Mandala Madness parts 5 & 6

I made it to part 6 without having to buy new yarn.

Part 5

And part 6. Part 7 will be up tomorrow!

A bunch of socks

Socks again. All of them are just simple stockinette stitch because I'm really into that right now.

This yarn is so pretty, I love the colours and how smoothly they change. The main colour yarn is Wendy Roam Fusion 4 ply and the blue and red colours are Hot Socks Neon by Gründl. I used 2,5mm needles. 

The heel came out as a bit too small but not every pair can be perfect.

Next is these lovely long socks. This yarn is Regia 6-ply in Digital Color and this was a 150g ball. I first divided the ball into three smaller balls and then started with the first two to see how long they would last, and then used the third ball to finish.

This was the result after using up both of the first two balls. I used 3mm needles for these.

I had only a small bit of yarn left over. I like the cold tones of these colours, they remind me of ice and winter.

Then there's these, which were made with the leftover yarn from the shawl I posted about earlier, it's Austermann Step 6 and these were also made with 3mm needles.

These are a top-down sock. This yarn is such a nice sock yarn, soft and smooth. 

Another top-down pair, which was very quick to make. This is Regia 4-ply, the Arne&Carlos version with 2,75mm needles. I again tried to match the colours but it wasn't 100% perfect as you can see from the toes.

And finally, I wanted to see if I could make two pairs of socks with only one 100g ball of yarn. And I could! Though they had to be short, but that's good for summer. They are kind of a mix of socks and slippers.

I wasn't sure if I would have enough yarn or not, so at first I made all four socks without the toe part, just in case I ran out of yarn so I could make the toe with some other yarn. But I did have enough yarn so no worries.

They do stay on pretty well, I'm personally not a huge fan of such short socks because they'll just end up sliding off the heel. This yarn is Austermann Step with 2,5mm needles.

Mandala Madness parts 3 & 4

Just an update on the Mandala Madness CAL.

Part 3 from last week.

Part 4 which I finished five minutes before posting this. Now I'll have to wait for next thursday.

Rainbow gloves

Made with Opal Surprise and 2,75mm needles. I haven't made many gloves because making all the fingers and weaving in all ends they leave doesn't sound very interesting but making this pair was not bad at all and I actually got a little bit inspired. Maybe a pair of gloves with cables that go all the way to the tip of the fingers.

I like the smooth colour change. A beanie in this yarn would also look nice.

A very pretty shawl

I just finished and blocked this one. I love it and I need to make one for myself!

This shawl is made with Austermann Step 6 and a 4,5mm crochet hook. 

Now about the pattern: this is technically my own pattern, because I saw a pretty shawl in a craft store, took a picture of it and wrote the pattern for this shawl based on that. However, I do not know if the shawl in the store was based on a pattern or if someone made it up. So I tried to look for patterns that could be used for that shawl. I found two, which could be the pattern for the original shawl and I'll link them here: the Virus shawl and Schultertuch / Dreieckstuch. I haven't looked at the patterns for either one so this is just based on how they look.

This yarn is a sock yarn but it's lovely for this shawl. It's soft and I really like the irregular colour pattern it forms here. I used two full 150g balls and a little bit of a third one for finishing the edging.