tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306867412024-03-07T18:19:27.240+11:00d.knitMy knitting, my work, my life... all in a blog.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-75595075971267377922015-04-20T17:53:00.001+10:002015-04-20T17:54:15.422+10:00Surfaced<p dir="ltr">This is my new home. </p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP1MqACxanXuHZMDiRmFZjAfNaNvPds2uIrxm7nYXZErc0bVwkpH8wPVRsrJrDjxpz-LmY1wuSawMBOVyzNJbsp9GhoxTraYYEBNJBvPPPOajLh-qsn6c09tzvwV4TdYHlRV2/s1600/IMG_20140527_151630.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTP1MqACxanXuHZMDiRmFZjAfNaNvPds2uIrxm7nYXZErc0bVwkpH8wPVRsrJrDjxpz-LmY1wuSawMBOVyzNJbsp9GhoxTraYYEBNJBvPPPOajLh-qsn6c09tzvwV4TdYHlRV2/s640/IMG_20140527_151630.jpg"> </a> </div>dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-34406741873461581582014-02-24T23:53:00.001+11:002014-02-25T13:11:05.601+11:00Christine's baby bootiesSo, years ago I posted a free pattern for Christine's baby booties as a PDF download. As you've noticed I haven't been around my blog in quite a while - in the meantime the hosting platform of the download shut down and was replaced with some other site, but the PDF disappeared.<br />
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I've only just found out about that the link doesn't work. I'd like to put the PDF back up for download again because I believe that's most comfortable if you want to keep the pattern in your collection, but right now it's quicker to just enter it as a blog post. So, here you go (I'll hope to add photos at a later time):<br />
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<h4>
Christine’s Baby Booties</h4>
Materials<br />
1 skein of baby yarn<br />
A set of DPN’s; metric size 2-3, or according to the yarn<br />
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Cast on 40 stitches, divide evenly on 4 needles. Make sure not to twist! If you use stitch markers, place one here.<br />
Purl 3 rows, knit 3 rows, p 3 rows, k 3 rows, p 3 rows.<br />
K 1 row; *k2tog, yo, k2*, repeat till end of row. K 1 row. The top part is now finished.<br />
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Continue with the middle 11 stitches. Leave 14 stitches on one side and 15 on the other on 2 needles on hold.<br />
*P 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row.* Repeat 8 times.<br />
K over all stitches again; pick up and k 10 stitches from each side out of the edge stitches. 60 stitches altogether. (If you find that with 10 stitches there is a hole in the booties, then pick up an additional stitch on each side – 11 instead of 10 each – and decrease those two extra stitches in the next round. Furthermore, to avoid holes when picking up and knitting these stitches, knit them through the back loop of the stitch. This avoids a hole.)<br />
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Distribute the stitches evenly on the needles (10 stitches, then 20, then 10, then 20 again). Purl 3 rows, knit 3 rows, p 3 rows, k 3 rows, p 3 rows.<br />
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Now to the bottom of the booties:<br />
- P 1 row. P5 and place marker.<br />
- K 6 stitches, k2tog, k 15, k2tog, k 9, k2tog, k 16, k2tog, k 6. P 1 row.<br />
- K 5, k2tog, k 15, k2tog, k 7, k2tog, k16, k2tog, k 5. P 1 row.<br />
- K 4, k2tog, k 15, k2tog, k 5, k2tog, k 16, k2tog, k 4. P 1 row.<br />
- K 3, k2tog, k 15, k2tog, k 3, k2tog, k 16, k2tog, k 3. P 1 row.<br />
- K 2, k2tog, k 15, k2tog, k 1, k2tog, k 16, k2tog, k 2. 40 stitches remain.<br />
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Knit 1 row and then cast off all stitches. - Either cast off by turning the bootie inside out – including the needles, distributing the remaining stitches on 2 needles and knitting all the remaining stitches together. Or simply cast off and then seam the stitches. I prefer knitting the stitches together, that way I don’t have to seam.<br />
Alternatively, the kitchener stitch can be used here. It might give the smoothest result.<br />
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Finishing:<br />
Pull an i-cord / a cord / a band through the yarnover-holes.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-64831070279490922372009-09-17T21:00:00.003+10:002009-09-17T21:07:44.948+10:00Hello everyone,Yes, it's been a while since my last post... again. Lots of things have been going on chez d.knit, like the search for the perfect new full-time job and working two other jobs at the same time, then I had an operation on my tailbone (don't worry, it was nothing serious, it just needed to be done and I'm almost back to normal again), lots of thinking about the future, and other stuff. There was knitting, too, but so far I didn't feel like taking pictures. Just like I didn't feel like blogging over the past months, but I think (hope) both is going to change soon. Oh, and I still haven't heard back from my ravelry yarn-exchange partner. Seems like my first thought about her wasn't so wrong at all.<br /><br />Anyways, right now I'm working on knee stockings for K, originally intended for the Oktoberfest which starts this Saturday. I promised him last year I would make traditional stockings for him, but I started them too late this year so he probably will have to put on normal socks when he goes.<br /><br />Gotta go... I promise pictures soon!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-32407820680745245202009-05-06T08:46:00.000+10:002009-05-06T08:47:24.075+10:00Update to last postKnitter #1 messaged me today, explaining why I hadn't heard from her in a while. Apparently, she was snowed under with work and other stuff. Seems like I jumped to a conclusion a little too early.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-13825827900082129782009-05-04T08:07:00.002+10:002009-05-04T08:55:28.422+10:00Ravelry = Schmavelry?I'm a bit upset right now, and it's all <a href="http://www.ravelry.com">Ravelry's</a> fault. Well, not really Ravelry's fault, but it's sort of the cause for my anger. I had some yarn in the "trade/sell" section of my stash, and was contacted by another knitter who was interested in that particular yarn. I agreed to swap the yarn because I thought this would be easier than selling. Just before we exchanged postal addresses, another knitter wrote to me, willing to buy the very same yarn. But as I had promised it to the first knitter, I had to say no.<br /><br />Anyways, knitter #1 and I exchanged addresses, and she said she'd mail the yarn she wanted to swap with me in the next couple of days. I myself, on the other hand, didn't get to mail the yarn she wanted only before Easter (even though I hadn't received anything in return yet). Because I had mailed a few things before that did not arrive at the addressee, I decided to go with a registered letter. The mail person gave me a receipt with a tracking number, so I could check where letter was. So, that's how I know that the yarn landed at the address I was given. However, I haven't heard a thing from knitter #1 since. Not even after I messaged her to ask if she had received the yarn she had wanted to swap. (Needless to say that my letter box remains pretty empty - no yarn)<br /><br />I guess it's quite logic that I'm pretty pissed off right now. So far, I learned that knitters and the knitting community are very nice and generous; but now, knitters rip off other knitters. I'm not sure if I'm more upset or more disappointed.