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Oops, I made a mess.. - by Kjersti (●̮̮̃●̃) Raid my closet on Polyvore.com

~*´Jingle Bells `*~

Ho Ho Ho!

The season of creditcards & gluttony is upon us, and I give you some fabulous examples of what NOT to make just because you can. ;D

Although I definitely see the humor in wearing one of these festive sweaters, I doubt if it can look good on anyone.. But one day, I will make one.. And maybe I'll wear it like this ;)

Can a Christmas Sweater look cool? by TheDarkKnit

Found this cute knitting chart too..

Merry X-mas! 

Banglemania!

If you are like me, and usually spends the last days before christmas going INSANE over what to give to people, you might want to check this out:

This is a do-it-yourself ANYBODY can do, all you need is some decorative string, and a simple bangle. You get it? ;) You wrap the string around the bangle, and voila! A cool, personalized bangle!

It can be any kind of string, metal string, plastic, fur yarn or classic yarn types.. Maybe you have some old left-over skins lying around? I know I do.. 

And this is what you get:

Pink glove says Hi!

So I'm thinking it's about time I present another design, because I see by the apparant lack of comments that I'm boring you with fashion blabber, you want results! And here it is..

(Size 2 needle, neon pink alpakka yarn)

It's another one of my self-composed pieces, I don't often make gloves, and it was a challenge getting the fingers right, aspecially since I have freakishly long & thin fingers.. ;)



On a different note, you can see the great weather in Oslo lately.. Blah..

I would rather be here:


(Moi, in Mauritius Winter '08)

If you are curious about what I'm making theese days, I can give you a little sneak peak - The sweaterdress will be finished any day now.. :)


(More alpakka yarn, this time multicolored green, blue and purple..)

Knitwear designer: Mark Fast

Another innovative knitwear designer, Mark Fast, look him up..

♥ Dreamy pink dress

I fell in love with this amazing creation Norwegian Artist Maria Mena is wearing on her album cover & her video for All this time. It's a perfect example of the unique fashion you could create if you only had enough yarn & time..

Knitwear designer: Simone Shaile

Presenting Simone Shaile, a knitwear designer now designing for Topshop.

She is sort of in the same category as Sandra Backlund, which is not a bad thing, I think.

Talented people

Hmm.. Which one of these fabulous chandelier earrings should I buy.. ALL of them? :)

I want this.. and this.. and this..

Random selection from net-a-porter.com..

Oh God. I'm featuring etsy sellers now..

What's next..? A freshly knitted pair of socks, or pictures of my cat(oops, might have done that before actually) ;)

Well, anyway, since it's not possible for me to knit so fast I can present a new design every week, I'm posting about stuff like this too.

Look what I found on Etsy.. :)

I think this is such a creative and original idea, etsy seller LianaKabel is bending those old fashioned knitting needles like there's no tomorrow.. :)

Really cool idea I think, and a definite DIY project, if you can find good bendable needles.. :)

Bought it!

Cable knit cardigan from Bik Bok, always great knitwear.. 

Grandma would be proud..

Ahh, I FINALLY finished my skarf project! It seems like months ago since I started it, and I put the final stitches on it on the train to Larvik this weekend. 

It turned out OK, I guess.. :)

And of course, by the time I was on my way back to Oslo on the train, I had a brand new project :) I am now making a sweaterdress.. So yeah, this one is going to take some time also.. 

It's funny, people always stare when I'm knitting or crocheting on the train, it's like I'm weird for actually using all that dead time for something productive.. Silly me.. ;) 

Happily I've never wanted to be like everybody else.. :)

Crochet roses

I stumbled over this great piece by a etsy seller called Trendyknitting, and wanted to learn how to make these great crocheted roses myself. You can find the recipe for it below.

Trendyknitting

Recipe for a large rose:

Leaving a 10" length for sewing, chain 57.

Row 1 (Wrong side): (Dc, ch 2, dc) in sixth ch from hook (5 skipped chs count as first dc plus ch 2),*ch 2, skip next 2 chs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch; repeat from * across: 36 sps.

Row 2: Ch 3, turn; 5 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp, (6 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp) 5times, (9 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp) 5 times, (12 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next sp) 7 times;

finish off leaving a 10" length for sewing.

Thread yarn needle with yarn end from beginning chain. With right side facing and beginning with firstpetal made, refer to photo to roll Rose; sew to secure as you roll. Then thread needle with ending yarnand sew to secure.

A great way to finish off your knitting or crochet pieces, right? :)

Spring 09: Surrealism on foot

Shoes courtesy of style.com's spring accessory report. 

High fashion insanity.. :)

Trick or Treat...