Is it a shawl or a scarf, a sharf or a scawl

This is a project I solely made for the fun of experimenting with shaping and matching colours. I looked through my stash and brought together these different yarns, all DK weight :

- Alpaca Super Fine by Borgo de Pazzi (the red yarn)

- Adriafil WoCa ecoyarn (the dark grey yarn)

- Adriafil Sierra Andina Alpaca (the light purple yarn)

- The Fibre Co Acadia (the green, the blue and the dark purple yarns, some of it was leftover yarn) - one of my favourites so far!

The technique of short rows intrigued me and although it looked fairly complicated, I wanted to try it. So I looked for some intructions online and started knitting away. There were so many stitches on the needles, that I couldn't visualise exactly how the shawl (scarf?) would look like : a true mystery knit this was! In the end, it turned out quite all right, certainly not perfect, but I love the colour combination and the rainbow-shaped section. And it's a really warm scarf (or shawl?) as well!

the shortrow section:

Work In Progress:

Sideways slouch slippers

Another great and fun way of stash busting : the Sideways slouch slippers. I found the pattern in my much-used book "Knitted and crocheted slippers" by Alison Howard. This is an easy project from my early days as a knitter, but I still love the design and I'm sure I will make more of these!
As I mainly started this project in order to practise garter stitch, I used some random balls of yarn, without labels or specifications, that had been lying round the house for ages. Holding the yarn double, while guessing the yarn weight, I knitted myself a pair of fun-looking, warm slippers. I recommend this pattern for some easy-going, quick and stash-busting garter stitch knitting!

                                                                                                                                                                 

                    

The Moon with Janneke for Dad

My Mum asked to take my Dad's favourite shirt and turn it into something he would like. This way it wouldn't have to be thrown away, but it also wouldn't be worn anymore, because, honestly, that ship had definitely sailed...
So I made this moon, with its single resident, Janneke. Janneke has a pocket watch, so he always knows the right time to make the moon shine. He also has a rope ladder, for when he is a bit bored on the moon and wants to visit friends.
I used parts of the shirt, some cord and twigs for the rope ladder, some felting wool and yarn for Janneke. And all the mismatched buttons my Dad himself had sewn to his shirt every time he lost one, I just had to give them a place too. So I sewed them onto the top.
Happily, Dad likes his moon. And so does Mum.