Finally - I'm finished!
You can see the first heart sweater her. It's a little big. Hopefully she'll be happy anyway - at least she can use it for a couple of years then. And when she's finished - there's two girls in line, ready to take over
Last of the SLIP socks finished. Now I have two mirrored socks. The left over yarn was rewined - ohh how I love yarn
The socks is knit in Lana Grossa's Meilenweit Solo on a 2,5 mm needle. What a difference after knitting on the heart sweater on a 4,5 mm needle for so long.
I just couldn't help my self any more - the sock yarn was yelling at me from the corner. I've been stubbern though and stucked to the heart sweaters. But only missing one arm, I just had to celebrate - and what's better than a little sock knitting. I've SO missed it .
After a couple of swatches - admitted I often knit 3 socks before I'm satisfied - I on the right track. And when I've reached so far, I'm not far from a new sock design.
Finally first sleeve of my dear daughter's i Heart you is coming up. The sweater has been som what frogged the last couple of weeks. I've been playing with KnittingDane codes instead. Ex the main page has changed - for the better I think .
I'm also in the process of updating all the old Danish Knit Articles. Swing by the Danish version of this site to get a glimpse of what's getting translated (when time comes).
Briefly I believed I had made a brand new knitting pattern. But then I realised that the only difference was the cast on and an extra knitted row. But the result was pretty much different to my eyes.
How to knit the flower:Cast on 51stitches with long tail cast on (Danish article). I have cast on with two colors which gives a really nice edge.
To make a two colored long tail cast on, you need two colors of yarn . The main color over the index finger and the edge color over the thumb. The slip knot at the beginning is made of both colors, so you can get a neat and tight beginning. At the end the slip knot is dropped, so don't count it in while casting on.
As always I knit everywhere. Picking up kids from school is a perfect time for knitting. I'm never in a hurry. I just knit yet another round. Then the kids can finish up nice and slowly - as always.
As an extra bonus - there's always a chance to talk about knitting. Both kids and grown ups stop on their way just to talk about knitting. And those kids - they really know how to show excitement. I like it - I like it a lot
Here's yesterdays status:
The last couple of days I've been posting pictures on my Facebook Page of the work in progress. But not everyone is on Facebook, so here's a follow up.
I've knit a lot, mostly surrounded by kids - and coffe...
Saturday this was the sight of my bag. Ohh how I love the wrong side of stranded knitting.
Next sweater is in progress - here's some preparing of stripes. Best preformed with a glass of redwine and lots and lots of homemade ice cream.
But even though I did some preparing I'm still left in doubt. This time I'm knitting the sweater from the top down, and I forgot to turn the stripes upside down.
Finally I got pictures of my dear daugher in the Heart Sweater. Ok admitted, didn't finish before christmas as I promised, and I didn't even start the second sweater for my other daughter either. Luckily my daugther her self told me to relax and not fuss over knitting. You just gotta love 'em
But this lady down here - she's not easy to get pictures of.
Oh my - I'm on the front page. Did not expect that.
I didn't get far before I was recognized. But who can blame them - I was knitting standing in line for buying christmas presents
Here's a link to the pictures at the paper's website.
To all of you that did not find out yourself. Here's a look at Google's doodle today. It feels like knitting.
And happy winter solstice
The doodle marks the first day of winter, otherwise known as the winter solstice, which is the shortest day and longest night of the year.
I succeded after all. Here's a couple of christmas ball done, just in time before the visit from Jydske Vestkysten (Danish newpaper) today. A little bit of knitted christmas is needed for such a visit
I've knit it after this free knitting pattern: Christmas Balls. And of course they have already found their place in the window.