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-89826611321615723352009-03-20T00:50:00.002+11:002009-03-20T00:54:23.199+11:00UpdateI found the article! (I knew I could do it!) It's in the Winter 2008 issue of Interweave Knits, and it's called "The Historian: (D)evolving Traditions In Faroe", written by Robin Hansen. Sadly, there are no book recommendations. But I think I'll do some research with the help of the article; let's see what I can find out about Faroese knitting!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-82116251275279232142009-03-18T02:03:00.000+11:002009-03-18T02:03:22.093+11:00Book(s) Wanted!Friends from Australia are coming for a visit in summer. But before they are coming to Munich, they'll be stopping over at the Faroe Islands. Faroe Islands? Exactly - Knitter's Paradise! That's what I was thinking. I recall reading an article or blog post or something about Faroese Knitting, I just don't remember where I saw it.<br /><br />Anyways, I asked my friends if they could bring some knitting books from the Faroe Islands with them. But then I thought I should make a preselection of books because my friends aren't knitters. Picking the right book for a knitter would be really unfair, wouldn't it? But, are there any knitting books from Faroe that would make a good souvenir? Or yarns or knitting accessories, are there any recommendations? And I'm going to think really hard about that article that I read... I think it was about the pros and cons of modern (aka machine) knitting on Faroe. If only I could remember where it was...dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-47962157872593675992009-01-04T03:51:00.000+11:002009-01-04T03:52:31.678+11:00Sign of lifeHappy New Year everybody!<br />I'm still here, doing fine. I just don't feel like blogging. Anyways, I want to share a post with you that I prepared in July... 2008. I can't believe how time flies!<br /><br /><br />Wow, I didn't realize it's been so long since my last post! The sale went quite well, most of the stuff is gone but there's some left. If you're interested, have a look at my last post and let me know.<br /><br />There hasn't been too much knitting chez d.knit lately because I started a new job in June. It's a new challenge for me because it's in an area that I haven't worked before, but so far it's really great. I like the team, the environment (free café lattes!), and, of course, the work. Even the boring parts.<br />Well, back to knitting: I started <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring08/PATTfrootloop.html">Froot Loop socks</a> and almost finished a secret project that I can't talk about on the blog yet. Other than that... I didn't do much. I packed up my glam cardigan in a plastic bag and put it in a box because I just couldn't bring myself to sewing and finishing it up. It's too warm to work with alpaca right now anyway, I think I'll postpone that until late summer or early fall. Sock knitting is perfect right now because we're in some sort of heat wave and socks are small enough.<br /><br /><br />P.S.: In the meantime, I haven't only finished Froot Loop socks, but also a pair of Nutkins and I almost finished Stefanie Japel's Back to School U-Neck Vest. There's more to see in my Ravelry profile... well, apart from photos. Didn't get around to take any.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-8038442968575535272008-05-26T20:05:00.011+10:002008-07-20T05:27:28.972+10:00Yarn Sale!Just recently I took stock of my yarn stash, and it really has grown out of proportion. I have quite a few yarns that I don't like any more (there's nothing wrong with them, I just realized that the colors aren't "me" anymore). That's why I'm putting them up for sale, together with a few books that I have hardly looked at since I bought them, so I figured I should get rid of them as well.<br /><br />I will only charge pretty much what I paid for the stuff, or even less (because I don't remember how much a few things were). Prices exclude shipping! Please contact me (knitfreak[@]web[.]de), and I'll find out what the shipping will cost.<br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500487418/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2228/2500487418_2eef058571.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500487418/">Schachenmayr Extra Merino</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>14 balls of Schachenmayr Nomotta Extra Merino<br />40 Euros<br />Color: 56 (dark petrol)<br />Yardage: approx. 138 yards / 50gr<br />100% Merino<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500490748/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2500490748_6cc9c52069.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500490748/">GGH Solitaire</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>9 balls of GGH Solitaire (I knit a gauge swatch with one of the balls - the swatch is included)<br />25 Euros<br />Color: 34 (please also look at the color card on the <a href="http://www.ggh-garn.de/produkt_en.php?Gruppe=2&ID=38">GGH-website</a> as this color is really hard to photograph!)<br />Yardage: approx. 143 yards / 50gr<br />44% wool, 43% acrylic, 13% Elité<br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2499641267/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2342/2499641267_ef80eba6af.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2499641267/">Baby Soft</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>2 skeins of Baby Soft by Wolle Rödel, a store brand of my LYS<br />4 Euros<br />Color: pale yellow<br />Yardage: approx. 115 yards / 50gr<br />50% rayon, 50% acrylic<br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/1286855362/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1025/1286855362_a641a3d256.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/1286855362/">Funny sock yarn</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>2 balls of Funny Strumpf Color by Coats<br />5 Euros<br />Yardage: 409 yards / 100gr<br />75% superwash wool, 25% nylon<br />These balls came from a factory outlet, so there's only one ball band for all of them.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/1285997937/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1040/1285997937_cbf8ae427c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/1285997937/">Regia Nation Colors</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>3 balls of Regia Nation Color<br />7 Euros<br />Color: red/white or white/red<br />Yardage: 230 yards / 50gr<br />75% superwash wool, 25% nylon<br />These balls came from a factory outlet, so there's only one ball band for all of them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500467826/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2500467826_8e6ddcfa26.