samples

I became a part of this lovely idea. It's about enabling people to get samples of yarns, rovings and so forth before they purchase. Various fiber people were asked to contribute samples for Phat Fiber and in January first boxes will go on sale. Amount of boxes is limited (because there's a limited supply of samples). And you can find me among contributors for this month :) here is my wee little page! I'll be sending these babies:

Stala som sa sucastou tohto celkom mileho napadu. Zozbieraju sa od vselijakych etsy predajcov vzorky vlniek alebo chlpov alebo cohokolvek , co suvisi so strikovanim alebo pradenim a porozdeluje sa to do krabic, ktore budu potom na predaj... takto aspon ludia budu mat moznost vyskusat a porovnat vela druhov vlniek a vela predajcov. Mam u nich aj taku malinku stranocku. ja posielam taketo vzorky:


around 50 samples so far, I would do more but... I have to wind them by hand and it's so much work!!! I really want to make merino lace samples as well, I hope I'll manage, but there's a slim chance... it's 1500m per 100g.

zatial ich mam asi tak 50 a uz sa mi zda, ze aj dost, lebo to musim navijat rucne a to ma stoji vela casu a nervov. Este by som chcela spravit merino lace vzorky, no ale neviem, ze ci sa mi to bude chciet navijat.. to ma 1500m/100g. ach.

I am buried deep in the black hole of Christmas knitting. So much to do, so little time and projects progres sooo slowly. That's probably because I make so many mistakes and things tend to not work out as I thought they will. This hat was supposed to be for my sister, who claimes to have tiny head, too small for commercial hats. she says they get blown away by the wind (which I seriously doubt, but ok). So I wanted to make small hat for her and made it, guess what... too small. It would fit a 6 months old baby. So dear sister, you won't have a patterned hat, at least not in time for Christmas.

Velmi vela veci musim dostrikovat do Vianoc... to najhorsie mam za sebou, ale zda sa ze nech robim co robim, vsetko mi napreduje taaak straaasne pomaly, ze az. A este k tomu, mi nevychadzaju veci tak ako maju. Napriklad tato capicka mala byt pre moju sestru, ktora tvrdi, ze ma tak malu hlavu, ze ked si kupi ciapku v obchode tak jej ju vietor odfukuje z hlavy. Takze strikujem malu capicu...a hadajme co... moc malu som ju ustrikovala. Mozno tak na 6 mesacne dieta. Takze mila sestra, obavam sa, ze capica s veverickami nebude... aspon nie vcas na Vianoce.

...corrugated rib turned out nicely...
...vrubkovanie pekne...

...inside turned out nicely...
(I practiced different ways of carrying the wool at the back)
...vnutrajsok pekny...
(skusala som akymi sposobmi sa da tahat vlnka po vnutrajsku)
too bad it's too small
skoda ze je taka mrnava
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and another secret Christmas project that I can't blog about
este jedno strikovanie o ktorom nemozem pisat, lebo je vianocne