Sunday, November 13, 2011

A short update

Finally a small update from us. Since my last post I was very busy with university and had very little time for knitting. That's why I don't have a new bunny finished (still need to sew it together and finish the dress). Mum's still knitting socks and helping me with the bunnies but I didn't get around to taking any new photos.

I've recently read about guerilla knitting on a blog and wondered why I had never seen it before. A few days later I saw this on my way to uni (sorry for the bad quality photos, I only had my mobile phone with me):

Guerilla häkeln 1 Guerilla häkeln 3 Guerilla häkeln 5

Guerilla häkeln 2 Guerilla häkeln 4

A small but effective way to decorate the street signs. I guess this is guerilla crocheting and not knitting but I still like it, of course. I was so excited when I saw this on my way to uni (was walking to an exam at 7:30 in the morning, a small miracle I even noticed it).

Do you like it? Have you ever seen guerilla knitting/crocheting before?

I'm staying in Germany with my boyfriend for the next two weeks so I'm not sure how much knitting I'll get done but I'll keep you posted. :)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Sonja, the Christmas bunny

Yesterday I finished Sonja, the little Christmas bunny :D.

Christmas Bunny

Knitting the dress was really complicated! My boyfriend's never going to get a norwegian sweater I fear.

Named after one of my friends: Sonja

Christmas Bunny

She is made from 50% Merino/50% Acrylic yarn. Her dress is 100% cotton.

My parents and I also drove to our allotment/community garden to winterize it. On the way there you can see the cutest alpacas. This time we stopped to take a closer look at them. They are so funny, especially the one with the crooked teeth:

alpaca

alpacas

Our dog was a bit scared, she instanly wanted to get into the car again (she doesn't like driving).

The sun was shining yesterday but it was a bit wet and cold.

autumn

Autumn colors are gorgeous:

autumn

Our dog Daisy:

autumn

We collected the garden gnomes and put them safe inside the patio.

garden gnomes

Mum's still knitting socks, need to take some new photos!