Arm warmers

I have finally finished the arm warmers I was knitting!! Unfortunately, it looks like I won't be using them till next year, so I'll have to wait a little...

Here they are:

They are really easy to make. You only need to know how to stitch and purl. And there are also some YO to create the eyelits.

I got this pattern from a really cool book I reccommend to anyone who wants to take up knitting. It's a book for absolute beginners, it's full of pictures and fun techniques to help you understand and remember basic concepts. The book is called Knitty Gritty: Knitting for the Absolute Beginner and I got it as Christmas present. I'ved thoroughly enjoyed it!

Taller Jacquard - Tapestry crochet workshop

Ahir vaig anar a un taller de jacquard amb ganxet (tapestry crochet) impartit per Leire (Ameskeria) i organitzat per Duduà. Feia mesos que no tocava el ganxet perquè ara estic amb la febre de la mitja, això es va notar al principi, quan no me'n recordava ben bé de com es feia el cercle màgic. Per sort, fer ganxet és com anar amb bicicleta i em vaig anar 'desrovellant'.

Vam aprendre una tècnica per fer jacquard amb circular. Va ser un taller molt interessant ja que no només vaig aprendre una tècnica nova, sinó també vaig entendre millor el ganxet. El fantàstics sucs del bar Cosmo de pastanaga, taronja i poma ens van donar forces per teixir durant tres hores. Per fer jacquard, has de jugar amb les bastes que tens al ganxet i anar preparant el canvi de color un punt per endavant. Quan va acabar el curset no vaig tenir temps d'acabar la bossa del tot i li vaig donar les últimes puntades ahir al vespre.

Aquí està el resultat:

S'ha de dir que al principi em va costar una mica entendre la mecànica del jacquard i sembla que per dominar-ho em caldrà fer més pràctica. El jacquard també dóna moltes possibilitats per les persones que els agradi provar patrons i cenefes noves. Només cal tenir un paper cuadriculat i llapissos de colors i jugar una mica!

Ja estic pensant en el meu proper projecte: m'agradaria fer-me uns mitons amb alguna cenefa dissenyada per mi. A veure què tal!

 Gracias por el taller, Leire!

Mug cozy

It's cold outside and I'm in a lazy mood this Sunday afternoon so I decided to crochet a mug cozy for my favorite mug. After looking at lots of interesting patterns on Ravelry, I decided to use Marion's. It looks soo cute! :-)

Another cawl

I have to find a gift for my 'invisible friend' so I thought that instead of buying something, it would be nicer if I made something myself. I came across a very easy crocheted cawl on Ravelry and decided to give it a try. Here are the results:

If anyone is interested in this pattern, you'll find it here I'm very happy with the results. I used two skeins of Katia Degradé and made a foundation chain of 60 because I used a 9 size hook.

Crochet mittens

This is a Christmas present for my sister who is living in Ireland now. The quality of the photo is not too good. I crocheted some mittens with purple Merino wool. I hope they keep her warm!

Second sewing project: make-up bag

Today I'd like to share my second finished sewing project. It's really easy to make. You just need a zipper and two cloths: one for the outside and one for the inside. To draw the pattern you only need to draw a rectangle, it should be as long as your zipper, mine was 20cmx16cm. Then you draw the rectangle onto your fabric, you need two rectangles of each fabric. Then you just sew them onto your zipper and you have a lovely bag to put your make-up in!

Christmas baking

Well, Christmas is round the corner so, taking advantage of this long weekend in December, my mother and I started with the Christmas baking today. The chosen cookies for this festive holiday are: Peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and Hungarian jam cookies. I'm pretty proud with the results! The cookies are delicious! I'm taking some to school tomorrow, let's see what the rest of the teachers think! ;-)

The recipes we followed are from an old magazine, but I'm sharing a couple of online recipes that are pretty close to the ones I followed: jam cookies and oatmeal peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

Let me know if you've tried any of them! Happy Christmas baking! :-)