i will be back June 20, 2008

once i finish renovating…

kitchen and living room down, bed room and entry to go!

(we’ll see how far the weekend takes me )

i’ve got to like the postman… March 31, 2008

two skeins of malabrigo worsted, colour dusty olive, for my so-called scarf.

and two skeins of malabrigo lace (new!), colour olive, for laminaria.

from kaleidoscope yarns - but don’t you think these suckers took a detour through customs? #$%%&!! )

now, how am i supposed to finish my giselle again??

and here i was even thinking of diving into curve of pursuit!

no wonder it takes forever to finish things…

stripey wavey scarf March 30, 2008

i made this as a birthday present for a friend way back in november, and just borrowed it this weekend to document it! it is totally inspired by the chevron scarf from the book last minute knitted gifts, but i didn’t bother to buy the book, so i winged it!

pattern: own (inspired by this (ravelry-link))

needles: hm. can’t remember… 5 - 7 mm?

yarn: double dsa tynn alpakka

colours: green and off white

a mission - March 30, 2008

to finish giselle at the last snb irenesol, fjellrosa and i said that we would try to get giselle done and wear it at the next snb which is on april 7th! well, i’m going for it. last night while i was supposed to be packing (i’m moving these days) i decided on a crochet trim colour (thanks elite and you others for helping me decide ) and attached the bottom part to the top. that was a tedious job, especailly since i discovered, when i was just about done, that the top part had 3 more picots that the bottom one. it would have been a good idea to check this as i went along… so there were some frogging and fiddlin’ to make this look okay… anyway, i think i’m happy about the colours!! now it’s time to attack the sleeves….

- two hats - March 24, 2008

i’ve been wanting to knit koolhaas for a while, and when i noticed a malabrigo-koolhaas-along at ravelry i cast on! i did the pattern as it stated for the woman’s size, but it ended up a little too short… but luckly my mom has a tiny head, so i didn’t have to frog half of it to fix… here it is (on me ):

pattern: koolhas by jared flood

yarn: malabrigo worsted

colour: azul profundo

needles: 4 and 5 mm

in between the knitting i found a crochet hat pattern at garn.dk that i made on a two-hour train ride today!

pattern: hue med bobler

yarn: manu 100 % baby alpaca (a new fav!)

colour: off white (un16)

hooksize: 8 mm

giselle progressing February 17, 2008

this is actually going pretty well i think… i think my gauge is a little off so i’m knitting size xs (i’m usually a size M-L), and it seems to be right. i am knitting the crochet trim version so i’ve bound off and will knit the bottom part seperately.

…alongs… February 13, 2008

about’em - i’m terrible. so i’m just letting you now - i might sign up for a lot more that i’ll never finish. that being said - i’m in for another one…! the giselle-along initiated by fjellrosa.

something that lured me into buying this lovely, pricey yarn….

but i ended up casting on with another one - and after having been to snb oslo yesterday i’m a bit further than this:

pattern: giselle from stich diva studios

yarn: sandnes alpakka

needles: 3,5 mm

gauge: 21 / 10 cm

tatami done as well February 13, 2008

i did get into it with this as i started handquilting it… but i enjoyed the stiching, and actually got the hang of it after a while. the stiching pattern was made as i went along.

and the blankie all folded and ready to be given to my friend’s brand new son jakob.

(and if anyone could tell me how i get some space between the pictures and the text i would very much appreciate it! my returns don’t seem to matter…)

i’m back :) February 13, 2008

sorry i was away for so long, hope i’ve still got some readers…! been busy and without a computer for a long while, but just got my hands on my brand new macbook - so here i am!

 

anyway - back to business - i finished the fish blanket quite a while back and here it is!

 

and the whole shebang -

its final measurments are about 65 x 65 cm, for other details on it, check out older posts. i knitted this as part of a knit-along at hobbyboden.com, and it was so popular, another KAL is happening as we speak!

So little time… September 18, 2007

when i just got my invitation to ravelry!!! i signed in a few minutes ago, and you’ll find me there as mille unfortunately, there’s no time to get much into it as i’m leaving for vienna tomorrow…! drop me a line if you have a hot tip for yarn shops or a nice cafe!