söndag 26 maj 2013

Progress

Still knitting. It is quite tedious so I admit that I shift to other (Read: smaller) projects in between. But I'll get there.


/Maia

fredag 10 maj 2013

Pastel wool scarf for MIL

My dear mother in law has a severe back ache, and last week-end at a family reunion she said that the scarf that she already owns is a bit too short and also a bit worn out, and would it be possible that I who knit so many shawls...

You bet.

There's a huge sale on wool at Deisy Design right now. All the wool alpaca qualities I love. So I went there, bought far too much yarn (Drops Lima), and headed off.

Instead of making a triangular shawl I decided to go for a semi circular. Oddly enough, increasing 4 every other row gives a 3/4 circular one. That's maths for you.

Anyhow, I really like the 3/4 design. It will fit snugly around her shoulders and do the trick for the back ache .
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Since this is a shawl to keep someone warm, lace wasn't an option. I chose four colours: Lilac (4311) as the most dominant (That's really her colour!) and off-white (0100) as the bottom colour. The pink (3112) and the soft grey (0500) are accent colours.
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As you can see, the striping makes the shawl super stretchy.
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The bottom colour is almost only seen when you stretch it out.
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And the back looks nice too. I really like the way garter stitch looks at the back of a project.

/Maia

torsdag 9 maj 2013

Purple cardigan for Kotten

At last I have managed to finish a bigger (well...) project with yarn from Søstrene Grene. I tend to buy that yarn in different colours and then just stash it.
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 This is the wonderful color that I bought when I was at a network meeting in København a couple of weeks ago.
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And this is the knit3purl3 sweater I knitted for Kotten, my second grand-daughter. I have already made two of these for her older cousin. For these I used Drops Paris, but Søstrene's yarn workes very well too, when I used two strands of yarn.

The cardigan is the size of a 6–12 months baby, and I used about 250 g. Maybe a little more.
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I put the striped buttons (from Panduro) in different directions, just for fun.
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This time I made the arms less wide.

/Maia