Flea market swift

Isn't she lovely?

I went with my sister and her boyfriend to Els encants in Barcelona, just to take a look, when I spied her on top of a pile of old books and surounded by a hoard of mismatched spoons and other odd pieces of kitchen tools I fell in love.

And she works perfectly.

Dragonflame

This I spun from a roving that fiberjoy sent me last year in a swap

110g/420m 2 ply. The colours really work well together.

Hedgehog

I think my blog feels lonely...

Last august I was playing with some yarn and needles and I made this wonderful silly hat, I love something that has a thouch of ridiculousness to it.

Neck warmer too, all knitted with handspun yarn

You can find the pattern for those on Knitty.

Easy cable socks

I enjoy knitting socks with intrincate patterns as much as any knitter, but I also love stockinette stitch, knitting in the round one knit stitch after the next, with those light needles, I find it a mind soothing pleasure, I could go one forever. As almost in everything in life, the smart way to go is balance, these socks fall more on the easy and mindless side, but are a step towards that balance.

They are really, really easy mostly stockinette with a samll area of simple cables thrown in, but they are pretty enough to look at.

Without noticing I made a fading experiment, i knitted one sock almost one year ago and threw it in a drawer, then I started the second at the beginning of summer but forgot about it and let it lay under a window until last week. It doesn't really show on the pictures, but in real life the second sock looks like a poor quality photocopy of the first one.

Jeans

I am becoming a fan of making singles, they respect the colour sequence of the roving, no ugly surprises when two unmatching strands ply together...and so many meters!

100% merino, 100g, 700m. Since the day I dyed it I knew the name I would give it, the colours are perfect to wear with jeans.

I used some to make this cowl, apparently, mixing multicolored yarns with plain ones is a good idea when it comes to jacquards.

Knitted pants

Maybe I make weird things, but I like them:

Knitted pants, if you like them tell me, I can make you a pair :)

Síndria

For some reason I can't explain I had to take the pictures today, so they turned out a little dark. Hopefully tomorrow I'll take more.

Hehehe, I can't wait for the cold to come!

I made it in the shape of an oval, like a long cowl that you can wrap many times around your neck, the rounded parts stay around your shoulders giving you a warm embrace :).

I used 6 balls of noro cash Iroha that I was given by Lía in a Swap in Madrid some years ago, this is the most luxurious yarn that I have ever used, and probably would have never bought it for myself, but I grant you that is a delight to have it close to your skin.

Now If you'll excuse me I'll be in front of the mirror, playing with my new scarf.