tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23923824587753983432024-03-26T10:13:42.710+01:00THE YARN OWLa journal on knitting and literature<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-11884746970813957832007-02-13T09:25:00.000+01:002007-02-13T09:29:36.402+01:00Debbie Bliss Galore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9obvGHD8dw0whCR-vXUKFlBOMWBq2E9ozpw_5yPgpLRwk79FVF__GpahRk3mIqc5nmiXjvJaiRhF3mekNLQpIMKCwzu_qR_vYbcKotLj6xZVGbehMk6uDbYleqi8cav6V8jHAQekiUqT/s1600-h/DebbieBlissDonegalAranTweedPippa.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9obvGHD8dw0whCR-vXUKFlBOMWBq2E9ozpw_5yPgpLRwk79FVF__GpahRk3mIqc5nmiXjvJaiRhF3mekNLQpIMKCwzu_qR_vYbcKotLj6xZVGbehMk6uDbYleqi8cav6V8jHAQekiUqT/s200/DebbieBlissDonegalAranTweedPippa.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030932468385224546" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeqPAP8ytLCuFM7rNLRVV0eCCzo0P-NKVdG1ch5z83tyeINrsDScDGpfN8m07PpfJJeB4N_yQt5jhFcY4VB9U1R9-_Rgc6rtPO8Y9GpTFHIDb06UU9Wo270ZPIWsm5q-38btwEDeW5vYp/s1600-h/DebbieBlissDonegalAranTweedMolly.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeqPAP8ytLCuFM7rNLRVV0eCCzo0P-NKVdG1ch5z83tyeINrsDScDGpfN8m07PpfJJeB4N_yQt5jhFcY4VB9U1R9-_Rgc6rtPO8Y9GpTFHIDb06UU9Wo270ZPIWsm5q-38btwEDeW5vYp/s200/DebbieBlissDonegalAranTweedMolly.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030932326651303762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglg88vFEzlYmW5v8T7MSU44ey-ax8s77lGIUiFi3faMtQ3gfNWo5CeVi5rhbJPHRqaDGoiO-U_GDMhjtLoexbRNJ9POG3u3YVHAlsLU2YckQv1ZfQapQKhp9-Se_KJWO4keW_qU9OaTkKM/s1600-h/DebbieBliss.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglg88vFEzlYmW5v8T7MSU44ey-ax8s77lGIUiFi3faMtQ3gfNWo5CeVi5rhbJPHRqaDGoiO-U_GDMhjtLoexbRNJ9POG3u3YVHAlsLU2YckQv1ZfQapQKhp9-Se_KJWO4keW_qU9OaTkKM/s200/DebbieBliss.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030932678838622066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLy2jObAmIeowN6g9qa1aTn8t6f4tcCjiFJSptPYxgbk9X-KedmoSNyfj8gUTz7sRqozrg7nljfLR2yuQx4xr30SFMrKcz6-ey8e-uFzw7VJ1zpo-wrXj_TU30O9Guq-AKZcd397kd9HKy/s1600-h/DebbieBlissGallore.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLy2jObAmIeowN6g9qa1aTn8t6f4tcCjiFJSptPYxgbk9X-KedmoSNyfj8gUTz7sRqozrg7nljfLR2yuQx4xr30SFMrKcz6-ey8e-uFzw7VJ1zpo-wrXj_TU30O9Guq-AKZcd397kd9HKy/s200/DebbieBlissGallore.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030932842047379330" border="0" /></a><b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-63436002352551989412007-02-09T17:21:00.000+01:002007-02-09T17:34:45.354+01:00Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #4<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLx8efJ5_ZXcphS52eYcoequJ7vQYBnB5aJxCz8rH6B_faMraNcvveveDXDNubF8ZAv9zS1VTnLk4wbSVURyuDduID_DNF0qRKy5UW1G2dqfkF1JLlwkqAbr30ISprbEaYdry9Xanva_ac/s1600-h/DSCN4224.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLx8efJ5_ZXcphS52eYcoequJ7vQYBnB5aJxCz8rH6B_faMraNcvveveDXDNubF8ZAv9zS1VTnLk4wbSVURyuDduID_DNF0qRKy5UW1G2dqfkF1JLlwkqAbr30ISprbEaYdry9Xanva_ac/s200/DSCN4224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029573630927083202" border="0" /></a>Half way there... or maybe not..<br />I'm done with my first mitt and I busy on knitting the cuff of the second one.. but I've decided that that will be the first half of a pair.. so this first mitt is more or less a try out of the pattern. My mother likes the mitt so much that she asked me to do a pair for her too :)<br />-Gracie-<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6gRWem9o-rmZLeq_KJ24LrdacdE05C6x4TgYOBP8djEZ33spw9ianLm9IBiLra1pA7oVRWL8pbmha9mPFedcP2y540sMdHGJeG5kkMxfEjQoUBS8qjkqqf9vXyDLEGyWvy37A3gxiAwx/s1600-h/DSCN4223.JPG"><br /></a><b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-83987840582470246162007-02-02T12:11:00.000+01:002007-02-02T12:13:47.663+01:00AdditionJust a short note to let you all know that we have a very welcome addition to our little circle of knitterly friends.... Cynthia O'Neill. She'll be posting stuff on her knits hopefully soonish!<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-75568373364199698032007-01-31T09:31:00.000+01:002007-01-31T11:23:16.374+01:00First Finished Object of 2007: Korknisse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrF-0XBgp1HfEMcC5vOWkpGry5sdRvmbVXcrgumX66Hh-tLILW9BHhkylftIFvZXvcAi4RQw9vymgCmU9hNjasJXOuEY1hvQbCGAKhY2Hs3dAZ_vcIgwmKJeczczG2QssgR4iY-qjH4sB/s1600-h/DSCN4212.