Stella's Blanket

Here is a blanket for Stella Rosemary. The inspiration came at The Renegate Craft Fair wher I saw these super cute Amy Butler fabrics for sale by yard. No idea in mind I bought two different patterns and they eventually became a blanket. In addition to the fabrics I used three of my old sweaters (one of the cashmere) and the legs of my old curduroy trousers. The reversible side is green dotted soft curduroy. As embellishments I crocheted little circles to give the blanket a truely personalized look.

I'm Back!

I have not deserted my knitting hobby despite of the long silence on the blog. On the contrary, I have been obsessed lately with several new projects. We have a new baby on the way and that has been a major source of inspiration for me. Check out my newest creations!

A Strike of Genious

 
 
 

Look at this little pouch bag I found from a Japanese department store Takashimaya at 5th Avenue. Isn't it just amazing. It is a travel evening bag, which flattens out completely for easy packing. It's made of factory excess textile waste. The designer is called Josh Jakus. I feel like the luckiest felter in the planet to own this unique purse!

Sister's Pouch

 
 
 

I made this little bag for Marianna. It's made of Knit Picks Telemark. I tried this one with the hand felting method, and I admit that the washing machine does do a better job. Turned out pretty, though!

Felting experimenting

 
 

This is the NYC yarn I was talking about. I'm in a process of making a little wristlet pouch. I used 5.5 mm needle and already felted it with the Soak soap. Turned out pretty amazing thanks to the hand dyed yarn coloring.

New York Yarn Shopping

South of Houston Street i.e. SoHo has a little cute yarn store called Purl Soho. I went there with Nikolas in the Ergo baby carrier. We had a great time! I bought moss green felting yarn called Manos Uruguay, a unique dye lot Lorna's Laces sock yarn and some more baby alpaca from Blue Sky Alpacas. And a little bottle of Soak, a fraganced wool soap. Right next to the yarn shop is a adorable little pastry place called Once Upon a Tart. I had a mouthwatering mini tart with potatoes and mushrooms.

Birdie Stripes

 
 
 
 

Nikolas got a new sweater from Knit Picks Telemark. I desiged a funny birdies to spice it up a little bit. The aweater is still missing the other sleave but that should be done, soon. He seemed to like it.

Cell Phone Case

 
 

I actually sewed something! Gosh, it is hard. I managed barely to make this neat little cell phone pocket for my new mp3 playing phone. It has drawn attention and I am happy with the results.

Felted Pillow

 
 

I got a felting kit as a Christmas gift from Jimmy. The project took a while, but here is the ready pillow. Except I still need buttons. They need to be a perfect match and I haven't found them yet. I regret not taking pictures when the pillow was in making. It as HUGE! The washing machine method did wonders to that and now we have a great new accesory to our living room.

Alpaca Rabbit Pixie

 
 

"Cover your ears!" This is what I heard my poor ears screaming while pushing Nikolas' pram in the gusting wind in the park. The plead turned into this fun hat from Blue Sky Alpacas Sport. The yarn is from my knitting Heaven, Purl Soho yarn shop in SoHO, NYC. I got it over our Thanksgiving visit. I had the bunny idea from Elizabeth Doherty's Amigurumi bunny. The whole thing turned out crazy good!

Felted Little Purse

 
 
 

This is a left over yarn project. I had some overstock from the pillow felting project and I turned it into this cool little purse. It has a jeans zipper. I adored this lining fabric pattern and used it also for my new cell phone case.

Sweet and Spicy Socks

 
 
 

Sweetheart Socks

This by far the spiciest pattern I've ever done. The cable pattern is so complicated I had to go back a gazillion times. The yarn is Knit Picks Essential. Still not sure if I like it. It is a real lint buster after washing and drying. But it is really cheap.

Winter knitting updates

Long time no seeing... Still been knitting, though. It is so cold in Chicago this year I've just been curling up into a ball of yarn and let my needles show the way. And there are results. Enjoy!