New coat

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Means new mittens, hat and scarf...
Soooo, sometime soon I will cast on the Snowbird Mittens from Vogue Knitting, in white and dark grey. Let's see if my local pimp has enough Karisma in stock to get this little project done... (this coat is red, VERY, even though it looks pink here... Just blame my self-photography skills... lol)

For now, I'm test knitting some Malabrigo sock yarn. Yum! And very cleverly they put a little knot halfway the skein, so you know where to break it if you want to knit two socks at the same time. Cool hey? Results will be up sometime soon in the appropriate place... Sorry, still a bit secretive here... But the fact the colour way is called 'Angelic' should be a little hint ;)

More secretive stuff: SnB Fryslan is knitting a bit of a Santa project. So much fun! I have 'it' at home now and am busy working on that too... I'm also writing a poem to go along with it, so some inspiration in that department would also be welcome.

Hey Teach! is coming along great. The back is nearly done, but priorities, priorities... :):):) Color = very soft lilac...

Comments

Tijm said…
Het zal ook niet hé..............natuurlijk een roze jas! Hij staat je geweldig en veel mogelijkheden voor veel leuke assosuoarres (je weet wel, muts, sjaal, wanten maar vergeet ook niet een bijpassende tas , zoals een Suzy Q!)
September 20, 2008 at 7:24 AM
Anonymous said…
Prachtig jas, nu nog een mooie sjaal erbij breien en hij is helemaal af.
September 20, 2008 at 5:02 PM
MoniqueB. said…
Wow! Die is mooi geworden! Daar kom je de winter wel mee door. En met Angelic erbij, zien we je al van ver aankomen!!! yeah.
Prachtig
September 22, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Anonymous said…
Mooi jas! Leuk om er van alles en nog wat bij te breien.

Ik ben heel beniewd naar de malabrigo sokken en ook de andere projecten.

Dapper van je om een foto van jezelf op je weblog te zetten. Ik durf nog steeds niet helemaal in beeld op mijn weblog hoor.
September 22, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Angelique den Brok said…
Je jas is geweldig! Ben zeer benieuwd naar het eindresulataat van de sokken!
September 29, 2008 at 10:46 PM
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