Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Talveks sooja/Something warm for winter



Viimaks ometi on midagi valmis saanud - olgu peaaegu valmis. Ma peaks ta veel kord märjaks kastma ja kuivama panema ja taskutel pole voodreid ning õigeid nööpe pole suutnud ka veel leida. Aga ma lihtsalt ei kannatanud enam.. see on võtnud 3 kuud (ja enamgi), et ta lõpuks valmis saada.
Leidsin ilusa lõnga Karnaluksi laost, ostsin ära 10tokki. Ja siis tuli välja, et seda värvi enam ei toodetagi, mulle aga vaid kümnest tokist ei jätkunud. Seega võtsin ette ravelry. Otsisin välja õige lõnga ja värvi ning kirjutasin kõigile, kellel seda olemas. Loomulikult sain ma kümme ei'd. Lõpuks aga ka ühe jah. Aga... ainult 2 tokki. Olgu siis tellin need 2 tokkigi. Ja... kõik korras.. ainult et lõnga ei saabu. Uuesti otsima ja kirjutama. Leidsin ühe ülikena naise USA'st, kes saatis
mulle algselt 2 tokki ja siis veel 2 1/2 tokki. Ainult täna temale õnnestus mul viimaks see kampsun ka lõpetada.
Muster ise meeldis mulle kohe algusest peale ja kuigi selle kudumise raskuseks oli märgitud keskmine (ja ma ise ei arvaks, et tol hetkel väga kesktaseme kuduja olin) ja hunnikute viisi palmikuid, mida ma polnud samuti varem õieti teinud. Aga ausalt öeldes polnud asi üldsegi nii hull, kui arvata võis. Hea, et sellise suure töö ette võtsin.

Muster: Marlaina Bird Trail Hoodie (ravelry lingid).
Lõng: Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK
Vardad: 3.25, 3.75mm
Kulu: 13 tokki


So at last it's finished! And I love it. It's warm and cosy and exactly what I need with this kind of weather [it's around -10 degrees C -( 14 F) and so much snow that you can die from it]. Oh.. actually it's real nice outside so not that many complaints about that really.
About this jacket. When I first saw this pattern in ravelry, I just fell in love with it. I had thought about wanting to test knit something and this was my chance. So I signed up for it and was really excited about getting started with it.
So I found this pretty and soft yarn in Karnaluks wholesale depot. And I bought one full packages, that is 10 skeins. But of course it wasn't enough for me. So I went back to ask when they will order it more (because I bought all of it last time) and they said that color is discontinued. What will I do now? I had already started to knit .. I think I had back piece ready so I wasn't really that keen on raveling it and also getting new yarn.
So I started looking for the yarn in ravelry. Found the yarn. And after PM with many women I found one person willing to sell her stash. But it was only 2 skeins, which still wouldn't be enough. Oh well.. better that then nothing. I order it from her and found another person who was willing to sell me her skeins. A month went by and still no yarn.. from my second order I got it in a week. Happy with that! At last I was able to knit again. But I was short. Luckily I was able to get more of that yarn from my lovely yarnlady (she was awfully nice), from Staci. But that ment that I still had to wait few weeks for the yarn to arrive. But in the end it was all good! I got to finish my jacket. I still haven't found perfect buttons and pockets need lining but I just couldn't wait any longer to show it to you.

Special thanks to Staci from Ohio!!

Pattern: Marlaina Bird Trail Hoodie (ravelry links)
Yarn: Rowan RYC Cashsoft DK
Needles: 3.25, 3.75mm (US 3, 5)
Skeins: 13


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Aeg/Time


Aeg möödub. Juba 2 kuud on läinud ilma, et ma oleks midagi siia kirjutanud. Küll on asi jäänud aja, küll piltide taha. Ja polegi nii väga palju aega olnud tegeleda käsitööga. Jah, midagi on ikka valmis vahepeal tehtud. Koolitööna lihtne kott, paar kampsunit (üks endale - mis vajab veel küll viimaseid ridu kudumist, ja üks lapsele; loodan, et millalgi ka pilte neist), sokke ja üks kindapaar. Aga aeg läheb. Ning hetkel võtab minu peamise aja kool. Sellest sügisest õpin käsitööd ja kodundust. (Täiesti sobiv, kas te ei leia?) Ja päevad mööduvad (külmas) koolimajas. Pärast seda on vaja lapsega tegeleda ning koolitöid teha. Ning seetõttu polegi mahti olnud siia midagi kirjutada. Aga ma üritan end parandada.

Mu esimene päris joonestus.
My first real drafting.

Time is passing by. Already two months has went by without a single line in blog. And to be honest then I haven't had real time to work on my handwork. Still some things have come to end - I have finished one school project (simple bag), two (well almost two) knit jacket (one still needs to little bit knitting), few socks and one pair a childs mittens. And that's all. And time goes past so quickly. And most of my time I spend in school. I started to studie Handicraft and Home Economics this fall. And therefore days are passing by sitting in a cold class. And after that I have a boy who also needs attention and then again my homework. So You see... no real time to write. Oh well.. I know there's always time for everything if you really want. I try.

Happy crafting!