Thursday, August 12, 2010

Two new projects done/Dwie nowe robotki skonczone




Dzisiaj, znowu o dwoch robotkach. Obie male, latwe w wykonaniu, wiec robilo sie dosyc szybko, przy telewizji, przyjemnie.
To rozowe powyzej to Scaruffle (czyli luzno tlumaczac szaliko-falbanka). Caly czas robi sie oczkami prawymi, uzywajac rzedow skroconych, zwiekszajac liczbe oczek w jednym rzedzie. I to w zasadzie wszystko.  Acha, no i jeszcze na duzych drutach, dlatego idzie 'blyskawicznie'. Bardzo fajny wzor na robienie prezentow gwiazdkowych ( i nie tylko), bo i szybko, i przyjemnie, i luksusowo dla prezento-odbiorcy.  Jesli ktos chce, to moze znalezc dokladne instrukcje w ksiazce The Knitter's Book of Yarn Clary Parkes (swietna ksiazka o wloczkach, ich kompozycjach, wlasciwosciach, plus wzory - polecam). Wloczka, ktora uzylam, to 100% poliester - taki moherowaty w dotyku - bo robilam to dla corki, wiec musi wytrzymac pralke i codzienny uzytek. Wiele robotkowiczek uzywa jednak moherow, moherow z jedwabiem (np. Rowan Kidsilk Haze), dajac w efekcie mieciutka mgielke, ktora chcialoby sie otulac w nieskonczonosc.  Ponizej przedstawiam dodatkowe zdjecia mojej Scaruffle.

Today, I'm showing two new things I finished recently. Because both are small and easy to knit (they make great TV knitting projects), it didn't take long to make them.
The pink thing in photo above is called Scaruffle. It mostly requires just knit stitches and short rows, with one row of increases. And, oh yeah, large needles. That's about it. Easy, fast, great for quick, yet yummy gifts. You can find the pattern in The Knitter's Book of Yarn by Clara Parkes of Knitter's Review.  It's a wonderful book on many levels, and I highly recommend it. In it, Clara helps you understand, know, appreciate and choose your yarns better. Anyway, the yarn I used for my Scaruffle happens to be a 100% polyester from a dollar store. Yes, you read that correctly - polyester AND from a dollar store. I made this for my little DD, so the thing had to be made from something that would withstand a washing machine and daily wear. However, I am pleasantly surprised by how soft and nice this yarn is to touch and to knit with. ( I guess I don't qualify for a Yarn Snob of the Year award ;-)  Not that I'd really want to be a Yarn Snob of the Year. Or Day, or a Month.).  Of course, a lot of knitters choose to use something more luxurious for this project, (e.g.  Rowan Kidsilk Haze), producing, in effect, an ethereal, soft, luxurious 'cloud' that you want to touch and wear forever. See below for more photos of the Scaruffle.



















































No, a teraz robotka nr. 2, czyli spodniczka dla coreczki. Tez niesamowicie latwa, lekko rozkloszowana, gumka w pasie, falbanki. Robilam oczywiscie na wyrost, wiec jest troszeczke luznawa, ale mala rosnie jak na drozdzach, wiec niedlugo ja nalezycie wypelni. Wzor nazywa sie Ruffled Skirt i jest projektu Eweliny Murach, tej samej od sukieneczki z kwiatkiem (ten sam rodzaj falbanki). Opis mozna zakupic na Ravelry. Wloczka, to Sonata z Elann (kolor Inca Gold), 100% bawelny.  Zdjecia spodniczki ponizej.

Project #2 is a Ruffled Skirt (pattern by Ewelina Murach, same one who designed this dress). Super easy to knit, gradually widened by increases, has knitted-on ruffles and an integral elastic casing at the waist.  It is a bit too loose on my DD right now, but since she grows so fast, it'll fit her properly in no time.  The pattern can be purchased via Ravelry here. The yarn I used is Elann's Sonata (colour: Inca Gold). See photos of the skirt below.




















































No, i to tyle na dzisiaj, i na jakis czas. Zabralam sie wlasnie za dwa nastepne projekty, ale one juz sa troche bardziej skomplikowane/wieksze, wiec wymagaja wiecej uwagi, liczenia rzedow, zmiany kolorow i sciegow, a to zabiera sporo czasu.
Dziekuje wszystkim za odwiedziny na blogu. Zycze milego dnia/wieczoru.