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500467826/">rainbow sock yarn</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>1 ball of Sport&Strumpfwolle Color Extrastark sock yarn by Wolle Rödel, a store brand of my LYS - I knitted a gauge swatch already which is included<br />2 Euros<br />Yardage: 328 yards / 100gr<br />75% wool, 25% polyamide<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br />The following sock yarns are a bit like "mystery" yarns. They all came from a small online yarn shop which produces only small amounts of colors at a time. Some of the yarns had all their information on the website only; I did write the details down but last year, my old laptop crashed and all the information got lost. So, I'll write down as much as I can remember. All skeins are enough for a decent pair of socks though (well, maybe not if you're Bigfoot). The yarns aren't plied, they knit up beautifully though - examples <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/472730947/">here</a> and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscx723IcshFrWUJFpxaPxVSCKgGiJ1mpaKw8MC9Fc-dssL_tBKBYeB5hDE5CySvG6gPkpZtRt_cKLLiWhpQJeo4o20isxzF7GWjO50Qi_KUxFFdxTG4XRHGv-xAq05d_4tk79/s1600-h/cabledsock.jpg">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500493020/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2500493020_76fca59860.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500493020/">Lotusblüte</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>1 skein of Lotusblüte (lotus blossom) by <a href="http://www.ewas-sockenwolle.de/">Ewas Sockenwolle</a><br />3,50 Euros<br />Yardage: 430 yards / 100gr<br />wool, polyamide, spandex<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2499626269/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2499626269_4504cc45e7.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2499626269/">Godetia</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>1 skein of Godetia by Ewas Sockenwolle<br />3,50 Euros<br />unknown yardage, approx. 100gr<br />contains wool, polyamide<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500458914/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2041/2500458914_1aea4ba3f5.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500458914/">Park Princess</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>1 big skein of Park Princess by Ewas Sockenwolle<br />4,50 Euros<br />unknown yardage, skein weighs about 140gr<br />contains several strands of cotton/polyamide and one strand of viscose/cotton<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2499629515/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2499629515_304a60d9a0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2499629515/">Ringelblume</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>1 skein of Ringelblume (Calendula) by Ewas Sockenwolle<br />3,50 Euros<br />unknown yardage<br />contains mainly cotton<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500480852/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2210/2500480852_78d3290ec0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2500480852/">Doro</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>1 skein of Doro (that's my name!) by Ewas Sockenwolle<br />3,50 Euros<br />Yardage: 394 yards / 100gr<br />wool, polyamide<br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520882117/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2520882117_58c6e558e6.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520882117/">Baeuerliches Stricken I</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Part I of the Bäuerliches Stricken-Trilogy by Lisl Fanderl, as reviewed in the Spring 08-issue of Interweave Knits. This is a used edition of 1976; it has a name written on the first page, the symbol explanation taped inside and a plastic jacket. Apart from that it is in a very good shape.<br />Hard cover<br />13,50 Euros<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520884231/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2074/2520884231_b3c0d0d8da.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520884231/">Hollywood Knits</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>"Hollywood Knits" by Suss Cousins<br />2002 hard cover edition<br />7 Euros<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">-Reserved-</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520879585/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2520879585_980f2e7466.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520879585/">Modern Lace Knitting</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>"Modern Lace Knitting" by Marianne Kinzel<br />1972 soft cover edition, has some sticker marks on front and back cover bottom<br />6 Euros<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520877261/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2088/2520877261_b7014dcb8a.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520877261/">Shadow Knitting</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>"Shadow Knitting" by Vivian Hoxbro<br />2004 soft cover edition - as new! I flicked through it about twice<br />10 Euros<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520874269/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2520874269_438d317038.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520874269/">Stitch'n Bitch Nation</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>"Stitch'n Bitch Nation" by Debbie Stoller<br />2004 soft cover edition - as new! I flicked through it once<br />9 Euros<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br /><br />And, without a photo, "Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair" by Laurie Perry<br />2007 soft cover edition<br />6 Euros<br /><br /><br />And finally, I'd like to put my yarn swift for sale. I just bought it on ebay, and when I wanted to use it for the first time I found out that it was too small for the hank of yarn I wanted to use (Wollmeise sock yarn). The swift is old but works fine as far as I can tell; it can be fastened to a table and it is very easy to handle.<br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520889155/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2520889155_f72586653c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2520889155/">Yarn swift</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>It comes in a small box, along with instructions in German. The instruction includes a picture of how the swift should look like when it's all set up, so you don't really need to speak the language. The swift is so simple, it's pretty much self-explanatory.<br /><br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2521706970/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/2521706970_8d629a99d6.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2521706970/">Yarn swift box</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>8 Euros<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOLD!</span><br /><br /><br />Everything comes from a loving, smoke and pet free home.