Viften/The Fan by Marianne Isager

Added 2010-01-26.
Oh no!!! it is too small! even if I swatched and kept the gauge... What on earth? I have to start all over again... But it wasn't too much effort anyway :-). Fun knitting though!

Coming up soon: Cardigan Viften/The Fan by Marianne Isager

I am knitting it in a stashed Scotish lambswool I've had for ages. I think I'll make a narrower waist of the back part by making evenly distributed decreases after about 15cm and increase the same amount after 20cm. We'll see.

Skyline Mittens

The 36x36 mitten pattern by Jessica Tromp in the Netherlands. Knitted in black and light pink Röros Lammeullgarn, 250m/50g. I still have only one :-) I prefer knitting lace. One more to go... I shortened the thumb by three rows, you can see the windows have 4 by 4 stitches. I could, though have increased the width by 2-3 stitches, it became just a little too narrow for me in this yarn.

Estonian lace, Peacock Tail and Leaf scarf

From the book Knitted Lace of Estonia I made this Peacock Tail and Leaf scarf. I used some left-overs from the Wide Bordered Shawl. I e 2/28nm merino. I added two pattern repeats on the width and made 44 repeats of the peacock centre. The size is about 33cm times 160cm. Instead of casting on and off with two strands of yarn I crocheted loops (wide picots?).



It was an excellent travelling knit. Though, I have to say, plain even rows aren't much fun and 44 repeats of the same 10 rows was a bit boring. It's a nice scarf though and I'll use it a lot I think.

MollyBaby

Until they start making Odd Molly for kids, I have to manage on my own. She liked it!

Finished objects, les Boleros!

Finished boleros!


This one is knitted in an estonian "lilly of the valley pattern" at the centre and framed by old shell pattern and a lacy edging all the way round. I knitted it in Rowan Kid Silk Haze, colour Cream. Nice, soft, snug fit, and above all it's my own design.



Dear friend, the russian earrings work very well as stitch markers. Lovely n'est ce pas? Thanks a lot for the effort going all the way to Izmailova to get them for me.


This is my daughter's bolero.


My 5-year old and I were blocking the shawl collar bolero/cardigan together. A UFO I started some time ago which got too small for me but will fit her.

Blocking such a cardigan is difficult, but I invented a bespoke blocker by using my daughters Duplo LEGO container. It is tubular and perfect for the arms. The rest is blocked circular by pins on a matress. It looks very funny!



I got the fantastic yarn as a present from a friend in Norway. It is Malabrigo lace in colour Holly Hock 148. It is a 1-ply baby merino wool from Uruguay. Lovely soft, I'd say it is as soft as cashmere. Handspun and hand dyed too which gives an interesting texture and a variegated appearance, but subtle enough not to mess up the lace pattern. First time 1 ply knitting for me, but this yarn is probably heavily steam set because it has no resudual bias, nor has it much elasticity which is very rare for merino yarn (my experience of 2-ply lace weight yarns).

60g is all the cardigan took, and the rest will be a chunkier shawl (than I usually make).


The edging is from A Gathering of Lace. It is perfect for a circular shape because it can be blocked to spread at the outer rim.

Christmas cards

A Facebook request on Christmas card ideas. These are made by me for my customers in structural engineering. Here we go. But remember, it's a secret...

Lace, a lot

Orchids in bloom always cheer me up. These are Miltoniposis looking like the hybrid named 'Herralexandre'. They are difficult ones, though.

This is the beautifully beaded Aeolian shoulderette, www.knitty.com. But, I normally do not stick to a pattern, so this Aeolian will be a garter stitch version. Looks OK so far. I knit it in a "heavy" weigtht Merino 7500 (2/14nm) from Filati Angoramerino bought from www.staketshantverk.com. It gets nicely soft after washing an blooms a lot as baby merinos should, which almost looks like its felting a bit. The halo will give a nice and warm sholderette. The yarn will require thorough washing to get rid of the spinning oil.

What happened? How many UFOs are there at the moment? At least four new projects. If I dig deeper into the yarn boxes there are probably many more I have forgotten completely.