As winter has sent in here in Jyväskylä, my knitting needles have been very busy. I started knitting last fall to make Christmas gifts, and continued all January and now that it is February I feel that I am running out of things to make, and I am ready to move onto some other kind of craft.
Here are some of the projects that I have done this fall\winter.
This sweater I knit for a family member. It was fun and very easy to make. Just plain knitting.
The sweater is now done. I added a extra hem on the bottom of the sweater, to balance off the beige in the top and bottom. I really like the way it turned out.
I had some wool left over from the knitted sweater that I decided to make a pair of mittens to match the sweater.
My next project was to knit a lacy summer dress for another family member.
Here I have started knitting the skirt part of the dress. I have 230 sts in the round.
Here you can see the pattern of the lace dress developing .
I have completed the skirt part and am now starting to knit the bodice of the dress. It was a really fun and easy pattern to knit.
Here I am hand stitching the sleeves to the dress bodice.
The dress is finally finished. It did not take me to long to make, only a few weeks. I spent more time waiting for the measurements of the recipient of the dress.
I am very happy of the way the dress came out. I really hope it will fit.
Once again I had enough wool left over that I decided to make a little lacy hat to go with the dress.
Every year I make the children of our apartment building something for christmas. This christmas I decided to knit the two little sisters who live above us pink socks. These ones are meant for the older sister.
For my daughter in law I knit a pair of Marimekko design socks. She loves finnish designs. I was really happy on how these socks turned out. the flower pattern was a challenging one.
These socks are for our son. He loves my knitted socks and apparently wears them all year long. I think I may have to knit him some more after christmas.
These socks I knit for a good friends grandsons. She has three age 1,2 and 3. I made them all just a wee bit different from each other. Apparently the little boys loved the socks.
This Tonttu sweater and socks I knit for my granddaughter . I had so much fun designing and making the sweater. I even learned a new knitting technique in the process.
Here I not only knit my granddaughter socks but I knit my son and his wife a pair of christmas socks as well.
Here is a closeup of the family wearing the christmas socks I knit for them.
Its now after christmas... and I decided to get around to knitting those extra socks for my middle son. Here is one of the pair I knit.
Here are the other pair I knit for him. I really like the colour combination of these socks.
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