Stolen

No, not the spindles. I stole the idea of making them. Last Saturday snorrepot (Ravelry link) showed me a spindle that paarsetulp (Ravelry link) made for her. She got the idea for them when she went to the Hema (Dutch store). I passed the store last week and decided to see what had inspired her. At the department of childrens toys I found 4 wooden tops for €1,95. I saw what the attraction was to paarsetulp and walked out of the store holding the little bag with tops. I made the spindles that same night, I had everything at home except for the little hooks. They work amazingly well. I didn’t weigh them, but they’re definitely not heavy.

On the knitting front I finally finished my Moonfleet shawl. It’s still wrapped around Jasmin. It looks really good on her.

The magic of blocking

Finished another project, the Diamond Fantasy Scarf by Sivia Harding. You can make it into a shawl by adding more pattern repeats. Because I didn’t have enough yarn I went with the smaller version. Well, not that small apparently.

This is what it looked like right after I was finished.



And this is what I got after blocking.