I finished this a while ago, but haven’t posted about it because I wanted the recipient to be the first one to see it.

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Design: my own
Yarn: New Zealand Crossbred Wool 12/2, 600mt/100gr
Needles: 3.75 mm bamboo circular
To like or not: Not only did the recipient like it, she loved it! I’m honoured - and the butterflies are gone!
Addendum: I like simplicity and my shawls don’t tell stories. The stitch patterns are just that, stitches arranged in patterns that are pleasing to my eyes.
This shawl was different. A mother lost her son, and though I know her only from her blog I had to do something more than just offer my condolences. This shawl had to say something. Something about leaves on the tree of life, and how some of them fall off much to soon, but live on as beautiful flowers in the hearts of other people. It means a lot to me that she liked it.

Tags: FO, hjerteblad, shawl, sjal

Done and posted to the intended recipient.

Pattern : The Knitter’s Handy Book Of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd
Yarn: Harmony by Bendigo Woolen Mills
Needles: 3.5 and 3.75 mm
To like or not: Like it a lot except for a silly oopsie in the bottom rib band which I only discovered after I was all done. DN and his DM are just going to have to live with it!

Tags: FO, ocean raglan

The anglaise shawl is finally done; it took longer than expected because my wrists are still acting up, but better safe than sorry as the saying goes.
This was another simple knit. Because the intended recipient is tall and large I wanted to get as much shawl as posssible out of the 4 skeins my mother bought. And because my mother is particularly fond of sideways knitted borders, that was a must too. The most difficult thing about this shawl was deciding when to stop working the body and start the border, as I wanted to use as much of the yarn as possible. In the end my guesstimates worked out very well as I only have 2 gr yarn left.

Anglaise sjalet er færdigt. Det tog lidt længere end først beregnet, da jeg stadig har vrøvl med mine håndled.
Mit udgangspunkt til dette projekt var få så meget sjal som muligt ud af de 4 nøgler garn min mor havde givet mig at arbejde med. Den dame der skal have sjalet er nemlig stor, og jeg ville heller ikke kunnet have bruge en rest til noget. Min mor kan rigtigt godt lide kanter der er strikket sidevejs til, så det skulle der også være. Det sværeste var at beregne hvornår det var tid at begynde at strikke kanten, men da jeg kun har ca 2 gr garn igen, gik det egentlig helt godt med det.

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Design: my own
Yarn: 98 gr Kid Seta by Madil; 70% super kid mohair, 30% silk; 210 mt/25 gr
Needles: 4.5 mm bamboo circular
Blocked Size: appr. 210 cm across the top, 105 cm down the middle
To like or not: scrumptious yarn that I didn’t pay for, and an end result which is pretty much what I was aiming for, so this one’s to like.

Tags: Anglaise, FO, kid seta, shawl, sjal

I managed to finish my mother’s shawl last night. I’m glad to have it done, and I’ll be going to the post office first thing tomorrow morning to send it on its way to Denmark.

Min mors sjal er færdigt, og er klar til blive afleveret på posthuset i morgen for at blive sendt til Danmark.

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Design: my own
Yarn: 170 gr Ombelle by Laines Fonty; 70% mohair, 25% wool, 5% polyamid; 145 mt/50 gr
Needles: 5.5 mm bamboo circular
Blocked Size: 175 cm across the top, 90 cm down the middle
To like or not: I don’t like this yarn, but the shawl turned out kinda’ ok.

Tags: FO, ombelle, shawl, sjal

DN’s lime green raglan is ready to wear. I am quite pleased with myself; I do NOT like weaving in ends and tend to put it off till “later”, but this time I actually got it done the same day I finished the actual knitting. Another first for me was the way I dealt with the underarm shaping. I did not cast off the stitches, but instead placed them on some spare yarn, and when done with the knitting used kitchener stitch to graft the sleeves and body together. As you can see in the picture, it is not perfect, but as this is my 1st time ever doing kitchener stitch I am quite happy with the result.

DNs raglansweater er parat til at blive taget i brug, og det er ikke helt almindeligt for mig at der går så kort tid fra færdigstrikning til færdiggørelse. Jeg kan ikke fordrage at hæfte ender og plejer at udsætte det, men denne gang fik jeg det altså gjort med det samme. Som et eksperiment lukkede jeg ikke masker af ved ærmegabet, men satte i stedet maskerne til side og syede dem så sammen med maskesting til sidst. Det er første gang jeg prøver denne metode - og som om du kan se på billedet blev det ikke helt pænt. Men da det er første gang nogensinde at jeg syer noget sammen med maskesting er jeg tilfreds.

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Pattern : The Knitter’s Handy Book Of Sweater Patterns by Ann Budd
Yarn: Harmony by Bendigo Woolen Mills
Needles: 3.5 and 3.75 mm
To like or not: I like it a lot. I enjoy knitting raglans and this turned out exactly the way I hoped.

Tags: FO, lime raglan