Über: Project Spectrum 2.0

Meilenweit Magico, Colour #2528, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Meilenweit Magico, Farbnummer #2528

Für Project Spectrum 2.0: Februar - März, Blau / Weiß / Grau

Deathly Hallows Neuigkeiten und die heißen Fotos von Daniel Radcliffe beiseite.....

Jaaaaaaaaa, es ist so weit für Project Spectrum 2.0!!!

Die ersten zwei Monaten drehen sich um die Farben blau, weiß und grau. Als ich mir überlegt habe, was ich dafür machen könnte, fiel mir ein, dass ich doch ein Ball von dem Meilenweit Magico habe. Und wer hätte gedacht, dass ich alle Farben in einem Ball einfach so wiederfinden würde!!!

Nee, nee, ich habe kein neues Ball gekauft. Heute ist doch auch der Anfang von meinem Knit From Your Stash 2007: Yarn Diet. Überraschenderweise wurde dises Ball ergattert vor mehr als einem Jahr, gerade zu der Zeit, als ich angefangen hatte zu stricken. ;-)

Ich weiß noch nicht ganz genau, was für Socken ich mit der Wolle stricken möchte....vielleicht noch ein paar JayWalker...aber ich glaube nicht, dass die Meilenweit Streifen den Zigzagmuster des JayWalkers so gut wie die Farbstreifen von Regia Canadian Colours hervorbringen könnte.....

.....und nun, wenn nur meine von gestern bestellten Addi Turbos Rundstricknadeln ankommen würden, so dass ich die MagicLoop Methode ausprobieren könnte....

Aktuelle psychische Zustand: Hervorragend trotz Kopfschmerzen
Ohrwurm: Klaviersonate Nr. 53 in e-moll (Hob. XVI:34) - Joseph Haydn

On...Knitting Content, Pointy Sticks Contest & executive decision

Sorry, keine Lust, das ganze Ding zu Übersetzen:

JayWalker #2, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Started: 22nd December 2006
Finished: WIP
Yarn: Regia Canadian Colour 4-ply sock yarn, colour #4733 "Ottawa"
Needle: 2.5 mm/ US #1/#2 Inox dpns
Pattern: JayWalker by Grumperina on MagKnits
Modifications: Shorter leg, otherwise I'd run out of yarn for the second one

Sorry that I haven't been posting....life kinda got the overhand recently. Ever since I started teaching two more English classes it seems that I kind of fell into the state of constant Zombie-ness. Yeah, my problem, I just go to bed too late and have to get up early. Mea culpa.

Anyhow, the main reason I'm doing this post is to enter Christine's Pointy Sticks Podcast Podcastiversary Contest...and so I need to talk about socks, or to be more specific, hand-knit socks.

• Why do I love/hate to knit socks?
• I'm not so sure if I love knitting socks or not, definitely not hating it. But I'm sure that I kinda like it. It's small and portable and usually fits in the small-ish bag I normally carry around with me (I don't really like big messenger bags anymore, used to, but not anymore). It's quick enough to knit a couple of rows on my short tube rides and I get the kick out of people's reaction when they see an Asian guy knitting on the tube on something colourful, small and dainty. *LOL* And the end result is pretty amazing. I get some cozy warm socks for myself. By wearing my colourful socks I break out of the monotonous colour pits guys usually fall in with their colour preference on clothes, without me ending up looking like a clown (coz the socks are under my jeans, obviously!).

• What sock yarns or patterns do I love?
• Well, I haven't found a sock yarn that I love just yet (okay, maybe Wollmeise sock yarn, but I haven't ordered one to try out yet). I have heaps of the Regia Canadian Colour in my stash...one skein of each colour I could get my hands on. As for patterns, after I finished my first JayWalker before Christmas, I started looking around for another pattern to no avail...and just resorted to knitting another pair of JayWalker. So I guess that it's my favourite pattern for the moment.

