Teeny tiny Fairy socks

For the past weeks I have been working on a pair of socks in a very, very, very intricate lace pattern. I've been doing some bulky yarn projects in between which made the socks look and feel even harder.

Teeny tiny thin needles and teeny thin yarn, even for a sock yarn. Klaziens kreatie Arwetta on 2,5 mm needles :)

Yarn was soooooo soft, and had a good stitch definition, which I love since there is no need in knitting intricate stuff if it doesn't show right?
(Never try to do japanse stitches in a fuzzy alpaca yarn, take it from me, there is nothing to see there... move along...)

Since the lace made the socks look like origami, that is what I named them: Origami socks.
The pattern is Susanna by Stephanie vd Linden: link to pattern.
The pattern has lace EVERY round. Usually when you do lace there is a round in between with only knit stitches (when going in the round). This is relaxing and gives your brain some time to chill... In this pattern, it, well...., kept on going and going and going. Not that I didn't like it; I actually did :)



Had to modify it of course! I had some lovely vintage ribbon that I bought of Etsy, the colors matched the yarn very good, in my opinion.
So...... After twelve rounds of knitting I put in a round of yo and k2tog, that way producing eyelets for the ribbon. After two more rounds of ribbing I started the lace pattern.




In the end they were to small for me, so they were donated to my mother, who has the most lovely tiny feet.

 The leg part is kinda loose and high so I figured they would look nice under some booties almost as one would use legwarmers, more like a accessory almost :)

Hilarious slippers :)

Yesterday I didn't feel like doing the intricate lace pattern socks I've been working on. The yarn is super super thin and the lace is worked EVERY round.. And since I have been working with Bulky yarn the whole week it didn't feel right, to put it nicely!

Soooooo, grab something from your stash, find an easy pattern and let's get crackin'!

This is what emerged after some Gin-Tonic, the movie "Australia" and some much needed hoots of laughter:

Wonky Fairy slippers:

The Pattern is: Amy March's slippers by Tiny owl Knits. Here is a link to the Ravelry pattern page: link!

But I am unable to make a pattern without modifying it (or funking around with it, more astutely put).

After the pattern was finished I picked up ten stitches on either side of the slipper, joined in the round.

Worked a yo- k2tog round (For zee wibbon yes)  and just kept on knitting till the skein of yarn ran out. Et voila, wonky slippers!

Had some white ribbon lying around, and some left over bits of velvet ribbon. White ribbon was threaded through the slippers, black velvet ribbon with addition of a wooden button became embellishments, I love ribbon embellishments :)

Yarn is Colinette's Point five in the colour Thunder. It has some... well... unexpected side effects going with the extreme thin-thick handspun feel of it. Not too sure if I like the "messy" look of it that much. 

But with these slippers the whole effect was "high"larious! And it is really nice and warm and fuzzy and cosy on my feet and every time I look down they make me giggle!

Will surely be making the same pattern again with a more "balanced" yarn.

I love Mika! She always shows soooooo much interest in my knitting!

PS: If you are a knitter and you are NOT on Ravelry yet, I can highly recommend it! More patterns than anywhere else on the net, forums where you can ask the most stupid question and it will be answered. And most of all hours of fun!

Warning: Can be highly addictive! 

There is a link to Ravelry on the left hand side of my blog under: favourite links.