it turned cold in vienna.

it's raining very nicely; and it's been raining all day. have to start my fall/winter knitting. and maybe christmas projects (although most people i know will be happier if i don't knit them anything for christmas).

okay, so while this blog is mostly about knitting and associated stuff, i'm not all about that. among other things, i'm also about street art and this is one of my favourite stencils:



back street beuys. love it. so clever. oh, and also this one:



knitting related - today i organized my printed patterns and put the neatly into folders. and i took pictures of all my wips and fos that were previously without pictures, so my ravelry project overview page looks really nice now. and becaude i'm very tired now, here's a picture of my recently finished bolero (pattern in ravelry), the first item of clothing i made that i actually like wearing for fashion sense and not only because of pride. =) the pattern is great and i love it.



i'm thinking i'll make another one! maybe with a few modifications.... but

okay, so i didn't make it to the top three winners at the mochimochi photo contest (and i don't know how or why my last post got duplicated, but there you have it... ), but i'm going to see this olympically and declare that "The most important thing is not to win but to take part!" (DeCoubertin) - and i DID make it to the top ten, so i'm happy. =)



and now to something completely different! who knew there was such a thing as a less territorial and thus less threatening breeds-well-in-captvity pocket-sized hippo? well, okay, not pocket-sized, as such. depending on the size of your pockets, of course. it's a pygmy hippo and if you go to its wiki-page, you can watch a video of it dipping its head in the water. i think it's cute.

on the knitting front, i'm working on my crochet-cotton-in-different-colours scarf-thingy experiment, i've decided to double it. i'll show you pictures and explain my master plan in my next post...