All righty then, that's it for today, and for some time.  I just started two new projects, which are a bit more complicated than the two above. They require keeping track of rows, patterns and colours, and consequently, require more time to complete.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a wonderful day/evening.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Kwieciste serwetki/Flowery doilies


























I don't believe it... I managed to make two doilies in less than two weeks. Sure, they're small, but for me that's really super fast. The only thing is, the Violet one didn't photograph well.  In real life the doily has a beautiful, rich coloured Victorian look. The flowers are made from variegated blues and the petals underneath the blue  flowers are rich, velvety, variegated purples. Both doily designs are by Elizabeth Ann White for Bella Crochet, and can be purchased  via Ravelry. The names of both patterns are Wild Roses and Pineapples Doily, and Sweet Violets Decorative Potholder. Both doilies are not only pretty, but also veeeeery easy to make, so I highly recommend them.
     Thank you for visiting my blog, for all the nice words and comments. Have a wonderful and peaceful
day/evening.



























Az mi sie wierzyc nie chce... Popelnilam 2 (sl. dwie) serwetki  w niecale dwa tygodnie. Owszem, sa dosyc male, ale jak na mnie, jest to tempo doslownie odrzutowe. Jedyny maly problem to to, ze kolory tej niebieskiej, nie wyszly na zdjeciu takie, jakie sa 'osobiscie'. Niebieskie kwiatki sa zrobione z ciemniejszej nici o odcieniach niebieskich, a te "niebieskie" platki pod kwiatkami, sa zrobione z nici o dosyc glebokich odcieniach fioletu. Obie serwetki sa projektu Elizabeth Ann White (dla Bella Crochet), a wzory mozna zakupic przez Ravelry. Wzory nazywaja sie Wild Roses and Pineapples Doily, oraz Sweet Violets Decorative Potholder. Obie sa baaaardzo latwe do wykonania, wiec polecam.
     Dziekuje wszystkim za odwiedziny, za bardzo mile slowa i komentarze. Zycze Wam pieknego i spokojnego dnia/wieczoru.


Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Sukieneczka/Little dress














No... dawno sie nie meldowalam. Zycie daje porzadnie w kosc, a wiec i czasu na robotki, oraz blogowanie jest malo. Udalo mi sie wreszcie skonczyc sukienke dla corci. Jest ona projektu Eweliny Murach (chyba polskiego pochodzenia), i jest do zakupienia poprzez Ravelry (tylko po angielsku) (link tutaj). P. Ewelina oferuje takze wersje tegoz projektu dla doroslych w formie tuniki bez falbanki. Sama sukieneczke dziergalo sie w zasadzie latwo i ciekawie. Jest ona zrobiona z bawelny Sonata z Elann.
No... i znowu lece zmagac sie z zyciem . Mam nadzieje, ze uda mi sie wykonczyc jakies robotki zanim znowu uplyna miesiace. Ach... marzenia scietej glowy...  :-)
Zycze wszystkim wspanialego dnia/wieczoru/wakacji.

flower dress 2 

I haven't been here for ages. Life has been treating me rather unkindly, and consequently, I didn't have much time for knitting or blogging.  I did manage to finish a dress for my DD. The pattern is by Ewelina Murach, and can be purchased via Ravelry here. She also offers an adult sized version of this pattern in the form of a tunic, without the ruffle. The dress itself was fun and relatively easy to knit. I used Elann's Sonata (100% cotton).
And so... I'm off to deal with life again. I hope that I can finish a couple of projects in less than, oh say... the next 3 months. Wishful thinking???  :-)
Have a wonderful day/evening/vacation.


Friday, May 21, 2010

Jajo Wielkanocne/Easter Egg



















Prosze sie nie smiac. Ja kolorow, tak w zasadzie, nie dobieralam. Dziecie (3.5 lat) zobaczylo sweterek w katalogu i uparlo sie, ze musze go zrobic. Problem w tym, ze wzor na sweterek mozna bylo nabyc tylko ze specyficznym zestawem wloczek z tad. Owszem, oferowalam dziecieciu zastepstwo wloczki zielonej na biala, ale dziecie chcialo tak, jak na zdjeciu. No nic, moglo byc gorzej. Corci sie podoba, wiec nie narzekam. No, moze troche ;-) O dziwo, zostalo mi bardzo duzo wloczki z tego zestawu (ok. 3 motki!), choc przewaznie jest tak, ze albo troszke brakuje do wykonczenia robotki, albo jest dokladnie w sam raz. Sweterek robilam na 6 lat, wiec corcia nie wyrosnie z niego tak szybko - w oryginale, rekawy powinny miec dlugosc tzw. 3/4.  Bardzo dziekuje za odwiedziny i za mile komentarze z poprzedniego postu.  Zycze dobrego dnia/wieczoru.















