New socks

 

I recently (yesterday) finished a pair of socks. The pattern is called monte socks by an Icelandic knitting designer Sveina Björk Jóhannesdóttir. I changed it a little (that´s how I do) I skipped the eyelet patterned and made them reach to my calf.

The pattern has a special heel that I like very much, it´s isn´t very complicated and it looks great.

The socks a very comfortable and warm and I´m very pleased with them. I will definietly will be using the heel again, I hate most other heels especially german short row heels (they always have a lot of holes) I guess the heel flap and gusset are the heel i´ve used most often.

 

 

I really want to make a sock pattern called tea and scandal (a miss marple inspired socks) by this handmade life.

Call me miss Frog

 

I frog a lot. I am currently frogging a granny stitch cocoon sweater I thought I would love but didn´t really work out for me (it was too irregular). It will be a bitch to frog all these little squares and it´s trying my patience.

I have this sweater I frogged 4 times and finally on the 5^th go it finally worked out. I don´t really regret any of the frogging, I think it´s better to frog something 4 times than have something in my closet that doesn’t work for me.

So I guess you can call me miss Frog :)

For those who don´t know what frogging is, it´s a crochet and knitting term for undoing something. It´s called frogging because you “rip it”

Off the hook

Recently I finished to the point shawl by Wilma Westenberg.  Pattern here

 

 

I had made this shawl before out of wool but I am changing from wool to cotton and other plantfibers because I have some sensory issues and I can´t take the itchyness.

So I made it out of Drops loves you nr. 7 (I think) and now I can enjoy this beautiful shawl without constantly scratching myself.

Watch, listen, read

I haven´t been on here for 3 years but I want to start blogging again.

So I´ll start with a easy blog

Watching

Star trek the next generation. This is one of my safety shows, always so enjoyable to watch.

Listening

I´ve been listening to a lot of Joy division lately and some other post punk/goth stuff.

Reading

I am reading my way through Terry Pratchett´s discworld again. I am currently on book nr 7 Pyramids.

I finished last month reading series The other´s by Anne Bishop. The first book is called Written in red and I do recommend the whole series if you like supernatural beings and found families.

I am also reading my way through James Elroy´s La quartet I´m on book 2 the big nowhere at the moment. I´m not sure about these books, I find the language incredibly shocking (racist, sexist and homophobic)

All these books are audiobooks but I´m also reading some ebook

Steampunk trilogy by Paul Di Filippo and The Carnelian crow by Coleen Gleason

Well that´s enough for now.

Happy new year

 I wish a happy new year and I hope it will be better than the last one 

Get back into an old hobby

I used to a lot of drawing and painting but haven´t picked it up in about 10 years.

So I bought some watercolors and I have painted one picture of lemons. I decided to start painting fruits because they are simple then I´ll maybe go into flowers.

I haven´t used watercolors much before, I used to use acrylics but decided to change it up. The watercolors are much softer and warmer then the acrylics (and less messy)

So I´m pretty happy with my picture and I´m glad I took a picture of it with my phone before my bunny bit one of the corners (he´s so bad)

I also want to pick up drawing again, I want to start doing some easy going doodleling.

Listen, watch, read

 Listen: Kæla mikla. An ecxellent coldwave band from Iceland. I have been listening to them on replay this whole fall.

Watch: Black lagoon on Netflix. It´s about a bunch of modern day pirates living on a island that is morally lacking. It´s fast paced and loud. It reminds me somewhat of Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.

Reading: The legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving Washington. For my bookclub I read the legend of sleepy hollow. I had seen the movie many years ago and the book is nothing like the movie. In the book Ichabod Crane is sort of unfortunate looking and (spoilers) it doesn´t end very well for him. It was a fun and short read and now I want to read something more by Irving Washington.