die linse strickt (me, knitting)
Book addict, photography addict, photo podcaster and (again) - after years of abstinence - knitter.
von einer die liest, fotografiert, podcastet, kocht und nun auch noch strickt.
Where to find me / wo man mich sonst noch so findet:
on ravelry,
on monikaandrae.com (Photography, German only),
on monis motivklingel (Photography Podcast, German only),
on Kruste & Krümel (Cooking & Baking, German only),
An meine deutschen Leser und Leserinnen. Ich werde hier mehr und mehr in Englisch posten, zum Üben und weil ich selbst viel auf englischen & amerikanischen Blogs lese. Kommentare sind aber auch in Deutsch jederzeit willkommen. :-)
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Fiberthermometer 08 - Lose Fäden
Heute geht es um Termine mit und ohne Wolle, Nepalhilfe, Socken von der Spitze zum Bündchen und warum Tee und Stricken manchmal eine unheilvolle Allianz eingehen.
In April 2015, Nepal was hit hard by a devastating earthquake that brought down buildings and killed and injured thousands of people. Chris Marquardt and Monika Andrae have visited and photographed the people and places of Kathmandu, Patan, Bhakthapur and other areas in and around Nepal from 2009 to 2014. Areas that were hit hard by the earthquake.
Celebrate this area of the world and the people who live there while donating to help rebuild!
Meet Fivla and Vitamin, an awesomely cute pair of Shetland ponies dressed in custom cardigan sweaters as part of a project by Scotland’s national tourist board at VisitScotland for Year of Natural Scotland 2013, a year-long celebration of their wonderful country.The Shetland Pony ambassadors from our photos come courtesy of Thordale Shetland Stud Centre, and are wearing jumpers made of Shetland wool created by local Shetland knitter Doreen Brown, of Shetland Collection.
Rob McDougall photographed the jumper-wearing ponies in a variety of beautiful Scottish landscapes. Head over to the VisitScotland blog to view more photos. We’ve always wanted to visit Scotland, but the prospect of visiting Shetland ponies wearing people clothes has us ready to start shopping for plane tickets right away.
Click here to watch a behind-the-scenes video courtesy of The Daily Mail.
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Working on take five socks from some of my ugliest sock yarn leftovers. Somehow I do like the result. :-)
Sock one is finished. One more to go.
I have finally finished the yarn from the Sweetgeorgia Yarns June Fiber Club colorway. It resulted in 413 yards of fingering weight 3-ply.
The fiber was gorgeous as always … super fluffy, a pleasure to work with and the color did not bleed a bit. SGY fiber is amazing.
Had to take some glamour shots ;-)
A little woolen something
During a small fiber event at a local dyer’s studio, I’ve treated myself to a few turns at the drumcarder she’d set up. That resulted in three small batts (roughly between 50 grams and 75 grams).
The yarn above was spun from the smallest one. I’ve divided the batt lengthwise into smaller stripes, rolled them into rolags and spun them with a supported long draw. After chain-plying the single, the yarn got fulled and beaten lightly.
The resulting 3-ply has 9-10 wpi and a yardage of 78m per 49 grams.
Finished Object!!
My daybreak shawl is finally done. I loved every minute knitting it - it was mindless, relaxing knitting and the yarn was (my) handspun. Both merino/silk tops came from Three Waters Farm. The semisolid colorway is “Burnt Orange” the variegated is “Cheerful Disposition”. Both have been spun up during Tour de Fleece.
There is nothing better than knitting with your own handspun!
