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December 4, 2006
Bear Claw is done
In the car on the way home last Friday, I bound off the last edge of the little Bear Claw Blanket.
After that, I wove in the remaining ends. I was very happy I had woven in a lot of them along the way already. So this is what it looks like now:
Picture taken in artificial lighting, so the colors are a bit off. The piece measures about 55 cm/21.65" square. The pattern is from the Spring 2005 issue of Interweave Knits, the yarn is 2-ply Shetland yarn from Klazien's Kreatie and some leftover Shetland from Mermaid. By the way, Klazien finally put up her new website and it looks great! You have to register to browse the shop though, which strikes me as a bit odd, but oh well...
And how does Dropje like it?
She does seem to enjoy it, some of the time in her own, elegant way (bottom right picture). But then again, she will usually recline on whatever you leave on the back of the couch...
With some leftovers from the blanket, I made a felted flower pin.
I used some of the flowers from Nicky Epstein's Fabulous Felted Bags (another great find at De Slegte in Leeuwarden! They had only one. Remember, knitting books are very hard to find in the Netherlands.) They flowers are really easy to make, you basically cast on 5 sts, cast off 4, cast on 4, cast off 4 etc. untill you have the amount of petals you want. I also made some leaves, felted everything by hand, sewed the parts together and added beads and a pin. I like the way it turned out!
Remember the scarf I started, using Noro Kureyon in reds and some unidentified bright blue yarn? I wrote about it on Novemeber 12. Well, I bought some Highland Tweed in a pink shade from Klazien, frogged the red and blue attempt and started again with red and pink.
I think it looks a lot better! I will probably give it away as a present when it's done, not sure who will be the recipient yet.
With all the yarn I've been buying from Klazien lately, I ran into a problem. The Shetland yarn she sell is in skeins, in stead of ball, so you have to wind it first. A 100 g skein can take quite a bit of time, so my helper was getting a bit tired of holding up yet another skein. Last week, my mother came to the rescue: she gave me her umbrella swift!
I'm really happy with it, and I've used it a couple of times already. Thanks mom!
Posted by saartje at December 4, 2006 8:52 PM
Comments
Aw, that Bear Claw Blanket is awfully cute!
Posted by: carrie at December 4, 2006 11:09 PM
Wow - just in time for the holidays, your little licorice cat has a new bed. Very sweet.
Posted by: Kelly at December 5, 2006 12:09 AM
The Bear Claw blanket turned out so cute! My sister's cat sits on their couch the same way. They call him "straddle cat".
Posted by: Melly at December 5, 2006 12:20 AM
The Bear Claw blankie looks so lovely! I love the colors that you used. Your Dropje looks just like Sadi, the cat my family had while I was growing up. That last picture of her on the blanket is so funny!
Posted by: whitney at December 5, 2006 12:21 AM
Dropje looks very comfortable. She looks like she could be a sister to my Stella. Hooray for Mother coming to the rescue with the swift!
Posted by: midgeling at December 5, 2006 5:16 AM
The blanket is cute - and I really love the pictures of the Cat enjoying the blanket. The small flower pin is beautiful!
Posted by: Lene at December 5, 2006 6:07 AM
Woh Saartje, wat is de deken prachtig geworden!!! Eene aanwinst voor je interueur en voor de poes natuurlijk!
Het vilten bloemetje is ook erg lief. Heel raar, omdat ik vilt met ongepsonnen wol, kan ik er maar neit toe komen om het met gesponnen wol te doen en dan eerst te breien. Het voelt voor mij wat als omslachtig, terwijl ik overal zulke leuke resultaten zie.
Die paraplu is nu echt wel nodig zeg! Lief van je moeder!!
Desjaal ziet er geweldig uit!!! Hoop hem weer eens in het echt te zien, alzal het in 2007 zijn!
