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f grey pattern enkla herrvantar from varmt och stickat design eva trotzig yarn ullcentrum 2 trådigt i think the coulourway is called gråmelerad yarn source i think it was a gift from mum needles 3 mm dpns started 12 may 2015 finished 30 july 2015 modifications i didn t care for the decreases in the pattern so i just altered them to suit my taste i also made them slightly smaller to accomodate my hands since the pattern is written up to fit a man s hands unfortunately the pattern is not very well written and even the easiest instructions are made confusing i really can t recommend it i do like the detail around the wrists though there are many other well written patterns in the book and i can whole heartedly recommend the book as a whole so new grey wolly things i am prepared for winter do i knit you bet may 20 2015 may 20 2015 katarina 2 comments i read once that it s bad netiquette to apologize for one s blogging hiatus so i won t apologize i will only assure you that i m still here and i m knitting with more fervour than i have in years so much so that i haven t really given myself time to blog about it i have finished three things since you last heard from me but i ll tell you more about those in individual blog posts soon but i also have quite a few things on the needles right now projects both new and old i m working on a lovely lace shawl that i hope to finish in time for me to wear at a party in june i m also working on a pair of mittens to accompany a recently finished hat more about that in an upcoming post i ve practically fished the red cardigan i ve been working on since 2012 all the knitting and blocking is done all i have left to do is to put the pieces together i ve also finished one sock don t worry i will complete the pair but so many other things and yarns have caught my attention recently here are some pictures i seem to be finding inspiration in so many things right now i m constantly finding new and inspiring knitters online that can t stop myself from following on instagram and ravelry i ve bought some new knitting books that make me want to create create i m also attending a sewing class and i m currently working on a summer dress sewing i want to sew dresses a whole bunch of them even though i am an autumn winter person i m absolutely in love with spring right now i don t want it to end i m not yet ready for summer but in that same moment i long for summer walking barefoot in the grass cotton dresses neverending daylight and misty mornings one of my favourite knitters and designers right now is viffla she has knit an amazing number of lovely cardigans and designed a few as well she has such a natural style and confidence in everything she does and it inspires me tremendously i also find great inspiration in one of my dear friends erika whom you can find at her blog and her web page both in swedish her creations photos and stories about her life on the island gotland always inspires me in so many ways i hope that you also feel inspired and that you have the time create all those things you long for fisherman s mittens march 7 2015 katarina 6 comments some things take a long time to complete perhaps the satisfaction of finishing them is greater that the quick projects or is it a feeling of relief a little of both i suppose this pair of mittens have been on the needles since november 2008 i really like them but they turned out too narrow for my hands so i gave them to my dear friend j i managed to convince her to pose with them for me pattern fisherman s mittens from knitting fair isle mittens and gloves design unknown yarn garnstudio drops alpaca used double through out needles 2 5 mm dpns started 3 november 2008 finished 22 january 2015 modifications i think that my decreases are a bit different from the pattern i tried to duplicate the first mitten when completing the second the photos above were taken on january 28th when we still had snow spring is on the way and the snow has melted but it s been quite cold so far and i still use mittens everyday probably stupid february 13 2015 february 11 2015 katarina 2 comments when i was new to knitting and discovered the internet knitting community back in 2004 2005 i loved the idea of knitting challenges knit a longs sock challenges knitting in particular colour challenges thematic blogging regarding knitting and whatnot i gradually discovered that i was totally rubbish at it whenever i set myself to one of these i got bored with it rather quickly and just dropped the whole thing just to pick up another challenge keeping this character trait in mind i ve always loved the idea of presenting my family and friends with thoughtful and lovely knitted gifts for christmas i only ever did it once and not even for everyone and that was back in 2005 i think i still think it s a wonderful idea but with a little sadness because i will never accomplish it or will i me and my husband spent last christmas 2014 in new york city with a bunch of friends and had an abolutely lovely time when i came home though i felt a bit robbed of christmas despite all the christmas decorations wonderful food and even the christmas spectacular at the radio city music hall i lacked the christmas feeling so what you might ask how old are you do you really need that christmas feeling the thing is i do i ve always loved christmas not because of the origins of it i m not a christian but because what it has come to mean for me for as long as i can remember christmas has meant not just gifts and decorations and certain types of food but that time and space itself was altered transformed become otherworldly it s difficult to describe it s a feeling something i perceive and it s impossible for me to experience that when i m not at home so no more going away during christmas we ve done it a few times now but i ve finally realised that i don t want to do it anymore i need to stay at home and prepare and be there when it happens now that i ve realised this i want to do everything i can to make the most of it one thing might be to finally give my family and loved ones the things i want to give them this will of course take up a lot of my time and require a lot of dedication and determination i know i have dedication and determination but only when it comes to things that i find meaningful knitting a ton of things to meet a deadline might not be one of them but i m going to give it a try in fact i ve alreday started a simple but elegant shawl in a very nice wool yarn i bought in estonia a few years ago and it s almost finished even to be continued recovering february 11 2015 katarina 8 comments i ve been afflicted with a string of bad colds this winter it started in november and i think this is the fifth installment of the cold that will not give in i visited my gp yesterday and there was blood drawn and snot sampled which hopefully will tell me if i need antibiotics or if my body is lacking in any other way iron or what have you