Still knitting

but less than before. I started studying mathematics in the fall and it takes a lot of my spare time and therefor there is less time to knit or crochet.

I have almost finish this sweater. It has a high collar so it is necessary to bind off with very loose cast off.
On YouTube I found these two methods and will probably use one of them.

Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off   and    Simple Stretchy Bind Off

Happy holidays

Advent calenar

Now has the Drops - Garnstudio advent calendar started. For me it is some kind of Christmas tradition to open the door of the day and see what is behind it. Here it is - Garnstudio - christmas-calendar

Child 44

I recently finish reading the book "Child 44" by Tom Rob Smith. The book is great and I could hardly put it down until I finished it.  I did not know that it is the first book of three about Leo and Raisa.
I can easily recommend this book for those who love thrillers. 

          

This summer

This summer I have been knitting this and that.

 I started a Norwegian sweater knitted in Sisu wich is a wool yarn from Sandnes yarn. The pattern is from Sandnes yarn to. The work goes slowly because it takes long time to knit a big sweater with small knitting needles. 

The autumn came from Rowan with one the most beautiful knitting magazine for the last few years. There are some number of sweaters and a scarf that I would like to knit that are in the magazine.

I did, of course, buy an coloring book like so many this summer. The one I bought are with insect because I know I would not have the patient to color all the leaves in the Secret garden book.

 I did crochet a table runner from yarn stash that I had had for a long time and did not know what to do with. This was a heap of small balls of cotton yarn. I used crochet needle no. 5 and did cast on enough stitches to fit the table and then I did crochet until all the yarn was finished. 

The latest thing I finished are those woollen socks. I knitted them from wool scraps and I think they came out nicely. 

Recycling

Lot of things are in progress as usual in the handicraft corner. The bag of utilization, where I tie together yarn ends that are long enough to tie together, goes well and I think I will finish it soon.

I think I will start to crochet the handles next and a few laps after that so it will be strong hold in it. 
  Under the bag is a recycled mat that was crochet from old sheets that were not used anymore.

 One small amigurumi is also starting to take shape. The head is ready and then the body,  limbs and ears will follow.

Finally, I wanted to show a picture of a sewing magazine I bought the other day. To sew some clothes is therefore on the list. My experience is that the instructions in ottobre are good and easy to sew clothes  based on them.

Dog and hats

This little dog joined the group of amigurumi figure my aunt has few days ago.

 This pattern is from the Candy Magazine 1 and the dog is crocheted from the yarn Candy that is specially designed for the patterns (or the patterns for the yarn).

 So I decided to use rest yarn and knit a hat. The first one was striped from dark brown and gray Smart yarn from Sandnes yarn.

Then came a blue hat with a line that runs over the hat, also from Smart.

  And finally I finished a floral hat I started some time ago. The colors in it are dark gray and creamed. I drew the pattern from a embroidery pattern I found on Pinterset and changed it to fit for the knitting look.

I am writing the pattern for the first two hats, and when it´s ready I will post them on the blog.