Back home to Vermont sweater - in progress

The Back home to Vermont sweater is well in progress. So far no more redos after the incident with the sleaves (or me not reading properly).

New idea - Mosaic Yoke Jacket

Home with N today and I had time to pass by Maria with my latest project idea, the Mosaic Yoke Jacket from the fall 2008 number of Interweave Knits.

Home with a sample to see if it should be in Alpaca (Garnstudios Classic Alpaca) instead of wool.

Relief Crochet

Apart from the crochet lovvika mittens in school at the age of 13 I've only done one project, the Chantel shawl. So when Maria arranged a crochet course with relief pattern I signed up.

Intersting time with questions such as "what is a row", "how can I count rows", which side is the right side", "it should have been 20 and now I have 21...." and me being a true beginner had them all but managed to do some result at the end.

Fun! I'll try it more but think I'll stick to knitting.

More pictures here.

Nålbunden vante upphittad

Hej,
Jag hittade för en vecka sedan en vante på Söder i Stockholm som jag nu söker efter ägen till. Jag tror att den är nålbunden, den är i alla fall otroligt vacker.

Hör av er om ni saknar den.

mvh anna

In English in short - I found a hand-made mitten on the street and is now searching for the owner.

Back Home in Vermont Sweater

Most things I completed this year has been for N, some for me but very few (any?) for T. I have this UFO that will take forever to complete. Specially since I'm not knitting on it at all for the last years. It is Stone Circles by Kaffe Fassett. Having the guilt I last year showed him the Back Home in Vermont Sweater in the book "The Natural Knitter". Better (and so much faster) to do other projects for T. At the "Syfestivalen" last year I even bought the yarn. In October this year I started.

It is always better to read the pattern, and I mean really read it. "Increase 1 st in the beginning of each row" does not mean to increase in the beginning and in the end.

So now I have done half a sleeve twice and remade 14+14 rows of the body. But I'm on the way.

The pattern is easy and the yarn is really nice. It's a cable but not using an extra needle, just twisting the stiches. It's a top-down knitting and is getting quite chunky right now. I need a new knitting for the subway soon.

Laminaria

Starting working this fall I had the need for a "subway knitting", meaning something to knot on for the at least 30 minutes I have each day getting to and from work. It is a big plus if the item is not too big to carry around. Maria made this beautiful Laminaria and also stated it was relly fun knitting. I had looked at it and loved it but thought that it would be too tricky.

Inspired by Marias words, result and not the least her hand-dyed yarn I decided to give it a try.

To get fully inspired I invested in a set of knit pick needles. No regrets!!!!

I followed the pattern , but using larger needles than described, 5.5 mm for the first part and then 4.5 mm for the remaining parts. Copying Maria I also added beads at the edging lace part.

I also made two extra "rows" on the second lace part, making the shawl a bit larger. And this one I blocked (again thankful for the blocking wires).

Last minute purled beret

The weather was changing and I was feeling cold standing at the slide in the play-ground. I wanted a new hat. Browsing Ravelry I found this beret and taking my one skein of Maya yarn I started. First attempt is got too small (I was afraid to run out of yarn) the second attempt was better. Here (and still) it is not blocked so there is no nice edge. The mittens are made a few years ago based on Nysta Ninas pattern. This was the first pair I made, the second pair got lost this spring.

N can fool anyone that she actually made this but I must say I did the most part. Don't missunderstand, I'm being extremely proud and hope she will continue her knitting learning journey. Maybe I also should explain her hat - that is completely her own choice!!