wedding bells and wedding dresses
I have now officially turned into Bridezilla. I should not have told Ben this rather not so nice nickname for brides-to-be who go nuts about the preparation of their weddings. But I have and now I am being called exactly that on a regular basis. However I am all calm and relaxed about this now, since the beautiful tilli tomas plie yarn (yes it is 100% silk!!!) has finally arrived after being stuck in German customs for some time and after being released by me- Bridezilla- who had to pay an enormous ransom!!! Taxes are just …. well I am not going to swear in my calm zone: aka knitting blog!
But see for yourselves. I’ll attach pictures of the lovely yarn and my first steps into crocheting, which I find a lot easier and quicker than I expected.
By the way, in case you did not guess this already: I am really exited about crocheting my wedding dress!!! The pattern can be found in Nicky Epstein’s Knitting in Tuscany and is called Bella Bride’s Dress.
finally some pictures
Now here’s some pictures finally:
Baby Marie including her brand new blanket, teacosy and egg cosies and the famous pink thong…
I started knitting my very first dress recently but a the moment this has become a ufo since there are now birthdays en masse and also another wedding and a christening, and of course my own wedding, at which I intend to wear the Nicky Epstein crocheted wedding dress. So wish me luck!!!
weddings
Right, so I’ve finished the thong and baby blanket. I am going to add some pictures at a later time. For now I am knitting wedding presents. One couple is going to get a tea set complete with tea cosy and egg cosies. And then my cousin is going to get a lacy shawl. So I’d better stop surfing the web and get knitting 😉
babymania
And finally I here present some of my recent productions, all concerned with babies, babies, babies:
First of all we have the very essential burp cloth, if you loo closely you can see that the word BURP is actually printed on the cloth:
Next there is a very big bib (should have considered the gauge I guess) with a penguin which does not come out very well on this picture:
Another bib, this time a dinosaur one:
cute booties, still lacking cute buttons, but I did not yet have the time or money to go shopping for them:
baby sweater, not yet blocked:
And last but not least the ultimate ‘green’ peace bib.
My current project: A colourful baby blanket and a lacy thong for a co-worker
Knitting and crocheting during the evenings
These days I never really have any real time just for knitting or crocheting, but as I have been working so much lately, I decided never tow work/ study longer then 9pm, so the rest of the day is just for Ben, Maya and myself. Mostly we all sit in front of the TV and enjoy a soul-soothing episode of ‘Our little house on the Prairy’. Nothing goes better with this than some knitting. And here are the results:
I have knitted this cute bib for which I found the pattern on ravelry again. It does not habe a button yet, but it will as soon as I find a really nice one.
This picture shows the cable pattern in a bit more detail. unfortunately the self-patterned yarn makes it a bit hard to see.
I also knitted these peekaboo mittens, again found on ravelry. I think they are really useful and good looking as well:
And here you can see how they work:
I also knitted a catnip ball for Maya which did not turn out as round as the pattern suggested, and a mobile phone cosy for Ben. I am going to knit another one for me and soon I am going to start that shawl I was anticipating. More pictures to follow!
current knitting
This is what I was knitting last. It is a ‘my so-called scarf’ and a ‘rustic cables’ hat, I found them both on ravelry. I especially like the scarf, as usually when I knit scarves they just roll up. Maybe I am knitting too tight which I would deny but there you go!
I made up the gloves as I do not seem to understand any glove patterns 🙂
The little thingies are ‘magic slippers’ also from ravelry. They are the first in a long list of baby things I intend to make for Ben’s future niece or nephew.
I knit to relax and knitting keeps me happy
And that is the truth. Also I find that hand knitted gifts are a great way to show that you like someone and at least among my family and friends they are greatly appreciated.
This year is going to be a particularly busy knitting year for me, as my favourite cousin is getting married, and of course I want to give her something special for that occasion. I was thinking along the lines of a shawl or so.
Also Ben’s brother and his girlfriend are having a baby so there will be a lot of small items going through my hands till then. I am looking forward to this and also to keeping you posted and show you the results.
So bear with me during the next few months and I think we will have a lot of fun. For now I am going to have a major stash sighting, and am really excited about it!!!
Herzlich Willkommen!
Hello everyone,
My name is Becky and I have been knitting ever since primary school. In the year 2000 or maybe a little earlier I started knitting socks and never knitted anything else since, because that’s what everybody requested since then. Only last year I discovered that there are a lot of different things to knit and I have been experimenting ever since.
I have been crocheting even longer. My mother taught me to even before I started school, and I loved it and still do. Yet, I tend to knit more as progress is faster.
I’d like to dedicate this blog to my most favourite hobby: crafts!!!
Becky's Craftblog 