Aztec Script Socks
Sat 31 Oct 2009 - Filed under: knitting, patterns for sale — tia
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Soon available for sale via this blog.

Voronetz Socks
Sun 27 Sep 2009 - Filed under: knitting, FREE PATTERNS — tia
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Voronet is a monastery in Bukovina (Romania) painted in a unique kind of blue called now the “Voronetz blue”. The name might sound masculin, but these are very much WOMEN SOCKS. They are based on the Right Slant Rib free pattern on Vogue Knitting website. I’ve worked out the Left Slant Rib version and adapted the pattern to circular knitting. One strong advice - don’t work tight.

Be careful, I’ve put the socks on the wrong way around for the photographs! :-)

I know there’s a lot of crap for sale on Ravelry, I am offering this quality sock pattern for free, so I do expect some feed back on my pattern - please LEAVE A COMMENT, then download the pattern - PDF or DOC. Thank you!

Check out my other free socks pattern - Cascade of Leaves Socks

Purple Autumn Journal
Wed 16 Sep 2009 - Filed under: blank journals — tia
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I’ve made this journal for a birthday present. Materials used: handmade paper (made by myself), dried leaves glued on the paper and then sewed with silver thread. It took a while to sew together all the squares on the cover, but there you go, the result is beautiful. I think I’ll make a few more like this one.

Cascade of Leaves Socks
Sat 18 Jul 2009 - Filed under: knitting, FREE PATTERNS — tia
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I finished knitting this socks - my own “invention” - a couple of months ago and since the Romanian market does not offer a lot of options (crapy old “Red Coats” - “Sport Socks”, which comes in about 4 dull colors and it’s only 75% wool) when it comes to wool I thought it would be a good idea to submit the pattern to Knitty, asking to be paid in wool instead of money. Since the pattern was rejected by Knitty I only have to look forward to my next trip abroad when I’ll be able to do some wool shopping. (I’m mentioning the rejection because I have noticed that many people google “rejected by knitty” hoping that the result will give them an idea of this magazine’s standards - here is an exemple)

DOWNLOAD THE PATTERN.
(Ravelry link)

Birch Leaf Socks
Tue 19 May 2009 - Filed under: knitting — tia
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The adventure continues with the Birch Leaf socks, a pattern that I’ve found in a book called “A gathering of Lace”. I have adapted a bit the back of the sock. This time I got the color right.

Oak leaf socks
Wed 6 May 2009 - Filed under: knitting — tia
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Another free pattern by Kelly Porpiglia.

Hanging Vines socks
Sat 25 Apr 2009 - Filed under: knitting — tia
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Frre patern by Kelly Porpiglia HERE.

It looks much better as she created them - green and using a thiner yarn, but I don’t have much choise in Romania.

Knitting socks for the second time - Vogue Knitting
Thu 9 Apr 2009 - Filed under: knitting — tia
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This is the original pattern:

And here is my adaptation (I added 6 stitches):

Blue cable mittens
Mon 23 Mar 2009 - Filed under: knitting — tia
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I cannot remember where I’ve downloaded this pattern from, but it’s called “Evangeline” and it’s made by Michelle Szeghalmi (The Sweet Sheep).

And a more stylized view:

Same pattern, different yarn
Sun 15 Mar 2009 - Filed under: knitting — tia
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I’ve made a new pair of mittens, just to consolidate the technique. Pattern is free for download from elann.com, but full of mistakes. If anyone wants it, just drop me a line.

Dog’s aprouval is compulsory.

Dog waiting for biscuits…in vain.

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