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-43628232986877156172008-05-19T02:06:00.001+10:002008-05-19T02:06:47.450+10:00PublishedA couple of weeks ago I received an email from a journalist from a women's magazine, asking if I'd like to make an interview with her. The topic was hobbies in general and why it's important to have a hobby. The article would also feature a couple of women and their "unusual" hobbies, like playing bagpipes, flying a small plane or fly-fishing. Or knitting.<br /><br />I didn't jump at this interview right away because I was a bit skeptical. A camera team from a big TV station came to our knitting group once, and I didn't like what they made out of the material they got (let alone they cut out my part) because they pretty much let hand knitters look like freaks. So, I inquired about the article's content before I said yes. The journalist, however, seemed like a really nice person and I liked the idea she had in mind for the article, so I did it. And it was fun! We did the interview part on the phone, and then there was even a photo shoot! That one was really interesting - we went to a museum, but they would only let us take photos in the cafeteria after they learned that we brought knitting needles. Like I would have run wild in the museum and attacked the exhibits with 2mm bamboo needles... yeah, right.<br />The photographer had brought a machine-knit scarf in signal-red and 5 meters (that's about 5.5 yards!) in length, and I was "knitting" on it. There's a photo on the <a href="http://www.healthyliving.de/heft/aktuell.html?bildint=48&p=1">magazine's website</a>, and whoever speaks German can have a look at the June-issue of "healthy living" on page 124. Have fun reading!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-12207919975688934332008-04-24T22:25:00.000+10:002008-04-24T22:24:12.983+10:00Melbourne, Part III love walking through China town in Melbourne, especially because there's no such thing here in Munich. So, on our holiday, K and I had lots of Asian food - we really miss it here. There are Asian restaurants in Munich, some good (there's a lovely Thai place near our house, but it's quite pricey), but most of them are tacky take-away places.<br /><br />Anyways, Melbourne - China town. It's a cool place to be, there's always something to discover like the bar next to the Asian dumpling place where there used to be a parking lot, and there was a game of bingo going on when we stopped by. (One guy had called out a false bingo and then was presented 3 options: 1. buy drinks for everyone, 2. strip naked in front of everyone, or 3. have a glass of ice cubes put in his underpants for 10 seconds. He chose the ice, in case you wondered.) On the way to the car, we walked past this place:<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2377764646/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2377764646_dbb80f2fa0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2377764646/">MaoTheRestaurant</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Mao Please!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_Square">Federation Square</a> wasn't fully finished when I left almost 5 years ago, so it was really interesting to be there and see how it had changed. There's a bar there, Transport, where we met up with friends a couple of nights.<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2376916777/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2376916777_3fe30490a5.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2376916777/">DowntownMelbourne</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>I love the view of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Street_Station">Flinders Street Station</a>, the old building tucked in between well, not really skyscrapers, but tall, modern buildings is just the mix of times and cultures that represents Melbourne to me.<br /><br />One day K and I hit the road to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquay%2C_Victoria">Torquay</a>, to go to the surf shops (this is where pretty much all the big companies come from) and to go to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_Beach">Bells Beach</a>, where there's a surf competition every year. This year, it was on the Easter weekend, so we missed it. When we were at Bells Beach, there was only one surfer in the water, and he didn't surf much. Tough luck.<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2376906651/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2296/2376906651_bcb5861f80.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2376906651/">BellsBeach1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>I like this beach anyway, there's always a chance to see some good surfing action and even though I'm not much of a beach person, I like coming here.<br /><br />On the way home, we saw this:<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2369620396/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2369620396_d38ec5e2f0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2369620396/">HomeOfVegemite</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Did you ever try <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite">Vegemite</a>? (Or Marmite if you're in Britain) It is very typical for Australia; my theory is that you have to grow up with it in order to like it.<br /><br />The coffee K had at Macro:<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2437858437/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2437858437_9be3cf8ee1.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2437858437/">Coffee!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>I once read that Melbourne had the best coffee outside Italy, a coffee loving nation <span style="font-style: italic;">par excellence</span>. I have to agree - I never had a coffee in Melbourne that I didn't like (and I'm fussy about my coffee!).<br /><br />Last but not least, some knitting content. Before the holiday I started knitting Stefanie Japel's <a href="http://glampyreknits.tripod.com/glampyrephotos/id92.html">Orangina</a> with Rowan 4ply cotton.<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2369600584/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2369600584_34c5c7866e.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2369600584/">OranginaPattern</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>I like the yarn, I've made the <a href="http://dknit.blogspot.com/search/label/Victoria%20Tank">Victoria Tank</a> with it before and the pattern repeat is actually exactly the same. Because the Victoria Tank is a bit tight (especially under the arms) I really want Orangina to fit but I have a very hard time measuring the gauge. Actually, the measuring part is the easy part, I just can't seem to count the stitches. I started knitting with the recommended needles but it looked like I didn't have enough stitches. So, I ripped it and went up a needle size, but I'm already dreading the moment when I have to count the stitches again. Is there a trick to count stitches in a lace pattern? How do you do that? Oh well... I'm not looking forward to that one.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-42592756968068897592008-03-27T01:51:00.014+11:002008-04-03T23:34:29.147+11:00Holiday... celebrate...Warning: picture-heavy post ahead, the photos might take a while to load!