going home

My first pair of Jaywalkers should be here somewhere …

Here I am, knitting yet another pair of Jaywalkers, listening to the audio book version of The Miracles of Santo Fico by D. L. Smith

homeward-bound!

and then we had to go home

more on winter holiday knitting

All these resent posts are reports from my winter holiday, which took place in week 8. Right now it’s only work, and a tiny bit of blogging between the acts. But I still haven’t presented all I made weeks ago…

This neck and shoulder warmer is also based on a pattern in the Drops magazine (98-34). It’s made in silk-alpaca, a lovely and soft yarn. There isn’t as much elasticity in it as in pure wool, and one can easily see the masks. But I’m not sure it matters, I have decided it gives the piece an exclusive handmade look. It feels solid and warm around the shoulders. I have already given it to my mother, who took care of the dog while we were away – I guess I will have to make myself a new one.

winter holiday knitting

I have a nice catalogue from Drops, with different scarf, shawl etc patterns. I’ve tried several. Here is a bjørnebær-pattern shawl.

To those of you reading Norwegian/Danish/Swedish all the Garnstudio patterns are free on the net! Rather impressive!

Trysil

and then there were two

I think its sweet, even with some loose ends. It should always be viewed from the top like this …

The sweet one is getting a brother! This one in Noro Silk Garden (color ?) & Cash Iroha (7). I’m not quite as satisfied with these colors, but the yarn is much softer and nicer to the skin than Kureyon.

All in all it’s no too bad. It’s Boyish – I’ll just have to find a suitable man to wear it – .

And here they are, in their proper element – lots of snow and minus 18 degrees cent.

more on the tri-peak hat

I’m using two different skeins of Noro Kureyon 95 to get the right color-changing-effect. My model doesn’t look too happy; it might be a bit too hot to wear indoors… or maybe the combination of driving and modelling is a bit stressing?
The colors work very nice with this hat pattern.

tri-peak hat

We went a long way for our winter holiday this year. It became a perfect knitting tour. I fell in love with Woolly Wormhead’s Tri-Peak hat. Here is the first one on its way..