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrF-0XBgp1HfEMcC5vOWkpGry5sdRvmbVXcrgumX66Hh-tLILW9BHhkylftIFvZXvcAi4RQw9vymgCmU9hNjasJXOuEY1hvQbCGAKhY2Hs3dAZ_vcIgwmKJeczczG2QssgR4iY-qjH4sB/s200/DSCN4212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026110273140901426" border="0" /></a>My first finished object of 2007 is this small, cute and adorable Korknisse. I was spying on <a href="http://www.saartjeknits.nl/">Saartje's</a> website and found this easy pattern <a href="http://www.saartjeknits.nl/patterns/Korknisse.html">here</a>. I made this little man.. whom I've christened Harris - he is wearing some sort of tweed -.. in less than an hour last night. It was so easy! Anyone who knows how to knit with DPN's can make this :)<br />My plan is to make one every week, in all kinds of different colours, as Christmas tree decorations like <a href="http://www.elliphantom.com/2006/12/finished_korknisse_ornaments.html">Elliphantom</a>. I think it would look super cute, all those little men hanging in a Christmas tree...<br />-Gracie-<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-52505556618814337152007-01-29T11:47:00.000+01:002007-01-29T12:30:50.210+01:00Pictures at last!Finally some pictures of all my knitting projects! My mum's digital camera finally has some reliable batteries in it, and I have finally realized it's a better idea to take pictures of everything without using the flash or lamplight.<br /><br /><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/373177564_9b59df5ebb_o.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/373177564_9b59df5ebb_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/373177554_5580195205_o.jpg" border="0" /><br />Anyway, in the first picture you can see all my deep red Alpaca Soft stuff: my bamboo needles, a scarf, a hat and a tiny little MP3 player cosy.<br /><br />Then the second picture! My Fair Isle stuff I am <em>so</em> proud of! (Sorry, but I made all this while I was ill, and I had never done Fair Isle before, so I was suddenly rather surprised at my own knitting skills.) In the picture are my Fair Isle baby hat, my first bit of Fair Isle baby scarf, a fresh ball of Rowan Pure Wool DK (Marine) and the beady stitch markers (red ones!) that Gracie made for me :) The hat looks a bit narrow, but that's because of the brim which has a lot of stretch in it... I also love how the top of the hat looks...a bit like a tuft of whipped cream :)<br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/373177558_cacb83ba2c_o.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/373177558_cacb83ba2c_o.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/373177556_dd4b058ab2_o.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/373177556_dd4b058ab2_o.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Then a few close-ups of the Fair Isle bits... The third picture is the pattern on the baby hat, and the fourth is the baby scarf...on which I'm using the same pattern, only with the colours the other way round :)</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br>Molly</div><b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-79657029702942360282007-01-28T22:39:00.000+01:002007-01-28T23:01:55.157+01:00Elementary :)<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/372397866_6b7324d97d_o.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/372397866_6b7324d97d_o.jpg" border="0" /></a> Deary me! I have been knitting all day again! Thank heavens I have something useful to do while I sit on the couch all day, trying to recover from my sudden flu attack :S My Fair Isle Baby Hat is finished and looks absolutely adorable (if I may say so), and I like the Fair Isle-ing so much that I have decided to try the same I pattern I used for the hat on the scarf :)<br /><br />And...I'm planning another project: a knitting bag! I need a nice bag to put all my needles and yarn in, and preferably a bag I have knitted myself... Also, I want to try and make my own patterns, so the knitting bag would be a great opportunity to try that... I am going to use acrylic yarn for the bag, as it is MUCH cheaper and I'm going to need a lot of it...<br /><br />And...as you can see in the picture: I'm going to do a Holmesy pattern! (I love Sherlock Holmes. I really do.) I made a sort of grid, then placed a sort of vague Holmes silhouette over it and then put little dots in the squares so I got a pattern... (I may seem like a terrible amateur, but then again...I am.) If you squint at the picture, you can really see what it'll look like :) Anyway, I'm probably going to get yarn for that this week! But first, the scarf needs finishing :D<br /><br />Molly<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-19147390303622969092007-01-28T11:07:00.000+01:002007-01-30T19:37:04.421+01:00Edinburgh --> HomeA few pictures from my week in Edinburgh and on coming home:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF_DlYddGGCN_NaCNmJv6kUW-GZmc45HcjOFB_5Ls1bZCgvdKcmZBtmBlCo0X3RS_PnwIYlSbl_6nMWGgWmZ6TG3mgl6wByk0gWSwhrhF71Iyqgh1VTuJN1qXP-9AIpsU38v6sSIWg2Lo/s1600-h/Edinburgh+OldTown.