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Waves finished

By birgit, on July 30th, 2008%

Finished last night and here she is modelling by the lakeside at our house. I was hoping for some sunshine but nope. The pattern is called “crest of the waves” and it is free on ravelry. I used one skein of the knitting goddesess dk weight 100% silk. The scarf measures about 1,8 meters and . . . → Read More: Waves finished Read more »

Finished and casting on

By birgit, on July 24th, 2008%

I finished my Juno regina stole last night and here you see how she turned up. Too bad my chili peppers are still green, otherwise would they have been a great photo set-up The stole is 190 cm long and it used 1148 yards of yarn, slightly less than one skein of lace weight . . . → Read More: Finished and casting on Read more »

Situation report

By birgit, on July 20th, 2008%

I finally continued with my Juno Regina stole which was on hold while socks were knitted. I´ve knitted about 820 yards, 25 and 20 grams of the two yarns I use. The stole is now 120 cm long.

The lower pic is taken without flash and it propably is closer to the real colours. This is like . . . → Read More: Situation report Read more »

would you like a snack?

By birgit, on July 15th, 2008%

I did. And here´s what turned up, a lavender sachet in Knitting goddesess‘ hand dyed cashmere, which she so generously provided for with my last order. The pattern is from Lesley Stansfields “The New knitting stitch library”. An idea for future left over yarn? I´ll have to plant some lavender on my . . . → Read More: would you like a snack? Read more »

She has found her mate

By birgit, on July 15th, 2008%

Oh what will I do next? Maybe pause knitting and spend some time in the garden or play more with my 21-mo-toddler? Guess I have to as my next projects yarn is still in the mail Or maybe just maybe should I take a dip in my stash for . . . → Read More: She has found her mate Read more »

Fly away home….

By birgit, on July 13th, 2008%

I´ve finished the first sock, got inspired of the red yarn and let the stole sleep for a while and cast on for Fly away home-socks. Now the first is finished, isn´t it gorgeous? The yarn is Chakra from The knitting goddess.

Did I say I love it? Hope I don´t get ill with sss (second sock . . . → Read More: Fly away home…. Read more »

third project cast on

By birgit, on July 7th, 2008%

I decided to give Juno regina a second go, I remembered I had some thin red yarn in my stash that was too thin for anything. I will try to knit it with my cash/silk to get better texture. Here´s what I achieved so far using 3,5mm needles:

Much better than the cash alone, it just . . . → Read More: third project cast on Read more »

Day at the Pond

By birgit, on July 6th, 2008%

I´ve been spending my day at the well known frog pond

First I cast on the laminaria in my gorgeous cash/silk but I didn´t like the outcome with the needles and didn´t want to go down in size. And there isn´t enough yarn to knit in double. So i frogged that one. Then I CO . . . → Read More: Day at the Pond Read more »

first fo

By birgit, on July 4th, 2008%

I finally finished my aran weight victorian shawl, though not aran but dk.

And here´s a quickie from last night, a toilet towel in soft cotton, pattern by Liz Lovick.

I still don´t know what to cast on next, I got some awesome silk/cash from the Knitting Goddess and that is burning in my stash. Have . . . → Read More: first fo Read more »

CO

By birgit, on June 21st, 2008%

We have been having guests over for the weekend and I didn´t have time to begin sooner but here we come – it´s ten pm and I´ve just casted on for the aran weight victorian lace shawl in fuchsia coloured dk weight cashmere/wool by Colourmart UK.

If possible, I will also do the HoneyBee stole . . . → Read More: CO Read more »

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