I'm so behind on blogging my projects! Somehow there's been so many other things to do lately than blogging...

But, I'm slowly working the queue down. First in line is the Star Crossed Slouchy beret (Ravelry) which I finished maybe two weeks ago - and have been wearing it since!

More Hamster knitting! I made a hat for me, and a hat just for fun.

First my hat. It's the Rinsessa pattern from Ullaneule-web magazine (in Finnish). I made one of these as a Christmas present and just loved making and trying it on, so it was clear I need to make one for me too.

I'm taking part in a stashbusting effort: Personal Small Items club. The idea is to bag patterns and yarn from stash for them, one for each month, and then knit them one a month.

I made my bags in December, and I can't wait to get to open the February one!

I made these sets as Christmas presents for a 3-year-old and a 7-year-old girls. I hope they like them!

First the turqoise set (Pinja's set from Ullaneule)

For the hat, I CO 104 stitches and made the hat with 3,5mm dpns. The hat is ca 18 cm long - I made the first version too short, had to rip back to knit more rows. The mitts were made 100% according to the instructions.

The yarn is 7-Veljestä Moniraita (I think).

finished and sent off some Calorimetries and a cat bed to Ompelukerho . I got the Calorimetries' designers approval for making several of them and selling them for charity. The cat bed might be given as a present to an animal shelter (based on Princess Snowball catbed from S'n'B Handbook).

I hope they get some money for the animals with my knits!

I've been knitting some Calorimetrys as gifts, and hopefully I will be able to give some to Ompelukerho - women's action group for animal welfare - so they could sell them in the Christmas fairs. I am still waiting for the designers' answer, as I am not  / no one is allowed to sell them without the designers permission.

A word (or a picture) of warning to all you out there who won't swatch. Remember my hat I was knitting a week back? Here it is knitted up. Nice, huh? 

I thought it just might be a big too big for anyone, so I simply frogged it.

Now I'm thinking should I try to knit the hat again, or just to use the yarn for something else.

The hat was really fun to make; I actually got a serious knitting need last monday and practically finished it in a few hours. 

On the other hand, summer's coming  - I won't be needing such a hat for a long time.