Snowflakes / Fiocchi di neve

Snowflakes finally came tumbling down from the dark skies yesterday, and as the snow was falling outside I was knitting with snowflakes inside.

Take a look at this wool I found: it's Silke's Baby Neve ("neve" means "snow"), and its otherwise pretty flat color is embellished with these little woolly snowflakes. Isn't it cute?

I bought it in order to make something for a newborn girl, and I had originally planned to crochet this; unfortunately I found out that it turns really thick when worked with a hook. So... yeah, knitting. What a joke. Have I been to ambitious when I decided to knit a cardigan? You bet! I had no idea where to start, and now that I started I have no idea where to go, but I think I'll figure it out on the way... hopefully!

I did lots of research to get the right measures and went through some trouble to find them, but finally made it; I decided to knit a bigger cardigan (about 6 months) so she may be able to wear it a little bit longer! As you can see I'm now knitting the back of the cardigan - started the easy way!

Needless to say that any tips from you, my fellow knitters, are more than welcome!

Finalmente la neve è caduta ieri notte, e mentre fuori nevicava io in casa sferruzzavo con i fiocchi di neve.

Data un'occhiata a questa lana che ho trovato: è la Baby Neve di Silke, e il colore altrimenti abbastanza insignificante è impreziosito da questi piccoli fiocchi di neve lanosi. Non è carina?

L'ho comprata per realizzare qualcosa per una neonata; inizialmente aveo pensato di lavorare la lana con l'uncinetto, ma ho notato che il lavoro restava troppo rigido. Così... già, via di ferri. Mi veniva da ridere all'idea. Sarò stata troppo ambiziosa a decidere di fare un cardigan? Ci potete giurare! Non avevo la più pallida idea di come iniziare, e ora che ho iniziato non ho idea di come finire, ma ne verrò a capo strada facendo... spero!

Bye, Blogger

I'll write on my WordPress blog only, from now on, so if you want to follow me you'll find me there. I won't delete this blog, as I'm attached to it and it reminds me of the road I travelled so far, but at least for now I won't update it anymore.

And here's the Dragon! / Ecco il Drago!

Remember the Dragon Tail scarf/shawl I began some time ago? Well, last week I managed to finish it, and I'm oh so proud of it. Not only it's my first Tunisian crochet project, but it also turned out great, big and cosy and oh so soft (this thanks to the lovely yarn Géraldine sent me, Phil Bambou Laine by Phildar). It is 2 m long from tip to tip and 45 cm wide by the last scale, and the last row counts 110 stitches, which are quite a lot... : ) As I already wrote I strongly recommend this if you want to try Tunisian crochet, it's easy, good fun and you get a nice original item to wear. You might find this tutorial by Julia Marquardt helpful, but if you want to get one that's exactly like mine you have to change the pattern a little bit: I followed the instructions by a great designer, MariaGrazia Berno , who modified it a bit in order to obtain a scarf/shawl that curls up more. Her pattern says to increase of two stitches at the end of every row, just before the se...

Yule

These are the days of Yule, a very special time of the year for most of us, when the Light is reborn and back in our lives. So even if the Solstice is gone, I still want to wish you all to have some wonderful days ahead, whatever you celebrate, and a happy 2015! I'll be back... well, next year, so have some great holidays, and talk to you in 2015! Questi sono i giorni di Yule, un momento dell'anno speciale per molti di noi, giorni in cui la Luce ritorna nelle nostre vite. Allora, anche se il Solstizio è passato, voglio augurarvi di passare dei bellissimi giorni, qualunque ricorrenza celebriate, e anche un felice anno nuovo! Io tornerò a scrivere... beh, l'anno prossimo, quindi buone vacanze, ci sentiamo nel 2015!

nikiad.blogspot.gr22 January 2015 at 13:48
Lovely colour , Valentina !!!!! I am sure you will make a lovely baby cardigan !!!!
hugs
Niki
Anna22 January 2015 at 15:32
Nice color !!! Have fun !
Anna
Géraldine B.23 January 2015 at 11:19
Great start !!! very good job ! It turns out pretty ! You'll make it !!! HAve a creative day !
mucchi di sonagli che sanno ridere23 January 2015 at 21:41
Ne uscirà sicuramente qualcosa di bello, il colore mi piace moltissimo.
ciao
Nicky Miranda23 January 2015 at 21:52
Oh mamma,ti piacciono le imprese difficili!Ma ,in fondo,provare è l'unico modo per riuscire...Brava!
Meredith23 January 2015 at 23:04
The yarn is a beautiful color and I love that bit of sparkle.
Hugs,
Meredith
Ali25 January 2015 at 00:25
Beautiful wool and fabulous knitting too!
Its great to be ambitious...and learn while you go!
Keep it up Valentina!
Ali x
Gabri millecrocette25 January 2015 at 22:59
sono certa che porterai a termine il piccolo cardigan...che carino il filato con i fiocchi di neve!!buona settimana!!
franca rita29 January 2015 at 00:42
Aspetto di vedere il cardigan finito !!!mi piace molto questo post ,il colore del filato e ciò che hai scritto !!!! Un saluto.
Linda29 January 2015 at 06:50
Beautiful colour.

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