Warm wrists!

While waiting for the new year to happen I decided to do tackle some knitting. I always wanted some fingerless mitts and I always wanted to try cable knitting, but was too afraid. I recently joined Ravelry.com and I found a GREAT pattern! And it is free!
The cables are very easy to do and the result is quite classy and elegant. I used a cheap acrylic yarn for the first try-out, but I will surely make many more versions in the near future.
The pattern is called "irish hiking wristwarmers" by Delia and can be found here:

http://wineandneedles.blogspot.com/2004/12/wrist-warmer-pattern.html

Thank you Delia for your great pattern.

Busy with gifts

Long time since I posted.

I have had a lot of dress-orders and had nearly no time to sew anything for myself. I did not really need a lot (except pants/jeans) so I was ok. I got some clothing from friends to replace old and worn out items. I brought some too goodwill because I simply could not fit into it anymore, and.....I bought some.

Yes I am very ashamed, I bought 2 pairs of jeans. I really was going to make some, but time was running out and I spotted a great sale of 2 pair for 55 euro. So I got 2 pair. Needless to say I am very happy with them :-)

Now the gift season is upon me and I need to get some birthday and Christmas gifts going. I already got some books and stuff for my family and this weekend I will attend a housewarming a.k.a. birthdayparty of a friend. She only wanted oven mitts. So I got her oven mitts. But instead of buying, I made some!

The pattern is from Burdastyle #8125 B. Really easy to make and don't they look great! The fabric is a great find I got from the USA (contemporaryfabric.com I believe ). I already used part of it in a dress and what I had left was perfect for these babies :-) They turned out so well that I am thinking of making a few more to give away during Christmas season. It's the perfect gift for encouraging your friends to bake more of those lovely cookies!