Alice Jean

Easy download here . Lizzie’s Babyborn Soaker . Fits a Babyborn doll of 43 cm. Materials needed 30 gram Blue Faced Leicester Aran weight 167 metre/100 grams Circular needle 4.5mm/ 40 cm For the legs: 4 DPN’s/ 4.5mm or circular needle 4.5 mm) 60 mm (or more) if you’re planning magic loop. Stitch marker Darning needle Optional: stitch holder Explanation slip slip knit Slip one stitch, then slip the next. Insert left needle into the front loops of the slipped stitches and knit them together from this position (through the back loops). Knitting the soaker Cast on 52 stitches. Place marker as beginning of round. First round: Knit 2, Purl 2 Repeat this the next 6 rounds Next round: Knit all stitches for one round. Working short row Knit 10, turn, Slip 1 Purl 19, turn Slip 1, Knit 18, Slip next stitch to right needle, p...

They are finished! Easy peasy to knit and they fit well. Although if I do them again I won't go for the seed-stitch heelflap, it makes the heels a bit too wide. And then a Tri-Peak hat . Easily knitted and kitchenered,I think it took not 3 hours. The wool is the handspun Corriedale I got from Sarah , brilliantly hand dyed by Dory . When I saw the Tri-Peak I suddenly knew this wool was perfect for it.

This Watermelon Magic Ball was a Christmas gift from Darcy . I started to knit almost immediately and made a pair of mittens , in the meanwhile discovering the most precious gifts. When the mittens were done, there was enough magic left for a bag and more presents fell out. With the leftover I have knit a dolls hat, actually I had to add some other sock yarn to complete it. All presents revealed now. Here is a photo of the hat with that special Ravelry button (now on my coat). And these sheep markers are too cute! Darcy, thanks so much, you rock!

Or a great example of pooling... The upper parts of the socks were knitted on a 2.25 mm needle. It pooled badly, I considered to frog the whole thing and restart this pattern with another yarn or knit another sock pattern with this yarn. But the working needle cracked. Happened of course when I was in the train to Birmingham... any idea how frustrating it is to be in a train for over an hour, have to wait another hour at the railway station due of a cancelled train and sitting in the train back for one hour and a half WITHOUT any knitting to do?! Well, let's not ramble about these things in life (in future I'll always have a spare needle with me). Anyhow, I don't have any other 2.25 mm needles, so I switched to a 2.5 mm. And the pools became stripes. The Rollicks are fun and easy to knit. The yarn in use is Stroud Wool SuperSock yarn, colourway Pink and Rust.

It's more 'hang together' here. On the sofa. Dory not feeling well, me neither. Having some kind of a cold. Or a flu. So we did some browsing on youtube for nice video's and stumbled upon this one. She loves it! We have seen and heard all versions of 'the frog song' several times now... rabbit, rabbit!

I thought knitting a tote would do the trick. But it seems this is kind of a never ending ball :-), so there is still a bit left to reveal. I did find the most lovely things hidden in the ball. A sheepy tape measure, so very cute! I have to hide it from Dory, as she thinks all sheep are hers. More sheep stitch markers (also to be kept away from little hands), a French guy and more tea (most of it is already gone). Want to see the tote? After knitting I tried to felt it, not much felted though. As you can see I tried to use more yarn in the crocheted flowers. The bag is lined with cotton twill.

Arrived Friday! Of course one of those hectic days, no time to blog. I was in luck, the parcel was delivered when I was not home, but the postman left it in the porch instead of taking it to the delivery office. Complete wit a friendly note he left it there to save me a trip. Yes! The package came from Norway, from Johanna. Oh my, she did spoil me! And not only me, for Dory there was a colouring book with some stickers inside. 'Hello Kitty.' She loves it. With the book removed, the box was still filled to the nose... with hazelnut coffee beans (delicious!) and yummy dark chocolate... Regia blue sock yarn. Excellent to cast on another pair of Vintage Socks... if I could find that book! Where could a knitting book hide? The grey sock wool is the leftover from my socks (later this post). I think it might be enough for a pair of socks for Dory. A candle with a lovely smell, darning needles and a tape measure. These stitch markers are brilliant. Johanna did make them herself. A love...

Part One: Crafting Do you knit, crochet, or both? I’m a knitter. Sometimes I do crochet, I’m plotting to make a Lacy's Child Top . What do you like to make? Do you have a favourite project? Actually I like almost everything. Clothing, bags, toys. I like to vary in my projects. Scarves are not really my thing, although I have seen some pretty ones lately, so I might change my mind about that. Do you have a favourite type of fiber or brand of yarn? I love wool. BFL, Treliske Organic Merino, Jitterbug, Lorna’s Laces. Recently I got some bamboo yarns, they have a lovely soft feel and I’m looking forward to knit it. Do you have a least favourite type of yarn? Don’t like the novelty yarns too much. Do you do any other crafts? I'm a yarn dyer and I started spinning with a hand spindle. What knitting do you bring ‘on the go’? Smaller projects, 'no-brainers' like socks, soakers, bags… What do you carry your ‘on the go’ knitting in? Do you want something new? I’ve a few ‘small pr...

Having 3 handspindles there's no excuse left. I have to learn spinning. To be honest, I tried several times, using online tutorials, but I did not get the hang of it. My big problem is to get the spindle twisting in the right direction. It just did not work out. Kind of frustrating. In the end I decided to look in that 'Spin it' book I have for some time now (and never looked at). There was one sentence about rolling the spindle on the leg towards the hip. I tried... and it worked! As there is some yarn around the shaft now, even the spinning itself seems to work. Okay, the spun yarn looks very very slubby and I really hope it will improve.

And some of my stash. In fact there is some (December) addition to my stash since the last picture of it, but I don't want to talk about that now ;-). I am using that stash, far more important. From Riggwelter I got some yarn in the caffeine addicts swap . The caffeine (coffee) is long gone (delicious) and half of the yarn is knit into a dolls outfit. Modelling here is Dory's dolly, the clothes are meant for Alora's doll. The yarn used is Rowan Holiday, one ball for the top and one for the pants. No scrap yarn left. The edgings are done with that fluffy how-is-it-called plastic yarn that Dory loves so much. And I made some dish cloths using the Bernat Handicrafter cotton . I'm pretty content with this cotton, it is a nice cotton to knit. As well finished some more serious knitting.