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPF_DlYddGGCN_NaCNmJv6kUW-GZmc45HcjOFB_5Ls1bZCgvdKcmZBtmBlCo0X3RS_PnwIYlSbl_6nMWGgWmZ6TG3mgl6wByk0gWSwhrhF71Iyqgh1VTuJN1qXP-9AIpsU38v6sSIWg2Lo/s200/Edinburgh+OldTown.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025766229080622578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInOOhlsLdin1QUyiwv4-MllBWVXvq457b4oLfNlNnG-StvsRg5DFjTb0dECG9ZhiOfTaE3wfLOhqL3V862a2r_Kj_xunSWcvhv9K1UorbJs97QN-ZeUv5TuyYfA_c8jvlcikuoC0eB-tD/s1600-h/DebbieBliss.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInOOhlsLdin1QUyiwv4-MllBWVXvq457b4oLfNlNnG-StvsRg5DFjTb0dECG9ZhiOfTaE3wfLOhqL3V862a2r_Kj_xunSWcvhv9K1UorbJs97QN-ZeUv5TuyYfA_c8jvlcikuoC0eB-tD/s200/DebbieBliss.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025766349339706882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4I49nh9ISSuxka5wzXaSgvIfzUTPkes0D8tnvaxwZja3JKrMaqH7zGqyBw-5La-NJnfJFzE7VTgVDRBS7jLr-QWCUJVmv4F5B8EyyK1saRhyY9D7-h-znPtfFaT2dHl-Ej19xqMBmYn8/s1600-h/Poes.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4I49nh9ISSuxka5wzXaSgvIfzUTPkes0D8tnvaxwZja3JKrMaqH7zGqyBw-5La-NJnfJFzE7VTgVDRBS7jLr-QWCUJVmv4F5B8EyyK1saRhyY9D7-h-znPtfFaT2dHl-Ej19xqMBmYn8/s200/Poes.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025766628512581154" border="0" /></a>I was staying with friends, visited many museums, and hope to return again soon. I've also had an application interview for a teacher training course, for which I've been accepted. A very good week indeed<br />- Gracie -<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-58943097700203384482007-01-27T12:31:00.000+01:002007-01-28T14:52:51.637+01:00Fair Isle Fun :DJust a tiny post to tell you how well my Fair Isle baby hat project is going! I got the flu (or something similar) yesterday, but I'm feeling a lot better today (though still slightly wobbly) and I've been Fair Isle-ing all morning! The colours go very well together, and working with different colours is definately easier and more fun than I thought it would be :) Oh, Gracie...about the baby perhaps being allergic to wool...I asked the yarn shop lady and she didn't say anything about the wool not being suitable for babies...and my mum also thinks it'll be okay...so I'll just have to go with that :) In case the baby does turn out to be allergic, I'll knit my cousin another hat and scarf and give these to Julia to use on her dolls ;)<br /><br />Molly :)<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-91819038988505646592007-01-25T17:31:00.000+01:002007-01-28T14:52:38.356+01:00New Stuff!I have just been to the yarn shop and bought stuff for my new projects. My cousin is having a baby next month, so I've been planning to knit a baby hat and scarf as a present. I am going to make them now, but I want the baby to be able to wear them <em>next</em> autumn/winter, as I don't know whether the weather is going to be as cold as this in a month from now...and if it isn't, the baby won't be able to wear his presents. I bought three balls of <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/html/yarns_results_new.asp?groupcode=115&guage=null&weight=null&spec=null">Rowan Pure Wool DK</a>: one ball of Glacier (005) and two balls of Marine (008). I also bought new circular needles and DPNs (both 4mm). The hat is going to be a variation on the Madison pattern I used for my own hat. For my own hat, I left out the Fair Isle bit, but I'm going to give that a try now. As the baby hat is for a boy, I'm not going to make it with the curly brim my own hat has, but with a less girly, folded brim. I'm not going to use Fair Isle on the scarf, because I'm not experienced enough to do woven Fair Isle (and the stranded Fair Isle I'm going to use on the hat will not work for the scarf). So for the scarf, I think I'm going for broad, horizontal stripes. Let's get started!<br /><br />Molly :)<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-3767778405996151982007-01-21T20:28:00.000+01:002007-01-21T21:02:59.668+01:00Wot!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8A_EPk1aoVwgRE4baTLgSH-KSru1rVsntzKSsZXvzelaKN7x6hXAWMB43kQfMnU93TEB1hhy-JV6ewLdM2nsi2n43vjA_xChYMEgoh6cJFzmVjJPGtXeiAxGmackiTzFGO7_dSsdCL7x/s1600-h/076.