Schlagwort: Vampire Knits

Finished Project: Pulse Protectors

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Back in September I told you about a lovely yarn I had bought. And my plan to make my first knitting project with cables: pulse protectors from the Vampire Knits book (I posted about it here). Now they’re finished and it’s been quite a journey.

I’m not very good at knitting yet. Still, I know how to knit and to purl. And I’m not the one to stick with scarfs in stockinette or garter stitch forever. So I was looking for something more challenging. So I chose a pattern that isn’t knit in the round (Handling four to five needles at once? Not yet!!!) but has got a nice cable pattern. I felt like an idiot at first, trying to handle the cable needle. More then once the needle simply dropped and my stitches were ready to begin a new life in freedom :O

I think I frogged the beginning of the first mitten three to four times until I worked it out. But then it went rather smoothly. And I’m really happy with the outcome. True, I have to work on my seaming skills. But all in all I’m very proud I handled a cable pattern at this stage of my life as a knitter (oh, that sounds so nice :heart_pale: )

While the yarn was wonderful to work with (and there’s almost a whole skein left to be turned into something beautiful) it IS wool after all. So after wearing them for some days, the wool starts to felt and I have to remove those little lints. Maybe I’ll treat myself to one of those lint shavers.

More Info

Ravelry Project Page
Pattern: pulse protectors published in Vampire Knits
Yarn: 1.1 skeins of Nimbus by Zitron (100% Organic Merino)
Needle Size: 3 mm
Time: about three to four days

Alles Liebe,



Getting all excited over…yarn

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Today is the start of Sari’s Project Going Out for September, a good opportunity to take a walk and make a short visit to our local yarn store. I wanted to check out the available assortment and was suprised what a sweet little shop I’ve got here right in the small town where I live. While in most of the big department stores in Munich (and even yarn shops in the city) all you can buy are yarns by Schachenmayr and – if you’re lucky – Lana Grossa, my local store sells yarns by all kind of „exotic“ brands (in the sense that from my experience you have to go hunting for them).

So I treated myself to one skein of Zitron Nimbus (color 20): 100% organic new wool (Merino). The real color is so much more beautiful than any picture could show and it’s so soft to the hands while you’re knitting.

I bought it to realize a pair of pulse warmers from the Vampire Knits book I got recently. This will be my first project marked as intermediate. I’m tired of making scarfs, scarfs and even more scarfs :D So, pluse warmers it is, with some increasing and cables. I’m super excited and even made a gauge (I’m always to lazy for that, but it showed I need to use smaller needles than the ones in the pattern).

Are you in the mood to follow me on my adventures into knitting land?

Alles Liebe,



New crafting books

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Sometimes I’m lucky and get some new crafting books at work :3 This time I was very lucky.

The new additions are:

Knitting Vintage
Love…Knitting


Vampire Knits:
Projects to Keep You Knitting from Twilight to Dawn
Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Dolls to Sew and Love



Especially Wee Wonderfuls and Vampire Knits are a treat for the eyes. I like the latter although most of the patterns are inspired by the Twilight series :!: Nevertheless vampires and shapeshifters are kind of cool and it’s funny to read a girl should wear selfmade pulse warmers whenever she plans to meet her new vampire boyfriend xD

Alles Liebe,