Celery

Green is the color! Here, there and on my needles. Hard to believe that there once was a time when I disliked color green... I guess times change.


Great little summer cardi to have around in case of cold breezes or long nights out. The yarn is just lovely, I love it even more than after the 3/4 hap shawl. It's light and soft and almost shiny. And paired with garter stitch - yummy.

Pattern: my own
Yarn: Malabrigo Sock
Needles: 4 mm

3/4

Oh, more shawls! I'm so thrilled to have this one ready. It's so much fun. The design is based on the traditional Shetland hap shawl, but it's only a 3/4 of an square - so 3/4 hap shawl.


Lovely yarns and wonderful summery colors. The Malabrigo Sock is just unbelievably soft to have around your neck! I don't even know which side I like best, but it makes me feel like I have two different new shawls. Yay.


Pattern: my own
Yarn: Malabrigo Sock and Fleece Artist Sea Wool
Needles: 3.5 mm

And what I love most - after this project I don't feel like a doily when wearing knitted lace.

painter's jacket

Here's a project that was very long time on needles. Last spring my dear cousin asked, if I could knit her this long cardigan with bat sleeves. She had seen something similar at store, but was not completely happy with it. I had perfect plan for it - not the exact copy but something with the same spirit: The Painter's Jacket. About one year ago (or a bit more) I started.

Somewhere on the way I lost my interest in it. Even if I was exited about the design and wanted to get the jacket to my cousin as soon as possible, I just couldn't force myself to knit it. I had doubts about the texture and hated the yarn. Cotton and me, we are not best friends. I recall all those heavy cotton sweaters I had when I was a child - I hated cotton already at that point.


But now I'm so happy I did finish the jacket, the heavy weight suits the jacket well and the deep and dark blue is so classy. And my cousin is pleased with it too! Oh, the jacket was ready at some point last winter - and the yarn shows no sings of wear today!

Pattern: My own interpretation.
Yarn: Garnstudio DROPS Muskat
Needles: 4.5 mm

Fisherman's pullover

Oh, it's summer, June again. Almost one year ago I knitted one of my favorite sweaters for my sweet little A. Now you can knit one too!


Sizes: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 years
Finished chest circumference: 22 (23.5, 25, 27, 29)"/56 (59, 64, 68, 73) cm
Yarn: 416 - 601 yards (380 - 550 m) of Sandnes Garn Fritidsgarn or other bulky yarn.
Gauge: 15 sts and 20 rows in 4" (in Stockinette stitch)

€ 3,90

Still Light Tunic

There cannot be a better way to start a week than with a new pattern! This tunic is sure my favorite and I've been wearing it a lot (the new pictures show the small signs of wear).

With lightweight yarn and fitting upper body this dress flatters many figures. It’s perfect for many seasons, easily altered with yarn choices and the pockets are most convenient! The dress (or tunic) is knitted all in one piece, from top down.

Sizes: x-s, s, m, l, x-l
Finished bust circumference: 31 (35.5, 39.5, 43.5, 47)”/80 (90, 100, 110, 120) cm
Yarn: 1531 - 2406 yards (1400 - 2200 m) of DROPS Alpaca or other fingering/4 ply yarn.
Gauge: 26 sts and 34 rows in 4" (in Stockinette stitch)

€4,90

paris

One Saturday in February there was themed night on television about Paris. Or maybe it was March already. Well, never mind the details. The point is, that I had nothing interesting on needles at that time and had one great idea of this light open cardi. I thought it would be done so very quickly (I tend to underestimate the time needed for everything), but it wasn't. I have been knitting it (on and off) ever since, very slowly.


Two weeks ago my mother had a big birthday party - and I happened to have the perfect dress. But needed a nice cardigan to keep me warm. I remembered my paris cardigan, was absolutely sure it would be done in a few nights and knitted away. The day of the party came and went by, but the cardi was never finished. And my interest faded away, again.


Now there will be a lot of parties this month and the next (birthdays, graduations and so on). I decided to force myself to pick up the needles and now it is finally done! Phew.

Pattern: my own
Yarn: DROPS Alpaca
Needles: 3,5 mm

I'm thrilled with the outcome, it's so sweet and fun. It's knitted in one piece from front to front and then stitches picked up from the armhole for set-in-sleeves. I folded the front edges for heavier structure and it worked just as I hoped it would.

blackcurrant turned into parsley

Modified version of my blackcurrant shawl. Light and soft and so warm.


Pattern: Blackcurrant shawl
Yarn: DROPS Alpaca
Needles: 4,5 mm

If you wish to knit it to this size, here are my mods:
first St st section until 54 sts wide, second until 15 sts wide.The finished shawl is approx. 150 cm long and 60 cm wide at the center. 3 skeins of yarn was used (540 meters/590 yards).