Monday, October 18, 2010

My "good signs" blankets

These blankets are made for charity project which is made up for babies who are born before time. Actually since some time I had a plan to try new technique - illusion (shadow) knitting. And this project was very convenient for such a technique.

I wanted to put in good Latvian signs for children who stuggle for their life - God sign (the top triangle), Mara sign (bottom triangle) and Laima broom (middle part).



I used this tutorial to convert my chart for illusion knitting. This was my first try so the result is not very clear:

Monday, October 11, 2010

Brooch day

I had a brooch day yesterday.
Karlīne wanted a red one with perls:

I need a bowl in brick colour with stone. As all my stones it comes from seaside. I must confess that I am cheating a bit - it is not completed yet because the felt is still wet and the stone is not sticked down.