It took me months of spare time knitting and some rows grew in my holidays in Rugia this July.
I used my 2,5mm bamboo dpns, which I got as a present from my Wollfee - Pal. I managed to damage one of the needles and then to repair it somehow - it is now shorter and I changed the dpns for the heels and used aluminium ones but I really quite like the bamboo ones. More than I had expected.
It�s not so obvious on the photos but each row of the socks has another colour and not only did colours repeat but some very different colours like grey, greyblue, darkblue, pink, dark brown and else appeared. Even though the legs are slightly too short for my taste, I love my socks and wear them from time to time.
The next pair of sock yarn socks is for Ron. I started some cabled with thicker wool for me and somehow try to follow the tricky aran pattern.
]]>1. What's your favourite type of yarn?
silk and cashmere. But since I can�t afford that to often, I love 100% merino or 100% pure new wool
2. What's your least favourite type of yarn?
everything that has artificial fibres in it. (Acrylic, Modal, Polyester...)
3. What's the first thing you do when you visit a new yarn shop?
walk through the whole shop to get the size and place of the favourite yarns section and get a view for all lil�gimmicks
4. What other crafts do you do / would like to do?
beading, scrapbooking, papercrafts, sewing, patchwork, painting, embroidery, drawing, dyening...
5. What magazines do you currently subscribe to?
no one.
But english magazines are great, as well as french are, no german required.
6. Put this type of magazine in order of preference:
Knitting / Crochet / Other Craft / Food / Home / Fashion / Celebrity Gossip / Garden
Knitting /Other Craft /Garden / Home / Crochet / Fashion / Food /Celebrity Gossip /
7. What items do you like to knit / crochet?
socks, scarfs, hats, headbands, baby clothes
8. Are you allergic to anything?
artificial fibres if the content is more than 2% *yuk* My skin drives me mad in this cases.
9. What do you like to* smell of?
rose, lily of the valley, freesia
10. What's your favourite way to relax?
besides from a day at a spa, enjoying tasty food, taking a bath (if my bathingtube wasn�t so small) in really hot water with a good bodylotion to rub in afterwards (very sensitive and somehow dry skin), then sitting down at the living room drinking some Tiger Spice Chai from David Rio, reading some nice crafty magazine and then doing something crafty e.g. beading, sewing and as a finish of the relaxation watching a good film or listening to a nice audiobook while knitting with some great fibre like silk or merino. mhhhh, what a nice thought.
11. You're stood in front of a Victorian style sweetshop, an Italian cafe, an old fashioned bakery and a dainty tea room. Where do you go first?
victorian style sweetshop - now you know why I look like a hobbit ^_^;;
12. What do you come out with?
lots of great sweets that don�t stick to the teeth (toffee, gummy bears), some good but not bitter chocolade, some cookies and english fudge and some extra sweets which the shopkeeper gave me for tasting. ^_^
13. Where do you go next?
I leave aside the caf� and the bakery and have a long stay at the tea room with my knitting and some good chai latte or similiar.
14. Any other words of wisdom for your pal?
dear pal, don�t hesitate to mail me. I have some other webpages and answer quickly and no problem with other languages. I am very open towards all new and other cultures. You can ask me absolutely everything.
]]>Oh, and before I forget, I got an eCard from my secret pal. Thank you secret pal, this was a really funny animation.
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