Baby E's garter stitch kimono
Den här lilla rätstickade kimonon, eller omlottkofta, är till min pappas kollegas första barnbarn.
Stickad efter önskan av min pappa att ge i present till lilla E.
Den är stickar efter mönstret Garter Stitch Baby Kimono som finns som gratis nedladdning på ravelry.
Jag har använt Schoppel Wolles Admiral i två olika färger.
Koftan är stickad på 2.5mm stickor istället för 3mm som mönstret förelog.
Den är riktigt tät, utan att vara stel, och kommer nog väma lilla E skönt i vinter!
Koftan i sin helhet, stickad för 3-6 månaders bebis
Koftan fick en icord kant (icord är det bästa jag lärt mig sedan jag lärde mig sticka) och röda knappar
Den gröna icord kanten binder liksom ihop hela koftan
Färdig för leverans så snart jag blivit förkylningsfri så att jag orkar bege mig till postkontoret!
Bumble Royal
Nu har några bilder på min kofta letat sig hela vägen från Sverige till Nederländerna och jag kan stolt presentera koftan Bumble Royale!
246 gram/944 meter Madeleintosh Tosh Light i färgen Oxblood gick åt för att sticka en kofta strl 38. Jag fick öka en storlek för att få rätt gauge. Tosh Light är verkligen fantastiskt härligt att sticka i och nästan ännu härligare att ha på sig. 0% stickighet och verkar än så länge inte tendera att noppa något.
Mönstret den är stickad efter heter Honeybee Cardigan och går att köpa på ravlery. Jag gillar att en kofta helt utan ökningar och minskningar i midjan ändå sitter så är figurpassad!
Jag är nästan löjligt nöjd med kombination garn-färg-mönster-knappar som jag tycker kompletterar varandra så himla bra. Jag väljer oftast knappar i en avvikande färg heller än köper knappar i i en färg som är nästna samma som garnet men ändå inte.
Färgen på knappar tycker jag är som gjord för att matcha koftan, samt fjärilen som repeteras i koftans mönster (det ska visst vara ett bi på koftan, men jag tycker det mer liknar en fjäril)
Knapparna har jag beställt hela vägen från USA från Beadfreaky på Etsy. Grym tjej som gör unika knappar i keramik och porslin!
En sak jag verkligen gillade med mönstret var hur bra ärmarna var inpassade i kroppen. Koftan stickas nerifrån och upp, när man kommit till ärmhålan stickas ärmarna och stickas sedan i medans man stickar oket.
I detta mönstret var det väldigt noga skrivit hur man skulle göra det för varje storlek och fortfarande jobba i mönstret. Jag har stickat andra koftor som har stickats på samma sätt fast då har det mer varit "sen så ska du minska här och det kommer inte riktigt funka med mönstret men det gör inget för det kommer ändå inte synas att det blir "fel" sen"...lite konstigt tycker jag.
Hur som helst väldigt noga och bra beskrivit i det här mönstret!
..och tillslut en lite glädje bild för hur bra jag och min kofta är!
Tack Eddy, min hovfotograf, för hjälpen med bilderna!
HipphHapp alpaca cardigan
One of my goals this year was to knit a cardigan from the yarn I've spun from the alpaca wool I bought last year
I don't know if I brought enough wool so complete the cardigan while I'm here in the Netherlands. If not, I hope to finish it when I'm back in Sweden.
I have three different colors, and most yardage of the color in the middle of the picture.
I think it will turn out nice and warm!
HippHapp alpaca cardigan, knitted top-down after my own measurements.
Honey Bee sneak peak
A sneak peak of my Honey Bee cardigan that I finished yesteraday!
More pictures will be taken when I come to Gothenburg i two weeks!
The gorgeous buttons from beadfreaky made it all come together
Tuvaliscious
Last weekend I finished a cardigan which will be a gift to my friends daugthers first birthday.
This is the first childrens clothing I've ever knitted so I really hope it's a good size!
The pattern is Little Coffee Bean Cardigan av Elizabeth Smith.