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022570998837343362" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8A_EPk1aoVwgRE4baTLgSH-KSru1rVsntzKSsZXvzelaKN7x6hXAWMB43kQfMnU93TEB1hhy-JV6ewLdM2nsi2n43vjA_xChYMEgoh6cJFzmVjJPGtXeiAxGmackiTzFGO7_dSsdCL7x/s200/076.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I'm busy working on my leg warmers, inspired by this: <a href="http://theknittinggarden.com/gallery-march/mar-free-1.htm">http://theknittinggarden.com/gallery-march/mar-free-1.htm</a>, although I've made some adjustments in the pattern, and am using a lovely Rowan Chunky Print (which is called Deep End: see picture), instead of the different colours. I've finished the first one and am now working on the second. It was a bit tricky to stitch the leg warmer together into a leg-like shape, but I got it to fit in the end. It looks quite bulky, but it keeps my feet really warm and that's what matters :)</div><div> </div><div>And... since all that remains of this project is to repeat what I've already done, I'm already starting a new one. Inspired by Gracie's Endpaper Mitts I've decided to try and make a pair of my own. That is, as soon as I master the Fair Isle and the new needles. </div><div> </div><div>-Pippa-</div><b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-433311261108042452007-01-17T20:04:00.001+01:002007-01-21T12:13:14.872+01:00Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46PYPWYJO_ttyB-cJFEPM9ZDYkK1ROF62Uzs2v5C7WseKrF3huH-TItUKSyHc9-WdEFbQeVlgdhgrWHSrl8s1S_SlILcBCvxtjdCVm-OrVg8PJQO_v8wO0NKvkvlj3SUXTqFKy-KlRqCw/s1600-h/DSCN4170.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46PYPWYJO_ttyB-cJFEPM9ZDYkK1ROF62Uzs2v5C7WseKrF3huH-TItUKSyHc9-WdEFbQeVlgdhgrWHSrl8s1S_SlILcBCvxtjdCVm-OrVg8PJQO_v8wO0NKvkvlj3SUXTqFKy-KlRqCw/s200/DSCN4170.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5022440208493245554" border="0" /></a>As you can see.. I'm busy with my Eunny's Endpaper Mitts, and I'm loving it. It is my first serious Fair Isle project and while I'm knitting I keep looking at the work and think.. 'WOW... how is ever possible that I do this?!' And that's no false modesty, it's just that I had never imagined I could do something like that. I love how the two colours contrast, and I think it is interesting how the blue around the big white thingy looks darker than between the white lines.. optical illusion.. ha!<br />-Gracie-<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-13117807228062389462007-01-15T14:27:00.000+01:002007-01-15T16:35:20.381+01:00I'm on a roll!<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/355190933_6f94adb994_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/355190933_6f94adb994_m.jpg" border="0" /></a>Wow, I bought the yarn and needles for my hat only three days ago, and it's already finished! I finished it yesterday, and I was SO surprised at how easy it was to knit with five needles and the decreasing of the stitches also went very well... Yay! I'm very happy with it, and tomorrow afternoon I'll actually be able to wear it, because then my hair will be short and I won't have a lump on the back of my head anymore (the bun I always wear my hair in).<br /><br />Also: a picture of my scarf! It's not actually that colour, but it came out that way because of the flash, and when we didn't use the flash, the lamplight made it look slightly orange :S So I guess we'll have to take a picture outdoors to catch the real colour, and we'll take pictures of the whole outfit: scarf, hat and...MP3 cosy!<br /><br />Yes, that's right... I'm making an MP3 cosy with the leftover yarn from the hat! I got the idea from <a href="http://www.licketykit.com/">Licketyknit</a>, and it was easy to make, except for...the buttonhole. Yarrrgh! I definately have to practice knitting buttonholes...I had never tried before, and it ended up as a complete mess. Now I'm just going to attach a little loop to the flap that closes it and use that as a buttonhole :D (Never despair, my friends...)