Alice Jean

The bag we were knitting in a earlier post is felted and decorated. It looks like this And here are some more gifts A package of biscuits; a 'make your own mini bag', excellent to make during this half term break, and a bottle of hand made oil with a lovely scent. This is just funny and Dory loves it. Animal sound captured in a box. :-) So, this fantastic Magic Ball ends with a cheerful sheepy sound! Myrthe en Tessa , heel hartelijk bedankt voor een heerlijke Magische Bol. We hebben ons er geweldig mee vermaakt!

Like this. Homemade cappuccino in the perfect cup. Finished a pair of socks for Dory. She loves to wear hand knitted items and says these socks give her warm feet. Isn't she a good girl? :-) We are knitting the magic ball into a kind of Sweetheart bag. Right now we are doing the strap. After that it has to be felt and Dory would like some buttons and embroidery on it. More gifts are unwrapped. This is a so called 'intelligence puzzle'. Dory doesn't have any difficulties to fit the pieces together, though I have... My little Pony, a sticker gift box. And here's the picture she made. On the spinning front: nothing new.

Tjonge, het lijkt wel de titel voor een jeugdromannetje. Zo in die zin van 'Een paard voor Claudia' of 'Bloemen voor Hilde.' Tijdens het WWWW (jawel, 4 keer een W) kreeg de jongedame een rugzak overhandigd door Myrthe. Een rugzak gevuld met vooral kadootjes, maar ook een prachtige rood-roze-paarse bol. Jawel, een Magische Kinderbol. Dorrit vindt het uiteraard prachtig en heeft het tijdens de treinreis naar huis niet kunnen laten om alvast een paar dingetjes uit te pakken. De chocolademuntjes zijn heerlijk, het dominospel is al een keer gespeeld en uiteraard is er ook al gestickerd. En er is nog een pakje open gemaakt inmiddels: twee paar Winnie de Pooh sokken. Op de foto 1 sok van elk paar, de andere zitten nu aan de voeten. Want als je niet kunt kiezen, dan doe je dat toch gewoon niet? Uiteraard wordt dit avontuur nog verder vervolgd!

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!

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.

No more gifts came free yet, half of the yarn is used. I am making up my mind what to knit with the rest of the yarn, jumping between a headband, wrist warmers, a hat, baby booties... And I finally finished one of my hibernating projects, a skirt for Dory, made of hand spun wool, dyed with natural dyed. I like how it turned out.

These are for my downstream partner in the Knitting Vintage Socks Swap . It was a nice pattern to knit, the Fancy Silk Socks. This was the first time I blocked socks, the sock blockers are made out of placemats by myself, very easy to do and cheap (sometimes I like to be cheap :)). I've also gathered some other nice goodies to send with the socks. Before the box goes overseas, I'll snap a photo of it. And yesterday I started with the Magic Watermelon ball. I will knit a pair of mittens out of this, I am a bit concerned the yarn is not strong enough for a pair of socks. It easily snaps. In fact I don't wear gloves or mittens very often, but it has been cold here the last few weeks. Maybe we will have another cold period this winter and they might be very useful. Can you see the cute sheep marker?

Must be a magic ball! And yes, I got another one, whoohoo! Darcy sent me this gorgeous ball for Christmas Hand dyed 'self striping watermelon' wool from Frehisle Fibers . As you can see one sheepy stitch marker is visible, put in as teaser ;) As well some special blend tea and the book of Stephanie Pearl McPhee aka Yarn Harlot. Inside the book a special surprise Dory was very pleased with the presents she got from Alora Stickers, a bracelet, a cute crocheted fish and some sweets and biscuits. Darcy, thanks so much for this precious gift! I'm looking forward to knit the wool, but I have to finish the Vintage Socks for the exchange first, only a few days to the deadline left...

Huge rave for Annemarie ! She did a wonderful job putting this ball together, I love(d) every part of it. I am still in awe with the colours of this Jitterbug and it is really a pleasure to knit. My two socks, knitted in that amazing Babyrib. One pouch. And the gifts I found in the secon part of the ball. More chocolate :), mocca beans and a card with beautiful buttons of Storm in the Attic Some more pictures of the crafty work I also knitted a little cardigan for this pink teddy Almost all the yarn is used, about one meter left. Thanks so much Annemarie, you are the best! This angel has nothing to do with this Magic ball, but with another. Since it is revealed, I'd like to share it with you. I think this Magic Ball deserves its own post. Next post will be about 100

This is the 99th post on this blog. I started this blog about a year ago, not sure at the time if I'd be a regularly blogger. So the next post will be hundred . I think I already know the subject of that post... the final episode of the Magic Ball. The socks are done, also a small teddy jacket. One present is still in the last bit of the wool, so I am considering a magic pouch like Serena did with her magic ball leftover. So the next post will be a kind of blogaversary. I don't know what I will do yet, but it will be something fun I hope. And what has this to do with Grateful Dead? Absolutely nothing. Only that I realized I never blogged about this finished project and I actually was planning to blog about that. So here some pictures of GD longies!

This Jitterbug is a real pleasure to knit! And thanks to yvonnep I have the perfect pattern to knit a nice looking pair of socks. One of them is finished, the second is almost at the heel. Annemarie did put this ball together with a lot of care. In the notecard she said it is a ball with a theme... after a few coffee-related presents I guess the theme is coffee . What I've got so far: 'Sinterklaas koffie'; a bar of Latte Macchiato (great for that 'coffee with...'); an hazelnut-coffee scented candle, and a needlecase. This one is for circular needles and already in use. Here the 2 cases I got in one weekend. They are both fabulous! I feel truly spoiled already!