09 November 2010

Snowy Owls

Owls have been rather popular for some time, not least because of Harry Potter books, of course. But even if they weren't, I just love this pattern. This is the second time I've knit it and I enjoyed every minute of it as much as I did the first time. The owl cables are perfect and the thumb gusset is done very neatly. And they are a quick knit.

Vesna fell in love with my mittens the moment she saw them and has been asking me to make her a pair ever since. However, I couldn't find Unitas's Marija, which is absolutely perfect for them. Or any other suitable bulky yarn, for that matter. And then a local yarn shop got Vlnap's Exclusive and I knew it was then or never :) She picked the colour and we were rolling!



We bought two skeins but one would have been just enough for the pair. I wanted to be on the safe side as in the shop they only had something like 4 skeins per colour (and only the ugliest colours!) so there was a real danger of not being able to buy some more at a later time. But thanks to my paranoia she got a hat too, made of the second skein :)



Sorry about a bad photo of the hat, it looks much better on the head but it was too hot for modelled shots.

Exclusive is a wonderful, 100% wool yarn and it knits up beautifully. The fabric it produces, in this case on 5mm needles, is soft and squishy and it has a rustic feel about it.

18 comments:

  1. soviceeeeeeee! vidim, tvoje su napravljene s većim iglama od mojih, odlično izgledaju :)
    i mittens su super, iako ja njih kao takve baš ne volim, nespretne su mi, a i za moju klimu bespotrebne :)

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  2. Kapica mi se dopada više nego rukavice, kojima ništa ne nedostaje, nego jednostavno ne volim takav tip rukavica, a nisu mi niti potrebne ovdje gdje jesam.

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  3. Jao sto je fenomenalno : ))))) odusevljena sam ...

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  4. Šta reći - oduševljena, kao i uvek! :)

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  5. Ovo je moj omiljeni post,zato sto sam Harry Potter fan,i ne stidim se :):):) Prva asocijacija HEDWIG,a sove inace obozavam.

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  6. Ja ne mogu verovati kolko si ti stvari isplela u ovaj period! Ljubomorna sam!

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  7. Mozes misliti, ja imam cak i mindjuse u obliku sova..... :) A 18. novembra znam sta cu da radim :)

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  8. Harry Potter rules! Bas kao i tvoji radovi! :) Dopadaju mi se i boja i tip vunice :)

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  9. Prelepo, bravo za tebe i tvoje vešte ruke!

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  10. Those little cabled owls just never get less cute, do they! Love the colour for this set, too :^)

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  11. The mittens are lovely, and so is the hat! Lucky friend you have.

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  12. I ja bi toooooo!
    Mislim da si mi dala ideju za moju Dodu...

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  13. Eto sta mogu dva dugmenceta:)Predivno!

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  14. Rukavice su savršene! Baš mi se sviđaju u bijeloj boji.

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  15. Prelepe rukotvorine! Dobro si se spremila za zimu: )

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  16. Superiška su!Tople i snežne...Pozdrav!

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