<br /><br />Anyway, I'm finishing the cosy tonight and I'll get Gracie to take pictures of my wonderful, new and incredibly red outfit :P<br /><br />Molly<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-11903788833839580422007-01-13T18:37:00.000+01:002007-01-14T10:52:20.098+01:00Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlH-8KQ75litn_HbPrcBNxgW80cZGghdnGQgs3caIN1HXIq3jTYZLDzyphdDN1oG1owST2OOShiY07VZHLQwEzYSL6RSuD557zch-cXz3iEKziuI1FUGhZSTNg1rpGgdg3o2274VG2431/s1600-h/collage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlH-8KQ75litn_HbPrcBNxgW80cZGghdnGQgs3caIN1HXIq3jTYZLDzyphdDN1oG1owST2OOShiY07VZHLQwEzYSL6RSuD557zch-cXz3iEKziuI1FUGhZSTNg1rpGgdg3o2274VG2431/s200/collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019820136708764738" border="0" /></a>Well, I've started knitting Eunny's Endpaper Mitts with really nice yarn... <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/html/yarn_results_detail.asp?productcode=16387&groupno=16">Rowan 4ply soft #387</a> and <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/html/yarn_results_detail.asp?productcode=16376&groupno=16">Rowan 4ply soft #376</a>. [I think the pictures on the Rowan site give the wrong impression of both yarns. #387 is not half as dark in reality as it is in the picture. The colour is very cooled, and actually reminds me of winter in a northern country, like Norway or Sweden.. or a misy morning in Scotland. It's almost an icy blue. #376 is much whiter in reality and in the picture. The picture looks like the collor of vanilla ice cream, but it is much closer to the colour of flour.. Anyway, I've made a start and I'm enjoying it.. can't wait to be done really :)<br />I also, as you can see, made a collage: top left/bottom right, shows the birthday gift I made, there are also some pictures of my nalbinding project that ended up being called a kippah!! There is also a pictures of a bigpipe player.. I ran into him on the way to the yarn store, and I really had a hard time not bursting out in hight step and dance :) The picture in the very middle shows the yarn for our new projects...<br />-Gracie-<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-67892388374483085222007-01-12T17:08:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:51:32.337+01:00A new challenge!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpRGd4xikNzQhxEPr0KEzzh-xt4CvvT7ziQdIv4ZF0vKdBpDDGwyPUnmcA0Wbu20spHea_VU4xU1Rspd9V4d64Nv0-UQs-0tEqz3vl2TK3V0oq1kJ4nNtwkAHOfBd3S4KNkdpk_XY2xU-/s1600-h/bigwillem3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019176810737365890" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpRGd4xikNzQhxEPr0KEzzh-xt4CvvT7ziQdIv4ZF0vKdBpDDGwyPUnmcA0Wbu20spHea_VU4xU1Rspd9V4d64Nv0-UQs-0tEqz3vl2TK3V0oq1kJ4nNtwkAHOfBd3S4KNkdpk_XY2xU-/s320/bigwillem3.JPG" border="0" /></a> Well, as I'm the only dog-owning knitting person on this blog (Pippa and Gracie are both cat-owners), I have to defend my faith by posting a picture of my dog here, who is completely insane, by the way.<br /><br />So this is my dog (well, mainly his nose). He is a Drentsche Patrijshond (better known in English as Dutch Patridge Dog), almost two years old, and his name is Willem. He loves sniffing and licking my balls of yarn when I'm knitting, and what he even loves more is steal the yarn when you're not looking (or when you <em>are</em> looking). So in case anyone thought only cats did that sort of thing: nope. Dogs, or at least mine, love it just as much as their feline colleagues do. Yup, my dog chases pretty much every single thing that moves, and every single thing that doesn't. (His motto seems to be: If it doesn't move, I will move it myself!)<br /><br />Anyway, today all of us Yarn Owl Bloggers went to our favourite yarn shop again to get new stuff for new projects. I bought circular needles, a set of double-pointed needles (all bamboo), and two more balls of deep red alpaca yarn to knit a nice hat to go with my scarf! Gracie and Pippa also bought new stuff, and Gracie took pictures of everything, including a few finished things! Yay!<br /><br />Molly<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-24730911901542042382007-01-07T14:10:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:52:03.139+01:00Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #1After a long struggle with my self designed January Scarf, which "sadly" ended on the UFO list, I came to the conclusion that it's important to challenge myself, if I want to become a better knitter. So, this morning I made a start with <a href="http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/11/endpaper_mitts.html">Eunny's Endpaper Mitts</a>, which are the most adorable fingerless mitts I ever beheld. Last night I got some help from friendly folk over at the Knitty-boards, who explained some technicalities [Thank you, thank you], and I feel I can do it. It may take me forever to finish this project, but I'm sure it wont end up on the UFO pile.