<br /><br />The vacation was perfect. It was the first time in 2.5 years that I got to get away from home and relax (going to my parents' place for a weekend - while it's nice - doesn't really count). I got to breathe through, leave everything behind me and relax. We actually stayed all the time - 3 weeks - in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, despite having planned on going to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Bay">Byron Bay</a> for a couple of days. But in the end we scraped that, as there were too many friends to catch up with and too much to see; and we really didn't want a completely planned out holiday where we had to stick to a schedule.<br /><br />We had to leave Munich early in the morning, the plane left at 7am so we got a taxi at 4.15am. On the way to the airport, I turned on my mobile phone and received a message that our flight to London (our route was London-Hong Kong-Melbourne) had been cancelled and that I should either go online or call the service number. Okay, online I couldn't do, and I knew that calling the service number wouldn't help because no one was working there until 8am. So we went to the airline's service counter at the airport and waited there with a bunch of soccer fans - Bayern Munich had played Aberdeen FC the night before, and Aberdeen had lost. Many of the fans seemed to have stayed the night at the airport, and now they were told that their flight was cancelled... you can imagine how pissed off they were. Fortunately, an airline employee found a batch of like 30 seats on a different plane for them, so most of them left and the line got visibly shorter. Then, however, travelers to the US got taken care of first (apparently, it didn't matter much to the airline that we had a plane to catch as well), so we had to wait in line until we got to the counter. They ended up putting us on a plane to Cologne, and then from Cologne to London, cutting our stay in London just about 1 hour short (we should have had 4 hours, so it wasn't too bad).<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368779079/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2368779079_476d1de80b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368779079/">Sunrise_on_a_plane</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>I took this picture on the flight to Cologne because the sight was so beautiful... it really marks the start of our holiday!! Then in Cologne we had to rush because we had to get our boarding passes and only about 1 hour time. The lady at the airline counter was really sweet to us, and while we waited we saw 2 TV-celebrities (we only waited about 20 minutes)! This can only happen in Cologne as quite a few TV channels are headquartered here. Then, after security (the guy there even made me take off my hooded cardigan! I was about to ask him if he wanted me to take off more of my clothes), off we went to London Heathrow and caught our plane to Melbourne without any problems. Even our luggage arrived in Melbourne with us, I was really happy about that because I feared that our stuff would get lost somewhere in transit.<br /><br />And before you might wonder, no, I did not knit on the various flights; I didn't even pack any knitting! Now stop looking at me like this, I knew I wasn't allowed to take knitting needles on board and I didn't feel like trying to bring wooden needles. Plus I knew that I probably wouldn't feel like knitting because the flight was so long (about 12 hours to Hong Kong, 2 hours at the airport there, then about 8 hours to Melbourne), and I was right about it. After about 2 hours on the way to Melbourne I just wanted to get off the plane and lie in a real bed. So, no knitting on the plane, and no knitting for me in 3 weeks. To be honest, I didn't even miss it. But then again, we were so busy and hardly stayed a night in; over here, I usually knit in front of the TV (which I didn't watch in Melbourne). And I only went to a yarn shop once, but only because K took the initiative and made me go. It was the same shop he took me to when I lived with him 5 years ago, so it was kind of a nostalgic visit.<br /><br />It was so good to be back in Melbourne! I hadn't been back in 4.5 years, and it was a bit weird because it felt so normal. So... right, like I was meant to be back. Anyways, even though we were there for 3 weeks, time was too short to see everything we wanted to, but we did get to see lots of new places. I noticed a lot of graffiti (like the one below), probably because there's hardly any in Munich.<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368778535/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2208/2368778535_86f4c64483.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368778535/">StKildaGraffiti</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>The graffiti is in a side street in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kilda%2C_Victoria">St. Kilda</a>, an inner city suburb of Melbourne at the beach. Not too far from the graffiti is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park%2C_Melbourne">Luna Park,</a> an amusement park with roller coasters and stuff. The entrance is just beautiful:<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368786473/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2368786473_d4be2e191a.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368786473/">LunaPark2</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Right next to Luna Park is the Palais Theatre, (sorry, no link!) a very beautiful building but I think it's empty now after the neighboring Palace nightclub burned down just a few years ago. I hope they renovate the place and reopen it, it's just a very nice place.<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2376926847/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2036/2376926847_6797d8276b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2376926847/">PalaisTheatre</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>And finally, a photo with knitting content! It's a close up of the cardigan I've been making all fall and winter, and it won't be finished until spring is in full bloom. Talk about perfect timing... I really like the pattern and the yarn (100% alpaca...), but I'm starting to hate the cardigan. I had to rip the first sleeve to the cuff because all of a sudden, the tension wasn't right any more and the sleeve would have fit an orang-utan; I made a mistake with the cabling of the second front-half, so I had to rip most of that too; I didn't get the waist shaping right of the first front-half and some of the back, so I had to rip some there as well. I'm now knitting the second sleeve, and I can't wait when I'm done with that! Hopefully without ripping it. Then, there's "just" the button band left and sewing it together and all that stuff. And hopefully, it'll fit after all that!<br /><br /><style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368764705/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2115/2368764705_57e662df05.