cold" color palette is ok, all hues of blue, gray, purple, pink and black. I don't like "warm" colors. I tend to look like drowned in autumnal and beige colors.
10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
I'm married and have a 15 year old son. No pets.
11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
Love scarves, hats and mittens. Don't own a poncho.
12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
look above....
13. What are you knitting right now?
A bactus scarf and a revontuli shawl.
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
Shure
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
Circular and dps for socks. I love knit picks harmony wood.
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
Both
17. How old is your oldest UFO?
Not shure, there are many....
18. What is your favorite holiday? What winter holiday do you observe?
Chrismas
19. Is there anything that you collect?
spindles
20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
I have a subsciption to spin off. Never got my hands on the Wollmeise yarns, they are awesome.
21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?
Faire Isle. Got a kit for a pair of mittens from my SP13 spoiler. Will try it in time for the next winter.
22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
Yes, but not too much. I'm a german size 38.
23. When is your birthday?
June, 02
24. Are you on Ravelry? If so, what's your ID?
elora
Friday, March 13, 2009
Pattern for the Cirrus Shawl

Requirements:
App. 700m laceweight yarn
A pair of knitting needles size 3-4 mm
Cast on 106 stitches (or any other number that is a multiple of 10 stitches + 6 stitches) and knit 5 rows in garter stitch.
Follow the pattern and knit the rapport 10 times in a row.
Repeat row 1 – 26 for 15 times, or until length desired (knit on all uneven rows, purl on all even rows).
Knit 5 rows in garter stitch. Bind off.
(chart designed with KnitChart Maker © by Jacquie http://jacquie.typepad.com/Charts/knitChart.htm)
© Gabi Bersau 2009
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Taschen - kann man je genug haben?
Stoff musste ich merkwürdigerweise nicht kaufen, hatte irgendwie noch genug davon zuhause rumliegen. Das Zubehör habe ich am Sonntag auf dem Stoffmarkt in Opladen erworben (Schliesse, Karabiner usw.)
Hat mal wieder richtig Spass gemacht, zu nähen und das Ergebnis kann sich, denke ich, auch sehen lassen.....



Thursday, February 26, 2009
SP13 revealed...
When the postman handed it over, he said: “Hey, this smells really good, whats inside? My whole car smells of this stuff!”.
What smells that good, are 4 votive-candles (french vanilla and mulberry). Then there is a cute notepad, a big box of blue seed pearls, 2 skeins of Louisa Harding Kimono-Ribbon-Yarn in shiny light blue, 4 (yes four !!!) skeins of Rowan-spun yarn in pink and purple (amazing stuff) and 1 skein of really beautiful TYG Inca Lace Alpaca yarn in blue-berry (unbelievable soft and incredible colors) and a chocolate bar that is already gone……
Thank you so much Aija-Leena !!! You really spoiled me rotten....I loved every bit of your 3 packages!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Plan B....
Dafür habe ich dann aus selbstgesponnener Wolle (graue australische von Wollknoll, Marke "toter Elefant", überfärbt und als Dochtgarn versponnen) einen neuen Versuch für ein Handy-Cozy gestartet. Erst gestrickt, dann gefilzt, auch etwas, was ich so absichtlich noch nie gemacht habe....


Das ist auch deutlich besser ausgegangen... ;-)
ok. it seems, as if the pattern from the pullover is not the right one for my cell phone cozy. It's way too small for a first project in fair-isle knitting. I frogged the whole thing yesterday.
The next thing I tried was knitting a cozy out of overdyed grey australien wool (..which looked very much like a dead elephant...). This was much better than the first try. After felting it had just the right size.... :-)
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Update....
Dies muss ein Fall von Gedankenübertragung sein. Da fange ich gestern an meinem ersten Fair-Isle Projekt an, und was bekomme ich von meinem Pal geschenkt? Ein Strick-Kit für wunderschöne Handschuhe in stranded-colorwork! Danke!Danke!Danke! liebe Ms. Snowflake! Wunderschöne Farben und herrliches Finnsheep-Garn
This has to be a case of "great minds think alike..." Just as I started on my first fair-isle-project, I got a package from my secret-pal. She send me a beautiful knitting kit for mittens in stranded colorwork. This is really gorgeous. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! dear Ms.Snowflake! I love the colors and the finnsheep-yarn.
gettin' stranded....
Also bin ich in der letzten Woche fleissig gewesen und habe Kammzug gefärbt und versponnen.
Daraus soll jetzt als Versuchsobjekt ein Cozy für mein neues Handy werden. Als Vorlage für das Muster dient ein Pullover aus der Knits vom Herbst 2007, Modell von S.59
Über den Stand der Dinge werde ich euch auf dem Laufenden halten....
Gettin' stranded......
A few weeks ago, I received some beautiful Shetland-Tops from Yorkshire. What better to do with it, than doing something very traditional scottish, fair-isle knitting. So I was really buisy last week and dyed some of the tops spun them up into several balls of colored yarn. As I never did stranded colorwork before, I decided to make a small projekt first. My new cell phone will get a nice little cozy. The pattern I chose from an Interweave Knits magazin, Fall 2007. I will show the results a.s.a.p.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
peaceful christmas....
Allen Freunden und Bekannten wünsch ich ein friedliches Weihnachtsfest!
Ich sitze grad hier, höre mein Lieblings-Weihnachtslied und denke, wie schnell kann das Leben vorbei sein. Darum, geniesst jeden Tag!!!
a peaceful christmas time to all my friends!
I'm just sitting here, listening to my favorite christmas-song and think, how fast can it be over. So, celebrate every single day!!!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Freud und Leid.....
Ich musste vorhin mit unserer Rennmaus für ein letztes Mal zum Tierarzt gehen. Er war schon sehr alt ( 4 1/2 Jahre) und hatte in den letzten Tagen immer mehr abgebaut. Nichts mehr gefressen und nur noch geschlafen. Wenn er denn wach war, hat er eigentlich nur noch apatisch dagesessen. Heute mittag war es dann so schlimm, da hat er nur noch hin und her gewackelt. Wenn ein Tier so alt ist und so lange bei einem war, dann hat es nicht verdient, so einzugehen. Jetzt ist er bei seinem Bruder, der im Frühjahr über die Regenbogenbrücke gegangen ist. Auf Wiedersehen, Harry.....
Today was a good and also a really bad day.
I had to take our Gerbil Harry to the veterinarian for a last time....He was really old for a Gerbil (4 1/2 years) and faded away during the last days. He ate nothing, slept most of the time and if he was awake, he just sat there staring into nothing...Today it was so bad, he did not deserve this after such a long time that he had been with us. Now he is with his brother, who crossed the rainbow-bridge in spring. Goodbye Harry!

Als ich wieder nach Hause kam, hatte der Postbote ein Päckchen für mich gebracht von meinem Secret Pal !!!
Darin befand sich ein Natur-Potpourri, eine Tafel Schokolade mit Karamellstückchen, zwei seeehr gut riechende Teelichter, eine Karte und ein Strang wunderschöner Araucania Wolle in violett..... DANKE meine liebe Ms. Snowflake!! Das war ein echter Trost für mich heute.....
When i got home, the post had arrived and there was a parcel from my secret pal!! Therein was a nice potpourri, chocolate with pieces of fudge, very nicely flavoured candles, a card and a skein of beautiful Araucania wool in a super nice shade of purple!! I love it. Thank you my dear Ms. Snowflake!!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
SP13 - question No.2
Are you doing any holiday knitting?
No, I had no time this year for knitting anything for the holidays
Part B:
Have you finished?
see above....