<br />We as blog have also joined some knitting rings.. Euroknit.. Academics Knit.. KnittingKitty... Purling Puppy... and .. The Stranded Colorwork Challenge. Yay!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5JWexslOgwJRkeSurH_zBiIUs5TTGvqpn02R7MmVphzq8hTb9VVHfuxBrluGwKYFHKS_PuvfWVb0hVhfI7M8jfekRGu0z8c3qNA6UuehjIExC5tfaxYs5rI6Nes6twXmM8hXJh7m_OFn/s1600-h/KatWol.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5JWexslOgwJRkeSurH_zBiIUs5TTGvqpn02R7MmVphzq8hTb9VVHfuxBrluGwKYFHKS_PuvfWVb0hVhfI7M8jfekRGu0z8c3qNA6UuehjIExC5tfaxYs5rI6Nes6twXmM8hXJh7m_OFn/s200/KatWol.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5017278612689955410" border="0" /></a><br />Because I don't have any new knitting pictures, I thought I'd end this entry with a picture of my cat, who isn't the least bit interested in knitting, or yarn.. she is obessed with chewing knitting needles though...<br /><br />- Gracie -<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-82322159455616162952007-01-06T12:29:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:52:22.064+01:00Knitty Secret PalShame shame, what a shame.. I've joined the Knitty-boards, but can't join in the fun until I have a 100 posts on my name, which basically means, I'll have to wait another round.. at least to the end of the current one which end in April.. :( How sad is that?!<br />To make us, because Pippa and Molly are in the same fix, feel a little better about this sadness, we decided to fill out the funny questionnaire anyway.. And that was great fun indeed... it took us until far past mid-night, and we're still modifying the answers. It might be fun to post them on our blog :) We actually enjoyed filling out the questionnaire so much that we Molly is making us another questionnaire.. just for fun. We're all looking forward to it very much!!<br />We are looking forward to join in the next Knitty SP, but there's one thing we three are a bit concerned about, and that is the minimum of 50 dollars... Though it's spread over three months, we students have a tight budget, and 50 dollars would be our maximum rather than our minimum., especially since we live overseas, so we have shipping costs to think of as well, on the other hand you get something in return, so it's as if we'd be yarn-shopping for ourselves, but then send the goods somewhere around the globe :) Ow.. I really can't wait until the next Knitty SP!<br />- Gracie -<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-78432456458228819132007-01-01T14:07:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:49:08.577+01:00Happy New Year<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">The Yarn Owl wishes you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">a happy and healthy new year</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">with lots of love, knitting and peace!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">Gracie, Pippa and Molly</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-9719170140684613552006-12-31T14:39:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:53:15.499+01:00Back in business :)I've been away from internet for a week, as it was time for my traditional Christmas holiday movie week with my cousin. No knitting news from me, but I <em>have</em> been wearing my self-knitted scarf a lot this week! Now I have to get someone to take a picture of me wearing it, so I can show you... Anyway, I see a lot of changes have been made to our blog, and don't worry: I like them very much! Gracie has obviously done her best to make the whole thing look more personal and stylish, and I love the little progress bars! (Very cute!) Am beginning to miss Gracie and Pippa very much by the way, now that there is no work, theatre or writing to be done... We have to meet up soon...although I did find out my next exam is actually on 8 January instead of 1 February (whoopsadaisy), so I'll have to spend next week studying like mad :S<br /><br />Have a great New Year!<br /><br />Molly<br /><br />P.S. I just have to include the list of films I watched with my cousin this week, just to impress you: Seven Years in Tibet, Troy, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, The Holiday, Hoodwinked, Keizer Kuzco II: King Kronk, History of the World Part I, Kinsey, Conspiracy, Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest, Girl Interrupted, Minoes, Soldaat van Oranje, and a few episodes of Friends! I might have forgotten one or two though :P<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-70774659757060628322006-12-27T10:26:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:53:33.738+01:00New Project... New Features... New Years<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JE_dLHLIteO1STTfmJJ_V7nKi5VuQF1_gDdl0qumUgs33EaYknHk-bNvl-hS_oyZLMXQoZOdyJ4fUrSR3YcP7Fd-XJ9QXxtxtmLoDctzjqdzggzBCJ6uFvi81WbDA6FBYkPUI6IhH8Hd/s1600-h/Gift+for+Pippa.