...die tagtäglichen Entdeckungen, Cafés, Shops oder Spaceinvaders in Wien, aber auch sonst wo... ...my daily discoveries, Cafés, Shops or Spaceinvaders in Vienna, but also elswhere... AND NOW katmakes - DIY in progress and successes...
Servus!
Mein Name ist Katharina Tanzberger, ich lebe in Wien und habe Architektur studiert.
Neben meiner Arbeit in verschiedenen Architekturbüros möchte ich auch über anderes schreiben, so zum Beispiel die verschiedenen Cafés die ich auf meinen Spaziergängen durch die Stadt finde, oder wo man in Wien norwegischen Ziegenkäse bekommt oder ungewöhnliche echt wienerische Souvenirs finden kann.
Auch wenn ich Wienerin bin und hier lebe ist mein Leben immer internationaler geworden, ich habe viele Freunde mit denen ich auf englisch spreche, habe ein zeit lang in Oslo studiert und habe schon vor vielen Jahren Esperanto gelernt...
Dieser Blog wird deshalb auch manchmal Einträge auf englisch oder gar Esperanto haben, die nicht notwendiger weise in die anderen Sprachen übersetzt werden.
Schön, dass Ihr meinen Blog besucht und bitte hinterlasst mir auch Kommentare, das Leben ist doch vor allem Kommunikation, odr?!
oh my, i nearly missed it!
me made may started today again. i am barely prepared, hence only pledging to wear something me made twice a week...
hope i'll do that at least!
today's me made object is a handknit shawl. the pattern was the mystery knitalong "follow your arrow" by ysolda teague. great knitalong, with each clue you had two choices to follow, hence a myriad of different shawls emerged!
cheers kat
jaja, ich bin noch immer am himmel stricken, nur das mit dem darüber bloggen funktioniert nicht so ganz...
aber ich werd mich bemühen die letzten wochen aufzuholen!
Ende Januar, Anfang Februar
eine etwas winterliche Woche, bißchen kalt, viel grau, bißchen blau... alles in allem scheint es wirklich sinnvoll für den Himmel über Wien viel grau zu verwenden... bin schon gespannt auf den sommer...
Meiner Oma war immer kalt, immer wollte Sie, dass wir uns wärmer anziehen, weil Ihr so kalt war. Meist hat Sie alle Flammen beim Gasherd angezündet, damit Ihr wärmer wird. Einmal hat Sie den kleinen Schwedenofen im Wohnzimmer so stark eingeheizt, dass das Ofenrohr zu glühen begonnen hat. Natürlich gabs dann einen Feuerwehreinsatz. Kein Wunder, hat Sie doch immer alles verbrannt, was ging. Mich haben die Feuerwehrmänner als kleines Kind natürlich mächtig beeindruckt.
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End of january, beginning of february
a somewhat winterly week, bit cold, loads of grey, some sun and blue-ish sky. it is more and more clear to me, that i need all kinds of grey for the viennese sky! hopefully the sommermonths will be more interesting.
My granny was always cold, all the time she wanted us to put on warmer clothes, because she was cold. Most of the times she turned on all flames on the gasstove, to have it warmer. one time she fired up the little oven in the livingroom so much, the stovepipe started glowing. Ofcourse we called the firebrigade. No wonder, she always put anything remotely burnable into the stove. I was highly impressed by the fireman as a little girl.
alles grau?
eigenartige Woche, der Himmel in der Früh war fast immer grau, trist, aber ansich war es doch sehr warm (bis zu 14°C?! im Jänner?!)
Ich hab davon nicht viel mitbekommen, war krank zuhause und bin zum Teesackerl mutiert...
Immer wenn ich mit meiner Oma im ersten Bezirk, Wien, beim Kornhäuslturm vorbeiging, erzählte sie mir, daß Adalbert Stifter hier die Sonnenfinsternis am 8.Juli 1842 beobachtete. Solche Naturphänomene haben sie stark fasziniert.
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all is grey?
strange week, mostly grey morningskies, darstly, but also extremely warm for a january (14°C!)
I didn't really enjoy anything of it, being sick at home and trying to transform into a teabag...
Whenever i passed the Kornhäuslturm in vienna's first district with my granny, she told me about Adalbert Stifter witnessing the solar eclipse on the 8th of july, 1842. phenomena like this were fascinating to her.
Erfolg! ich stricke noch immer den Himmel über Wien!