Please don't laugh. I did not choose these colours. Really. My DD (3.5 yrs old) saw the sweater in a Mary Maxim catalogue and 'decided' that I HAVE to make it for her. Unfortunately, the pattern only comes in a kit with predetermined yarn colours. I DID offer to substitute the green yarn with white, but DD wanted it exactly as it is in the photo (see here). Oh well, it could have been much worse. She likes it, so I don't complain. Much. What I am impressed with, however, is Mary Maxim's customer service, and the VERY generous amount of yarn included in the kit. Usually, I find that (wrpt kits), one either runs out of yarn just before finishing a project, or there is just enough, with not much to spare. This time, however, I have almost 3 skeins left over! 2 of the main colour, and about 3/4 of the blue one. I made this sweater in size 6, so it should last my DD for a while. Thank you for visiting my blog and for the nice comments re. last post. Have a wonderful day/evening.




Monday, May 10, 2010

Leaf and Nupp stole/ Listki i babelki

 
















So... I have finally finished something. It's called the Leaf and Nupp Stole and the pattern can be found in Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns and Traditions by Nancy Bush. Although it took me 2 months to finish, it is actually super easy to make. Again, I used Elann's Peruvian Baby Silk for this one, because I wanted something warmer than a traditional lace stole, yet very light and delicate to touch. The only thing that bugs me a tiny little bit about this yarn are the guard hairs, but that's alpaca for you. I can live with it.
Have a wonderful day and thank you for visiting my little blog.


No... nareszcie cos skonczylam. Nazywa sie to to Leaf and Nupp Stole (czyli Liscie i Bable). Wzor jest w ksiazce Nancy Bush, Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns and Traditions. Chociaz szal zajal mi dwa miesiace, byl niesamowicie latwy w wykonaniu. Tyle, ze sie to to dosyc dlugo dlubie, wiec trzeba miec nie tyle umiejetnosc, co cierpliwosc. I tym razem uzylam wloczki Peruvian Baby Silk z Elann, poniewaz chcialam szala ktory bedzie cieply, a jednoczesnie leciuski i delikatny. Jedyne co  mi w tej wloczce troszenke przeszkadza to sterczace gdzieniegdzie wloski, ale tak to juz jest z alpaka. Mozna sie zreszta przyzwyczaic.
Zycze pieknego dnia. Dziekuje za odwiedziny.


Friday, March 19, 2010

Ryba i powtorka z serwetki/A fish and a doily repeat

 









Pewnego dnia, moje dziecie zobaczylo czapke-rybe na monitorze komputera i postanowilo, ze MUSZE ja zrobic. Myslalam, ze zapomni o niej za kilka dni, ale nie... No wiec rzucilam wszystkie inne robotki i wyprodukowalam jej ta czapke. Wzor jest darmowy (po angielsku) i mozna go znalezc tutaj. Swietny na zuzycie resztek wloczki, latwy i szybki do wykonania, no i rezultat jest dosyc zabawny.

One day, my daughter saw a fish hat on the monitor and decided that I HAVE to make one for her. I thought that she'll forget about it after a few days, but no... So I put aside my other knitting projects and made her this hat. The pattern is free and can be obtained here. It's great as a stash buster, quick and easy to make, and the result is kind of silly/funny.
 

Co do serwetki. Zrobilam jednokolorowa, bo ta poprzednia nie nadawala sie na prezent, ale wydaje mi sie ona jakas taka... nudna. Ta trojkolorowa wyglada, dla mnie, bardziej interesujaco, tak troche "z charakterem", pomimo podobienstwa do tarczy na strzelnicy.  
About the doily. I re-made it in one colour, because the previous one was not suitable as a gift. However, to me it looks... boring. I find the tri-colour one a lot more visually interesting, with "character", despite similarity to a target practice board.  














No, i to na razie wszystko. Dziekuje bardzo za odwiedziny na blogu i zycze pieknego dnia/wieczoru/nocy.

And that's it for this month's FOs. Thank you for visiting my blog. I wish you a wonderful day/evening/night.