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JE_dLHLIteO1STTfmJJ_V7nKi5VuQF1_gDdl0qumUgs33EaYknHk-bNvl-hS_oyZLMXQoZOdyJ4fUrSR3YcP7Fd-XJ9QXxtxtmLoDctzjqdzggzBCJ6uFvi81WbDA6FBYkPUI6IhH8Hd/s200/Gift+for+Pippa.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014314474782900994" border="0" /></a>Huzzah.. Pippa, I finished your gift! :) When I see you next you will be the (hopefully) happy owner of a .... .<br />As you all can see, I have changed (once more) the layout of this blog, and not without reason. I really believe the flowery background image made it all look rather fuzzy, and that's probably not what we want. A clean blog is easier to read.<br />Another, if I may say so, interesting very classy addition to the blog are our progress bars! I had seen them on other knitting blogs, and found a very helpful site which worked perfectly for our blog.<br />I'm about to begin a new project. It's not the project for which I bought the Rowan yarn, but another gift actually. My yarn basket contains a few balls of Lana Grossa New Kid Nr. 35, and I've finally found a good reason to use them. A very good friend of mine has been through a tough time this past semester, and I think she could use a cheer up gift. So, my plan is to knit her a lace scarf with the above mentioned yarn. I'm still looking for a nice pattern that would go well with yarn and friend, and that is not too hard for me to figure out.<br />After this new project I will, I have promised myself, undertake the challange of knitting myself a cardigan... whoa!<br />-Gracie-<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-78359503366542282792006-12-25T11:33:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:53:47.914+01:00Merry Knitmas! :PFirst of all, as it's Christmas Day, I'd like to wish all my knitting friends a wonderful Christmas! Also: I finished my scarf yesterday, on Christmas Eve. The only thing I stil have to do is get rid of all those loose ends of yarn that are still hanging from it, but I'll do that this evening, as we have Christmas dinner to prepare today. I'm making Clear Vegetable Soup, a nice wintery English Stew and Almond and Apricot Crumble for 27 December, when my aunt and uncle are coming over for dinner (hurray for Jane Grigson's English Food!). I'm going to make the stew and the broth for the soup today, so my scarf will not be finished before this evening. But I promise I'll take pictures of it and post them here as soon as pos. And I'll have to start thinking about a new project! Wishing you all a great day with lots of nice knitting and/or cooking and eating,<br /><br />Molly ;P<br /><br />p.s. Hurrah! Pippa's first post hath arrived! I'm very curious about your Soft Tweed scarf (from a fellow-scarf-knitter's point of view :P), can't wait to see some pics!<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-67789547463687848652006-12-22T23:20:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:54:02.826+01:00I love bamboo.Hurrah! My dear dear computer is working again, so I can finally see our lovely blog. I do like the owl (is that Hedwig?).<br />In other good news: after finishing my exam I spent a very productive evening yesterday, knitting. I'm officially in love with the new bamboo knitting needles, I may make a shrine to sacrifice small animals to it :) When I get to my parents house tomorrow I'll try and nick their digital camera so that I can show you my progress: my scarf is now about as long as my upper arm. I actually got so carried away that I decided that I needed more yarn and went back to the store today to get more of the Soft Tweed.<br />hugs,<br />Pippa<br />ps. I'm getting really curious about my birthday present...<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-54117570033270161822006-12-20T23:37:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:54:25.788+01:00Near Future Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnR393YJ8CkGEgq6uORZkCfZEU4NCUWDV9iUASLfJiQcdi2y-_0A4MlFkE9Lhc8xcptSbRmb1QvUtuqxOXBLZHwQf1tQc83lbYfFFvWOnAleiCv3u0gcSXPTZX-YqK3h2poRZm61SE6A3/s1600-h/Posy+Yarn.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnR393YJ8CkGEgq6uORZkCfZEU4NCUWDV9iUASLfJiQcdi2y-_0A4MlFkE9Lhc8xcptSbRmb1QvUtuqxOXBLZHwQf1tQc83lbYfFFvWOnAleiCv3u0gcSXPTZX-YqK3h2poRZm61SE6A3/s200/Posy+Yarn.