AranHeadband No1

I designed and knit Aran Chain Cable twisted headband. I started it at the Aran Cable Knitting workshop in Dublin 2025. 

This was my 1st ever twisted headband. I am sure I will make more! I used cable knitting and actually crocheting too.

The yarn is King Cole's Dollymix DK yarn (100% acrylic) (80 yards = 78 meters) in the shade Peach. Never used it before. Actually I didn't know it exist. I usually don't use 100% acrylic yarns but this was just fine for the work shop and sample work.

ForMe

I just finished woollen socks which I knit for Me&MySelf. I used Novita's 7 veljestä yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (150g = 300m). I decorated them by Single Cables.

They are VeryLongSocks! I adore long woollen socks. I love them. Long woollen sock would be one of the last clothes I would give up!

Also these are my own design. They have pretty cables also at back. Here you can see it better. It reaches all the way from heel up to knee.

CableCollar

One more ChristmasSecret is finished. I used (again) Novita's7 veljestä yarn  (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (150g = 300m). I used the shades of brown and white.

It is going to be something warm for my LoveOne.

Something through which He can put His Head.

I used white crocheting and single cables to decorate it. It is a collar. Do you remember I knit one over two years ago?

My own design for Him&HisXmas.

Santa'sSecretSilverSet

Ho Ho Ho! I've knit a hat! I used Cewec's Silver Soft yarn (100% acryl) (100g = 330 meters) and Novita's apple green 7 veljestä yarn  (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (150g = 300m). This Silver Soft yarn was  left over from BlanketNo3 and I have used it for this Xmas Secret.

It was nice to knit this hat. It has double sided fore head part to block out the arctic wind and warm up the head. I used HorseShoeCable knitting at the front side which goes around like a band. I used SingleCables to decorate the head part. The SingleCables decorate also The Woollen Socks and The Mittens.

It all is Santa's Secret Silver Set for Young Lady's Xmas 2015 

My Very Special Own Design

Home Hand Love Made

MyNovember

MyNovember is full of secrets. They are sealed by MyFriends. This year AdventCalendarAdventure has been easier because YoungLady wanted Minions chocolate Advent Calendar. So it was easy case at this time. But I already filled His(&Mine) Advent calendar. Still need to fill MrW's calendar.

These SuperCuteSocks I knit for a tiny Xmas. I used Novita's 7 veljestä yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide) (150g = 300m). The socks are small and thick because this tiny girl will need them at the stables to keep her toes warm in the boots. I used SingleCables and crocheting to decorate them. My own design.

OOW HatNo2

I was happy to knit this my own design hat for someone special. It is made of OurOwnWool (25% arctic dog wool and 75% Finnsheep wool). It is actually made to be match with LegWarmers and Hand Warmers. 

Dear December, hope you'll be here soon!

With love by me!

OOW HandWarmers

Do you remember that I designed and knitted HorseshoeCable HandWarmers on the begin of this year? I used the same design to knit a bit longer HandWarmers at this time.

They are made of OurOwnWool (25% arctic dog wool and 75% Finnsheep wool) with love to someone special who really needs them to keep her arms warm.

They are made to match with LegWarmers.

Mittens&TinyTubeScarf

Here is again some recycled buttons. This time I needed six of them. I collect old buttons. So does my mother-in-law. Sometimes we end up to each others collection. These are from her treasure box.

I knitted a tiny tube scarf to protect neck area from freezing arctic weather. It needs buttons. That's the only way to make it stay tight and not be stretched when pulling it in an out.

The buttons hide behind the neck.

But I knit also mittens to be used with it. 

Both TinyTubeScarf and Mittens have HorseShoeCable knitting to decorate them. Both are my own design. I used Novita Lehto yarn (48% acryl, 32% polyamide, 10% wool, 10% mohair) (100g = 136m).

FinishedWinterProject

These are buttons. They are HomeMade. The material is reindeer antler (horn). And actually made of ones which a reindeer drop down and then found by a human and collected for the further use. My father-in-law made these CuteLittleButtons. I got six of them for MyWinterProject which I started on July.

For years the idea of it was just in my head. This year I finally picked it up and made it to be seen on a paper and touched by hands.

I love polo turtle necks, wool, cables and just a little bit of romantic country style spice.

The shoulder area was very easy to make true at the end. I was a bit afraid of it but no... it was easy.

The turtle neck is made to be multi-usable.

The buttons can be seen or hide.

Turtle neck CLOSED & DOWN...

...and CLOSED & UP.

And here it is on me. I love it. Just in the way I wanted. My own design. All in natural shade without chemicals and 100% FinnSheepWool.

Santa'sSecretMittens

Santa'sSecretSocks got mittens too. All my own design.

I really really L O V E them. I really needed to knit them to look different.

For your special ones it is always wonderful to give HappyHomeMadeGifts.

I am going to buy leather gloves under them to make the mittens to be wind proof and much warmer. I really would like to find white leather gloves. That perhaps will be my challenge for this Xmas.

Santa'sSecretSocks

Socks are now finished.

This is how they look in rainbow and apple green shades.

Happy Warm Socks ! ! !

my own design

BUT... it is going to be a set of something. Later on we'll see what.

Knitting socks again

Do you remember BlanketNo3? One ball was left over from it. I have been thinking what to do with it. I had several options and always changed my mind. Now I took that Cewec's Silver Soft yarn (100% acryl, 100g = 330 meters) and decided instead of HomeDecorationStuff Young Lady will get ClothDecorationStuff of it by the next Christmas.

Cewec's Silver Soft itself is useless as woollen socks. But I figured out I could knit parts of accessories by using Silver Soft. The yarn is useless in socks because it doesn't include wool at all and won't stand hard use. So I decided to mix it with apple green Novita 7 veljestä yarn (75% wool, 25% polyamide, 150g = 300meters). My own desing with delicius shades.

BabouskaSocks

Now I finished the woollen socks I just started.

I used Novita's beige shade Nalle yarn (100g = 260m) (75% wool, 25% polyamide) for the foot part. This yarn was left over from the project BlanketNo2. The fluffy yarn is Sirdar's Babouska (52% wool, 39% acrylic, 9% nylon) (50g=115m) and left over from the project BlanketNo4.

Special gift for my mother-in-law on her comming birthday.

My own design.

Exciting moments

Do you remember BlanketNo4?

I used Sirdar's Babouska yarn (52% wool, 39% acrylic, 9% nylon) (50g=115m) for it. Something was left over too. Now I picked up these shades of it; white, beige and grey and made again one more my own design.

I had very exciting moments in knitting. Would it all be enough?

I knit them at the same time to avoid disaster.

And yes, it was enough! This is what was left over! Not much at all. These are going to be woollen socks. Because Babouska's twist is not strong enough I will use another yarn for the foot part of the socks. Later on you'll see the result. :)