Some stuff what I maded
I seem to have forgotten to post about some stuff that I've been making.
During spring I started making wrist warmers. I made some acrylic mohair ones that I did write about, but then I found some variegated mulberry silk yarn, so I made a pair of really long arm warmers. Unfortunately I wasn't too happy about the colours -- there was too much blue in it for my taste (the photo is too warm in tone so you don't see how blue they actually are).
But then I found some merino wool yarn and decided to try it. And miracle of miracles, it doesn't itch or scratch, something that every single kind of other wool has done on me! So I started making wrist warmers. First I made a pair from this pattern:
The colour is a kind of lavender/lilac and brownish grey. The buttons are from my stash -- aren't they a great fit?
Then I thought I'd make some shorter more practical wrist warmer gloves for everyday use, and made these from the same merino yarn:
I experimented a bit with making jogless stripes in the round, and by the second pair (the brown/dark grey ones) I ws almost getting the hang of it. But they are nice and comfy and I wore the lilac pair on Friday for the Sjöbo fair, since the weather was chilly and drizzly, and I was really glad I did.
I also made some sun filtering curtains for my kitchen windows to protect my potted plants there from the sharp summer sun. My mother had bought some window film that I went and helped her put up on her windows for the same purpose, but since I don't get much sunlight at all in the winter I wanted something removable. And then last week I stumbled across a delightful curtain fabric (well, actually a ready-made curtain) at Åhléns, so I bought that and cut it up to make these half-curtains (they are called "café curtains" in Swedish, no idea about the correct English word.)
The first image is the fabric laid out on my blue spotted ironing board so you can see the pattern. It's exactly the kind of pattern I was looking and hoping for, so I'm well pleased. :)
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During spring I started making wrist warmers. I made some acrylic mohair ones that I did write about, but then I found some variegated mulberry silk yarn, so I made a pair of really long arm warmers. Unfortunately I wasn't too happy about the colours -- there was too much blue in it for my taste (the photo is too warm in tone so you don't see how blue they actually are).
But then I found some merino wool yarn and decided to try it. And miracle of miracles, it doesn't itch or scratch, something that every single kind of other wool has done on me! So I started making wrist warmers. First I made a pair from this pattern:
The colour is a kind of lavender/lilac and brownish grey. The buttons are from my stash -- aren't they a great fit?
Then I thought I'd make some shorter more practical wrist warmer gloves for everyday use, and made these from the same merino yarn:
I experimented a bit with making jogless stripes in the round, and by the second pair (the brown/dark grey ones) I ws almost getting the hang of it. But they are nice and comfy and I wore the lilac pair on Friday for the Sjöbo fair, since the weather was chilly and drizzly, and I was really glad I did.
I also made some sun filtering curtains for my kitchen windows to protect my potted plants there from the sharp summer sun. My mother had bought some window film that I went and helped her put up on her windows for the same purpose, but since I don't get much sunlight at all in the winter I wanted something removable. And then last week I stumbled across a delightful curtain fabric (well, actually a ready-made curtain) at Åhléns, so I bought that and cut it up to make these half-curtains (they are called "café curtains" in Swedish, no idea about the correct English word.)
The first image is the fabric laid out on my blue spotted ironing board so you can see the pattern. It's exactly the kind of pattern I was looking and hoping for, so I'm well pleased. :)
This entry was originally posted at http://therru.dreamwidth.org/355518.html. Comments are read in either place.