Partnachklamm

We had a major heat wave here with temperatures above 100°F. Since air conditioning is rather unusual in Germany and our flat got really hot, we decided to spent the day outside.

So we drove down to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and visited the Partnachklamm, which is a 2300 ft. long gorge in the Alpes. Its walls rise to 260 ft. on both sides.

Walking through the gorge was really impressive (and nice and cool, about 77° F) and then hiked up the mountain.

On our way down, we passed the gorge again on an iron bridge that is situated 220 ft. above the river.

It was a really nice trip, especially for the dog. She was even allowed in the gorge as long as she stayed on the leash.

Socks again

I haven't been here in quite a while and also there was knitting no happening.

I made mostly small things like vanilla socks or a scarf. But I am planning to change that...

Here are two patterned pairs of socks, that I made recently:

Froot Loops

Froot Loops up close

These are the Froot Loop Socks by Kristi Geraci knit in Opal. I received this yarn in a yarn club done by Opal and really did not know what to do with it. These are so not my colors (the first picture is more accurate, the colors really pop!). But when I found the Froot Loop pattern on ravelry, I thought it was perfect for this yarn.

The second pair I knit are the Simple Skyp Socks by Adrienne Ku for the hubby. I thought he wouldn't like this yarn since there is purple in it but he fished it out of the yarn bin himself. The yarn is also Opal (from the same yarn club shipment).

Simple Skyp Socks

I really like this pattern, it is easy to memorize and fun to knit.

I have already cast on another pair of socks today (I want to reduce my sock wool stash, I still have some quite ... interesting ... colors from that Opal yarn club) and have gotten almost to the point where I turn the heel. The pattern is Nine-to-five socks by Nicole Hindes and I really like it so far. 

Socks

Socks again:

These socks are for my stepdaughters. I got the yarn several years ago in a surprise package and could not imagine anything that I would like to knit in these colours. When I was going through my stash last month and found that yarn again, it finally clicked for me. Children socks. So I made two pairs of size 29 socks for my stepdaughters. 

  

More socks, these are for Hubby. The pattern is Thuja and the yarn is the World Ball - Paris Color by Regia.

My current project is this scarf, I am knitting it out of Cascade 220 in a wonderful blue.

So what is your current craft project?

Green/grey socks tall and small

I haven't been on my blog for a while, but today I would like to show you two pairs of socks.

They are both made out of Regia wool:

The big ones are for Phil and the small ones I made out of the rests. I never know what to do with my wool rests so I actually have quite a bunch of little sock pairs. I guess I am going to donate them when I have a nice number of pairs (like 20 pairs or so).

The pair for Phil is knit after this pattern klick. That has become Phil's standard pattern, I think for nearly every pair I make for him I use this pattern.

Wild Berry Socks

I just finished this pair of socks. The pattern is from a really old book that belonged to my grandmother and the yarn is from Opal.

Yummy - bread and jelly

Today, I tried a new bread recipe, since I wanted to use my homemade sourdough for the first time. The bread consists of sourdough (made from rye flour), rye flour and spelt flour as well as a little salt and some bread seasoning (consisting of coriander, caraway and fennel).

I am very pleased with the result, the crust is nice and crispy and the inside of the bread is really fluffy.

This weekend, we stayed with my parents who have a huge garden. They had about 12 pounds of sour cherries waiting for us in the freezer. I used four pounds right there to make some jelly (with cherry brandy and chocolate chips - it tastes exactly like a Black Forest Cake)

And since I thought that the bread and the jelly would go great together, this is what I ate:

 

Mhhm yummy!