This is a back in time project because I finished this sweater over two months ago! I took pictures and the whole shebang, but due to being a very busy student I never typed a post about it. That’s bad, I know. I’ll try to […]
Tag: colourwork
Finished Project: There and Back Again
I knitted this one over the weekend…actually it was last weekend but I’m having a biggish backlog of finished projects. This one is the most recently finished of those projects. It was a fun pattern to knit as it combines different techniques, colourwork knitting and […]
Finished project: Halla
At last Halla has pictures! I finished this one a while ago, and this week I finally took some pictures of it. Pattern: Halla Book: Rowan Nordic Tweed Designer: Marie Wallin Yarn: Holst Garn 100% Wool Raveled Here Soundtrack: All I Want Is You – […]
Finished Ravellenics Project: Brynja
Pattern: Brynja Designer:Hélène Magnússon Made for: Ravellenics Team: Icelandic knittersRaveled hereSoundtrack: Sky on Fire – Handsome Poets (Dutch Olympic anthem) I here by present to you my entry for the Ravellenics Games; Brynja. Now I’ve already talked a bit about this cardigan in this post, […]
Finished Knit: Vintage Navy Jumper
I finished this jumper a few weeks ago but didn’t really got around to photograph it properly until this weekend. This jumper was inspired by those iconic yoke sweaters from the 40’s with little pitoresque scenes.Like this flower jumper, this bird jumper, this angora jumper […]
Finished project: Var (or the Nonni & Manni cardigan)
I finished my first Icelandic sweater! Pattern: Var (Ístex Lopi No. 29) Designer: Védís Jónsdóttir Yarn: Istex Létt-Lopi Raveled here Soundtrack for this project: Anything by Fungus (Dutch link), I think this is by far the most underrated band of my own country! You can […]
Finished Project: Fair Isle Yoke
It was love at first sight: the fullpage picture of this Fair-Isle sweater in the first a Stitch in Time book.I started this jumper around the same time I started Jarrett. It took me two months to finish it. Which is not that bad, considering […]
Finished knitting : Klein Blöm
This project was so much fun to knit, and the result is so cute! I finished this hat in under four days which is pretty nice for someone who mostly knits garnments with needle size 3. Also I’m not the most experienced colourwork knitter […]
Fair isle: Men
Blame the start of real autumn weather, but lately I’ve been obsessing over fair isle sweaters. And the best fair-isle is, without doubt, vintage. I can browse page after page looking at the colourcharts, the patterns and the pictures. Curiously though, do you know what […]
Finished Knitting: Mermaids & Centaurs
Done!! Another tiny owl design all knitted up and ready to wear 🙂 I absolutely love it! Have worn it several times already. No modifications at all, just followed the pattern. I was a little worried about the looooong row of kitchener stitch at the […]