Thursday 13 March 2014

Last minute knitting

もう春になりつつあるので、毛糸が安くなっていました!
オリムパスのメイクメイクパフェ。3つで1つの値段で売っていたので買ってみた。
糸の細さも、分量も靴下編むのにちょうどいい。
 
手編みの靴下は履くとすぐ破けそうで抵抗があったのですが
履いてみたらあまりの暖かさに驚きました。
ポカポカしすぎ!手編み靴下すげえ!!
底の部分がやっぱりフェルト状になってきてしまうのですが、この暖かさはくせになるわ。
小さいからすぐ編めるし、いいかもこれ。




It's almost spring, so yarns are now in the sale. So I got perfect yarns to knit socks for very reasonable price. It was buy-one-get-two-free. Totally bargain!
I've been very interesting in knitting a sock, but I thought hand-knit socks are very fragile so I hadn't push myself into knitting them.
But I got yarns, had to make one, and I did.
Once I've put my foot into me-knitted sock, I found it's super comfortable and incredibly warm!
I don't care if they are fragile or not, I just love them:)))
As it's rather small project, I could finish knitting them faster than I thought. It's also nice to knit in any free time. So I kind of understand why people in Euro always bring work-in-progress sock with them. I should do the same thing when winter comes back next year. It's almost spring as I said!

Sunday 2 March 2014

Crochet rose ring

レース編みでバラを編んでみたら、どうにかしてアクセサリーに活用したくなったので短いバンドを編んで指輪にしてみました。
普段使いにぴったりです。大きさもいいかんじ。
I've got a rose, bloomin from my finger:P
I've made this crochet rose using a pattern from a book I bought.
I just wanted to use this rose for my daily accessory somehow, so I attached a band to make it a ring! I just love it! :)



And these are my other rosy rings. One is red plastic rose ring which my mom gave to me, and another one is made with metalic wire called Free Metallico.
で、他のバラモチーフリングと一緒にしてみました。↑
赤いのは母にもらった、ビンテージかなんかのプラスチックのバラの指輪。
んで白い奴はフリーメタリコなる物を初めて使って作った指輪です。
このフリーメタリコ、網状のワイヤみたいなもので、かぎ針で編んでいくのですが、なかなか面白いテクスチャが出て色々試したくなる素材です。

This was my first try to use Metallico, and I found the material is really fun to use!
It has very interesting texture and so much possibilities to create something.
I basically crochet the wire along with chunky beads, and then band the wire chane onto a ring base with invisible wire.
The photo can't tell how beautiful it is! It catches the light A LOT and glitter brilliantly:)
スワロフスキー編みこんでるのですげーキラキラするのに写真だと伝えられないねーー
ざんねんーー