nerd wars!

so, i have finally managed to sign up in time for Nerd Wars on ravelry!
this is one of those games where you get challenges to craft something with a possible tie-in to your nerd-themed group.
sounds like great fun to me!

sign-ups are still possible till sept.27th http://ravnerdwars.info/sign-up/

Leider ist Nerd Wars wieder ein ravelryspiel, dass auf englisch gespielt wird, eine deutssprachige Gruppe habe ich nicht gefunden.

testknitting

Testknitting for Laylock

Every now and then i like to do a testknit, its interesting to get a peak into the design process of a designer, exciting to be able to knit something before the pattern is officially released and it gives a sense of accomplishment to finish a testknit in time for the designer.

Testknitting for Derya Davenport aka Laylock is very nice, since her patterns are great.
In this case she is back with a new recipe for sideways shawls - making two versions of a sideways shawl totally customisable! what a great idea! Take her pattern, use whatever stitchpattern you like from any stitchdictionary and off you knit!

She is planning to release the revised pattern on June 20th, so keep an eye on her blog!

best, kat

testknitting the trigonometrician shawl

WWKIP-day, Vienna, AUT

Heiho!

der nächste WWKIP-day steht vor der Tür, es gibt wie üblich etliche Treffen, siehe die offizielle Liste (leider muß man sich einloggen um die Liste zu sehen) oder man schaut auf Ravelry nach!

In Wien werden wir uns am Sonntag, 16.Juni.2013 im Stadtpark, auf der zweiten Liegewiese vom Eingang Stubentor, treffen!

Bringt Essen, Trinken, was zum Stricken oder Häkeln und noch eine Decke o.ä. zum im Gras sitzen mit!

lg, kathi

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Heiho,

this year's WWKIP-day is nearly here, there are a lot of meetings already listed, can be found at the official page (unfortunately you have to register to see the list) or on ravelry!

In Vienna, we will meeton on Sunday, 16.June.2013 in Stadtpark, on the second big patch of lawn when entering from Stubentor.

Don't forget to bring foods & drinks, something to knit or crochet and maybe also a blanket or so to sit on the grass.

cheers, kat

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MMM13 last days

so this was MMM13

i can't believe it's nearly June again! where did may go? and what about MeMadeMay?

My self set challenge - to wear something selfmade 4 days/week did not work out all that great. It turns out i do have a lot of knit items, but not so many garments. And if its warm in Vienna - as it should be in May, handknits often are too warm. The last couple of weeks it has been cold again, autumn like, and it turns out most of my selfmade garments are skirts...
Bottom line, my memade wardrobe needs to be enlarged!

Therefore i will keep trying to incorporate selfmade items into my wardrobe on a more regular basis and also will post here every now and then about it!

day 29

day 29 - my clapotis

voila, my Clapotis, made out of 2 full skeins of Zauberwolle! i remember knitting something like forever (actually only a month or so) on this skein and using a gadzillion of stitchmarkers to keep track of the dropped stitches...

But at the end it is a great scarf/shawl for spring and autumn! oh, and the pattern, by Kate Gilbert, was published in Knitty and is free!

day 30

day 30to honor my first memademay, i decided today to try on a very old selfmade item - corduroy pants. i had a favorite pair of pants and when they finally were worn out, i took them apart and traced the pieces and made myself a new pair. unfortunately it has been several years now and i am not sure about the fit anymore... i probably should just donate them to charity aka humana, but that also seems somehow strange... maybe i should try and let them out a bit - in true mend and make do spirit...

oh, and also starring in this pic are superold handknit socks - they are just great to wear around the house on such a rainy and sad day...

so, this was it, bye bye may,
i am looking forward to next year's MeMadeMay project!

cheers, kat

MMM13 - day 26&27

the end is nigh...

day 26 - back to the standards, the breezy cardigan (pattern by Hannah Fettig)

kat's breezy cardigan

day 27 -  the lacy summer sweater

Kat's lacy summersweaterThis was one of my first successful handknit sweaters (there were some horrendously ugly trials before that) and it still is from my pre-ravelry days. Remember?

In my case this sweater is from 2007 maybe 2008. The pattern is vintage, if you want to call a pattern book from 1981 vintage.

the bookit is full of different patterns, knitting, crochet, embroidery, for all ages and sizes, it even includes bikinis (yes, more than one pattern for a bikini!) and babybibs. the patterns are still not uploaded to the Ravelry pattern database, maybe i should at least add my sweater there - for the fun of it.

Yesterday also was spent with tracing a pattern, cutting and sewing it, but time was too short and the nearly finished skirt still needs hemming. more on the skirt once the hemming is done and i can take good pics!

now, if the weather could finally get back to be summery, i could actually wear my other selfmade skirts!

cheers, kat