The Flemish Bee: Knitting

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Friday, 13 December 2013

Christmas knit-things for doggies

Some time ago I saw Paul Croes' pictures of Greyhounds with raindeer hats on, and immediately my creative knitting fingers started itching. I had to get my dogs Christmas hats too!

Here you see the first 3, I ran out of wool, so tomorrow I must get some to make a fun hat for number 4 too.

6AM and Gitana's hat is finished. I'm quite sure she was not very happy about getting woken up to have her picture taken.

Gitana

Lyrysa

Bones

Tika

(https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Croes-Behind-eyes-Animal-Photography-in-studio/184008208324096)

Last minute project: a little Santa suit for the little doggy of a friend

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Christmas presents to warm my loved ones

As it is getting colder and colder, I am in a knitting mood again.

And as funds are low this year, I'm making some of this year's Christmas presents myself. I must say it's quite satisfying.

For my sis I made this lovely scarf in ultra soft wool

Here is where I found this lovely free pattern: http://auntekristy.blogspot.be/2013/08/free-pattern-gallatin-scarf.html

My daughter wanted one of these chunky scarves that you loop around twice.

I cast on 96 stitches and knitted on a circular needle (size 10) in an Arrow-head lace pattern. ±300gr of acrylic wool, 3 hrs and voila!

The next winter project is finished too!
Great big cowl, 200gr of acrylic wool, knitted with size 10 needles and cables this time.

Saturday, 2 November 2013

My 2 skinny ladies

Some years ago I adopted 2 Spanish greyhounds (Galgo Espagnol)

meet Gitana (Tana) and Simpatica (Tika)

They are the most adorable, sweet, good tempered dogs you can imagine.

They only have a few drawbacks ... they can't be banned from the sofa (you don't have to believe me, just ask anyone who has adopted greyhounds) and because their skin is so fine, they don't like being wet or cold.

So, here are some things I have made over the years to keep them warm and dry.

Turtleneck and cable sweaters with embroidered monogram

Turtleneck (to be worn under their winter coats) can also be worn as a snood

Finding fitting coats (long in the back and narrow enough for their skinny bodies) proved to be difficult and expensive, so I made them myself. I looked at horse's winter turnout coats and went from there. As the material I used some XXXL men's anoraks that I bought at a discount store. And don't worry, Tika got an identical coat

November 3rd, 2013: today the coats were tested in the field!

Origami Slippers

My sis is coming to visit tomorrow, and as my floors are getting very cold, I'm quickly knitting her a pair of slippers.

Simple design, quick to make!

knit

1st seam

2nd seam

final seam

and here it is : slipper number one

now knit a second one and then my sis will have warm feet !

And now they are a pair!

and here they are warming sis's feet

this is the link to the site where I found the idea: http://breierij.de-paradijsvogel.nl/patronen/origamisloffen/index.php

Friday, 1 November 2013

A lamp for my bedroom and other doily projects

This is one of the projects I'm working on at the moment.

I found this photo on Pinterest and had an immediate Aha-moment.

My great-grandma was a prolific art crocheter and knitter, and I always admired the intricate little works of art she produced.

Unfortunately, all her doilies and table cloths got lost or were given away over the years. Hey, I have to admit I did not find them particularly fashionable either. More's the pity now.

I started looking out for doilies at second hand market and in thrift shops, but it seems that everybody got rid of them at some point or other, and the crop is disappointingly meager.

Next step ... make them myself!

Here are some of the ones I have made in the last weeks.