Hurra! Tag1&2 sind mal fertig!
Bin schon gespannt wie die nächsten Morgenhimmel aussehen werden!
lg, Kat
Hallo, 2014!
jaja, bald ist es nun wieder so weit, ein Jahr ist vorbei und das neue beginnt. Meist denk ich mir, dass das ja eh nur ein Blödsinn ist, und ich werd die ersten Wochen im Neuen Jahr das Datum falsch schreiben, sonst gehts doch im Leben (Arbeit) ganz gewohnt weiter...
Doch vor ein paar Tagen hab ich mir das letzte Flow Magazine gekauft und finde es ein wirklich gut gemachtes, interessantes und nettes Magazin. Einer der Artikel darin beschreibt 365-Tage Projekte, und sowas muß man mir nicht zweimal sagen, fand ich immer schon eine Superidee (wer kann sich an Smoke erinnern und die großartigen Fotos von der Straßenecke beim Geschäft?!), also los gehts!
Okay, its now been 15days of nerdwars.
so far, i do like it a lot. i have been able to answer three of the 5 challenges with more or less good answers and projects.
i have to confess though, that its a lot harder for me to tie-in the projects with my nerdery (i am in Team fishbiscuit aka Lost-series-themed) than i would have guessed!
oh and i proposed a dissertation! how fun is that! i will be making a cabled sweater and learn about Rhizomes on the side. very cool!
allright, hope some of you are having fun with nerd wars as well,
cheers, kat
so, i have finally managed to sign up in time for Nerd Wars on ravelry!
this is one of those games where you get challenges to craft something with a possible tie-in to your nerd-themed group.
sounds like great fun to me!
sign-ups are still possible till sept.27th http://ravnerdwars.info/sign-up/
Leider ist Nerd Wars wieder ein ravelryspiel, dass auf englisch gespielt wird, eine deutssprachige Gruppe habe ich nicht gefunden.
Testknitting for Laylock
Every now and then i like to do a testknit, its interesting to get a peak into the design process of a designer, exciting to be able to knit something before the pattern is officially released and it gives a sense of accomplishment to finish a testknit in time for the designer.
Testknitting for Derya Davenport aka Laylock is very nice, since her patterns are great.
In this case she is back with a new recipe for sideways shawls - making two versions of a sideways shawl totally customisable! what a great idea! Take her pattern, use whatever stitchpattern you like from any stitchdictionary and off you knit!
She is planning to release the revised pattern on June 20th, so keep an eye on her blog!
best, kat
testknitting the trigonometrician shawl
Heiho!
der nächste WWKIP-day steht vor der Tür, es gibt wie üblich etliche Treffen, siehe die offizielle Liste (leider muß man sich einloggen um die Liste zu sehen) oder man schaut auf Ravelry nach!
In Wien werden wir uns am Sonntag, 16.Juni.2013 im Stadtpark, auf der zweiten Liegewiese vom Eingang Stubentor, treffen!
Bringt Essen, Trinken, was zum Stricken oder Häkeln und noch eine Decke o.ä. zum im Gras sitzen mit!
lg, kathi
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Heiho,
this year's WWKIP-day is nearly here, there are a lot of meetings already listed, can be found at the official page (unfortunately you have to register to see the list) or on ravelry!
In Vienna, we will meeton on Sunday, 16.June.2013 in Stadtpark, on the second big patch of lawn when entering from Stubentor.
Don't forget to bring foods & drinks, something to knit or crochet and maybe also a blanket or so to sit on the grass.
cheers, kat
so this was MMM13
i can't believe it's nearly June again! where did may go? and what about MeMadeMay?
My self set challenge - to wear something selfmade 4 days/week did not work out all that great. It turns out i do have a lot of knit items, but not so many garments. And if its warm in Vienna - as it should be in May, handknits often are too warm. The last couple of weeks it has been cold again, autumn like, and it turns out most of my selfmade garments are skirts...
Bottom line, my memade wardrobe needs to be enlarged!
Therefore i will keep trying to incorporate selfmade items into my wardrobe on a more regular basis and also will post here every now and then about it!
day 29
day 29 - my clapotis
voila, my Clapotis, made out of 2 full skeins of Zauberwolle! i remember knitting something like forever (actually only a month or so) on this skein and using a gadzillion of stitchmarkers to keep track of the dropped stitches...
