Lavender Bag

I love quick knits :) And this one even smells nice! I'll probably use it as a kind of homeknit wunderbaum in my car. The Lavender Bag Pattern

Knitting away!

One lavender bag - and it's actually much more vibrantly turquoise. My camera just doesn't translate green very well.

Short-row cardi

What do you do, when your Lorna's Laces Sock yarn turn out horribly when turned into a sock? You give it to me... *ahem* OR you knit a short-row cardigan for a baby or toddler. The pattern the LLS yarn created was too much for lace socks - it sort of killed to lace pattern completely. So instead of throwing it away I thought it would be good to include a solid colour to keep the colour changes in the LLS yarn under control. And I think I've succeeded.

It's the same pattern I've used a couple of times before; there's something addictive about it. I don't know why - I mean, it's garter sts all the way from one end to the other. Maybe it's the stripes that does it.

Light mint Arwetta and purple/green/blue Lorna's Laces Sock on dpn 2.5 mm - 155 g in total.

Firs and Flakes Shawl

Ta-daaa! Finally I finished the shawl I began knitting two years ago - and I love the result. I bought the pattern and yarn during my visit to the Shetland islands. The shawl, which is almost cape-shaped, was not the easiest thing to knit (you begin with casting on 452 sts and then you get to struggle with 4 pages of knitting chart), but once I got the hang of it, I only stopped when the weather prevented me from sitting with such warm wool in my lap.

Jamieson & Smith's 2 Ply Lace Yarn (col. eggplant) and 2 Ply Jumper Yarn (col. chocolate) on needles size 4.5 mm - 410 g in total. The shawl was designed by Anna Zilboorg.

FOs

I have gone through all my yarn, all my UFOs and all my knitting needles. Everything is now sorted and I've decided to finish six of my UFOs this summer, such as:Socks for Moe: Yarn - Steinbach Wolle Supersport / Needle - size 4.0 mm

Should I stay or should I go

I'm considering going to Tromsø in the Northern part of Norway. For some reason I'm drawn to windy, rural places where I can think and knit for days - I tend to tune in on the genuine me; fancy clothing, politics, religion, worries about next week seem to mean nothing when you sit on a rock in the middle of nowhere. And I love it! I'll go look for a bag of money now.....

Loui got his cardi

I finished this baby cardigan - size 1-4 months - in about two weeks time. Sewing the sleeves weren't too much fun but everything else was, so all in all I was pleased with the process as well as the end result. And Loui's parents appreciated my gifts a lot. Then, there's only one thing left to hope for - that Loui himself will like it too :)

Dpn size 3.0 mm, Arwetta and Regia Silk - random stripes.

Baby Cardigan

This baby cardigan is really lovely to knit. Against all odds. There are a billion ends to weave in but still I'm very much enjoying this project. Last Saturday I spent the whole day knitting, from the minute I got up til noon, I sat in our sofa knitting, knitting, knitting. Then Tina and Marianne picked me up, and the three of us went to Ebeltoft (such a wonderful place, I'll probably buy a house there, when I get old and have all the time in the world to knit some more) to visit Ruth, who had invited whoever wanted to come knit at her place. I think there were 10 or 11 of us; we chatted, knitted, enjoyed cake with whipped cream (yum), and time flew by. And before we knew it, we were on our way back to Aarhus. Saturday, the weather was warm, sunny and the garden appeared fresh and green, so I went straight to our terrasse when I came back - and continued knitting. I simply love days like that.

I'm really doing my best to destash a bit, and so far it's going rather well.

Mogens gave me this basket not long ago - much appreciated! :)

Today's News: Knit your own royal wedding

Check this out! So cool and awfully cute :)





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