First snow ... and handwarmers finished

Today we had the first snow. I think by now it is already gone again and it was not much. But little bear was delighted!

And little man was quite stunned when he looked out of the window this morning. I realized then that this is the first time that he sees - I mean really sees - snow!

When we went for a walk he was in his buggy. I gave him a bit of snow to touch. He was quite startled about how cold it is.

He still wanted to touch it again. But after two times he had enough. ;-)

But he did seem to quite enjoy how different the world looked.

I know - this photo does not really look too wintery. But I loved the red on the black-ish ground. It looks so pretty.

And wanna know something great?

Okay, if you do not wanna know you will have to stop reading here ... as I will tell you anyways. 

Just in time for the really cool weather I finished my handwarmers yesterday. FINALLY!

 Remember that I did not know what to do - whether to undo the first one or not because the bind-off I had tried looked so ruffly ....

Sometime last week I decided that I would HAVE to finish them now. 

I really needed to finish something as the whole lot of projects going on had kinda brought my mood down.

So I picked up the almost done second handwarmer and started the bind-off. I figured even if it is ruffly and not perfect - better than not having any handwarmer at all.

But you know what happened. 

The second one did not turn out ruffly AT ALL!!!

It looked gorgeous!

So, it turned out that I must have done something wrong the first time I tried this bind-off. As I did not even know WHAT it was that I did wrong I did not even have a choice but to undo the first one - unless I wanted to have to handwarmers that did not match. 

Unpicking the first one was quite a pain. Luckily a handwarmer is not that big! I finally had it all undone and did the bind-off. And it turned out as beautifully as the first one. 

So if you want to finish some knitting with some beautiful picot edge - go HERE to read how it is done.

 I am totally loving my new handwarmers. Especially since I can wear them three different ways. With thumbhole - without - and folded over. They always look cute.

And FYI - no I do not always wear pink glittery nail polish. This is actually the second time since about a year (?) that I wear any nail polish. (The first time it was black.) And in my defense when I bought that nail polish last week it looked like a dark red in the bottle. I was just a bit shocked when I got home and showed it off and my daughter screamed 

"My favourite color!"

And my only thought was - no, it is NOT PINK!

Well, I was very tired when I bought it ....

But you can tell from the pictures that it is true - me not regularly wearing it. I mean apart from the fact that it is probably not very well applied ....

Hubby was apparently so stunned by the look of nailpolish that he managed to photograph my polished nails ... and kinda forgot that the purpose of the pictures was to show off my handwarmers and the cute picot edge ...

Oh well ...

PROJECT 37: And another o-so-cute teapot cozy (knit)

Photo from fourchettes knits and crafts

Look at this! A chocolate cake teapot cozy! I love this!

Now you can have some chocolate cake with your tea - and no calories! ;-)

If you want to make one go and get the 

free pattern.

And while you are at it you could whip up some of those  

cute cupcake egg cozies 

as well ...

Photo from fourchettes knits and crafts

Is this cute, or what?

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PROJECT 33 : Supercute Knit Tea Cozy

Photo from Craft Leftovers

This is so cute! I think the teapot kinda looks like it's snuggling itself into that cozy. Kinda like a sweater. 

Do I have a too wild imagination?

Anyway, you can download the free pattern on Craft Leftovers. And it fits either a small teapot or a standard mug! Who does not have a mug that would like to get such a cute sweater!? 

So what are you waiting for? Go hurry ... get it and start knitting!

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PROJECT 16 : Cute Knitted Teapot Cozy

Photo from Crafty Cattery

If you want to make a teapot cozy you can go to Crafty Cattery and grab the pattern for the one pictured above. I love how it started out as a hat.

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Handwarmer with ruffle or handwarmer without ruffle ...

that is the question!

So in between making Pippi-things and thinking about tea alot :-) I took a couple photos today. And as my husband was there, too, and it was afternoon and not raining and everything, I took the opportunity to bribe him into taking some photos of my knitted handwarmer for me. 

