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I just love to empty the mailbox...

theyarntanglers — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:13:36 +0000

... especially when what I find is this. My two books had arrived from Amazon (The best of Interweave knits and The knitter's book of yarn), and also my order from The woolen Rabbit had arrived, a skein of merino laceweight in the colorway Arabian Nights and a skein of Harmony sock yarn in Herb Robert, both skeins so soft and beautiful it is difficult to imagine. The laceweight is predestined for a gift, I'm going to knit an Icarus shawl (by Miriam Felton) for a friend and I hope she will like the color. The sockyarn is for a not yet known project, however I've plenty of sock ideas from the beautiful projects on Ravelry, not to mention the fact that my stash was almost non-existent, so a bit of stashbuilding should be in place. (Not to worry for the stash though, because another order is expected to arrive soon ;-))

Knitwise I, this week, found my second project. After visiting this lady's fantastic blog, I knew exactly what should be the outcome of my Evilla artyarn. After seing her Swallowtail shawl, I knew I had to make one for myself. I haven't seen anything else where the colors of the Evilla artyarn and the pattern complement each other that well. This is approximately how far I've gotten, and it doesn't exactly look like much, but till I finish you can see what I hope it will look like in the end over at Bloggsberg, it is named Swallowtail IV (and yes, she has made four beautiful Swallowtail shawls). Because this project is also wool, it is not much cooler to work with than the Nevis cardigan, but at least it offers a bit of variation. This weekend I hope for the nice weather to continue, and also some relaxing knitting time, hopefully outdoors.

Oh joy!

theyarntanglers — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:05:50 +0000

I have recieved the first of my orders in order to reestablish my for the moment almost non-exsistent stash, and I love it! It is 220 gram Evilla artyarn (from www.garntrollet.no) in grey-tones with a splash of green. I just can't wait to knit a shawl out of this, and this time I believe it will be for myself. The pattern I consider for this yarn is the Swallowtail Shawl by Evelyn A. Clark.

If the orders I'm still waiting for, turn out to be as pleasant a surprice as this one I can barely wait to open my mailbox. Among a few other things I've ordered some Malabrigo Merino Worsted for a February Lady Sweater, so I guess I'll be joining the knit blogging trend knitting this beautiful sweater.

Below just a glimpse from our weekend field trip, it was beautiful, and fortunately we had fairly nice weather.

Baby mystery jacket

grosblog — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:28:25 +0000

En fargeklatt i høstmørket. Jeg har en god del Evilla-garn liggende etter Tallinn-besøket i fjor høst og jeg ble inspirert av Strikkeanette til å strikke Baby Mystery fra Elisabeth Zimmermann. Det var et raskt og enkelt prosjekt. Hele jakken strikkes i ett stykke. Det gjøres noen fellinger og økinger på de rette stedene på "strikkelappen" og når det hele er ferdig strikket er det bare å brette strikketøyet riktig. Den former seg som en jakke men veldig god passform. Genialt og til å bli imponert over! Kun to sømmer langs ermene er det hele som skal til for å ferdigstille den. Sømmen er riktig nok på oversiden (skuldersiden) av ermene og dermed godt synlig. Du bør derfor gjøre litt flid i forhold til å få sømmen pen. Den blir på en veldig synlig del av jakken...

1. Knappehullsraden til høyre

2. Rød-rosa stripe nederst er oppleggskanten

3. Blå del (opplaggskanten) blir ytterst på ermene samt øvre del av ryggen. Fellekanten blir nedre kant på jakken hele veien rundt samt åpningen midt foran.

4. Og vi bretter det hele på plass... Fantastisk og imponerende!

5. Jeg forlenget ermene i etterkant slik at jakken kunne passe min modell

6. Det ferdige resultatet med tre-knapper

Underveis var jeg spent på hvilke størrelse jeg ville ende opp med. Jeg brukte et garn som var litt tykkere enn oppgitt i oppskriften. Jeg håpet derfor at resultatet ville bli slik at jakken kunne brukes av min lille 1-åring til tross for at den heter Baby Mystery Jacket. Det gikk nesten. Vel, armene ble vel stutte - det skal jeg innrømme. Jeg strikket på lenger ermer. Jakken kunne nok med fordel vært litt videre i "kroppen" også men den passer fint nå. Ermene må foreløpig brettes opp ytterst så her har vi litt å gå på utover vinteren.

Et morsomt prosjekt som kan anbefales!