Monday, February 15, 2010

Zrobilam serwetke dla dobrej znajomej / I made a doily for a friend
















Nie wyszla tak, jak chcialam. 
No, bo chcialam uzyc trzech kolorow - bialego, ecru i bezowego - tak, aby poszczegolne sekcje nie kontrastowaly zbytnio ze soba. Ale, niestety, tak to nieraz jest, ze jak sie kupuje patrzac na monitor, a nie na "zywa" probke, to sie dostaje cos zupelnie innego niz to, czego chcemy. Kordonek, ktory przyszedl, jest zlocisto bezowy i nie pasuje do ecru. No, ale postanowilam zrobic serwetke pomimo "konfliktu" odcieni/kolorow.  Niestety, podczas dziergania, ten glupi bezowy srodek, otoczony ecru, ciagle mi przypominal tarcze do strzelania z luku. No, istne paskudztwo, i wogole wstyd takie cos komus dac. Ale ze nie mialam serca tego pruc, tym bardziej ze narobilam sporo bardzo pracochlonnych "babelkow", to jechalam z tym do konca. Po zblokowaniu bylo troche lepiej.  Teraz mysle, ze nie jest az tak tragicznie bo 1) moge na srodku serwetki postawic wazon lub jakis inny bibelot, i calkowicie go zakryc; 2) na ciemnym tle, serwetka prezentuje sie jako tako normalnie. Poniewaz jednak nie uwazam, aby nadawala sie na wysylke do kogokolwiek, w robocie jest juz jednokolorowa, kremowa (wizualnie bezpieczna) wersja z cienszych nici. Wzor serwetki to Harvest Dance Doily z ksiazeczki Old Fashioned Doilies  Kathryn White. 

It didn't come out the way I wanted.
Well, I wanted to use three colours/shades - white, ecru and beige - so that none of the doily sections would contrast with each other too much. However, what happens (often) when you buy yarn online without seeing it in real life? You just may get a totally different shade/colour from the one you want, which is what happened in this case. The brown/beige I got just doesn't go too well with ecru. Despite this, I still decided to make the doily. Unfortunately, the entire time I was crocheting it, the brown middle section reminded me of a bull's eye on a target board. It was horrible and completely unsuitable as a gift! But I didn't have the heart to frog it, especially that I already spent time crocheting numerous 'nubs', so I just continued with it. After blocking, the thing looked better.  Now, I think it doesn't look too tragic, especially that 1. I can cover the middle section with a vase, or some other object; 2. it looks semi-decent on a dark table. Because I still don't think that it is suitable as a gift, I'm making a one-colour (i.e. safe) version of this doily. NB, the pattern for this is called Harvest Dance Doily, and can be found in Old Fashioned Doilies by Kathryn White.


Babelki/Nubs

A teraz przejdzmy do przyjemniejszego tematu. Dzis listonosz dostarczyl mi paczke wloczek. Doslownie Gwiazdka w Lutym! Zobaczcie same/sami:

And now, let's move on to a more pleasant topic. Today, the mailman brought me a parcel full of yarns. Aaaaah... Christmas in February! Take a look:




Normalnie nie zamawiam tylu wloczek naraz, ale byla super okazja w Elann.com, i nie moglam sie oprzec. Ta liliowa to Silken Kydd (70% Super Kid Moher/30% Jedwab), zielona to Peruvian Baby Silk, (80% alpaka/20% jedwab, ktora juz przedtem uzywalam), a reszta to Naturally Mist (80% Kid Moher/20% Nylon). Wywalilam wlasnie to wszystko na stol i tylko siedze, i podziwiam. Kolory na zdjeciu troche nie wyszly. W rzeczywistosci, ta blado rozowa jest o wiele bardziej brzoskwiniowa, a ta niebieska po prawej jest bardziej stalowa.
  No, i to wszystko na dzis. Dziekuje Wam za odwiedziny i za mile komentarze. Zycze pieknego dnia/wieczoru.

I don't normally order so much yarn, but Elann.com had some great deals and I just couldn't resist. The mauve one is Silken Kydd, the green one is Peruvian Baby Silk (which I used before), and the rest are Naturally Mist.  The colours in the photo are not very accurate. That pale pink is, in fact, peach, and the blue on the right is more of a steel grayish blue. I dumped the lot on a table and I'm just sitting here admiring and playing with the skeins.
   Well, that's it for today. Thank you for visiting my blog and all the nice comments so far. Have a beautiful day/evening.