Posted by: Tijm at December 5, 2006 6:09 AM
Hallo Saartje
Ik lees al met enige regelmaat je website en ben ook al geruime tijd Breigek. Ik zat je website te bekijken en zag de "paraplu".handig ding.En wat verbaast mij?? Ik heb zo'n ding!!! Uit de erfenis van mijn schoonmoeder en wij wisten niet waar het voor diende! Ik ben ook grote fan van de wol van Klazien en mijn man moet altijd de strengen ophouden om ze tot knotten te winden. Hij zal verheugd zijn dat dat niet meer nodig is. Bedankt dus voor je foto en altijd leuke website
groeties Ineke (uit zwolle)
Posted by: Ineke at December 5, 2006 9:19 AM
It is such a cute little blanket! :)
Posted by: nat at December 5, 2006 2:14 PM
That is a great looking blanket. Congrats. on finishing it! And the swift - what a nice gift. I might have to gift myself one of those this next year.
Posted by: Jessica at December 5, 2006 4:11 PM
The bear claw is beautiful, I love the color scheme. Your sweet cat looks happy with it too.
Posted by: Marie N. at December 5, 2006 5:36 PM
Jouw Dropje is een poes met smaak :-) mooie deken. Wat een goed kado, de swift. Mijn Yep grapt altijd over Oma Duck (die immers Gijs Gans altijd haar strengen laat ophouden). Ik zal hem eens fijntjes een leuke kado-suggestie aan de hand doen...
Lie(f)s
Posted by: Lies at December 5, 2006 7:21 PM
What a beautifull bear claw blanket! Hope your cat will give it the honours it has the right to recieve. (Knowing cats: she won't.) Beautiful flower, beautiful shawl.I agree with you: this way the colours work together instead of against each other...
Posted by: froukje at December 5, 2006 9:46 PM
Your blanket looks wonderful. I've been wanting to knit that for a long time. You may have inspired me to finally get to it.
Posted by: Jessica at December 5, 2006 10:11 PM
I love the blanket, and so obviously does Puss!
Judy
Posted by: Judy at December 5, 2006 10:40 PM
Mooi! De deken en de sjaal, prachtige kleuren. En nu?
Posted by: knitting ajour at December 6, 2006 2:29 PM
Hello Saartje,
We love your stuff. All of my friends have been knitting the Noro hat---it looks great. In my knitting classes at----
knitoneone.com----
we would love to use the Noro hat pattern--it would be for 8 people. Of course we would give you all the acknowledgments etc. Please let me know if that would be OK. Thanks a million, Síle
Posted by: sile Convery at December 6, 2006 10:24 PM
Hello Saartje,
I think you might like this:
http://www.broenink-art.nl/maukie2.swf
Posted by: Cindy at December 7, 2006 9:55 PM
Op je oude website allerlei fraaie dingen gezien - en wat een tempo. Waar heb jij zo fraai met verschillende kleuren / het inbreien geleerd?
Posted by: Anne-Lies at December 8, 2006 2:46 PM
I have really enjoyed reading all your knitting experiences and admire your work. I particularly like the wristwarmers. Any chance that you will have a pattern for sale or a booklet perhaps? I haven't done any beadwork, but I think my daughters would really like these.
Posted by: Sherilan at December 9, 2006 12:53 AM
De deken voor Dropje is prachtig geworden, leuk dat je Dropje even op je log hebt gezet! Zo leuk om te zien dat de deken haar bevalt!
Posted by: froukje at December 9, 2006 5:32 PM
Hoi Saartje, wat een prachtig kleed, de kat is er duidelijk ook helemaal verzot op. Wat toevallig, wij hebben ook eens een poes gehad die Dropje heette, een heel lief beestje !!
Posted by: Monique at December 9, 2006 6:24 PM
Hoi Saartje,
Je bent getagged! Ja, web 2.0 steekt overal zijn neusje in.... Je mag vertellen welke 6 dingen het raarst zijn aan je (aangevertje, je kat ligt raarlijk elegant op haar nieuwe kleedje) ;-)
Kijk hoe raar ík ben op mijn blog: http://jonna-lind.hyves.nl/blog/#.
Groetjes, Jonna (die nog steeds onder de indruk is van al je producten, incl. blog)
Posted by: Jonna at December 23, 2006 2:38 PM
I adore your Bear Claw Blanket, can you tell me where I can find the pattern? Thank you
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