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dknit/2368764705/">GlamCardiganPattern</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dknit/">d.knit</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Coming up soon: more vacation photos, and a stash sale including a couple of books! My stash is just too big for my apartment and I have quite a few mispurchases that I'd like to get rid of. There's nothing wrong with those yarns, I just don't like them any more or wouldn't knit with them... you know how it goes, sometimes you just have to have a certain yarn, then it sits in your stash and when you look at it again it's suddenly not as nice any more. So, stay tuned for more!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-85549447013578667272008-02-13T11:08:00.000+11:002008-02-13T11:02:46.234+11:00Can't wait! - Update<a href="http://www.TickerFactory.com/"><br /><img border="0" src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10726;80/st/20080222/e/Vacation+in+Australia/dt/6/k/be0b/event.png"></a><br /><br />Oh my God, the vacation is only 9 more days away! And my graduation is this Friday. My parents are coming to town for that, they'll be here for the whole weekend. My sister is coming with her family as well, but not for my graduation or for visiting me, actually. We might catch up for a coffee though, I really want to meet my new nephew! He was born on New Year's Eve but I haven't met him yet. My exams were in the way, and afterwards I just wanted to sit back and relax. I took up knitting again (even knitting was too exhausting during exam time!) after reading "The Friday Night Knitting Club", but so far I was too exhausted/lazy to look for my camera software, so I didn't bother taking pictures. Plus, I had to knit, frog and re-knit quite a few times, so it wouldn't have been too interesting anyway. <br /><br />Anyways, as I'm going to Melbourne soon, I was wondering if there are any yarn shops in the area that you think I just HAVE to visit... let me know! When I lived in Melbourne I used to go to a shop near Tooronga Station (because I could just get off at that stop on my way back to Glen Waverley), I think the shop was called Wondoflex. Is it still worth a visit?<br />Off to bed now... I'm almost falling asleep while I'm typing this... Good night!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-31556294430417692922008-01-25T23:12:00.000+11:002008-01-25T23:20:12.735+11:00Yehaw!I passed all my oral exams at uni! That means that I now have my degree, Magister Artium (pretty much the same as Master of Arts), and that I never have to go back to University! And now I'm looking forward to a real free weekend.<br /><br />Thanks to everybody who had their fingers crossed for me! Your support meant a lot to me.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-17713471601655795012008-01-23T22:28:00.000+11:002008-01-23T22:31:17.895+11:00My condolences...... go out to Heath Ledger's family and friends. <br /><br />Heath, you were too young to die. You will be greatly missed.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-80303585444538590322007-12-11T00:38:00.000+11:002007-12-11T00:39:35.552+11:00Braaaaains...<table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align=center><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><b>Your Brain is Purple</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatcolorisyourbrainquiz/purple.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />Of all the brain types, yours is the most idealistic. <br />You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense.<br />Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries.<br /><br />You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatcolorisyourbrainquiz/">What Color Is Your Brain?</a></div>dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-75100951548145738182007-12-01T06:14:00.000+11:002007-12-01T06:27:39.900+11:00Pictureless,unvoluntarily. Seriously. The other day I really wanted to install my camera software on K's computer, so I went to the drawer where all the software disks are and... couldn't find the one for the camera. Nowhere. (But I did find two other things I've been looking for a while) Now, I know that I'm somewhat chaotic and not too orderly, but I always know where all my important stuff is, so I can't explain why I can't find this particular CD. A couple of months ago I took it to my parents' place to install it on their computer, and I thought I brought it back with me. Maybe it's still there... I hope to find it out when I'm there for Christmas. All this computer stuff really sucks! *grrrrrrrrrrr*dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-71500073792877801572007-11-27T03:27:00.000+11:002007-11-27T03:46:11.214+11:00Winding balls...must hurt. (Okay, that's my really bad joke for today. I'll be more serious now)<br />I have more and more yarn in hanks, and recently, I received a hell lot of cashmere yarn on cones (and I'm talking serious hell... like almost a kilo (that's more than 2 pounds!) per cone on 3 cones and more than half a kilo on 2 more cones. So, I reckon it's time to get a ball winder (or to have K give me one for Christmas). Now this is where YOU guys come in - can you recommend any brand? Anything that I (or K) should pay attention to when buying? Do you know any good places to buy them (well, obviously this would be done over the internet, as the local yarn shops don't sell anything like a ball winder because they don't sell yarn in hanks), or is amazon.com sufficient enough? Is a swift absolutely necessary, or can I do without, at least for a while? Any comment is appreciated, thanks! (well, unless it's spam)dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-37481690157457155982007-11-24T01:26:00.000+11:002007-11-24T01:46:28.283+11:00Coffee packet arrived!Ever since my Coffee Swap 3 packet arrived I thought I'd really install the camera software and upload some photos... but as my written exam is only 2 weeks away and the workload is killing me... well, some other time.<br /><br />Anyways, my pal <a href="http://dotsandyarn.blogspot.com/">Tigerduck</a> spoiled me rotten! She sent me<br /><ul><li>2 packets of gorgeous coffee beans from Whole Foods (Espresso Sierra and French Roast) - those beans are almost too perfect and beautiful to grind</li><li>2 hanks of wonderful Blue Skyes Alpaca in a 50% alpaca, 50% silk mix which is incredibly soft, in a rich emerald green</li><li>beautiful stitch markers in a matching green</li><li>2 little packets of white beads (after all, I'm planning on making <a href="http://www.magknits.com/feb06/patterns/odessa.htm">Grumperina's Odessa</a> some time)<br /></li><li>a coffee mug</li><li>shortbread cookies</li><li>chocolate chunks</li><li>scented candles</li><li>a postcard with a sheep</li></ul>Thank you so much Tigerduck, you're the bestest pal ever! I hope to post pictures some time, you might have to wait till my (next) exam is over. Hope you received my packet by now!<br /><br />On the knitting front, I started the left front of my alpaca cardigan (the one that I didn't show you yet... like so many other things) and I just turned the heel on the first sock for my Dad for Christmas (I started that last week or so). I probably won't get much knitting done over the next few weeks (due to the e-word) and definitely none or not much tonight as K and I are going out to a fancy restaurant (Thai) for dinner because today's my birthday. Happy birthday me!