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I love the autumn, my personal knitting season. However it’s also the season for trying to decide what to knitting. Here is two alternatives I’m considering Neaty and Alpine Shrug, I’m not sure what to choose. Initially I would like to make a raglan (yoke?) cardigan or sweater, but I haven’t managed to find a pattern I like. I don’t think that I’ve the courage to make my own pattern. Any thoughts?

Blogging again.

It’s been so long since I’ve blogged, but I haven’t stopped knitting. I’ve decided to start blogging again, and hopefully the autumn outside while make it easier for me to keep my intention this time. Here is some of what I’ve been working lately.

Hermia

Pattern: Hermia by Rowan Studio 4

Yarn: Malabrigo Merino Wool, colour Emerald 135

Needles: 4,5mm and 5,5mm

Started: Mid-August 2007

Finished: Mid-September 2007

Notes: Loved knitting this sweater, the yarn was a lovely to knit with. However I wish that I had knitted it a bit smaller. But I’m sure Hermia will come in handy when the winter enters.

Le’ Slouch

Pattern: Le ‘ Slouch from “Knit and Tonic”.

Yarn: Cashmerino aran, colour 008

Needles: 4.5mm and 5mm.

Notes: I chose to knit this with stockinett stitches. Since I changed the needle size, I started with 72 stiches, and increased to 108. I loved the pattern, and will probably make several of these, probably a bit more “slouchy”.

Work in progress
I’ve picked up an UFO, realizing that I had only one arm left. It is knitted in this lovely alpacca. The pattern is from RyClassic Alpaca. I’m looking forward to wear this sweater.

  

An other project I’ve started is knitting a simple scarf/shawl of Kidsilk Haze. Probably the most simple knitting project in a long time.

I’m back and I’m knitting

Det har gått litt tid sidan eg sist oppdaterte bloggen min her, men eg har fått strikka litt i mellomtida. Første juledag byrja eg på ein vest til meg sjølv. Etter eit par dagar med intens strikking, synte det seg at noko hadde gått skikkeleg gale. Trass i at eg følgde mønsteret til punkt og prikke, vart vesten altfor liten. Ikkje berre litt, i staden for å passe til meg er han knapt nok stor nok til veslesystera mi på 10 år. Eg har (heldigvis) ikkje noko bilete av den ferdige vesten, men her kan de sjå korleis han skulle verte.

On Christmas day I began knitting a waistcoat to myself. After some days of intens knitting I realised that something had gone really wrong. The waistcoat was way too small. Despite that followed the pattern completely, it fits my 10-year-old sister much better than me. I don’t have a picture of the disaster, but here you can see what it was supposed to look like.

Etter den store vestfiaskoen, drog eg for å handle inn til eit nytt strikkeprosjekt.
After the waistcoast disaster, I bought some for a new knitting project.

Eg fann ut eg skulle strikke meg ein genser.
I decided to knit myself a sweater.

Mønster/Pattern: Oxford (woman)
Garn/Yarn: Alpakka 2

Julegåvene eg strikka vart passa nokon, medan eg hadde strikka hue og vottar litt for små til minstemann.
My Christmas knitting came in use for some, while the mittens and the hat for my youngest cousin were to small.

Sunday

It’s sunday, and in one week I will be sitting on train to Bergen (hopefully doing som knitting), for my holiday. I’m will be home for about a month, which is something I’m really looking forward to now. However, before next sunday I’ve got 4 exams waiting for me. Well, I suppose there is little I can do about it…
I’m really looking forward to get back home, just doing all sorts of christmas-stuff, baking christmas cakes, making candy, knitting some gifts and meeting old friends. And not to forget, at home there is a fridge with a lot of different food, not only salami and milk.Despite preparing for my exams, here is some of my knitting this week. I don’t the blue and brown was a good match, wondering whether or not I should redo it. Any thoughts?