I bribed him with cookies ... you'll see them soon. ;-)

I actually had tried before to take photos of a handwarmer on my hand myself. You would not believe how hard it is to take a decent photo of your own hand!? Shoking!
Anyway.

So I wanted to show you guys this handwarmer I made last winter. 

And why am I showing you this? 

Well, you see I ended the handwarmer with a picot-edge which turned out really ruffly. And I can not decide whether I like it or not!!! I don't know ... I think the rest of the handwarmer looks rather "sporty" - which the ruffles do not. On the other hand I usually quite like unexpected details.

After I had made the handwarmer and I just needed to bind off I just felt that there was something missing. It looked boring somehow. That's why I decided to try another bind off than usually. But am really not sure. Yes, I am thinking about this since I finished it and can not decide. 

And why am I thinking about this? 

Easy. I did not make the second one yet!

And I really should. I would like to get it done before the cool weather starts. And lately, when it was cooler and rainy I really felt like knitting. 

But I really do not want to start the second one before I can make up my mind whether I like the first one. 

What do you guys think?

Should I make the second one just like the first one? Or should I undo the bind off and do something else with it? And if I should do something else - what? 

I am really not that good at knitting. I can knit and purl and that's about it. But I am willing to learn! :)

Babysocks done

I used this pattern for the newborn socks. The pattern is in german and the size is stated as 56/ 62. I really really hope that they will fit!!!
There are however many english patterns available on the internet for free. (There are for example many on Ravelry). I really really loved the pattern for baby moccasins by The Purl Bee. I wanted to try to make them but quickly figured out that I did not have the right yarn at hand. And since I did not know how to adjust the pattern to the yarn I had - and could not bring myself to try to figure it out - I had to search for another pattern.

I think they worked out quite cute ... and once I had figured out the pattern they were done surprisingly quickly!

Baby legwarmers

Almost one year ago I wanted to make some legwarmers for my daughter. I also managed to make some but the first attempt lead to a legwarmer that was too small. I never undid that one ... I really hate undoing things that I made ... so I still had this one tiny legwarmer sitting in my wool box. When I found it again a couple days ago I thought maybe I could use it for the baby ... so I started making a second one. Done now! Hopefully they will fit the baby before the cold weather will be over ... :-)


This was a nice and quick project. I like knitting and find it very relaxing - especially if there is not much to think about .... (no complicated pattern I mean ...)
I am thinking of making some tiny baby socks ... but gotta find a good pattern first ...

Tiny booties

Completely forgot to show what I made before our vacation. Here they are. Aren't they cute. I did not add the buttons yet since I was not sure how tight they should close. I will add them when the baby is here and can wear them.
They were my first try so I am very pleased that it worked out. However, I think with more solid colours they would look even cuter ... Might try that next time.

Legwarmers finally finished

Yeah, finally done! Here is the PAIR of legwarmers that I started a WHILE ago. And I got them done before spring! :-)
And after lots of persuading and a bit of bribing I even got the leg warmers modelled for a photo. Since we still are all recovering from different illnesses the photos had to be taken inside however. But still better than none.

I think they are really cute and I love the result. I like the kinda slouchy look (is that actually english?) and I like the curly edge ... and the pompoms ... I just love them. Hope my daughter will like them as much as me and actually WEAR them when spring comes!

Finished two pompoms - YEAH!

:-)
I did it. Thanks to another method, making pompoms is - for me at least - much easier. I found this site with a pompom tutorial and tried it ... and it worked much better (and quicker!!!) than the cardboard method.
So, here are the two tiny pompoms. (The third bigger one is the one I did first.) I'm very happy with how they turned out. I also chrocheted a little string that I threaded through the top bit of the leg warmer. Now I only need to attach the pompoms to the ends of the string ...

