SvooozeeKnits - a knitted diary
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Garnlek
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Färgglatt och grått
Monday, 12 March 2012
Till en ny liten släkting i kameliatider
Häromveckan fick min kusin L sitt tredje barn, en liten flicka. Det slumpade sig så att jag var hemma med influensa just då och när febern givit med sig skyndade jag mig att åstadkomma en välkomspresent åt den nya släktingen. Det är min egen variant av Pippi-tröjan - eller "Gotländsk fiskartröja".
Garnet är Rowan Pure Wool Dk. Nu har jag fått en beställning på en koftvariant, vilket inte borde innebära några större problem, mer än att jag måste bestämma mig för hur jag ska göra knäppkanten.
I helgen öppnade Tage Andersens kameliautställning "Kamelia Royale" på Drottningholms slottsteater. Det var en upplevelse att vandra runt bland blommorna, som såg ut som om de bott i det rummet alltid.

I helgen öppnade Tage Andersens kameliautställning "Kamelia Royale" på Drottningholms slottsteater. Det var en upplevelse att vandra runt bland blommorna, som såg ut som om de bott i det rummet alltid.
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Redo för våren
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Long Coat II
The winter got cold and now the lakes are covered with ice. Compared with the last two winters the coldness came late this winter. I really could use a long coat now, especially since the heating system at work only seems to work every other day. The coat has grown considerably during the last days and now it only misses sleeves. I hope it will be finished this week.
I made it longer than in the pattern and added more repeats of the lace-border.
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Swatch of the Week
For a long time I have felt the urge to swatch more, to try a lot of interesting things and techniqualities. The book "Knitting Brioche" induced me to grab a ball of leftover yarn and a pair of needles and after a few hours I had this swatch:
...and had learnt five new things! The basic patent-stich (or brioche-stitch) I was already familiar with, but p. 25 in the book deals with how to knit the edges, if one is not using a selvedge stitch. It´s not very visible in these photos, but the edges came out very neat and nice.
On p. 46 I found instructions for spreading out increases over several rows and I increased first to the left and then to the right. The right-sided increases were a bit tricky and I´m not sure I got them absolutely right. At the same time I tried the two-stitch decreases spread over several rows, as described on p. 50 - 53.
The yarn I used was RYC Silk Wool Dk, 50% merino, 50% silk - a very nice yarn!
It´s the time of year for tulips, one of my absolute favorite flowers! Alverbäcks, the lokal tulip grower, has started to climate-compensate their tulips, and then it must be almost my duty to buy them!
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Long Coat I
A few days ago I bought a lot if white "Eskimo" and cast on for the Long Coat from "Fitted Knits". I use needles 10 and 8 mm and knit the purl-rows with the 8 mm needle to ge a more even knitting. My swatch was perfectly even, but a project like this really shows the difference between a small swatch and a much bigger piece. The coat is knitted from the top down and I like the thought of minimal finishing-work when the knitting is done. Just weave in the loose ends and block!
I made a provisional cast-on, hence the blue yarn, so that I can use the live stiches for the lace-edge later.
Thick yarn and big needles makes this a very quick knit! It didn´t take long to get this far. The only drawback so far is that the yarn is fluffing a lot; when I put the knitting down I´m covered with white fluff. Wearing this coat will take some planning: I must make a mental note not to wear it over dark things!
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