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-29784015435630930102007-11-08T10:52:00.000+11:002007-11-08T11:02:40.040+11:00Going...to a land Down Under! The tickets are booked for the last week of Feb until mid-March. Yay! I had wanted to take a picture of the tickets and post it here, but the tickets are E-tickets and the travel agent is going to mail them three weeks before we go. Plus, the camera software is still not taken care of on K's computer, so you have to be patient with me.<br />Today it turned out that my laptop's hard drive is pretty much bu**ered and that I have probably lost all data of the past 4 years. I knew that I would have to buy a new computer, but to lose all that data... I hope I can find a solution to recover at least some of it.<br /><br />I hope to post again soon, but right now I'm burried in books (again).dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-73662581143421905442007-10-10T02:56:00.000+10:002007-10-10T03:24:31.973+10:00I like coffee!I'm in <a href="http://coffeeswapthree.blogspot.com/">Knitters' Coffeeswap Three</a> (sorry, sign ups are closed!), and I'm answering some swap questions for my pal to be. So, here they are:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">1. Whole bean or ground?</span><br />Whole bean! I have a grinder at home. And it should be espresso beans, I only have a little espresso machine (like the ones in <a href="http://www.coffee-save.com/images/lund3.jpg">this photo</a>)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">2. Fully-loaded or decaf?</span><br />Even if I drink my milk with a little espresso inside, only fully-loaded is the real deal.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">3. Regular or flavored?</span><br />Regular.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">4. How do you drink your coffee?</span><br />I usually drink a very milky coffee, like a latté.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">5. Favorite coffee ever?</span><br />Latté macchiato! (That's like a latté for those outside Germany)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">6. Are you fussy about your coffee or will any old bean do?</span><br />I'm not very fussy. As long as it's good beans. ;-)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">7. Favorite treats to have with your coffee?</span><br />Sometimes I put syrup in the coffee, like caramel or chocolate. Any kind of cookie is good, too!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">8. Anything else about your coffee preferences?</span><br />I like my coffee hot... but that's not really something my pal could influence.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">9. Yarn/fiber you love?</span><br />Anything that feels nice!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">10. Yarn/fiber you hate?</span><br />Acrylic and any other yarn that feels cheap. (Sorry, I'm somewhat of a yarn snob!)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">11. What's on your needles?</span><br />An alpaca cardigan for myself, and I'm just finishing a baby hat and a sweater for my boyfriend.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">12. Favorite colors?</span><br />Oh... this is a though one. I love bright colors (as opposed to muddy colors)... maybe it's best if you check out my pictures on Flickr (there's a link in the sidebar).<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">13. Allergies?</span><br />No yarn or food related allergies.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">14. Anything you really love, really don't like, or just need to get off your chest?</span><br />'Nuff said!<br /><br /><br />I'm still working on the computer/posting-pictures problem... I hope to find a solution soon!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-13943277160369552252007-10-04T04:41:00.001+10:002007-10-04T05:31:50.121+10:00Getting there...Finally, the finish line is getting closer: I handed in my thesis yesterday!<br /><br />Now, there's "only" a 4-hour written exam in early December and 3 oral exams some time in January. But then I'm finished for good, have a full-time job (most likely) waiting for me and I'll be going on holiday to Melbourne (the one in Australia) in late Feb! Which will be my first holiday in 2.5 years by then... so I'm really going to need it!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-13220175325074930602007-09-14T19:46:00.000+10:002007-09-17T20:30:40.257+10:00Who needs a life if there are movies?I stole this list over at <a href="http://s-knitting.blogspot.com/">s-knitting's</a>... seems like I don't have a life!<br /><br />SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own facebook account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up.Have fun!<br /><br />(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show<br />(x) Grease<br />(x) Pirates of the Caribbean<br />(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest<br />( ) Boondock Saints<br />(x) Fight Club<br />(x) Starsky and Hutch<br />(x) Neverending Story<br />( ) Blazing Saddles<br />( ) AirplaneTotal: 7<br />( ) The Princess Bride<br />( ) AnchorMan<br />(x) Napoleon Dynamite<br />( ) Labyrinth<br />( ) Saw<br />( ) Saw II<br />( ) White Noise<br />( ) White Oleander<br />(x) Anger Management<br />( ) 50 First Dates<br />( ) The Princess Diaries<br />( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement<br />Total so far: 9<br /><br />(x) Scream<br />(x) Scream 2<br />( ) Scream 3<br />(x) Scary Movie<br />(x) Scary Movie 2<br />( ) Scary Movie 3<br />(x) Scary Movie 4<br />(x) American Pie<br />( ) American Pie 2<br />( ) American Wedding<br />( ) American Pie Band Camp<br />Total so far: 15<br /><br />(x) Harry Potter 1<br />( ) Harry Potter 2<br />( ) Harry Potter 3<br />( ) Harry Potter 4<br />( ) Resident Evil 1<br />( ) Resident Evil 2<br />(x) The Wedding Singer<br />( ) Little Black Book<br />(x) The Village<br />( ) Lilo & Stitch<br />Total so far: 18<br /><br />(x) Finding Nemo<br />( ) Finding Neverland<br />(x) Signs<br />( ) The Grinch<br />( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre<br />(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning<br />( ) White Chicks<br />(x) Butterfly Effect<br />( ) 13 Going on 30<br />(x) I, Robot<br />( ) Robots<br />Total so far: 23<br /><br />(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story<br />( ) Universal Soldier<br />( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events<br />( ) Along Came Polly<br />( ) Deep Impact<br />( ) KingPin<br />(x) Never Been Kissed<br />( ) Meet The Parents<br />( ) Meet the Fockers<br />( ) Eight Crazy Nights<br />( ) Joe Dirt<br />( ) KING KONG<br />Total so far: 25<br /><br />( ) A Cinderella Story<br />( ) The Terminal<br />( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie<br />( ) Passport to Paris<br />(x) Dumb & Dumber<br />( ) Dumber & Dumberer<br />(x) Final Destination<br />( ) Final Destination 2<br />( ) Final Destination 3<br />(x) Halloween<br />( ) The Ring<br />( ) The Ring 2<br />( ) Surviving X-MAS<br />( ) Flubber<br />Total so far: 28<br /><br />(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle<br />( ) Practical Magic<br />( ) Chicago<br />( ) Ghost Ship<br />(x) From Hell<br />( ) Hellboy<br />(x)Secret Window<br />( ) I Am Sam<br />( ) The Whole Nine Yards<br />( ) The Whole Ten Yards<br />Total so far: 31<br /><br />(x) The Day After Tomorrow<br />( ) Child's Play<br />( ) Seed of Chucky<br />( ) Bride of Chucky<br />(x) Ten Things I Hate About You<br />( ) Just Married<br />(x) Gothika<br />( ) Nightmare on Elm Street<br />( ) Sixteen Candles<br />( ) Remember the Titans<br />( ) Coach Carter<br />( ) The Grudge<br />( ) The Grudge 2<br />(x) The Mask<br />( ) Son Of The Mask<br />Total so far: 35<br /><br />( ) Bad Boys<br />( ) Bad Boys 2<br />( ) Joy Ride<br />( ) Lucky Number Sleven<br />(x) Ocean's Eleven<br />(x) Ocean's Twelve<br />( ) Bourne Identity<br />( ) Bourne Supremecy<br />( ) Lone Star<br />( ) Bedazzled<br />( ) Predator I<br />( ) Predator II<br />( ) The Fog<br />(x) Ice Age<br />( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown<br />( ) Curious George<br />Total so far: 37<br /><br />(x) Independence Day<br />( ) Cujo<br />( ) A Bronx Tale<br />( ) Darkness Falls<br />( ) Christine<br />(x) ET<br />( ) Children of the Corn<br />( ) My Bosses Daughter<br />(x) Maid in Manhattan<br />( ) War of the Worlds<br />(x) Rush Hour<br />(x) Rush Hour 2<br />Total so far: 42<br /><br />( ) Best Bet<br />(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days<br />(x) She's All That<br />( ) Calendar Girls<br />(x) Sideways<br />(x) Mars Attacks<br />( ) Event Horizon<br />( ) Ever After<br />( ) Wizard of Oz<br />(x) Forrest Gump<br />( ) Big Trouble in Little China<br />( ) The Terminator<br />(x) The Terminator 2<br />( ) The Terminator 3<br />Total so far: 48<br /><br />(x) X-Men<br />(x) X-2<br />(x) X-3<br />(x) Spider-Man<br />( ) Spider-Man 2<br />( ) Sky High<br />( ) Jeepers Creepers<br />( ) Jeepers Creepers 2<br />(x) Catch Me If You Can<br />( ) The Little Mermaid<br />( ) Freaky Friday<br />( ) Reign of Fire<br />( ) The Skulls<br />(x) Cruel Intentions<br />( ) Cruel Intentions 2<br />( ) The Hot Chick<br />(x) Shrek<br />(x) Shrek 2<br />Total so far: 57<br /><br />(x) Swimfan<br />( ) Miracle on 34th street<br />( ) Old School<br />( ) The Notebook<br />(x) K-Pax<br />( ) Krippendorf's Tribe<br />( ) A Walk to Remember<br />( ) Ice Castles<br />( ) Boogeyman<br />(x) The 40-year-old Virgin<br />Total so far: 60<br /><br />(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring<br />(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers<br />(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King<br />(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark<br />(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom<br />(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<br />Total so far: 66<br /><br />(x) Baseketball<br />( ) Hostel<br />( ) Waiting for Guffman<br />( ) House of 1000 Corpses<br />( ) Devils Rejects<br />( ) Elf<br />(x) Highlander<br />(x) Mothman Prophecies<br />(x) American History X<br />( ) Three<br />Total so Far: 70<br /><br />(x) The Jacket<br />( ) Kung Fu Hustle<br />( ) Shaolin Soccer<br />(x) Night Watch<br />( ) Monsters Inc.<br />(x) Titanic<br />(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail<br />(x) Shaun Of the Dead<br />( ) Willard<br />Total so far: 75<br /><br />( ) High Tension<br />( ) Club Dread<br />( ) Hulk<br />(x) Dawn Of the Dead<br />(x) Hook<br />( ) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe<br />( ) 28 days later<br />( ) Orgazmo<br />( ) Phantasm<br />(x) Waterworld<br />Total so far: 78<br /><br />(x) Kill Bill vol 1<br />(x) Kill Bill vol 2<br />( ) Mortal Kombat<br />( ) Wolf Creek<br />( ) Kingdom of Heaven<br />(x) the Hills Have Eyes<br />( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman<br />( ) The Last House on the Left<br />( ) Re-Animator<br />(x) Army of Darkness<br />Total so far: 82<br /><br />(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace<br />(x) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones<br />(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith<br />(x) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope<br />(x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back<br />(x) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi<br />( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage<br />( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor<br />Total so far: 88<br /><br />(x) The Matrix<br />(x) The Matrix Reloaded<br />(x) The Matrix Revolutions<br />( ) Animatrix<br />( ) Evil Dead<br />( ) Evil Dead 2<br />(x) Team America: World Police<br />( ) Red Dragon<br />(x) Silence of the Lambs<br />(x) Hannibal<br />Total: 94dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-483912011629712942007-09-11T00:29:00.000+10:002007-09-11T00:54:47.246+10:00No news is good news......or so they say. My foot, or my feet and knees as I should rather say, are indeed getting better. My physiotherapist is very happy with and surprised by the progress I've made so far. Thanks for all your comments and well-wishes!<br /><br />In knitting news, I (finally!) finished the Sockapaloooza socks for my pal. Now all I have left to do is weave in the ends, give the socks a wash and get some goodies for my pal as apology for the socks being late. I did start something new in between though... I saw a gorgeous cardigan in a German knitting magazine, and I just had to cast on! It's the same incredibly soft alpaca yarn as the <a href="http://dknit.blogspot.com/search/label/K_sweater">K_sweater</a> (ahem... the K_sweater is sitting on top of a box, waiting to be put together... but the turtle neck is too tight, so I'll have to reknit it), so knitting it will be a joy! And I will have to squeeze in some baby knitting, so many people I know are having babies this year and next year. Something must have been in the air somewhere...<br /><br />I'm writing this post on K's laptop today because the screen of my own laptop died last week. Fortunately, my thesis is saved on a usb-stick, but the past 4 years of my life in files are on this laptop. This means I don't know when I'll be posting my next pictures, as the camera software is - you guessed it - on the other computer where I normally saved my photos. All of them. So I'll have to do some sweet-talking to K to let me install the software on his laptop and save my photos here...<br />Now, back to work. The deadline is approaching waaaay too fast!dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30686741.post-48767098709150031092007-08-20T20:08:00.000+10:002007-08-20T20:12:04.063+10:00SaleNo, not here. <a href="http://iknit2.typepad.com/shteenis_knits/">HERE!</a> Please go there and have a look, Christine wants to get rid of all her knitting stuff. If you don't find anything you like please check back again after a few days, as she puts on more stuff as she goes.dorotheehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618853501296176183noreply@blogger.com1