i started a pair of new socks after christmas. „krauses wellenspiel“ from „der geniale socken-workshop“
My first item for sale at etsy!
wow. my first item is on sale at etsy! http://cazcrafts.etsy.com
let’s see how that goes. how exciting 🙂
christmas knitting mania
i’ve been knitting a lot over the last few days… what a christmasy cabeling madness 😉 where is carolin? oh, huddled up on the sofa with her knitting stuff *haha*
so i finished my first cable projects: fingerless mitts and a matching hat…
i already wore the fingerless mitts on the stuttgart christmas market. it was freeeeeezing cold and – put on over my gloves – they really saved my life 😉
the hat was just finished today, fits perfect and i can’t wait to wear it 🙂
here are the patterns:
I can do cables!
Wohooooo, have a look at my first try with knitting cables. it’s going to be long cabled fingerless mittens… once they have grown up 😉
knitting rocks!
1st lip balm – „Chocolate Mint“
here is the first try making my own cosmetics! it is lip balm with chocolate mint flavour (and colour). i used beeswax, shea butter, sweet almond oil, milk chocolate and peppermint flavour oil.
so easy, so delicious! doesn’t it look lovely?! i can hardly keep myself from eating the stuff.
2nd pair of socks
my mum will get these socks for her birthday 🙂 as you can see, they fit me as well. her feet are a little smaller but also broader. should fit fine…
this time i was a lot faster and my knitting was more steady… they also look more shiny and less linty. maybe also because i used better yarn this time – from lana grossa…
i knitted an easy triangle pattern. should be visible in the photos. with the next pair of socks i’ll try another pattern 🙂
Sixties fabrix from flea market
i just bought this lovely screaming pink fabric on a flea market in bornheim (frankfurt). it’s curtains originally from the 60ties/70ties 🙂
bought 2 for 4€, each of them being about 2.40m x 1.60m – so loads of fabric for future bags…
brilliant.
i’ll throw it in the washer now and think about what i could sew out of this fabric 🙂
6th Bag – „Winter Combo“
story: hm, no story this time. just really felt like sewing and had not used any of this lovely winterish fabric before… so this is what happened: a purse and a matching wallet.
outer fabric: brownish chequered tweed i got in the sale for 3€
lining fabric: black linen from IKEA
specialities: snap fasteners, mobile pocket, ribbon and cute little bow.
tutorial: wallet: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=187229.0 / purse: http://www.ottobredesign.com/fi/kaavat/pdf/purse_EN_5-07.pdf
5th Bag – „Ottobre’s little Sis“
story: this is a cosmetic bag for my co-worker reingard. she knitted a scarf for me when i was home sick with torn ligaments and i thought i’d sew her a little something in return to say thanks. i still had a lot of fabric and ribbon left i used on the „Ottobre“ bag, so this is like a little sister to it 😉 same fabric and style, different size and pattern.
outer fabric: black/white fabric from IKEA
lining fabric: black linen from IKEA
specialities: zipper (my second one), ribbon and cute little bow.
tutorial: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=176509.0
