everyday life

little baby sweater

(in Swedish) Denna gjorde jag till lilla Arvida som föddes i slutet på april. Föräldrarna ville ha något könsneutralt i färgerna och det är jag helt för. Så det blev grönt och grönt. Har vi hört/sett det förr?!? ;-) Nåja, Arvidas mor godkände och gjorde tummen upp.

Lätt design och snabbstickad. Gjorde den i bomull, i storlek 0-6 mån, men har en känsla av att den blev större än så. Fortfarande vid drygt 3 1/2 månad är den något för stor. Men när den passar kommar en bild på Arvida i koftan.

Little Baby Sweater
Yarn: PimaBomuld 8/2 Strikkebogen.dk
Colour: Green 3181, 3613
Needles: 3.0  mm
Pattern: link
Design: The Purl Bee
Started: March 9, 2013 Finished: May 5,  2013
Yarnsource: Litet Nystan

one arm, done

Remember my green cardigan? Well, here it is again. Finished left arm this morning and my way on the right arm. My goal is to finish the cardigan before New Years Eve.

(And yes, it's Sheldon in the background. Watching Big Bang Theory while knitting this morning.)

 

cardigan, body done

So, Yesterday I finished the body of the Cardigan. And, if I can say so, it looks really good. I am very proud of myself! Remember this is my first Cardigan.

There will only be 3 buttons on this, 3 on the chest. And the arms will be stripy, using the same green as in the hem and the set up row.

Since the arms are knitted with a circular needle (i've change to circ since I took the picture above) and with later double pointed needles, I'm guessing this will go really quick to finish. I hope so anyway. After I have done some house work, I will have the rest of the day to knit!

a snowy morning

Woke up just before 6 this morning and a look through the window made me go back to bed and I pulled the duvet over my head and went back to sleep. For real. Slept another 2 hours. This is what I saw from the window:

A white world. This is not something I want in mid April. Really! And it was a snow storm as well. But it has stopped now. Finally. At this moment the snow is on the ground, and the sun is fighting to melt it.Was this the last of the white stuff for this season?

So my plan to go in to the city was cancelled. Stayed home, did some laundry, read a book, baked a cake and knitted on my cardigan. And the body of my cardigans is almost done.

I know I'm gonna use this cardigan. I really like it. Later this week I need to look for 3 buttons to match. Perhaps buttons in wood?

 

the progress of the green cardigan

I have started on the body now, so it basically just a straight road now. I think this will be a cozy cardigan! Perhaps a bit wide but since it's my first cardigan I basically don't care. This will be worn anyway.

Has enjoyed some knitting outdoors, on the balcony. The spring is here, but you never know. We had snowfall earlier this week. Let's hope the snow's done for the season!

my st paddy's day

After a hard working week it's always nice to have a slow weekend with sleep-ins. So yesterday I woke up at 6. Not exactly what I wanted. And I couldn't go back to sleep, so I had breakfast, watched a couple of episodes of Mad Men, and around 10 o'clock stepped out for a walk. No sunshine but also no rain or snowfall, I walked around the small lake.

After the walk I ended up at the usual place for a cup of coffee and a waffle. And I also had my knitting with me. So this became my 2nd breakfast (or perhaps early lunch?).

Back home I managed to to some house work, knit and watch some ski races on TV. And late afternoon/early evening a movie date with a friend. We saw Hugo, Martin Scorsese's latest. Nothing like Scorsese's other films, but a really sweet story about a young, orphan kid who meets Georges Méliès. I liked it a lot.

the cardi, progress

Up early this beautiful, but cold morning. Watching the classic ski event, Vasaloppet on the telly. This year marks the 88th year of this ski event. It's a race between Sälen and Mora and it's 90 kilometers long. For the ski stars it takes about just under 4 hours to ski 90 kilometers. For the regular Joe, between 6-10 hours. And it's 15.800 people who will ski today.

The start last year. Amazing to watch.

But I am not compeeting myself. I sit in the sofa watching and knitting. This year I knit om my Cardigan. My first try to knit a cardigan. And so far, it's working fine. And it start to look like a cardigan.

So far, so good. Will soon start on the body!