I need a break indeed…..

Hello,my fellow crafters and friends!

How are you?Are you in the middle of a crafting fever….? Me…. ? Sorry for being away for such a long while but…. well, this is how my kitchen table looks like lately……..

…..the appropriate word is CHAOS ……… and it is obvious that I need a small break before starting the second sock for my Big man’s uncle….. uhm,and some sleep too…… but in the middle of this mess I was able to craft and wrap my first gift….. Last week I was in Lucera, the town where my Big man is working and where I bought these two balls of Schachenmayr‘s yarn… (of course, one of the first things to do was to find a good haberdashery there…. 🙂 ) ….

….. and made a key ring for Katia….

….. some yarn for a yarnaholic is required ….

….. well,sorry ,I’m not good in wrapping….. 😛

So….. I’m not quite fresh right now to write about the time spent in Apulia (sorry,too much knitting….. ) but here are some nice shots I’d like to show you, just to say how beautiful Italy is…. well,this country surprises me so very often….

That’s it for now, my dears! I’ll be back as soon as my crafting fever will be over….. give me a few days…..

Happy and joyful crafting!!!!

Love

xxx

Tajana

Hardworking….

This morning on my kitchen table….

xxx

Midnight craft

Hi,my dears!

Just a few words because I’m half-asleep but I wanted to show you my second crocheted heart key ring….

It’s for one of my SIL…. 🙂

And here is my second beanie progress…

…. well,I do hope that the colours I’m using will be liked by my brothers….

Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig yawn!!!

Love

xxx

Tajana

Recently….

Hello,my dear friends!

My life is quite messy lately and I didn’t have much time to blog about my craft…. well,changes are occuring but my Christmas to do list is a bit shorter…. 🙂 and I have even found some time for me…. just because…. 🙂

First of all,a small sneak peek in my gift keeping box….

….then….

….working with some new colours….

…..looking like an alien….

…. all that to knit a beanie for one of my two brothers….. I’ll start to knit the beanie for the second one tomorrow in the morning….

….. I’ve started to knit the front side of my Big man’s rib stitch sweater…

…. and have tried out a crochet heart pattern found on this nice blog… and made of it a key ring for me….

The heart is not one of my best works and has to be improved but I like it…. and feel good wearing it….

That’s it for tonight!Sorry to be so quick but, except being tired,I’m off to watch one of my favourite TV series…. Wallander

….. yeah,I started to like Swedish crime stories sooooo much……

Wish you all a good night!

Love

xxx

Tajana

Long and dark evenings….

Hi again,my dear friends!

On Sunday in the early morning the clock change occured so now,unfortunately,we have to deal with a lot of sunless hours… and which is the best way to face this unhappy condition….. ? Playing with yarn,of course!!!!

…. so…… some time ago I’ve found a nice afghan pattern on Raverly…. This is going to be my personal afghan so,since it was and still is a restful day today, I crocheted the two first squares, just to understand its dimentions and to test the yarn quality…. well, here follows the result….

….well,I’ll be in a full crochet immersion only after finishing all my Christmas to do list,but I can already tell that this is going to be a nice romantic project…. I really do like the hard contrast between the dark grey and the pink and think that my solitary evenings will be more pleasant while crocheting my new afghan! 🙂 The one I made a year ago and wich was usually the background of my photos is with my Big man now …. 🙂 ❤

….I’ve started to knit the first of the two cup cozies for a friend of mine….

…. and I made a purchase…. today I bought the above acrylic yarn for my afghan from Katia (and ordered her the rest, something about 60 balls….. my Big man will kill me….. for sure….)  and I saw this on her stand…..

….just three balls of Red Heart’s acrylic yarn, a job lot… I do not know what I will knit with that but I’m sure that, at the right moment, an idea will come up to my mind….. I’ve already at mine a remanant of a sock yarn ball with the same shades and the socks I’ve knitted myself turned out rather good so…..

….I’ve made my evening more colourful despite the dark outside and the sore throat! Ecco!!!!

Love

xxx

Tajana

PS:almost forgotten,I’ve ordered the second and the third book of the Millenium trilogy…. in few days they will be at mine…..

Struggling….

What a struggle this morning….

I hate this yarn and especially its dark colour,have both my fingers and eyes hurting…. I have just finished the tubular bind off of one arm hole and there’s the second to be done….. Just want to finish it and deliver it to my friend….

……….. deep sigh ………………

My first pair of socks that can officially be worn

Evolution….. (I think Darwin would have appreciated…..for me it is like a struggle for life…..)

…..have to kint more of these socks,you really feel cozy wearing them 🙂

I have two more photos to show you but with different subjects and precisely…

…..a pair of twins….

….and a tiny lace WIP….

Once finished, I hope that I’ll be able to stretch the lace properly….there are three more squares to go….

Love

xxx

Tajana

Knitting and crochet

Hello,my friends!

It’s quite late, around 11:00 p.m, but I couldn’t wait till tomorrow to show you what I have done today……… well,spending time alone means a lot of craft for me 🙂 I just can’t stay without doing nothing…… so,let’s begin with the dark side of craft…. 🙂

The front side of Rossana’s tank top is ready… 🙂 Phew,what an exhausting work!Well,it was me who wanted to finish it quickly so I started the front side on Wednesday and finished it today, around 5:00 p.m…. yeah, not bad…. I’m Wonder woman… 🙂

After all that black yarn and after have saw my needles smoke like an ancient steam locomotive, it was high time for some rest and a play with bright colours….

I crocheted this small doily during the evening and am satisfied how it turned out.I love its gipsy junk guise …. The yarn is perfect!I purchased it from the nice lady who’s behind this blog (ciao Katia 🙂 ) and who was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo kind to expose some of my items on her market stall.

That’s it for tonight,my dears,time to sleep….

Love

xxx

Tajana

Knitting in public

Hello,my friends!

Today I knitted in public for the first time ever 🙂 It was quite nice and am happy I did it.I’m spending this weekend alone so I wanted to do something I usually do not and take advantage of the rare sunny days of this mad summer…. The location is my favourite one, the already known Parco Ducale 🙂 I managed to find the official website,it was really about time 🙂

Enjoy the photos!

Love

xxx

Tajana

Some more shopping….

…..some yarn for my Big man’s socks…

….some other for me,for a pair of legwarmers…..

….and a pair of Drops’ circular needles….

….. 🙂 …. there’s no need to say anything,is there….?

….and I began to knit my personal socks….

…..now, as my samples are made, I can work with all the necessary calm and enjoy it….

Love

xxx

Tajana