wednesday rose

Wednesday came and I finished a knitted rose (the leaves are from squared pieces of cloth I had bought a long time ago). Again I used some old yarn (I undid some crocheted granny squares).

I found the pattern in a Clarín Tejido magazine (2011) but, as usually, I didn't follow the instructions exactly....

I used 4 mm needles (instead of 6mm)....and I didn't use any felting technique.

1. cast on 70 st. and knit 10 rows
2. decrease twice 6 stitches right and left
3. decrease twice 4 stitches right and left
4. finish!
5. curl up...sew and attach (sewing) the leaves
6. sew some pin or clip to turn the knitted rose into a lapel pin...or hair clip/pin
   

heart-case

Case/purse made of re-used old (acrylic) yarn. The red yarn might have been once part of some sweater I wore in my school year (part of the uniform). The lining was part of the lining of some bag i had to throw away some time ago (it was too worn out)...and I would say that the zipper belonged to something else as well. I had found some interesting patterns to knit hearts and i decided to give it a try.

SOFA BLUES

Yet another blanket....this time a knitted one instead of a crocheted one. I didn't have any plan about knitting blankets or plaids...but having found yarn left-overs (small and big yarn balls, single yarn balls, all forgotten after having finished projects a long time ago and knowing there's no chance to find more of the same yarn) -woman meets yarn- I began to think about options and ideas.

The decorative circles and the rim were crocheted...also using left-overs. The motifs were made simply randomly using knit and purl stitches...all quite simple and easy.

(by the way...the pics show the blanket-plaid on my bed..but it's been on the sofa, its place, for several days already)