anyway i felt better today and the spring like weather encouraged me to venture outdoors i went for a short walk to vasaparken a nearby park where children were frollicing on the ice with skates on and riding toboggans down the small slope i was not just a little bit envious the miniature golf course was still covered with snow when i got back i treated myself to a snack finncrisp one of my favourite crisp breads with cheese from väddö farm dairy this particular cheese is called fogdö is flavoured with fenugreek and my favourite ginger beer i think the fresh air did me good i feel a lot better now probably in combination with medications and vitamins and i ll probably go back to work tomorrow but for now i ll get back to my knitting which i will tell you more about next time sheep heid january 27 2015 katarina 6 comments i m very happy with this lovely fair isle tam the design is by kate davies one of my favourite knitwear designers this is the first project by her design i have completed but i love her stuff and i want to knit almost everything by her pattern sheep heid from kate davies design design kate davies yarn jamieson smith shetland supreme jumper weight yarn source jamieson smith shetland wool brokers needles 2 75 mm and 3 mm circular and dpns started 22 september 2014 finished 18 january 2015 modifications none i ve had the yarn in my stash for quite some time emmy and i bought a kit from jamieson smith together and split the yarn between us since one skein of each shade is more than enough for two tams emmy finished hers a long time ago i m a bit slower i think it turned out quite well and i really do enjoy fair isle knitting the pattern was easy to follow and the instructions clear the yarn is a little scratchier than i expected even after washing and blocking but it doesn t bother me that much i m not very sensitive what i really love about the shetland supreme jumper weight is that none of the shades are dyed they re all the natural shades of the fleeces of the shetland sheep and there are nine different shades in this tam beautiful the snow is all but gone now very sad indeed i hope winter will return before it s time for spring happy knitting warm hands january 7 2015 katarina 4 comments right after i posted yesterday s blog post i spent some time on ravelry which i haven t done in a while i will always find inspiration there it didn t take long for me to find something new to knit even though i m already working on two pairs of mittens one of which i begun in 2008 i decided to cast on for another pair i already had the pattern and after some searching through the stash i found the right yarn i can t help but feel a bit satisfied when i can begin a whole new project without spending any money naturally i bought the pattern book at one time and the yarn but i ve already used the book several times before and all the different yarns came from my box of left over odds and ends with one exception so it really feels like this pair of mittens are practically free and i like the idea of make do instead of always buying new things so right now i m working on three pairs of mittens i cast on last night and i ve been knitting all morning the pattern is cross crown from knitting fair isle mittens and gloves by carol rasmussen noble they re actually fingerless gloves normally i always add a thumb wedge if there isn t one but in this case i didn t think it would look right so i m sticking with the pattern although i will place my thumb higher up since the original placement wouldn t fit me here they are together with the other mittens i m working on the striped ones are only missing one thumb so i ll probably finish those pretty soon the pattern is from the same book as above they re the ones i begun in 2008 the one with the lozenge pattern is from a very nice book called varmt stickat it s only available in swedish and finnish as far as i know i wonder which pair i ll finish first that is all pavement january 6 2015 january 6 2015 katarina leave a comment well happy new year everyone i hope you ve had a lovely holiday i m still on vacation and won t be back at work until next week so i m hoping that these last days of the yuletide holidays will include a lot of knitting although you wouldn t know from reading this blog i do knit quite a lot but i don t finish quite as much here s one thing though a scarf for stefan he had asked me to finish it before we left for new york to spend christmas there and i finished it on time here he is with his new scarf on the high line pattern pavement from brooklyn tweed design jared flood yarn pure shetland wool from wiltshire yarn source wool in bath needles 4 5 mm started 1 october 2014 finished 14 december 2014 modifications no mods but it turned out a lot longer than i had intended since it grew a lot during blocking it s the same yarn as in my linnae pullover and i really enjoy knitting with it it s soft but not too soft and springy i bought it in bath a couple of years ago and i still have two or three hanks left i didn t manage to take any decent photos when i finished it and now it s been worn a lot and is a bit crumpled up perhaps the only bad thing about this yarn is that does have a tendency to form bobbles i really like the stitch pattern although it was a bit dull to knit in the end not much variation but it was worth it right now i m working on a few old projects that i would like to finish haven t started anyhting new but i m really eager to i don t know what yet something to keep me warm through the rest of the winter it s snowing bobble september 7 2014 katarina 4 comments finishing the coraline gloves was very encouraging so i wanted another quick fix i browsed my old rowan magazines and decided upon a simple hat with stripes and a bobble i went through my stash and found some rowan dk soft i once found in the the sale bin at a lys not the type of yarn i would go for these days but nice enough i had some left over rowan kidsilk haze in a lovely petrol blue shade that went really well with the dk soft et voilá a hat pattern bobble from rowan no 34 design kim hargreaves yarn rowan dk soft rowan kidsilk haze used double yarn source wincent needles 3 mm 3 75 mm circulars started 17 august 2014 finished 26 augusti 2014 modifications knitted circular instead of flat i feel like knitting more hats now we ll see what s up next posts navigation older posts inspiration audrey hepburn benjamin lacombe bric a brac brooklyn tweed cabbages roses etsy jamieson smith jumperfabriken kate davies designs liebling lost in the forest maska noa noa nygårdsanna saltwater seasalt some girls wander by mistake tadahiro uesugi tales of terror the black apple the snail and the cyclops the walking dead tim burton toast twin peaks what would a nerd wear white stuff you must create tags 1910 s alma alpaca amocp animation autumn bohus stickning books boots cap cardigan cat christmas collar coraline cowl craft dolls fabric fall 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