Pastel shawl finished

The semi-circular pastel shawl is finished. It is for my dear mother-in-law, but here you see it on my youngest (and tallest) daughter. It is very big, and the bee-hive knitting makes it get even bigger when you stretch it.


Also the upper edge is K2 P2. Very nice.
/Maia

Summer sweater

Last year I started on a summer sweater for my first granddaughter, but I soon realised it was too big. Good thing the next granddaughter arrived in november, and I think this sweater is exactly the right size for her now.
The sweater has a rectangular neck line.
The yarn is Drops Cotton Light, and I made a little neck scarf to go with it.
/Maia

Pastel wool shawl – getting there

I decided to go for a knitted edging, K2 P2. That way the bottom of the shawl would be nice and snug.
The shawl is quite semi circular now and looks very nice. I need to add the same kind of edging at the top though.
I have realised that what I have been doing is called beehive knitting. Nice to have a word for it.
/Maia

Einband shawl

When I was in Iceland I saw some beautiful shawls knitted in Einband wool. They were everywhere. In the yarn shop and in practically every other shop we visited.

Of course I bought some yarn instead of a finished shawl and started knitting right away.

Unfortunately I have so many projects going at the same time, that I had to put it on hold. But today I have finished a cardigan for my DGD E and lo and behold, what did I find at the bottom of the bag?


I use the seagull lace and I will be blocking it pretty hard when I am finished. It is going to be lovely. I really live the Icelandic wool. And the dark red colour.

/Maia

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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

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 .

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.

As you can see, the striping makes the shawl super stretchy.

The bottom colour is almost only seen when you stretch it out.

And the back looks nice too. I really like the way garter stitch looks at the back of a project.

/Maia

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.

 This is the wonderful color that I bought when I was at a network meeting in København a couple of weeks ago.

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.

 

I put the striped buttons (from Panduro) in different directions, just for fun.

 

This time I made the arms less wide.

/Maia