Rime Ice Cardigan

It's almost finished, my Rime Ice Cardigan. Well it's the same bolero as previously, but in another yarn and 5.5mm needles.

Granite Hap Shawl

Just another Hap Shawl. Sometimes I feel this is it, lace perfection, nothing more is needed. Hap Shawl=The perfect  Shawl. We're going to hold a knitting class 16-17/9 on Shetland Hap Shawl at Spinneriet i Lindome just south of Gothenburg.

Spetsstickningskurs i Shetland Hap Shawls ges 16-17/9 på gamla Spinneriet i Lindome. Har du ännu inte varit där så boka genast in det i kalendern!

Dip dye Shetland Hap Shawl

I'm currently working on my second Hippeti Hap Shawl. My own new shawl pattern (I know, it's just another Hap but the pattern will yield HAPpier knitters since I reveal all my secrets).

This time in a much thicker yarn than what I usually knit lace in.

I have used three different shades of brown a grey-beige and a natural white. The outermost color looks like chocolate sauce, and it's name is Shetland Black. In Norway it's just called sheep brown 😀. This yarn is so soft, it smells like happy sheep and it's a joy to knit in it. It's Jamieson & Smith's Shetland Heritage.

Mamelucker / Bloomers

Trots att året är nytt har vi hunnit vandra ett par gånger, och julen spenderades i skidbacken. Aktivitet. Varenda gång vi varit ute denna vinter har jag slagits av att man blir så kall om baken. Majas Manufaktur har designat lösningen som hon kallar mamelucker. Mamelucker?! det är värsta snyggaste hotpantsen med fantastisk passform. Alltså, jag har inte testat dem än, men jag har läst beskrivningen. Formstickat kring varenda kurva! En vanlig designer hade kanske nöjt sig med ribbstickning, men här bjuds det på short rows så det står härliga till.

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Bloomers for the modern woman. Design by Majas Manufaktur

Wishes for a lovely new year, and another Estonian Jewel

Here we are, another year has come to an end. It has been a good year in many was and a very bad one in other ways.


The knitting project has a couple of repeats left before I can move on to the edging. 3mm needles and a very thin yarn takes some time with all the nupps along the way.

I have to give it a hard block to untangle these little bird's nests of nupps, the yarn is a bit uneven (in a good way!). The fuzzyness of the yarn makes the fiber cling together but it'll become a lovely lace.

Happy new year everybody!

Birch leaf socks ready for Christmas eve

I'm so glad I managed to finish my Birch Leaf socks on time such that I can spend Christmas in these socks. I will also slip into something very comfortable, and that is the new nighting gown I sew on Saturday.

 Knitting lace in such a flimsy yarn may be a waste of yarn overs since they just blend up with the light coloured areas. But, yarn overs Are so much more fun to knit.

They took 65g of The Birch yarn which Fjällbo Shop hand dyed for me in October, and I have another 39g to use on something smaller. I haven't got a clue what yarn this is really, but it's about 400m/100g and 2mm needles were just perfect.

Spetsstickningskurs på Halmens hus?

Snart är våren här, och med den ser det ut som om det blir kurs igen! Halmens Hus i Bengtsfors har hört av sig och det kan väl inte bli mer perfekt? Fina Bengtsfors och bästa hantverkshuset😀.

Under tiden testar jag att sticka min Estonian Jewel i Jamieson's & Smith 1-trådiga Shetlandsspetsstickningsgarn. Det är ljuvligt luddigt, och tunt och så fint även till Estnisk spets. Till det garnet provar jag 3,0mm Chiaogoo Lace. Rolig rundsticka! Trots 80cm lång wire så sprätter den snällt tillbaka till ursprungsformen igen när jag vänder varv. Ikke noe kröll på ledning'a her ikke! Jag är nästan litet förvirrad över att det funkar så bra, ni vet ju att jag är ett fan av Addi Lace.