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5010742178684125874" border="0" /></a>I finally recovered the link to the Rowan Classic Line Website, huzzah! And that was needed for this post, since I wanted to write something on my near future project for which I bought the yarn yesterday. When I'm done with Pippa's gift, I will try to knit myself a vest according to the adorable Rowan Classic Garden pattern called <a href="http://www.ryclassic.com/posy.htm">Posy</a>. I'm super excited about it, and really can't wait to start, but it will be a tough project since I've never done anything so big :)<br />- Gracie -<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-6023512590766246582006-12-19T21:11:00.000+01:002007-01-14T09:54:41.797+01:00New StuffHurray! Pippa, Gracey and I went to the yarn shop this morning, and we all bought some things for our new projects! I bought new bamboo needles, and also four balls of beau-ti-ful deep red alpaca yarn to knit my warm winter scarf with! There were lots of other great colours and kinds of yarn I liked, such as the porridge coloured chunky Scottish tweed. Pippa said I shouldn't buy it because it made her feel hungry :) I just got started on my scarf, but I really have to get used to the messy texture of the alpaca wool...it's a bit loose, and so different from regular wool. It feels very soft and cuddly though, and I am absolutely in love with the colour! The bamboo needles are very nice, but I have to get used to them as well, as I've only been knitting with metal ones until now. (And my new needles are also thicker than the old ones.) New experiences all round, but very nice ones :P I'll get knitting now.<br /><br />Molly<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-2187532365330180562006-12-15T20:02:00.000+01:002007-01-10T13:40:14.972+01:0010 useless things and more about us:<ol><li>We knit!</li><li>We are all grad school students</li><li>We all majored in English Language and Culture in undergrad</li><li>Two of us own a cat.. one of us owns a dog</li><li>We like drinking tea.. but one of us has a very weak spot for hot chocolate</li><li>Two of us studied abroad in the same country, in the same year.. but never met up!</li><li>We are also members of the same student drama group</li><li>We are also members of the same student creative writing group</li><li>We see each other way to much :)</li><li>In the (near) future we plan to move to the UK to live either in a cottage, a castle, or under a bridge.. depending on taste, financial position.. and possible wishes of significant others</li></ol><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);">The Yarn Owl</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 255);"> </span>as a name for our blog was chosen only after a long evening of passionate debate. We first opted the name <span style="font-style: italic;">Itty Bitty Knitters</span>, but that just didn't feel right. It sounded too invented or something. The Yarn Owl wasn't immediately our favourite, but there are three very good reasons why we named our blog The Yarn Owl... 1.) it's a word pun - and for language and literature students that's always funny.. 2.) yarn clearly defines what this blog is about.. 3.) the name has a mythological link to crafts: the owl a pet of Athena who happens to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena">the goddess of wisdom, weaving and crafts </a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /></span><b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2392382458775398343.post-91732710362797152472006-12-15T15:00:00.000+01:002006-12-30T21:34:46.075+01:00Up and Running... and KnittingAfter a frustrating evening of trying, trying, and more trying.. we finally managed to get this blog up and running... and yes, we're still knitting, ha!<br />Our plan is to keep a journal of our knitting projects, and share our ups and downs along the way with the world.<br />We've been admiring many knitting blogs, and hope that we can live up to the high standards used. Though we have not been regularly knitting for very long time, we hope this blog will get us in the mood of knitting more frequently, and hopefully, by the end of next year, we will be able to proudly present friends and family with self-knitted scarfs, hats, gloves, sweaters, mitts and accessories!!<br /><br />Pippa Woodhouse, Molly Huggins and Gracie Hill<b>The Yarn Owl</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16623206647996336152noreply@blogger.com0