1, 2 and 3 - Half time in cleaning challenge

A challenge isn't a good challenge unless you make it harder for yourself. I sat up 5 projects to finish, I gave myself 12 days to do that, and then I start a new project and spend a lot of time knitting on that. Here is the progress so far on my two-end knitting mitten. Fun but fells backwards.

At least I have now completed 3 of the 5 projects (of cause the easy ones).

1) Lords & Ladies now is washed and have bands to tie it (instead of Icords). Really bad picture - in the mirror with a flash :-(

2) The Icarus shawl is blocked! and ready - it is huge. The quilt cover is for a kind size bed!

The blocking wires were a good investment.

3) Chantel is ready, washed blocked! and fringed. Blocking with children is difficult. Here I built a tent for Chantel. Pins and kids are not ready to meet yet. But when it's done blocking it was fun to play peekaboo with.

What's the progress for Elena and Tant Berg?

Spring cleaning in my knitting basket

I want to start new projects. In addition to the ones listed a few days ago I also want to make a pair of two end knitted mittens. I want to work some more directly after the course to see if the (for me) new way of knitting will stick. I have the yarn so now I need to decide on a pattern and color combination.


But I do need to finish some of my projects.

I now start a challenge, spring cleaning. I should finish 5 UFO projects by Sunday, May 11.
Anyone up for it?


Here are my projects:

- Lords & Ladies, Rowan kid mohair cardigan (no picture)

- Blomsberry

- Icarus shawl:

- Chantel shawl:

- Eco cardigan (for N):

Tvåändsstickning - Two-end knitting

This weekend was the last on HV school for this time. Two days dedicated to two-end knitting. This is something I have never tried before so I was looking forward to it.

• It was fun!
• It feels backward
• It takes time for progress
• My hand hurts (and the sholders as well...)
• The yarn was very nice
• I like the result
• .....and I invested in yarn to try some more

The mitten(-like swatch) in progress is for a child (and there will only be one of this)

HV homework completed

I'm done with my pair of HV mittens! I even washed them, so now they are ready to use (hopefully not needed until the fall). The homework was to design and make your own pattern. It was difficult because I wanted to design the "best pattern" ever. What style? What color combination? what....?

At first I wanted something white with red embroderies but it turned out too tricky to turn the delicate pattern into knitting.

Then I looked at my knitting bag and decided to get a matching pair of mittens.

First a swatch and the first mitten:



Then number two is knitted:

Ready to be used :-)

Itching for new projects

I have a pile of thing to complete but I want to start new projects!!!
Here are a few things I want to do:

- Geno, maybe with longer sleeves. The lace pattern on the front is so beautiful.


- Trench this is crochet on "level 3", so it might be too difficult, but I think it is very cool.

- Spook How can anyone resist Kid Silk Haze ?

Odd mitten

N likes mittens and gloves and hats and... many other things :-)

Here she is trying out my mittens (pattern and yarn from Nysta).

We were out walking Saturday and she didn't want to have her own (bought!) mittens on so I let her have mine. She "dropped" them on the ground occationaly so I checked that she had both in the stroller. At least I thought I checked, but coming home one mitten was missing.

My misstake - but lucky for me good things comes in 3's:

- I get to knit myself a new pair

- My homework mittens from HV is getting ready

- Spring is here - no need for mittens

Happy - gift in the mail!

Awaiting me when I came home from work was a parcel, all the way from Thailand.

Riki, the great knitter I met in Bangkok had sent me a gift. N helped me to open. The two round things have actually nothingto do with knitting, unless your outdoors summer evenings :-) They are mosquito coil holders made out of old cookie boxes.

Riki sent me wonderful silk yarn and a stash of kool-aid. The yarn has a great structure, now I need to figure out a project worthy of the yarn. Since I've never dyed before (Kool-aid or other) I need to find myself a beginners project :-)