One leg warmer finished

I know I need two. But since it takes a while - at least for me - to finish one I still wanted to show off the first one! :-)
I wanted to kinda make a combination out of these two leg warmer models:
cable legwarmer with pompoms and this pattern with curly edge

I really liked the top bit of the first pattern: how it is folded over and how it has those cute tiny pompoms. However, I didn't want to go for a cable pattern. In the second pattern I really liked the ruffled edge and the simple pattern of the rest of the leg warmer. So I kinda figured that I'll just combine those two. So I wanted to make a simple leg warmer in a knit 2 purl 2 pattern. Fold the top over and add tiny pompoms. And finish it off with a curly edge. And this is what it looks like now ...
Since my daughter was not very cooperative at first and simply did not want to put the leg warmer on for a picture I tried to put it on my arm - obviously it would not fit my leg! - and take a picture of it ... I would have never believed how hard it is to take a picture of your own arm if I would have not tried this! VERY hard! Below is by far the best picture I came up with.

The pompoms are still missing ... so I am working on those ...

Legwarmers - Second try

Well, as you can see I am working at legwarmers again. As I am not a fast knitter this might take a while. The really cold winter weather probably will be over by then ... We had really cold weather the last ocuple days. Minus 24 degrees celsius! That doesn't happen often around here. It is getting warmer now but it's still under zero degrees. So, I guess even if it is not as cold anymore as the last days ... legwarmers still should be a nice addition to the winter wardrobe!
So I suppose tonight I am just going to watch a moving and knit ... I am actually more in the mood of reading ... but couldn't figure out a way how to knit and hold a book at the same time ... Any suggestions?

Legwarmers

I managed to finish one of the legwarmers. Am totally disappointed! They are too small! My daughter can wear them, but they are quite tight - rather like socks - without the feet. :-(
So I guess I have to give theese away to someone smaller ... I hate the idea of undoing all of it again ...

Ideas, ideas, ideas ...

For some reason my head seems to be overflowing with ideas and it's getting really hard for me to keep track ...

I put the rag rug project on hold because I ran out of fabric. Until I get more - already informed all the relatives :-) - I will do other things.

I just started knitting gaiters for my little daughter. I had made her some socks a while ago and she actually likes them now. She weares them at night and never gets cold feet. Unfortunately they are a little too small by now.

So I asked her if I should make her new ones ... and she said yes. Unfortunately it usually takes me ages to finish a pair of socks ... So I was afraid that winter might be over or the finished socks won't fit anymore once I will be done ...
That's why I am making legwarmers now. It should be finished faster since I don't have to worry about a pattern. And they will fit longer! Hope my daughter will like them!

I also want to start sewing. I managed to make a baby doll diaper. Gotta make more as a christmas present for my daugher. I think she will love them.
But I also wanted to sew something "real". So to practice I cut out a bag pattern and now I am searching for appropriate fabric to use. I hope to finish the project soon. I'm thinking ... once I am done with the bag I might figure out how to alter the pattern and make a smaller bag for my daugther as well.

Also I want to make an advent calender for my daughter and for my husband. For my daughter I saw a totally cute advent calendar on the internet that I would like to make. Basically it is just a huge felt christmas tree and 24 ornaments made of felt. Each day one ornament gets put onto the tree. I really love the idea! Hope my daugher will love it too - even though it doesn't involve chocolate! :-)
I even found a site were they had 24 (actually 25) different poems/ texts - one for each ornament/ day. I thought that's really nice!
I just gotta get all the supplies - felt and embroidery yarn - and start stiching!

Oh, and I plan to sew an empire top for my daugher. I saw the pattern and completely fell in love with it. I just gotta buy some nice fabric and get going ...

And I also wanted to make some fingerless gloves for myself ... I never tried that yet. But I hate it in the winter, when you're outside with your little child and all of the time you have to put off and put back on your gloves ... blowing the nose, getting something out of the handbag, tying shoes, putting the scarf or hat bag where it is supposed to be .... Adding to that my daughter didn't like it to hold my hand when I was wearing gloves - I always had to put the gloves off first! So often I ended up not wearing gloves at all ... and freezing! I thought some fingerless gloves might solve the problem. And also I think they just look great - AND they are way easier to knit than the ones with the fingers! ;-)

Oh, and I also have a whole shoe box full of glass beads ... and am not sure yet what to do with them ...

I probably still forgot a bunch of ideas ... For some reason when christmas time approaches I feel really "crafty" ... :-)