i knit this scarf on the beach in turkey, therefore turkish shawl. obviously the people stared at me as if i was a nutjob for knitting on the beach, but hey, i’m a rebel, right?!

the colours are very “autumn” and the yarn feels sooo soft and cosy.

yarn: wendy happy, colourway scorpio. bougth this yarn in birmingham, uk. then i brought it with me to germany and then to turkey. it’s a travelling yarn

pattern: simple yet effective shawl

i finished this skein before we went to turkey for a week. today is the first day i have enough time and daylight to take some photos!

it’s 100% wool, not sure what kind actually. it’s space roving from wollfabrik huppertz in shades of grey, light blue and white.

i spun it as thin as i could and the yarn turned out laceweight, soft and fluffy.

not sure what to knit of it yet. i have 100g more of the roving, so i could produce this amount of yarn again if necessary.

i haven’t made a halloween pumpkin since i was a kid. one with triangle eyes and blocky teeth

so today i thought i should give it another go, bought a pumpkin at lunch break and did some pumpkin crafting. here is the result:

mr pumpkin is sitting on the balcony now staring at me through the door

i stole the stencil idea from zombiepumpkins by the way. i never knew there were so many cool pumpkin stencils on the web!

i ordered two 4ply and one 6ply sock yarn in tweed look per colour. usually i’m happy with the drachenwolle colours but this time i’m a little disappointed: the turquoise is almost green and the dark pink/purple is almost black

i want to make gloves from my mum from one of the 4-ply sock yarns. not sure which colour yet though. maybe i’ll have her have a look and decide herself so she complaint afterwards

to have enough yarn for gloves and a matching hat for myself i ordered more than just 1 skein each… i’m not sure yet. guess it will be the dark purple for me: eyelet cap from vogue knitting and miss sophie’s hands from julia müller.

i finished this skein some days ago. i’m not overly happy with it as i didn’t manage to spin the roving regularly and the single broke several times while navajo-plying. not my brightest spinning moment… but i am very fond of  the colour. it’s so rich and a perfect “petrol” = dark turquoise.

some more infos: ordered at wollfabrik, 100% australian merino, 104g, about 270m, navajo-plied.

i knit this hat in one day. it’s a very quick and easy project. it also turned out very warm and cosy. as i have more of the yarn and bought some additional buttons i’ll make a matching neck warmer to go with it.

it’s called “plum hat” because the colourway of the yarn is called “plum”

winter can come!

pattern: robin’s egg blue hat by rachel iufer

yarn: drachenwolle, 100% wool, 100m/100g, handwash

yet without buttons. it was very difficult to find some in the right colour. originally i wanted one big one but didn’t find a matching one…

the finished project. i’m glad you can’t see my tousled morning hair under the hat

i’m looking for company for some concerts… anybody up for any of these?!

• 28.10.2009: Maxïmo Park, Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt
• 12.11.2009: Levellers, Batschkapp Frankfurt
• 14.11.2009: Baddies, Nachtleben Frankfurt
• 18.11.2009: Phoenix, CocoonClub Frankfurt

… i have a non-crafty life as well for some time i wrote in too blogs but that got annoying so i gave up the cazlife blog. but now i’ll just integrate some non-crafts stuff i just HAVE to tell you into this blog. i hope you don’t mind.

here you can see little callum from london showing off his new sheep cardigan. isn’t he cute?! and the sweater fits really well.

i knit the size 6-9 months, remember? he is not even 2 months old! so either he is a huge baby or the measures of the pattern are way off!

anyway, it fits and i’m happy with the outcome. will post more photos when i get them (tomorrow?)…

i finished this yarn yesterday (as you can see in the last post, i was busy as a bee…) it’s australian merino roving. berry colours: rose, pink, aubergine etc.

i ended up with 89g and 282m. i doubt my measurements though because the yarn is about sock weight and should be more yardage. it will be enough anyway for a pair of convertible mittens. not sure which pattern to use, but i think it will become broad street mittens.

i have enough roving left (and ordered some more *oops*) to knit a matching hat, neckwarmer or something…. i’ll have to think about something and then spin the yarn just for my needs. i love spinning