• My favourite sock method?
• Well, I'm a traditional 5 dpns kind of guy. Tried the 2 socks on 2 circs one and the yarn from two balls twisting around each other just drive me nuts (*note to self: frog those socks soon*), but I'm sure that I'd find it pretty okay with just one sock on 2 circs. This morning I just succumbed and ordered two 100 cm (length) Addi Turbos in 2.00 mm and 2.5 mm each...so that I could try out the MagicLoop....so, the prognosis would be: Socks on the way!!!!

So that's all I could think about for now. Sock knitting is fun!!!

Sweet Pea Shawl #2, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Started: Beginning of July 2006
Finished: 22nd January 2007
Yarn: Wolle Rödel Toscana colour #13635, 50% cotton, 50% Polyacrylic Microfibre
Hook: 6 mm hook
Pattern: Sweet Pea Shawl by Amie Hirtes in Debbie Stoller's Happy Hooker

I was talking about an FO last week, but that I can't post about it yet because it's going to someone? Well, that someone got sick and couldn't come to the SnB to receive the mysterious gift....and I'm just way too impatient to wait until I can post....coz I'm proud of the result. So, here it is!

The project had been sitting in the UFO box for more than half a year before it was completed. But well, it's finished now.

The shawl is huge....it spans about 1.80 m. The length is....oh, I don't know, but if I wrap it around myself, the bottom fringe just brushes the ground (and I'm 1.78 m tall).

Shedir, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Started: 26th January 2007
Finished: WIP
Yarn: Wolle Rödel Soft Merino, 100% superwash merino, colour #359
Needle: Two 4.5 mm Addi Turbo circs (using 2 circs method)
Pattern: "Shedir" from Knitty's Breast-Cancer Awareness Mini-Issue
Modification: Since I'm using bigger yarn and needles than called for, I'll be doing only 3 repeats of the cable pattern before decreasing

Finally, last Friday while out on the yarn crawl with the SnB gals, my ears were hurting me because it was cold. Again, mea culpa for not having a beanie with me...but it ruins my hair! *Oh, vanity!* Okay, I have some headwear but I want something new...so I started Shedir after having seen so many people doing it...but the most inspiring was Brooklyntweed's version (also in brown, but with the right yarn).

However, the weather in Munich just got warmer again *drat!* But I'm determined to get Shedir finished soon.

Right now, I'm resisting a very strong bout of Cast-On-itis. But I think that I can only resist the urge until the Addi Turbos arrive. :-p

Lastly, in the lights of things that have started to dawn on me, I have made a radical decision and decided that I'm going to join the Knit From Your Stash 2007. I don't have a huge criteria just yet, but these are things I'll try to achieve:

• I'm doing this on a month to month basis, starting with February, i.e. tomorrow.
• This means that I won't be buying any yarn for February at all with the exception of:
• If I don't have yarn for Project Spectrum 2.0 (but I think I have something Blue/White/Grey already) and want to knit something for the project, then I'm allowed to get something for it...however, I could resort to doing something else, too (translate: photography, for example)
• I receive yarn as a gift
• I need yarn to finish a WIP
• Needles, patterns, books, etc. are not counted as yarn
• I don't know about sock yarns, but I'm sure I have enough in my stash already

So, that's it....help me being strong by sending me yarns as presents and give me kind words. This month will be hard, but if I'm successful, I will probably carry on into March. ;-)

Y'all have a great week!

Current Mood: Good, with a touch of Zombie-ness....need my X-glass of coffee....*all hail Darth Senseo!*
Food for the ears: Bayern 4 Klassik

Das Farbspektrum gemäß der Wollmeise

The Colour Wheel according to Wollmeise, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Probesträngchen von Rohrspatz & Wollmeise

Noch ein Schal: My So-Called Scarf #2

My So-Called Scarf #2, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Started: 23rd December 2006
Finished: 20th January 2007
Yarn: Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Worsted Merino-Lambwool in the colourway "Rhabarber" ("Rhubarb")
Needles: 6 mm/US #10 Inox circs
Pattern: My So Called Scarf from Sheep in the City
Modifications: Instead of a 30-stitch pattern, I reduced it to 28 stitches and add the chain edge (4 stitches in total, so that adds up to 32 stitchs), because I have only one hank of the wool and the scarf's going to be short anyway.

Unbekanntlich bekannt geworden....

