Seagulls and acid socks

I had a great time yesterday as I walked down to the shore to photograph seagulls.

The sky was incredibly blue, sun was shining and the birds were already waiting for me.

Ok, I admit, I gave them food. Many people hate seagulls, but to me they are a deear sign of home and summer.

And then to the socks.

 

Acid Oil Spills (Link guides to the Ravelry project page)
Pattern: Hidden Path 
Size: Around 40
Yarn: Wollmeise 100 % Superwash, yarn club colour Okzident
Needles: Knit Pro 2 mm

 

They were a superfast project, even though the needles were tiny. I love the river at the back of the leg. The pattern is very well written. I will make many more of these.

I got an blog award from Lori, thank you! I will post about it soon.

Easter greetings

Never mind chocolates, I have been spoiled with five new skeins of Wollmeise.

Single Malt and Honigtöpfchen – the honey pot.

Sonne.

Rhabarber.

Frosch – Frog.

Here they are, posing together.

I love how the Rhabarber goes with Okzident, which is from the sock club March shipment.

Saami and spring

Whoah, the sun is shining and we have +0.9 degrees celsius. Definitely very spring-y weather. Energizing.

Soon it'll be warm enough to be outside with these. My goal was to achieve something that resembles wood bark and I feel I did. Way cool! I made them for my man but he couldnät see himself using pulse warmers and I got to keep them myself :D Double yippee!

Also for myself - the Saami accessories:

Sneakers.

Mitts.

A cowl.

The yarn is Wollmeise superwash sockyarn in Saami. 150 grams was sufficient for all these and I was left with two metres or so. All of the patterns are pretty much improvized, but I wrote down some notes about the sneakers on their Ravelry project page.

I love them!

Wollmeise!

The second Wollmeise package was delivered last week. If yu haven't got yours yet, do not scroll down! :)

I still haven't knit anything from my Wollmeise yarn. I am too stingy - having seen their price on eBay and such I just can't open the packages. It's not like I plan to sell them or anything, no, but I need to have a SUPER plan before I cast on with Wollmeise :)

The pictures will follow shortly...

Here they are. You have been warned.

This is where they dwell. In a large glass bowl on top of a dining room cupboard. Five skeins is all the bowl can hold, so before the next package I need to knit some of them.

On the left is a skein of La Digitessa, the others are from the sock club. The December package contained the third skein ("Saami") and the fourth skein ("Jultomte")

The theme was childhood memories. These memories have to do with Christmas and of Lapland - the native people in the Lapland of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia are the Sami people, hence the name Saami. As a Finn this made me very happy.

We also got small cookie cutters, some candy and a yarn sample. I was absolutely thrilled.

Not all the members seem to be in love with Saami as it is rather striking, but I love it.

Be warned! Wollmeise!

If you are part of the first-ever Wollmeise Sock Club and have not seen the first package yet, go away NOW. There are some pictures involved here. :)

I knew that the package had arrived while we were enjoying our annual trip to Krakow. Because it didn't arrive before the trip, I checked the spoiler thread from Ravelry before I left for the airport. I just knew I couldn't take eight more days of suspension.

When we came back, I was not able to go to sleep and get the parcel the next day as I had planned. Instead I put my clothes back on and ran out the door to get it from the post office - and boy, it was worth it!

The theme was home land and Claudia's home land is Bavaria in Germany. The wonderful, deep colours of the yarn represented Bavaria- Elderberry bush and box wreath. Attached were a wonderful sock pattern, fabulous DPNs and a piece of chocolate.

My problem is this: I can't bring myself to unwrap the yarn from it's plastic shelter. I have three skeins of Wollmeise sock yarn now and I have never actually touched the stuff. Eh?

Oh my goodness!

I got in! I got in in the first ever Wollmeise sock club! 10 months from now I have received 8 skeins of Wollmeise *drops jaw*

Please leave me a note if you are in too! At least I won't spoil the surprise for you by posting photos straight away.

On Ravelry

After having spent a couple of months in Ravelry I start to learn things about myself. In what order do I do things there, what do I prioritize if I'm busy (never too busy to go there at all :)) an so on.

What I find totally intriguing is how much people use the Friend Activity tab. Have you noticed, how fast a thing you mark as a favorite is favorited by half of your friends?

I am making a Jacques Cousteau hat (scroll down for the English pattern) in brown for my lovely boyfriend, who ordered pizza yesterday when I was napping. Perfect! Pictures later

Did you apply to the Wollmeise sock club? I did and I am panicking. This week we'll know who got in.