everyday life

hats x3

So, the year of 2014 has not been a great year - when it comes to knitting. During the summer months I didn't knit that much. A row here and there - but I didn't finish any projects. I did start some. But I only knitted couple of rows and than left it in a bag. Didn't had the inspiration to follow through.

But then Autumn arrived. And the need for some new hats. And I was home with a cold for a couple of days. And I started AND finshed a hat. And I started another one . And I finshed that one too. And I started yet another one. And that one was also finished within days.

 

Tombreck
Yarn: Visjö
Colour: Gray
Needles: 4.00 mm/4.5mm
Pattern: Here
Design: Ysolda Teague
Started: September 24, 2014 Finished: September 24, 2014
Yarnsource: Svensk hemslöjd

 

Sockhead Hat
Yarn: SweetGeorgia Yarns Tough Love Sock
Colour: Brownish
Needles: 3.00 mm
Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sockhead-hat
Design: Kelly McClure
Started: October 21, 2014 Finished: October 23, 2014
Yarnsource: Bought it from Saltflingan

Another one
Yarn: BC Garn Shetlandsuld
Colour: Blue
Needles: 3.00 mm
Pattern: inpired by Bleakmidwinter's Bobble
Design: -
Started: September 24, 2014 Finished: September 27, 2014
Yarnsource: Litet nystan

quick fix x2

Sometimes while you knit, you need some quick fix. Something you can knit up in a night or two (or three). Hats and wristwarmers are those items for me. I needed a new hat and I look in my yarn stash to find a suitable yarn -often malabrigo - and familiar pattern. And then you have a hat.

Blue Bell
Yarn: Malabrigo
Colour: Blue
Needles: 5,5  mm
Pattern: Kim's hat
Design: Joelle Hoverson
Started: November 3, 2013 Finished: November 7, 2013

Yarnsource: Anntorps väv, Gamla stan, Stockholm

And when a colleauge complains about feeling cold in the record hall, I whip up some warm wristwarmers. In alpaca - from my left-over stash.

Wrist warmers
Yarn: Drops Alpaca & Drops Alpaca silk
Colour: pink & green
Needles: 3,5  mm
Pattern: -
Design: -
Started: Oktober 15, 2013 Finished: October 21, 2013
Yarnsource: Ljungkvists, Odenplan, Stockholm

 

nobel hat

During the Nobel festivites, which is broadcast live on Swedish television, I knitted a hat. I needed a new hat since I lost 2 hats during this autumn. 3 1/2 hours of straight forward knitting.

Nobel hat
Yarn: Both colours are Malabrigo
Colour: Tortuga & Red
Needles: 5,5  mm
Pattern: Kim's hat
Design: Joelle Hoverson
Started: December 10, 2012  Finished: December 10, 2012
Yarnsource: Yll & Tyll, Uppsala

 

baby hat

I'm home sick today. Nothing serious, some sort of a stomach bug. I went home from work yesterday before lunch with fever and hit the bed, slept for 3 hours and later a couple of more hours. Around 9 in the evening I felt much better.

Still have some cramps in my stomach, but otherwise I feel better. I have been watching the end of the second series of The West Wing and I have been knitting. Started AND finished a baby hat just over 2 hours.

Baby hat
Yarn:  Drops Nepal
Colours: Balck & Gray
Needles: 3,5 mm
Pattern: Mönster
Design: Fröken C
Started: November 22, 2012 Finished: November 22, 2012
Yarnsource: Litet nystan

And no, I'm not going to have a baby. But I have friends who recently got a baby and several friends have a due date in April. I will be knitting some baby items during the winter. :-)

blueberries & milk hat

So, now I hope the siblings in Nälden will be happy about the hats. This is G:s hat. The blue colour looks like blueberries and milk, hence the name.

Blueberries & Milk
Yarn: Malabrigo
Needles: 5,5 mm
Pattern: From the book Last-Minute Knitted Gift by Joelle Hoverson
Design: Kim Hamlin
Started: March 10, 2012 Finished: March 18,  2012
Yarnsource: Hamiltons Design

I have used Malabrigo left-overs from my stash.

malabrigo hat for doc

First finished object for 2012. A hat for my friend Doc. Finished it on January 1st.

Malabrigo hat for Doc
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted
Colours: Malabrigo Worsted, colours: Indigo (MC) Pink (stripes)
Needles: 5,5 mm
Pattern: Kims hat
Design: Kim Hamlin
Started: December 30, 2011
Finished: January 1, 2012
Yarnsource: Hamiltons, Mariefred

 As usual a fast knit and malabrigo is just a dream to knit with. Doc just loved the hat and her kids just got so jealous I promised to knit  hats for them as well.

another malabrigo hat

New season, new hat. Still in malabrigo and with stripes.  And still the pattern from Last Minute Knitted Gifts.

Malabrigo hat
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted
Colours: Indigo (MC) Paris Night (stripes) Black (top)
Needles: 5,5 mm
Pattern: Kims hat
Design: Kim Hamlin
Started: October 30, 2011
Finished: November 2, 2011
Yarnsource: Hamiltons, Mariefred

If it only could be some chilly weather, so I can use it!

3 hats

During the holidays I have made three hats to some of my lovely co-workers. As a goodbye gift. They're leaving, not me. Do I need to tell you they loved it? There was Malabrigo involved, so of course they love it. :-)

 

Ribbed Brim Hat for H, J & D
Yarn:  Malabrigo worsted and Aracunia Aysen
Needles: 5,5 mm
Pattern: From the book Last-Minute Knitted Gift by Joelle Hoverson
Design: Kim Hamlin
Started: December 19 , 2010 Finished: December 28, 2010
Yarnsource: Hamilton Design, Nysta

 

Next project is to me, myself and I. Something in green - I know, I know.. Nothing new there. ;-) I may finish it before the new year begins. So I'm off now, knitting!

a new me

So here is the new me - my new green glasses, my new newsboy cap and my new scarf -  I casted off last night and there was no need to block it, so I can wear it today. I will tell you all about in the next post.

As you know I had plan to buy two pairs of glasses, but in the end I olny bought one pair. Neither of the others spoke to me as this pair did, so way buy a pair you in really are in to? I may upgrade one of my older ones later on - I really liked having two pairs.  Or I may start a new quest to find a second pair . You have to wait and see. :-)

I took this picture this morning while ridning the new tram to work.  It's my new morning routine, to get off the tube and take the tram instead. A very nice way to get to work in the mornings. Before the tram opened i August,  I took the bus, and it was always (over) crowed with people in the rush hours. The tram is not crowed at all. Not in the mornings anyway - in the afternoon, there are more people on the tram - mostly tourist, who are going back to the city from Skansen, Waldemarsudde, Nordiska museet and Vasamuseet.

 

new winter hat

You have to start of the year with a bang, right? So on New Years Day I cast on for a new hat, and the next day I had a new warm hat!

Winter Hat
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted
Needles: 5,5 mm
Pattern: From the book Last-Minute Knitted Gift by Joelle Hoverson
Design: Kim Hamlin
Started: January 1, 2010 Finished: January 2, 2010
Yarnsource: Hamilton, Mariefred