Male ogloszenie/A small announcement

Witajcie! Dzisiaj chce tylko napisac, ze otworzylam nowego bloga, ktory ma sluzyc jako dodatek do tego tutaj w tym sensie, ze bede pokazywala tam takze moje kreatywne poczynania. Jednakze, nie beda one raczej bezposrednio zwiazane z robotkami na drutach, szydelku lub z haftem, lecz z kartkami, papierowymi kwiatami (tak jak te na powyzszym zdjeciu), scrapkami, rysunkami i innymi wszelakimi projektami. Zycze Wam pieknego dnia i zapraszam na blog pt. "Margaret among Colours".

Hello, everyone! Today I just wanted to announce, that I created a new blog, which will function as an addition to this one, in the sense that over there, I will also show you some of my creative projects. However, they will not (or very rarely) be connected to knitting, crocheting, embroidery or sewing. Rather, they will include drawing, painting, card and flower making (like the ones in the above photo), and other various creative projects.
I wish you all a wonderful day, and happily invite you to visit my blog entitled Margaret among Colours.

Christmas in July/Swieta w lipcu

No, nareszcie! Jeden z moich bardziej czasochlonnych projektow dobiegl konca. Mowa o 49 dzierganych bombkach na choinke, ktore zajely mi ok. 4.5 miesiaca. Oczywiscie, mogly byc skonczone wczesniej, ale... jakos nie wyszlo. Niektore bombki robilam wedlug swojego pomyslu, jednakze wiekszosc dziergalam wedlug wzorow zawartych w ksiazce Arne i Carlosa "55 Christmas Balls to Knit". Super ksiazka - bardzo polecam ( istnieja wersje w jez. angielskim, norweskim i niemieckim, ale do samych schematow nie trzeba znac jezyka). Ogolem dziergalo sie latwo i szybko, z wloczki Wool of the Andes Sport, firmy Knit Picks.  Bombki sa wypelnione styropianowymi kulkami (o srednicy 3" i 2.5"), dzieki czemu sa w miare gladkie i okragle. Do wiekszych, uzylam drutow o rozmiarze US 2, a do mniejszych - US 1. Musze powiedziec, ze wszystkie razem na drzewku wygladaja nawet fajnie. Ponizej przedstawiam fotki, na ktorych mozna zobaczyc bombki w troszke wiekszym detalu. I to by bylo na tyle. Wlasnie zaczynam nowy bozonarodzeniowy projekt - tym razem haftowane ozdoby na choinke, ktore mialam ochote wykonac juz jakis czas temu. Wszystkich slicznie pozdrawiam i zycze pieknego dnia, i bajecznego lata.

Finally! One of my more time-consuming projects is finished. I'm talking about 49 knit Christmas ornaments, which took me about 4.5 months to complete. Of, course, I could have made them faster and earlier, but... somehow it didn't happen. Some of the balls I knit according to my own design, but most were made using designs from "55 Christmas Balls to Knit" by Arne and Carlos. Super book - I highly recommend it. Overall, the balls are easy and relatively quick to knit. I used Wool of the Andes Sport from Knit Picks (a lovely yarn with many beautiful colours to choose from). Because the ornaments are filled with smooth styrofoam balls (3" and 2.5" in diameter), the end product is relatively smooth and round. To make the larger ones, I used US 2 dpn needles, and for the smaller ones - US 1. I must say, that all together on a tree, the balls look pretty neat. Below, I posted more photos of the ornaments, where you can see the details a bit better.  And... that would be it for today, I guess. I am just starting a new cross stitch Christmas ornaments project, which I wanted to do for a while now. I am wishing all of you a wonderful day and a lovely summer.