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

I only knit for people I am confident will want my knitting. It’s a rule. But I broke it. And now my stomach is full of butterflies.

Jeg har en regel om at kun strikke til mennesker jeg er meget sikker på gerne vil have det jeg strikker. Jeg har brudt min egen regel, og nu er maven fyldt med sommerfugle.

Tags: øjeblikke, hjerteblad, moments, shawl, sjal

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

Last time my mother was here she commissioned 2 shawls: the one in the Ombelle yarn for herself, and another one in Kid Seta for a friend of hers. Once again I’ve decided to go with a simple all-over lace pattern as I feel this suits the yarn better. I’ve never knit with Kid Seta before , but it’s lovely stuff if you like laceweight mohair - very light and airy. I’m calling this shawl Anglaise as the eyelet flowers remind me of Broderie Anglaise.

Udover Ombelle garnet til sit eget sjal, havde min mor noget Kid Seta med, som også skal være sjal. Jeg har aldrig strikket med det før, men hvis man kan lide tyndt mohair er det et lækkert garn, let og luftigt. Jeg holder mig stadig til et enkelt hulmønster - det passer bedst til mohair synes jeg.

And if you haven’t done so already, do go see Lacefreak’s spectacular Lyra.

Tags: Anglaise, 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

De Quervain’s Disease is the fancy way of saying tenosynovitis of the wrist, and it’s the reason I haven’t been knitting much the last couple of weeks. I only have mild symptoms, but previous experience has taught me that if I ignore them it will get much worse.
Anyway, here is my current project. My mother brought the yarn, Laine Fonty’s Ombelle, with her the last time she was here and asked me to make her a shawl. I don’t think this yarn is particularly well-suited for lace, but I know my mother wanted something with holes, so this is what I came up with. Hopefully she’ll like it.

De Quervains Syndrom er seneskedehindebetændelse i håndleddet, i mit tilfælde begge håndled, og da jeg har kunnet mærke at det rører på sig igen har jeg holdt igen med strikningen de sidste par uger, selvom jeg faktisk har haft god tid til at strikke. Jeg ved nemlig af erfaring hvor slemt det kan blive hvis jeg ikke passer på, og den fejl gør jeg kun een gang.
I øjeblikket strikker jeg sjal til min mor af noget garn, Ombelle fra Laines Fonty, hun havde med sidst hun var hernede. Jeg synes ikke det er specielt velegnet til hulmønstre, men jeg ved at min mor gerne ville have noget med huller, så jeg har valgt at strikke et ganske enkelt hulmønster. Så må jeg så se om det kan bruges.

Tags: ombelle, quervain, shawl, sjal