lace scarf

My mom is an extraordinary person. When I was 9 or 10 I learned how to knit and first think I made was a scarf for my mom. It wasn't looking any good, was very simple and didn't come out straigth ;) But my mom have been wearing it for a long time so I would feel that it meant something to her.
Now when I can knit better I decided to make her a proper and beautiful scarf. I found the pattern on ravelry and I started to craft:

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blue lace mittens

Hooray!
I finally can make lace patterns.
My first lace mittens were Ula's birthday present, so I can't post photos, but second pair I made are for me :)
I used yarn from european swap and pattern from the book I bought in empik (bookstore).
Lately, I started to knit while travelling to school (by bus or tram), so it takes me less time to craft and I don't get bored in a bus - an everybody wins situation ;) I wonder why more people doesn't do that. What's the point in sitting unproductively for half an hour if you can make something ?
pattern:

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final product:

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swap addict

I need to say that lately I became a swap addict. I participate in swaps on craftster and I am still finding some new and interesting ones.
Right now I send my items for House MD swap and Creative Constuction Kit swap, but they haven't reached their destination yet. That's because economic package from Poland goes by sea and it can take even 3 months;(
Still I can post photos of the swap I was in before - European swap. Here are the things edel sent me:
Monster - Mati said we should hang it on the wall to remind me of him when he's at work ;)

some knitting suplies

(I post this picture, because I used the blue mohair for mittens I'll post next time)
and many more stuff from edel:)
The thing I love the most from House swap is a tray:

Soon, I'll post more of swap items as well as my knitiing achievements.

reactivation

Finally, I found a bit of time to post on my blog:)
Right now I'm preocupied with my master thesis, so blog reactivation won't be full.
I just wanted to post pictures of my work I'm the most proud of - orange shirt. I was sewing it for 3 days, so every detail is perfect - patern (grids) on the left side perfectly fits the right side, buttons are made from the same material, every stitch is precise.

feels like summer

Of course... What can I do instead of studying statistics? Post on my blog;)
This year I broke the curse of not-passing exam on my birthday (June, 17th):) But on the other hand many people forgot about it. I don't blame them, because 23 is not a very interesting number ;) That makes me think I entered the age when no one can say how old I am. If I wear shorts and a top I would look like 19, while when wearing high heels, elegant dress and make up - like 27...
Nevertheless, more optimistic was my last trip to Ustka with friends. Because of it I miss holiday even more. Finally I know what a real sea is - waves, wind, unreachable horizon, but also the feeling of freedom. I seek for this feeling for a long time , but since I left music school I find it only in walking on mountains. In music school it was the freedom of improvisation, confidence that whatever you sang/played would fit the rest of the team and sound well. In mountains, it's space and views that make me feel the great inner harmony. I think I could find it also in riding a motorbike or racing a car, but I've never had the opportunity to do so. What I'm seeking for is the feeling of the confidence of an expert doing well his job, of a scientist discovering new ideas, of a man risking his life to move the boundries, of a person who feels true connection with nature.I hope you understand...
Continueing this reflexive mood, the view that took my breath away was year ago in Lechu's mountain house. There was full moon and cloudless sky. The moon was shining so bright that one could have read a book. Trees seen on the horizon were black and their shape was ligted by the moon. My description is poor, the landcape was truely like from a picture. I'll never forget it.
Finishing:
my favourite photo from Ustka - me and my girls :) It was windy and cold so we hugged to keep ourselves warm :)

music again

As many of you know I love certain singing women:)
At first position, for many years, has been Tori Amos. With her touching personal lyrics and piano improvisations she is totally queen of my heart. Second position has, also undeniably, Bjork. Her scale of ideas what can be done with voice and instruments continously amezes me. To be honest, I can listen to one song ten times and still not feel bored. Right now I'm enchanted by song "Earth intruders" from "Volta". Truely, I didn't expect that cooperation beetwen Timbaland and Bjork can be so fruitful.
I learned how to put films from youtube on blog, so I do :


On Tuesday I'll post some pictures of my new earrings, I learned something new, so it's worth waiting.
Right now I need to study for the exam I have tomorrow. Wish me luck :)

new earrings

Finally I made photos of my animal earrings:
first - kitten
(whisks are made of special wire)



piggy earrings - inspired by Gucio, who was always drawing pigs in my notebook, especially during dull lectures ;)



And not animal, but also based on wire hoop - spiral hypnotic earring. Unfortunately I couldn't find proper background for them ...

If you watched Futurama these earring should remind you Hypnotoad :D "All hail the Hypnotoad" :D

And now for something completely different. Recently I felt in love with this song:

It's great for dancing. In fact I first heard "Ramalama" in Polish edition of YCD...