For a tall, thin man.
Yarn: Wendy Pure (100% bamboo) 700 g, needles 5.5
Monday, 29 December 2008
Bamboo sweater / Bambupaita / Bambusz pulóver
For a tall, thin man.
Yarn: Wendy Pure (100% bamboo) 700 g, needles 5.5
Felted slippers / Huovutetut tossut / Nemez tutyi
Size 39
Yarn: Novita Huopanen (100% felted wool) 150 g, sticks 8
48 stitches on 4 sticks, purge 1st round, knit 12 rounds in circle
24 stitches for heel, 20 rows
34 rounds for foot, reduce gradually
Foot length when ready: 40 cm
Colour wash in washing machine (shrinks 40%), stretch to fit foot
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Baby cardigan / Vauvan neuletakki / Baba kardigán
Size: 80 cm
Yarn: Red Heart Detroit (100% polyacryl) 100g, needles 4
Cable and lace socks / Palmikkopitsisukat / Fonott csipkés zokni
Yarn: Wendy Emu Superwash (100% wool) 100g, needles 3.5
Fingerless gloves / Sormettomat lapaset / Ujjatlan kesztű
Yearn: Wendy Merino (100% merino wool) 80g, sticks 3.5
Instructions here.
(I only changed the pattern on top a bit)
Sock measurements / Sukkien koot / Zokni méretek
| Sock measurements / Sukkien koot / Zokni méretek (20s = 10cm) | |||||||
| Shoe size/ Kengänkoko / Cipő méret | 22 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 42 | 46 |
| Stitches / Silmukat / Szemek | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 56 |
| Heel stitches and rows / Kantapään silmukat ja kierrokset / Sarok szemei és sorok | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 |
| Bottom length before decreasing cm / Pohjan pituus ennen kavennuksia cm / Alap hosszúsága a behúzás előtt cm | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 25 |
| Bottom length cm / Pohjan pituus cm / Alap hosszúsága cm | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 |
These are standard measurements for socks (sizes 22-46) I make from Wendy Superwash (20 s = 10 cm)
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Finnish "Northern Lights" pullover / Revontulineule / Finn "Északi Fények" pulóver
This is one of my proudest knits from the mid-1990s
Knitted bamboo socks / Kudotut bambusukat / Kötött bambuszzokni
The warmest and softest socks ever!!
Adult size 39 (40 stitches)
Yarn: Wendy Pure (100% bamboo) 120 g, needles 4
Laced cable socks / Pitsisukat palmikoilla / Fonott csipkés zokni
I mixed the lace of the lace socks below (in smaller version) with cables: I quite like it :)
Yarn: Wendy Emu Superwash (100% wool) 100g, needles 3.5