Fall is on my needles.
During this time of the year, I can finally cast on all the things that I wanted to start for months, without feeling too guilty.
Fall on my needles
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Knitting
Highlights in July
And that's it, with a snap of your fingers, another month is gone. Even though Summer is still here, I can definitely feel that Autumn is not far behind. And when I look back at the pictures that I took this month, most of them feature this brownish tonal color that is very specific to the Fall!
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The non-crocheter knitter/ baby steps into crochet.
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I honestly never thought that I would be crocheting one day. The only time that I really hold a crochet hook is when I need to chain stitches for a provisional cast-on. The hook compared to the knitting needles doesn't feel natural/right in my hand. I usually awkwardly chain one loop very tightly, and then chain a second one way too loosely, and end up with a "chain" of uneven loops that are then picked up very difficultly.
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Highlights in June
in Knitting, Simply wear
June has been another great lonth this year. The weather has been amazing, and a lot of time has been spent outside in the nature. I visited the Latvian ethnographic museum for the first time this year, and it's always such a pleasure to go back to that place, and explore every single wooden house, as if it was the first time. I'd love to have a knitting retreat there.
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Softness
Soft colors, soft textures, soft fabrics for the end of June.
A sea of swatches
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Life has been incredibly hectic these past few weeks. I wake up on Monday mornings, and when I wake up the next morning, it's already Friday. I can't believe that half of the year has already past, and the list of things that have to be accomplished this year keeps getting longer and longer.
So to keep you updated, I spent these past few weeks knitting a lot (obsviously), and swatching even more than ever, practising different stitches, and trying to incorporate them into pre-designed shapes. That's a lot of work, because when you have a clear idea of what you want, but the whole thing doesn't work out that way, you can end up spending days and days brainstorming the same idea, and try to put 12 into 10. But it stil doesn't work. So you have to modify, and admit that the initial idea that you had in mind will not work that way. Thus the growing pile of swatches...
Now back to my knitting!