work in progress - where the wild roses grow

I saw these socks at my local yarn shop - and wanted right away to knit them for my mother. However, as I do not have much time for knitting, the progress is rather slow.

I wanted to knit a reinforced (I am not sure about the correct term 😊) heel, and it turned out to be very small - we will see what the socks become 😬

Pattern is named where the wild roses grow and is written by Anna Mäkilä. The pattern is free and available from here. 

another pair of pairfect

I just wrote yesterday about a pair of pairfect. And now I have anonther pair. Well, actually I am not that quick of a knitter, but since the previous pair was ready already a week or so ago, this pair was knit during last week. Both pairs of socks were done as a present to our friends.

pattern: school-learned basic socks, more about the pattern here

needles: 2,5 mm + 2 mm Chiagoo circular

yarn: 
Schachenmayr Regia Parifect
color: jolster (09091)
75% virgin wool
25% polyamide
420m /100g (fingering or light fingering)

The yarn makes ornament of its own and from one skein is enough for a pair of identical socks up to the size of European 46-47, thus the name of the yarn, "Pairfect".

consumption for size 41-43:
85g - 357 m

knittability: 
It is a very easy knit for basic socks. The skein comes with the instruction and one does get a pair of similar basic socks. Because the yarn has ornament of its own, it is not suitable for other pattern. Well, stripes would work. But I do not think that any other would.

wearability: 
The socks are nice and thin. However, I've got holes quite quick with my first pair of similar socks. But other pair I've used has aged without holes quite nicely.

a pair of pairfect

I have a pair of socks ready. Actually, I have knitted them a week or so ago, but I wanted to log them still.  

pattern: school-learned basic socks
The heel is the one I learned from school and I think it is the very traditional one. The toe decreases are started about 5 cm before the desired length. I am not sure about the correct English term for the decrease, but I will name it "stripe" decrease and check the right term later. Decreases are made at the beginning and the end of each needle (I use magic loop, so I only have 2 needles) first every other row and then every row until the bind off.

needles: 2,5 (?) mm Chiagoo circular

yarn: 
Schachenmayr Regia Parifect
color: island (09138)
75% virgin wool
25% polyamide
420m /100g (fingering or light fingering)

The yarn makes ornament of its own and from one skein is enough for a pair of identical socks up to the size of European 46-47, thus the name of the yarn, "Pairfect".

consumption for size 39-40:
78g - 328m

knittability: 
It is a very easy knit for basic socks. The skein comes with the instruction and one does get a pair of similar basic socks. Because the yarn has ornament of its own, it is not suitable for other pattern. Well, stripes would work. But I do not think that any other would.

wearability: 
The socks are nice and thin. However, I've got holes quite quick with my first pair of similar socks. But other pair I've used has aged without holes quite nicely.

sock blockers

I have long admired on Instagram other's finished socks on beautiful sock blockers. Somehow the sock's shape and pattern appears and appeals to you in a different way when socks are properly blocked. So I ordered blocks for myself as well.

I ordered my sock blockers from woodico, which is a Ukrainian company producing wooden sock blockers among other things. They shipped the blockers quite quickly and I even got a follow-up code for my purchase. However, it only worked until the package was shipped from Kiev. It took a few weeks before I finally got the delivery message. In the meanwhile I already thought the package to be lost. Luckily, it was not.

The blockers are wooden and well done - no splinters or anything. However, they tend to be on a big size in my opinion. So the XL is really size 43, L 41 and M 39, I think.

Moon Dust shawl by Janina Kallio

pattern: Moon Dust by Janina Kallio
needles: 4,0 mm Chiagoo circular

yarn: 

• Schoppel Zauberball 100
• • 100% merino superwash
  • 400m - 100g
  • color: Rosa 2270_
• Malabrigo Sock
• • 100% merino superwash
  • 440yards (402m) - 100g (?)
  • color: Eggplant 811

consumption: 
Zauberball 304 meters - 76g, Malabrigo 370 meters - 92 g

gauge: 
I did not measure my gauge, as I feel this unnecessary. After all, a shawl is not meant to be well fitted to the figure. However, out of curiosity, I did measure the shawl after blocking and the size was: width 196 cm, height 81cm. This is a little less than the pattern, although I did one extra stripe. So my gauge is quite tight. 

knittability: 
It was a nice and easy knit. Lace pattern is simple and quickly learned and can be knitted while watching TV or podcasts. I did 36 stripes altogether - which was 1 stripe more than in the pattern description. 

wearability: 
It fits well around the neck - the shape is classic triangular. However, this shawl is going as a present for my aunt - so I will not be able to actually wear it in everyday life. I hope my aunt will like it! 

a new start

And so I started a blog. Again. This time about knitting. Now learning how to do it.

I am planning to keep this as my knitting journal. Also planning to do it in English, which is not my mother tongue. So I apologize for all the wrong spelling and incorrect grammar beforehand. However, I do believe that this will be a good practice for me.

Now let's see how this blog turns out :)