Holiday knitting

With the super soft yarn I´ve bought here in Danmark I´ve started to knit an endless scarf. Soft and yellow with 100s of cables .....

And finally I´ve finished the Baktus with the Shi Bui sock yarn in Bilberry. I love the colour and the Baktus/lacy baktus pattern is just great. It makes nice and easy scarfes and is suitable for every yarn.

Holidays in Danmark/part 1

For the 3rd time we are spending our summer holidays in Denmark. This time in south Jutland. We love the Nordern Sea, the beach here, the relaxed lifestyle and the cute summer houses. The one we are renting this time is very nice and only 50m from the sea. PERFECT in every way.

What´s going on?

...a friend asked me this some days ago. Not much I answered. But okay there are always some things going on don´t you think so? Although it should be the hottest time of the year it is not really warm here. The nights get really chilly and last Friday I had to lit a fire in the oven to make it nice and warm in the kitchen.

But today it is sunny again. And quite warm. I think it is the same with most families but here is a lot of coming and going. Someone is always going for a trip or a short (or longer) holiday. Family and friends step by for visits (because if the summer holidays), kids sleep at friends houses or other kids are here for sleepovers, there are barbeques and cake and mushroom searching in the woods, swimming and picknicking,... all that wonderful normal summer stuff.


Also some crafting is going on. But slowly as there is no real need for woolen things right now.



For david I´ve started to knit a sweater from the DROPS Nepal I´ve bought earlier this year. Originally I wanted to knit myself a cardigan but after knitting 2 balls of yarn I was sure I would not wear this colour outside the house very often. It´s a very pretty and vivid green. I wasn´t able to capture the colour on the pic below. It is much greener! So I´ve started  a Seamless Hybrid after Elizabeth Zimmermann. I always wanted to try this sweater pattern out and now it the perfect time. No need to hurry, just knitting for pleasure and fun. And as the sweater is for a 11 year old it is coming along faster as I´ve thought.

Pattern: Seamless Hybrid by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Yarn: Drops Garnstudio Nepal
Needles: 4.5mm



Stephen West (westknits) started his first shawl KAL on August 1st 2011 and I had to participate. A little shawl knitting never hurts. And Mystery KALs are fun I think.
I´ve finally decided for the yarn and colours I´ll use and knitted the first clue. I don´t post pics of the knitted piece here until the KAL is over I think.

I use only yarn from my stash. Some Wollmeise twin I´ve bought last year and as the anchor some green Araucania ranco solid.

A nice week to to you a enjoy your summer :)

Some colourful granny again

I´m haveing lots of projects on the needles (and hook) and really don´t need to start a new project....but... you know, it´s always nice to have something totally mindless to work on. Where no thinking at all is required and as a bonus, all those single skeins and  unloved ones get a new purpose.



So here I´m crocheting along using up stashed leftovers, bits and pieces, colours I don´t like anymore. I think this is going to be a lovely blanket one day.

How are you using up your bits and pieces, leftovers, ball of yarn which became unloved (and you are asking yourself why did have ou bought it) ?

A wonderful Friday to you!

Cassis

My Cassis cardigan is finished. It turned out nice and wearable and I´m really satisfied.

The yarn bloomed wonderfully after a hot soak in soapy water and now is wonderful soft. I really like Colourmart yarn and the price for the yarn was very good too.

Pattern: Cassis by Thea Colman

Yarn: Colourmart Cashmere/Merino 12/24 Aran weight in Dust (beige)

Needles: 5mm

Sara Ramirez

After a really demanding day with the boys I found this beautiful clip on youtube. Isn´t she great. Although I´m not so much a fan of Greys Anatomy I know the series and have seen her there, but I  didn´t know that she is such a nice singer. And she´s cute. Some people are really blessed with talent!

Currently on the needles....

.....my first Inspira Cowl. I call it my first one, because i think these cowls look really nice and are a great way to play with colours and to learn stranded knitting. I´m absolutly NOT good in it but I´d like to improve it a bit.

I´ve learned the "Baltic Braid" with this cowl. It turned out ok I think. next time I´ll make it better :) It is not so hard to learn as it looks at the first sight.

So from time to time I´m knitting some stitches here and so it will be finish when the cold time comes again. I´m sure it will. Someday.

The pattern is really great and an amazing ebook with wonderful artwork from the generous and very talented "Celery Stalks".

Pattern: Inspira Cowl by Celery Stalks....free Ravelry download

The other "new" project is a cardigan (or vest) again. It is the Cassis vest by thea Colman. I´m knitting it with aran weight colourmart yarn from my stash so I had to do a lot of maths because my gauge is totally of.
So I´m knitting with "my" numbers now and hope to have (one day) a finished garment that fits. I´m still not sure if I want short or long sleeves but it is still time as I´m somewhere on the body now. And this is a long cardigan. So no need to hurry.

But most of my spare time I´m not knitting or crochet these days. I´m reading myself through Hakan Nessers books. At the moment I´m reading the Van Veeteren series. And I´m waiting for the 3rd season of True Blood come out on DVD (in german). So inbetween to refresh it a bit, I´m watching season 2 again. For me True Blood is one of the best series. But don´t watch it if you are under 18 please. Or if you are a bit sensitive.