Alicia Tabard

This is the 3rd "lankahamsterineule" that I managed to knit in March. (for some reason it always takes time to get photos taken...)

Pattern: Alicia Tabard by Louisa Harding (ravelry)
Yarn: Karaoke by South West Trading Company (a lovely soysilk-wool blend)
Needles: 4mm

Have had it on my Ravelry queue for ages now- and I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. Love that colour. .. which brings me to this:
Yarn from my stash. Oh yes. Very close shades of pumpkin and rust. (and I bought the MerLin and WoolCotton within one week in January! without realising at all that I'm hoarding for that warm colour...)

To finish this with some other colour: lovely easter decorations. Quick update on other stuff: Easter's gone, I had my birthday last week and I'm planning to gift myself some yarn... I'm still suffering from work stress and yearning for holiday , warmth and sun. Luckily the spring is finally here - we have less than 30cm snow left on our yard! So the summer is coming. Slowly... but it's all for better now.

384g

Second FO in March - Panbe - dress ( really a tunic- in my humble opinion) I got all exited about knitting this one! It went so fast... and such a relaxed knit.

Pattern: Panbe Dress by Cecily Glowik Macdonald from Knitscene winter/spring 2010 (ravelry)
Yarn: Rowan All season cotton , in #212 exactly 384g
Needles: 5mm

Other than that - we've been sick one after another for weeks now - and it is starting to get to me. So looking forward to spring and summer and hoping that this flue season would end. (and just looked out of the window and thermometer shows -9Celsius. Bugger!) Send us some warm weather - please!

87g

I'm participating in Finnish Lankahamsterit (Yarnhamsters) again - this year the month is March and the rules basically are that:1) you cannot buy any yarn during this month - and 2) you try to knit as much as possible from your own stash. (for me that should be easy - as my yarn stash is definitely over 50kg ...)

Somehow right after the olympics and the quite challenging knitting I felt almost uninterested towards hamsters this year. I had difficulties to choose what to knit. (that hardly ever happens to me) and decided to listen to my DH and finally knit that teacosy (actually for coffee pot) that he's prompted me to knit for several years ...
It came out rather nice.
Pattern: none (made it to fit our coffeepot)
Yarn: New Lanark Aran in natural black and some Novita Aino in red for the pompom
Needles: 5mm
Total yarn consumption 87g.
I also added some padding for extra insulation and a stripy cotton lining.

A good ice-breaker - as immediately after finishing this one I cast-on a Panbe-dress, which looks really promising...

BSJ

Here' s my first BSJ ever. It is a very clever design by Elizabeth Zimmermann - as everyone knows. It took Emma to get pregnant with a little baby girl for me to start knitting this pattern for the very first time. (I finished it already in February but didn't want to post it here before having sent it to Emma) I also made little socks to go with it. (because - lets face it, although booties are oh-so-cute - they are unpractical as they won't stay on on a normal baby (I think that they might stay on if the baby is VERY calm, but my girls at least have always moved their feet to the extent that no booties have stayed on for longer than a couple of minutes...) So socks it was...
Pattern: Baby Suprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Yarn: Twilleys Freedom spirit in Bliss a bit over 100g for both the jacket and socks
Needles: 3,5mm

I'm thrilled with the design. And it was so fun to knit! I only can hope that Emma likes it as well.

Done!

I did it! See the relieved smile on my face? Yesterday evening it finally started to look like I was going to finish this coat in time - and here it is!
Pattern: Heavily modified version of Clàsica Coat by Deborah Newton
Yarn: RYC Soft Tweed in Twig - approx 800g
Needles: 5mm & 6mm
Crochet hook: 6mm
I ended up reversing the crinkle stitch pattern, Had to recalculate all stitch-counts due to thicker yarn than asked for . Made the jacket longer & narrower than in the original pattern. Left out the "raglan detail" (which I didn't get at all - to me it looked just so weird - so I left it out) And I modified sleeve a bit to fit my taste better (shorter crinkle-stitch area - a bit narrower sleeves )
All in all I'm pretty happy with this. Only thing that needs fixing is the hood, that is a bit weird shape. (I keep my fingers crossed that I can mold it into better shape while wet-blocking the whole thing. That is the one thing left to do with this before I can wear it - but for Ravelympics 2010 purposes - I say it is finished! )

In the meanwhile...

I've been knitting this:

It is a BSJ for a friend's baby girl. She was born on February 17th and I still haven't sent the jacket to her.... At least the jacket is now ready and I also made little socks to go with it. Goal for today: post them to Emma & her baby.

(how many days do I still have to finish my olympic project? I have no idea - please say it is more than two days - otherwise I won't make it!)

Steady progress

Yep. It is going. Going. I'm knitting always I can my olympic project and 1 front is done and the other one lacks only hood extensions. So far so good.I've been thinking: When is the modified version modified/unique enough that it can be called a completely new/different design?
Just wondering - because I began to knit a Clasica Coat, but so far I've changed almost everything in it. The legth. Reversed the stitch pattern. Modified the fit (making it quite a bit narrower than in the original pattern).

And that's only 2 front pieces. I'm also planning to change sleeves and back.
After those changes - it hardly is a Clasica coat. But what is it then?