I knitted size for a 1 year old and used a total of 126 grams, 76 grams pink and 50 grams blue.
The yarn is Garnstudio Drops Muscat, a shiny (and slippery) cottonyarn.
I hope this summersweet stripes will look good on the one year old wonder!
This is the first childrens clothing I've ever knitted so I really hope it's a good size!
The pattern is Little Coffee Bean Cardigan av Elizabeth Smith.
I knitted size for a 1 year old and used a total of 126 grams, 76 grams pink and 50 grams blue.
The yarn is Garnstudio Drops Muscat, a shiny (and slippery) cottonyarn.
I hope this summersweet stripes will look good on the one year old wonder!
Zestestial
I finished my latest cardigan Zestestial after Jennifer Thompsons pattern Zest two weeks ago.
It took me exactly a month to complete it. Knitted with Drops Baby Merino, a total of 4.2 skeins and 733 meters.
I could say alot of things about this pattern - I think it's a very pretty cardigan, I love the details with the cables in the back to enhance the waist and the lace is also beautiful. But I feel that there is still some work to do on this pattern.
For example - according to pattern my upperarms are a size 30, a so called size ZERO..I don't feel like a size zero girl so I knitted the sleeves two sizes bigger - same size as body - and they are tight! If I've done them a size zero they would not have fit me. I also added three lacerepeats on the arms - I thought this would make them full length, as the picture shows, but I could have added 3 or 4 to that! I have a friend who has knitted the same cardigan and the sleeves is just one issue - she had to add 14 repeats on the arms - that was TWICE as may repeats as the pattern suggested.
I think the pattern needs to be testknitted by people by all sizes to really see if it fits - you can't just knit one size and then count and think that you get all sizes right.
Well, enough complaining - here it is Zestestial!
It took me exactly a month to complete it. Knitted with Drops Baby Merino, a total of 4.2 skeins and 733 meters.
I could say alot of things about this pattern - I think it's a very pretty cardigan, I love the details with the cables in the back to enhance the waist and the lace is also beautiful. But I feel that there is still some work to do on this pattern.
For example - according to pattern my upperarms are a size 30, a so called size ZERO..I don't feel like a size zero girl so I knitted the sleeves two sizes bigger - same size as body - and they are tight! If I've done them a size zero they would not have fit me. I also added three lacerepeats on the arms - I thought this would make them full length, as the picture shows, but I could have added 3 or 4 to that! I have a friend who has knitted the same cardigan and the sleeves is just one issue - she had to add 14 repeats on the arms - that was TWICE as may repeats as the pattern suggested.
I think the pattern needs to be testknitted by people by all sizes to really see if it fits - you can't just knit one size and then count and think that you get all sizes right.
Well, enough complaining - here it is Zestestial!
Ice Princess - the cardigan
This is Ice Princess - the cardigan.
The first cardigan I've knitted with only my own measurements and creativity to follow.
It weighs it's good 280 grams together with 9 mother of pearl buttons.
It's knitted with Semilla DK.
I think the cardigan speaks for it self so I'll just treat you to a picturecavalcade!
At winters first came the Ice Princess
Woollen comfort
Stripes, cables and buttons
And lots of love to complete it
Thanks to my darling Philip for taking the pictures
The first cardigan I've knitted with only my own measurements and creativity to follow.
It weighs it's good 280 grams together with 9 mother of pearl buttons.
It's knitted with Semilla DK.
I think the cardigan speaks for it self so I'll just treat you to a picturecavalcade!
At winters first came the Ice Princess
Woollen comfort
Stripes, cables and buttons
And lots of love to complete it
Thanks to my darling Philip for taking the pictures
Cardigan Course
Yesterday I was on a course, held by VisaLisa, to learn the basics of how to knit at cardigan or sweater after your own measurements. The technique is quite simple, but there are alot of things to think about and alot of changes you can do to create a more interesting design.
We learnt alot of valuable things and I think (...) that I now will be able to knit my first cardigan after my own measurements and desire.
