Archive for April, 2007
April 26, 2007 at 9:59 am · Filed under knitting
A lovely package arrived today from my Secret Pal, Hemlis-vännen, with two (!) pattern books, some yummy chocolate and a note. Thanks -Tack kära du! Du träffade alldeles rätt.:) I had a really hard time keeping my hands off the chocolate before I could take a photo. The books are ‘Design Stickat’ by Jytte Slente and ‘Lust att sticka’ by Katarina Brieditis. Both books gave me a lot of inspiration for new projects.
Another cute parcel arrived with an order from tinyhappy with pants for Ivar. Melissas sweet note and an extra treat made my heart skip a beat. This was also my first order on Etsy, which was a very pleasant experience.
April 14, 2007 at 1:57 pm · Filed under family, knitting
Welcome to my kitchen table for a cup of refreshing peppermint tea. Oh, what is that on the table? Please feel free to sit down and feel the springy wool and the shiny fuzzy alpaca. I have brought home a big load of Peruvian wool and two cones of alpaca, both off white, from Marias Garn. It is finally time to tackle a manly project and knit a sweater for my darling Kristofer. He liked a pattern from the winter issue of Vogue Knitting. Hope it will work out. It should be a relatively quick knit. The boyfriend sweater curse only applies to actual boy friends, right? Not husbands?
This is Ivar at four months. Is he not the cuddliest baby ever? Hehe, that is what I think anyhow. I met with a doctor last week who could explain what really happened to me at Ivar’s birth. She took the time to listen and I could feel myself finally forgive myself for letting my baby out in the world prematurely. I have somehow been walking around with a feeling of guilt convinced that something was seriously wrong with me. Well, this wonderful doctor peeled that belief off me layer by layer. There is nothing wrong with me! Well, apart from what was already ‘wrong’, but that is something completely different and I will not bore you with it.
Happy spring!
April 7, 2007 at 2:14 pm · Filed under knitting
I have started a new project.
Something a would have had in my New Year resolutions if I had made any. It is a sweater. For me. And the biggest thing I have knitted thus far. I am using some stash alpacka yarn for it and I have made up the pattern for it using inspiration from numerous patterns in magazines and on the internet. It was impossible to find exactly what I wanted in an existing pattern.
Basic instructions on how you calculate and knit a top down raglan sweater can be found here and here.
Hope you are having a happy Easter!
