Varmt & Stickat - mittens

I bought the book "Varmt & Stickat" for myself around Christmas. I had it on my bedside table and flipped the pages, again and again and again. - I want to knit this.....and this.....and this.......

After a while I got my post-it notes and started to mark the pages. It feels that I ended up marking them all. I have now finally started with a project. I'm making the mittens from the front page and using Smart from Sandnes in two purple shades that I bought this fall to make mittens for the girls.

This is also the first time I knit with the Knit Pro carbon needles (Syfestival investment!). I'm using 3 mm and I really like the feeling and the sound that they make.

 

Eva and Erika, what a beautiful book you made. Thanks!

 

Packing my bag!

Saturday I met Eva at Syfestivalen and recieved my price for finishing my LUFO cardigan Diva last year in the UFOblirFO2013. I'm proud and thankful for the great gift. The bag is beautiful and today I packed it and brought it to the office. I managed to meet some friends and have quick lunch knitting break.
Thank you Eva for offering this as a price!

Beam / Stråla cowl x 2

For the first time I've been a test knitter. Anna let me participate and knit her lovely cowl Beam (Stråla).

I made two of them, the first one in purple Rowanspun DK and it is forgiving since I manage to stop thinking and missread how the cable should be twisted.
On the second one in bright pink (with one thread Super Minnie merino and one thread kid mohair from Warp & Weft) I managed to make it correct.

They still need some blocking to be at their best.

I hope to keep the purple one but the pink one is already in the glove box belonging to my 7-year old.

Fun and fast knit. Thank you Anna for letting me join your test knitting group.

Equinox Yoke pullover completed and Syfestivalen 2014

The Equinox Yoke Pullover is completed and I'm very happy with the result. The yarn is Lima from Drops.

 

I also spend Saturday at Syfestivalen and on "Stickas årsmöte".

Some needle replacement, yak, camel and einband for the fun of it and a pile of Rowan with the goal to make a present in XXL. In the back also the great bag that I won in UFOblirFounder2013 as my LUFO project DIVA. I missed my "shopping group" but overperformed on my own.

Equinox Yoke Pullover & UFO

In January knitting new projects was so much more fun than working on the UFO.
I started my Equinox Yoke sweater in December in Granhammar.
I bought the yarn years ago at Litet Nystan and I'm finally on the way.
It is a fun knit. Many threads to sew.......

My UFO January 2014 and it is now my February 2014 UFO. This month I will (hope) to get Freyja finsihed.

No FO Q4 2013, and a new UFO January 2014

New year and new initiatives to decrease the UFO pile. I've joined the UFO blir FO under 2014. My UFO's keep popping up all the time.
Since I didn't manage with my 2013 UFO in Q3, and Q4 I'll will let it down back again in the UFO pile for some additional time and instead try to complete the knitting from last fall with Freyja.
It's time to cut and finish up the borders. The time/place where I normally get stuck with a project.

Diva - LUFO 2013 completed

I managed to finalize the LUFO for 2013.
It was my Diva cardigan from Hanne Falkenberg (Diva 9).
Thanks to Karin and Hanne to provide me with yarn to finish the cardigan.
I made size L and used 3,25 mm needles. Should I have started it now I would have chosen a smaller size but I loove the color and the yarn.
I had this as my LUFO for 2012 also but then didn't manage to complete it.

Happy Happy!!!!