Debbie Bliss Galore

Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #4

Half way there... or maybe not..
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 :)
-Gracie-

First Finished Object of 2007: Korknisse

My first finished object of 2007 is this small, cute and adorable Korknisse. I was spying on Saartje's website and found this easy pattern here. 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 :)
My plan is to make one every week, in all kinds of different colours, as Christmas tree decorations like Elliphantom. I think it would look super cute, all those little men hanging in a Christmas tree...
-Gracie-

Edinburgh --> Home

A few pictures from my week in Edinburgh and on coming home:









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
- Gracie -

Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #3

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!
-Gracie-

Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #2

Well, I've started knitting Eunny's Endpaper Mitts with really nice yarn... Rowan 4ply soft #387 and Rowan 4ply soft #376. [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 :)
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...
-Gracie-

Eunny's Endpaper Mitts #1

After 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 Eunny's Endpaper Mitts, 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.
We as blog have also joined some knitting rings.. Euroknit.. Academics Knit.. KnittingKitty... Purling Puppy... and .. The Stranded Colorwork Challenge. Yay!
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...

- Gracie -

Knitty Secret Pal

Shame 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?!
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!!
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!
- Gracie -

New Project... New Features... New Years

Huzzah.. Pippa, I finished your gift! :) When I see you next you will be the (hopefully) happy owner of a .... .
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.
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.
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.
After this new project I will, I have promised myself, undertake the challange of knitting myself a cardigan... whoa!
-Gracie-

Near Future Project

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 Posy. 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 :)
- Gracie -