I'm knitting with Semilla in a stealblue colour, and so far it looks terrific!
We learnt alot of valuable things and I think (...) that I now will be able to knit my first cardigan after my own measurements and desire.
I'm knitting with Semilla in a stealblue colour, and so far it looks terrific!
The base colour of the cardigan
Cast on and calculations to make it fit
Moving Myrtle
I finished my Myrtle Cardigan some weeks ago, but yesterday I finally got the help to take som photos of it's greateness!
I call it Moving Myrtle because of the back and forth - going to Gothenburg and also the move to Gothenburg that I've used to work on my Myrtle.
I enjoyed knitting it and I enjoyed that it's practically seamless which makes both the knitting and the finishing touches so much easier. It's a clever and beautiful pattern, all in all, and I can really recomend to knit it!
I used 1.92 skeins of Malabrigo Sock Yarn, dye Solis.
So here goes a picture-cavalcade that I hope you'll enjoy. I can add that I took me and the photografer Eddy, a case of moutain climbing to take them..
I call it Moving Myrtle because of the back and forth - going to Gothenburg and also the move to Gothenburg that I've used to work on my Myrtle.
I enjoyed knitting it and I enjoyed that it's practically seamless which makes both the knitting and the finishing touches so much easier. It's a clever and beautiful pattern, all in all, and I can really recomend to knit it!
I used 1.92 skeins of Malabrigo Sock Yarn, dye Solis.
So here goes a picture-cavalcade that I hope you'll enjoy. I can add that I took me and the photografer Eddy, a case of moutain climbing to take them..
Big thanks to Eddy fo taking the beautiful pictures <3
Moving Myrtle
During the move (and before and after) to Gothenburg I've been knitting on my Myrtle cardigan. I'm kntting it with Malabrigo Sock, colour "Soils". I really love the greenish-blue oceanfeeling that to yarn has, and it's so soft and cuddly! It's the most expensive yarn I've ever bought so far but I guess it's worth it when knitting such a gorgeus cardi.
The body is completed as far as where the sleeves go in and I've knitted half of the first sleeve. I'm gonna knit them full length instead of 3/4. I always push the sleeves towards the elbow while inside, but when outside in wintertime I like the sleeves to be full length and cover the whole arm.
So far so good!
The body is completed as far as where the sleeves go in and I've knitted half of the first sleeve. I'm gonna knit them full length instead of 3/4. I always push the sleeves towards the elbow while inside, but when outside in wintertime I like the sleeves to be full length and cover the whole arm.
So far so good!
The lacechart is really beautiful and not to difficult to follow!
Pippisweater
This is my first sweater - have only knitted a cardigan before - and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
BUT - I don't want to recomend the pattern, the picture is missguiding because it's another type of shoulder decrease in the pattern, and I had to get alot of extra yarn than the yardage recomened.
Any how, have kind of promised the boyfriend I will knit one for him to..
BUT - I don't want to recomend the pattern, the picture is missguiding because it's another type of shoulder decrease in the pattern, and I had to get alot of extra yarn than the yardage recomened.
Any how, have kind of promised the boyfriend I will knit one for him to..
Dearest Eddy took the pictures on a warm autumday
My number one!
Här är den - the one, the only - my number one!
Min första kofta alltså, för er som inte hängde med i svängarna.
Jag har kravlat mig upp och koftskräcksträsket, och det var på tiden.
Den här skönheten är stickad i 530 gram Drops Classic Alpacka, mönstret är från Drops 118, mönser 12.
Tack Elin för att du förevigade den med kameran!
Min första kofta alltså, för er som inte hängde med i svängarna.
Jag har kravlat mig upp och koftskräcksträsket, och det var på tiden.
Den här skönheten är stickad i 530 gram Drops Classic Alpacka, mönstret är från Drops 118, mönser 12.
Tack Elin för att du förevigade den med kameran!
Obotlig stickerska, notorisk spinnerska, pysselmaja och växtnörd numera boende i Nederländerna där jag arbetar på den ekologiska plantskolan Kwekerij de Hessenhof!
