Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Project 3: Polar Bear

I am so proud of this one!!!! I finished it yesterday! I came up with the design myself.

It all started when my daughter's babysitter asked me to make a "simple" scarf for the little one that was not too long or too wide. All the scarves that she has are too bulky and uncomfortable for my little munchkin. So I started thinking... A "simple scarf" never sounds too exciting for me... Boring...

But then I started wondering.... you can make a fabulous scarf, a fashionable scarf, a vintage-looking scarf or a funky-looking scarf - that sounds much better! OR, BETTER YET, you can make a "bear scarf"! The best idea ever! My little one LOVES bears (why?). She calls every fluffy toy a "bear" without differentiating between cats, dogs, bears, mice and frogs.... She very well knows cats, dogs and other creatures on pictures and on the street but when it comes to soft toys - they are all bears :))) Even a little red Elmo that she got for Hanukkah two nights ago is a BEAR!

Finally, my little girl can WEAR a bear :)))))) I will post the pictures of her wearing the scarf as soon as possible! Stay tuned!



Just a couple of close-ups of my bear scarf: 




Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Project 2: Eva's Hat

My oldest needed a warm hat. Well the project is not really super creative but I like the result very much.

Pssst, Eva likes the hat and is very proud that I made it with her input :)))

Monday, December 6, 2010

Project 1: Santa's Helper / Снегурочка

A set that I made for myself.
The scarf is from the Vogue Early Fall issue of this year. I loved this pattern from the first moment I saw it. At first I thought about making a set for my daughter but she does not like this color combination so - a gift for myself!
I designed the hat myself to go with the scarf. Quick knitting from an unidentified cotton by-the-pound yarn, very cheap :)))

Снегурочка, ну точно :)))))



Friday, December 3, 2010

New Life - New Posts

So I am starting a new line of posts!

I promised myself that I will start posting my finished knitting projects. So my goals for this weekend are:

1. Take beautiful (think Adushka :):) :) pictures of my finished work
2. Download them somewhere
3. Start posting

Stay tuned for that. I hope to have a new post on Monday!

Have a great weekend in On-linia....

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Hanukkah!
Peace and joy to all of your families!
Light up the candles to celebrate the holiday of lights!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Happy with my results, but some words did not make any sense... and were not even Russian....

Я прошла "Тест на определение словарного запаса"

ВАШ СЛОВАРНЫЙ ЗАПАС - Результаты теста
Ваш словарный запас выше среднего уровня. Хороший результат. Вы ответили правильно на 24 вопроса из 35! Поздравляем!
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Some of the words were not even Russian... And some of the choices were not even correct, for example:
Амбициозный:

талантливый
успешный
решительный
высокомерный

Nothing matches correctly... Oh, well... Just a fun thing to do :)