he's back!!!!!!!

he is back!
he is back!
he is back!

my little sweetness is back! we found him friday night

right between the new flat and our old house....

nameless joy everywhere!

tigger also missed him so badly,

but now he's back and everything's alright

he had a capital dinner and now he's sleeping all the time ;)

i know for some this might sound weird

and i hardly cannot explain how we felt the last days

cause they are just like our kids...

.....and we are all doing the happy dance here!!!!

wishing you all a perfect sunday

isa m.

way behind

seams that i am always way behind with posting....
so what to do???
today i have some unexpected free time - 
so here we go:

we moved to the new (really, really small) flat
our house is going to be completly boned
one of our cats is missing for 2 days now....
i hope he's coming back...i really hope he's coming back!!!!
my second owlsister is in town for the next month
(she works in austria)
my son will celebrate his 18th (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
birthday in june - lots of preparations
and i am feeling very, very old sometimes....
published il grande favorito and poolside
did some testknits for Joji, Nadia, Justyna, Hanna and laMaisonRililie 
aaaaaaaand (for sure!) cannot put the needles down (hehehehe!)
currently working with my testing ladies
on the patterns for chalkstone and emerald 
and helping my dear Anke with her new designs

cats and moving boxes.....(he's the one who is missing....)

il grande favorito (get your copy here)

poolside (get your copy here)

2 beautiful testknits for Joji's new eBook hopeful knits

testknit for nadia's super cute cardi love potion

testknit of Justyna's new sweater shifting

testknit for hanna

.....and not to forget my very own nuvem 

i did this in a hurry for my wedding....

two other beauties.... both testknits for laMaisonRililie

testknit for anke 

this one's just perfect, so cozy and warm

a great hug-you-tight-knit for everyday!!!!

now working on her newest design....

mine will be striped!!!!

hope you all have good days

xxx

isa m.

april in b.

one day in april in b.

 

 

 

finished my testknit

and it looks so cute! 

i'm really pleased with the outcome

 

did a few minor mods.

co for size s on 2.5mm needles for ribbing

changed to 3.5mm needles and

dec to xs numbers for body

omitted the side ribbing at the armholes

inc to size s numbers for hip ribbing

dec to xs numbers after ribbing

shortened the lower part

omitted the armhole ribbing, cause it fits without 

 

the sideseam looks very, very nice

tried to knit those 3 sts very tight and it worked

can't say how beastly cold it was when doing the shots

..............

no project on my needles,....hehehehe

i know you wouldn't believe

started a testknit for wonderful veera 

she was so kind offering me to test her newest sweater alga

...............

 

have a nice one

isa k. 

 

back again

had some busy days...

and my little camera died :(

first of all i have to tell that my second owlsister

daniela will give birth to a new family member on friday

unfortunately the little one didn't turn its head downwards

so he/she will be born by caesarean

............

working on a pattern of paulie 

seams to be a slow starter, my notes are [as always]

not very helpfull. hope that i could finish this the next week

and search for some kind testers

............

they catch every sunray they can get - everytime and everywhere

and me? i start every knitting project i can - everytime and everywhere

 

testknit for anke [aka fallmasche]

rotation is a sweater worked topdown in the round

with twisted ribs

i changed it into a cardi

my gauge was totally off, so i had to

recalculate all the numbers

needles. 4mm circulars

yarn. soft merino by ICE YARNS

think i can finish it the next days

more notes to follow

.............

 proudly presenting the second testknit i do for anke

she invited me to test her new design april in berlin

started yesterday and i think this will be a beauty

yarn. cotton/acrylic 

needles. 2.5mm and 3.5mm

............

also working on a tunic for the little one

matching the kitty hat

and.....i finished a second alabama skirt

 

hugs

isa k.

my babies...

sometimes noone trusts me when i tell that my cats are mad

mr. rossi [the red one] is like a beauty-queen

so, so beautiful, but not so smart at all :))

 and he is a very loud person, especially when he's hungry

.............

tigger [the bigger one] can read our faces, i'm sure

he is our senior, this year he turns 11 [means 77 in cat years]

sometimes it feels like he carries all the bad of the world

on his tiny shoulders

isa k.

snow....

only 6 days ago the ladies [friends, neighbours..]

and me were taking our coffee outdoors....

the sky is dark and grey and the raindrops got cold and white..

some times the lack of sunlight gets me down

..............

have some cool red yarn on hand...maybe i should start

a new project..? 

today i have to help alenka sewing a carnival costume

for one of her sons, can't say that i like sewing 

fake fur fabrics... we'll see how it works

isa k.

it's making progress

this sweater will end up being another plain and simple one

....just like the most of my sweaters....

only the sleeves to go;

think i will add such keyholes to the bottom of the sleeves too

...this cat has such a good life ;)))

must be cat's heaven to life in a yarny home

today M. has to put in his application for academic high school
hope he'll be accepted....
with a bit of luck the next 3 years of his education
will be cleared!!!!


isa k.

sneak preview of spring....

branches of our christmastree show some spring green

 

G. brought some flowers  <3   <3  <3

 

..and I started a brandnew project,

a new cowl, simple st st tube with a few stripes

provisional co 120 sts

have a nice week

isa k.

the sunny side of life

in my next life I really want to be a cat!!!

while he is chilling in the sun my testknitting 

gets ready to block; unfortunately it's, like expected,

a bit oversized. after finishing the neck edging it

fits much better, but still too large for my taste

the next time I wouldn't do the body incs,

cause of the lack of curves on my figure..hahaha

a finer gauge might be the key and less sts for

the backneck

pics will follow...........

crocheted????

first I have to admit that I am no crocheter...well, I know the stitches and I know how to crochet

but I feel out of sorts when doing it.

I crochet with my right hand and maybe that's the key,

while being a lefty..

it's more a fight than a pleasure for me to do this

but anyway sometimes I like it,

I stumbled across this tutorial and immediately had to start to crochet

 

after the third attempt with the pattern it worked

 

sure, it was, like everyday, a fight against the fury in the cat

the idea was to create a little pouch

I started with 27 ch and followed the stitchpattern

for 7 rows

then seamed together the rectangles, leaving the top of them open

 

ready to be lined with some cotton I had on hand

a cute little zippered pouch :)

ready to leave

...

look at this wild, wild fur bearing animal

seconds later Mr. Rossi hooked his claws into my leg.....