V for Finurlig Revealed

Our very first purchasable pattern is ready!

V for finurlig fingerless mittens, super wearable in this rainy summer.

Get it from Ravelry here!

These are the famous gloves we made at the library and have been bragged about for the past month, and now they're finally here, ready for you to enjoy them too.

We used the lovely cotton yarn Drops ♥ You #6 and hook 3.5mm. We only used one ball of yarn for each pair of these, so here's your chance to use up some of those leftover skeins hidden in your stash.

Our friend, Filthy Smithereens is hand modelling for us. And quite by accident her nail polished matches the colour of our photoshoot wrist warmers.

 

Finurlig means quirky or clever in Norwegian, kind of like us and the way we use V-stitches to make this effect.

The Making of V for finurlig

Our next pattern here at Gacha Stitches is going to be some lovely wrist warmers. And while we are waiting for the pattern to be ready for publishing it (still needs some finishing touches), we thought we could share how we've been working on this one.


It all started with Vilje having an idea.

And after some experimenting she enthusiastically brought her yarn, hook and sketches to the library where ★Kio was working.

Vilje made herself a little working space at one of the library's tables, and she walked around crocheting while discussing the pattern and, as you do when in the library; books.
★Kio were busy working, but now and then she could pop over to Vilje's table and look over what she'd done so far. It looked very promising.

We thought about naming the pattern something with library or literature after this...

★Kio then went home to test crochet. Vilje went hunting for the perfect yarn.

Later we met up and discussed the border at the top of the wrist warmers. There are so many ways of doing this and Vilje had plenty ideas that all looked good.
We settled for one, but you can expect to see the alternatives later... ;)
Also we sketched and sketched to make sure everything would add up with the number of stitches.

Then there was the matter of different sizes. We wanted to make sure everyone could enjoy our pattern and so ★Kio tried making the wrist warmers both smaller and bigger. Luckily it works rather well.


At last all that remains is to finish up the final pattern, adding pictures and making sure it all adds up.
Have your hooks ready ;)

Søtten a Vimpel

Hurra for Søttende Mai!

*Kio and Vilje want to celebrate not only our constitution day but their very first pattern. 

They have made a celebratory bunting for the Norwegian Constitution day but this pattern could 

be used for any party really. It is modelled after the Norwegian flag, but we reckon it could work for parties all over the world. Try changing the color-scheme to make it match your party!

English version of the bunting                        Norwegian version of the bunting

Welcome to Gacha in Stitches

Hi *waves shyly* 

We would like to introduce ourselves, we are Vilje and *Kio and together we are Gacha Stitches. 

And our blog is called Gacha in Stitches.

Would you like to know why we have called ourselves that?

A gacha is a toy machine you put money into and turn a handle and out comes a toy, it is so called in Japan because the sound it makes is gacha gacha. In stitches could refer to the sharp pain that can make one double over when in a fit of laughter.

So you could say we are a toy machine laughing very hard.

★Kio

Is a librarian who loves cats and everything magic. She is the knitter amongst the gacha's but she has recently learned to crochet too. She also reads, draws and cross-stitches.

Vilje

Adores bunnies and she likes things that sparkle and are cute and pink although she has ventured out and is embracing more colours these days. Is mostly into crochet and cross stitch but is trying out knitting to see if she can get a grasp on it.

We will make patterns and share them on this blog. Sometimes we might share our adventures too^^