But at the end it is a great scarf/shawl for spring and autumn! oh, and the pattern, by Kate Gilbert, was published in Knitty and is free!
day 30
day 30to honor my first memademay, i decided today to try on a very old selfmade item - corduroy pants. i had a favorite pair of pants and when they finally were worn out, i took them apart and traced the pieces and made myself a new pair. unfortunately it has been several years now and i am not sure about the fit anymore... i probably should just donate them to charity aka humana, but that also seems somehow strange... maybe i should try and let them out a bit - in true mend and make do spirit...
oh, and also starring in this pic are superold handknit socks - they are just great to wear around the house on such a rainy and sad day...
so, this was it, bye bye may,
i am looking forward to next year's MeMadeMay project!
cheers, kat
the end is nigh...
day 26 - back to the standards, the breezy cardigan (pattern by Hannah Fettig)
kat's breezy cardigan
day 27 - the lacy summer sweater
Kat's lacy summersweaterThis was one of my first successful handknit sweaters (there were some horrendously ugly trials before that) and it still is from my pre-ravelry days. Remember?
In my case this sweater is from 2007 maybe 2008. The pattern is vintage, if you want to call a pattern book from 1981 vintage.
the bookit is full of different patterns, knitting, crochet, embroidery, for all ages and sizes, it even includes bikinis (yes, more than one pattern for a bikini!) and babybibs. the patterns are still not uploaded to the Ravelry pattern database, maybe i should at least add my sweater there - for the fun of it.
Yesterday also was spent with tracing a pattern, cutting and sewing it, but time was too short and the nearly finished skirt still needs hemming. more on the skirt once the hemming is done and i can take good pics!
now, if the weather could finally get back to be summery, i could actually wear my other selfmade skirts!
cheers, kat
what?! day 25?!
what happened? where are my creative, stunning, self-made outfits for the last week?
well, unfortunately i got distracted by work. that happens every now and then. and then weather is going crazy here in Vienna, it barely reaches temperatures above 10°C and i feel like taking my winter handknits out of deep summer-storage again!
but, hej, i got to wear my hitchhiker scarf again - and i finally got some new shoes!
...and yes, we do have a yellow floor at the office where i work! isn't it a great background for this image?
allright, and now i will pick a sewing pattern to sew up something nice tomorrow!
cheers, kat!
short update on Me-Made-May 13
I have been sick most of the week, no going to work or donning clever self-made outfits. I have been lounging in various handknit items though - nothing better than handknit socks to make you feel better!
i did manage to catch a couple of breaths at the fresh air and have some outfits to share from before i got sick!
mystery day 1 from last week,
sporting a breezy cardigan, pattern by Hannah Fettig. a very comfy and cool cardigan, but be warned, this is knit with lace weight yarn on 4.5mm needles - it does take some time and patience to finish! i do love it totally!
mysteryday 2 from last week,
sporting no.2 drape pants from Drape, Drape by Hisako Sato. This is a very fascinating book, full of patterns utilising the drape of - mainly knit - fabrics and by folding and draping them to get interesting draping garments. i made the no.2 drape pants - still a rather simple garment - and totally love them! they are extremely comfy and still look classy enough to wear them to work!
after getting this book and realising it is mainly about knitfabrics i enrolled in the craftsyclass "sewing with knits" by Meg McElwee. This is a very nice way to get started with sewing knits, Meg McElwee gives you a lot of tips on what to pay attention to, what kind of supplies are important etc.
so that was my, not very successful, MMM13- week 2, now off to bed again and back to drinking masses of tea and hoping that this terrible cold finally passes!
cheers, kat
Day 7, aka Tuesday
allright, first week of Me-Made-May13 is over now.
First my solution for this day; i took out the lovely Wispy Cardigan, again a hand-knit, pattern by Hannah Fettig. And here is the link to my Ravelry project page, i used a rather thin merino from Wedermann and i think it took forever to finish knitting it up, it is a wonderful fabric and although its very thin it keeps quite warm.
Its always a bit of a challenge to me to style this cardigan with my outfit, but i think it works quite well with the shirt and pants - the classic use for it -of course- is styled to a summerdress.
To sum up my first week of Me-Made-May'13:
i managed to wear something selfmade 6 days out of 7, although at the moment my range is rather limited - i used my hand-knit items (although i do have selfmade sewn garments too) and mostly i love to wear my handknit shawls.
My personal challenge will be to broaden the spectrum of selfmade items and to incorporate them better with my transportational choices (aka riding the bike to work every day).