SZ-Extra from 16.11.2006, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

SZ-Extra from 16.11.2006, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

SZ-Extra from 16.11.2006, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Warme Füße zu Weihnachten

JayWalkers, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Started: March 2006
Finished: 22 nd December 2006
Yarn: Regia Canadian Colour 4-ply sock yarn, colour #4727 "Vancouver"
Needle: 2.5 mm/ US #1/#2 Inox dpns
Pattern: JayWalker by Grumperina on MagKnits

Ich hoffe, Ihr habt alle ein frohes Fest gehabt. Ich jedenfalls!

Meine JayWalkers sind fertig!!!! Pünktlich zu Weihnachten, damit ich warme Füße habe. Jetzt will ich noch ein neues Paar Socken stricken aber ich weiß nicht, was für Muster. Vielleicht werde ich sogar noch mal ein Paar JayWalkers stricken.

Ich wünsche Euch noch einen guten Rutsch, sollten wir uns davor nicht sehen. :-)

JayWalkers, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

JayWalker, Rhubarb and Strickliesl

JayWalker, Rhubarb and Strickliesl, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

JayWalker
Started: I think March 2006
Finished: still on the needles
Yarn: Regia Canadian Colour 4-ply sock yarn, colour #4727 "Vancouver"
Needle: 2.5 mm/ US #1/#2 Inox dpns
Pattern: JayWalker by Grumperina on MagKnits

Rhabarber
Rohrspatz & Wollmeise worsted Merino yarn in the colourway "Rhabarber" ("Rhubarb")

Strickliesl, yarn: unknown

Am Dienstag bin ich nach der Uni zum Zimmer gehetzt...leider wart Ihr alle schon weg. *heul*

Naja, da seht Ihr mal mein JayWalker. Ich habe gestern meine Rohrspatz & Wollmeise in Rhabarber gerollt zu einem Ball, sodass ich noch ein My So Called Scarf stricken kann.

Die Strickliesl habe ich von meinen Studenten geschenkt bekommen. Aber ich glaube, I-Cord ist viel einfacher zu stricken als mit der Strickliesl.

Euch einen schönen Tag!

Tücher, Tücher...

Tücher sind zur Zeit eine meiner Leidenschaften. Daran möchte ich Euch gern teilhaben lassen. Mein erstes Werk ist teilweise eine Eigenkreation - ich habe eine Poncho-Anleitung aus der Sabrina abgewandelt und ein Rechtecktuch daraus gestrickt. Die Wolle ist Alpaka von Rellana, wunderschön leicht und warm, aber leider trotz trotz diverser "Bearbeitungen" (ins Gefrierfach legen, mit Shampoo wachen u.ä.) immer noch ein klein wenig kratzig.

Mein Folgeprojekt war ein Dreieckstuch nach einer Anleitung von Drops Design:

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/de/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=98&d_id=21

Als Material habe ich 550g "Mokka" von den Wollsisters verwendet, anders als sonstiges "Designergarn" ist es zu einem Faden verzwirnt und kein gefachtes Garn und es verstrickt sich ganz wunderbar.

Als nächstes werde ich mir einen Wunsch verwirklichen, den ich schon lange hege: einen Birch von unten aus Kauni-Garn. Das Garn habe ich inzwischen gewickelt, was dank Danielas Haspel auch ganz gut funktioniert hat, nur mit dem Wollwickler hatte ich so meine Probleme, mir ist mehrmals der Faden gerissen. Jetzt muss ich darauf achten die Knäuel in der richtigen Reihenfolge zu verstricken, damit der Farbverlauf passt.

F.E.R.T.I.G!!!!!

My So Called Scarf, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Started: 23rd November 2006
Finished: 14th December 2006
Yarn: Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Worsted Merino-Lambwool in the colourway "Koralle im Meer" ("Corals in the sea")
Needles: 6 mm/US #10 Inox circs
Pattern: My So Called Scarf from Sheep in the City
Modifications: Instead of a 30-stitch pattern, I reduced it to 28 stitches and add the chain edge (4 stitches in total, so that adds up to 32 stitchs), because I have only one hank of the wool and the scarf's going to be short anyway.