Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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The first time I saw Allison LoCicero's Entrelac Scarf I've been ravished.

And as the best mom of all (mine) wanted a colorful scarf for Christmas which she could wear with her brown winter coat, I just went off to buy the yarn "Noro Silk Garden". Normally I would think twice before I spend 10€/50g but it's Christmas and it's for my mom (^.^)

The yarn itself was something that one needs to get used to because thickness and strength are unsteady.

I was curious how the pattern would work and it's really that one square is knitted after another. In the beginning I knitted stitch by stitch according to the directions as I was not able to imagine how the pattern will occur. After the secound row of squares everything was clear and the project nearly finished on it's own.

Oh yeah, when I picked my lables I couldn't decide which of my two favorite ones to choose so I ordered both and this ist the second variant - which one do you like more? (the other one is on the  Monster Chunks)

Projectdetails at a glance:

Pattern: Entrelac Scarf
Yarn: NORO Silk Garden; color 341
Needles: 5 mm jacket needles
No gauge required

Here you can finde the scarf on ravelry.com

I wish you all
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
read you 2012 (*_*)

Giant Monster Chunks, yes we rattle!!!!

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What do little boys need who have everything?

MONSTER CHUNKS!
Any Monster Chunks?
No - GIANT Monster Chunks!
Is there anything they need to be able to?
Yes - RATTLE \(^_^)/ 

The best friends of my little boy are celebrating their first birthday this week. For their great day they get as presents (one more time *g*)...

... GIANT RATTLE MONSTER CHUNKS \(^_^)/

According to the designer Rebecca Danger the chunks love to dance and are the perfect pets. In additon I gave them a rattle, so they can scare "monsters-under-the-bed" away.

The chunk twins have to seperate but I hope this is not too much of a problem for them as they will be living with really nice little boys and you never know, maybe they will meet some day at the playground again!

The chunks are a great project to try different yarns and needles. I had a lot of fun making them and I'm sure they are not the last ones.

I was really happy that my lables arrived in time, so the chunks are my first "branded" projekt (^_^)

Here you can find the chunks on ravelry.com