Started a new sock project while listening to US Election up-date on Swedish radio on November 7. An easy and carefree project to knit on. And it's no stripe in sight!
At the moment I'm in a knit frenzy and spending most evenings and early mornings with needles in my hands. Basically it's my way to clear my head and to not think about work.
And next time I have a finished project to show you.
My sister turned "30 something" (well, she is 2 years younger than me) on Saturday and these socks was part of her birthday gift from me to her.
Raggsockor
Yarn: Raggsocksgarn Colour: Red/grey and black/grey
Needles: 4,5 mm dpn
Pattern: my usual pattern for raggsockor. Taken from a swedish book I can't remember the name of.
Design: -
Started: November 18, 2008 Finished: November 30, 2008
Yarnsource: Ljungkvists yarn store at Odenplan, Stockholm
Last 6 months I knitted on one project a time. But recently I have more than one thing on the needles. I started one project this morning on my morning coffee break... A mindless and fast project for a knitting café or infront of the telly.
sock
And yesterday I cast on for Stina's Mini Skull Tote. I think this will be a fast knitting too, but I need peace and quite when I knit this one, because of the skull pattern.. I have done the handles and are about to start on the skull pattern.
the yarn for the stina's mini skull tote
And the then I also is working on Mrs B mohair shawl .. It's an easy pattern, but so far I can't manage to learn it by heart... So I mess it up from time to time, and have to ripped a bit - so for now I let it rest.. It's my weekend knitting ..
the mrs b mohair shawl
And I need to start a couple of other projects too.. The Holiday season is here!
I have a finished a pair of sock during the Christmas celebrations. I started this pair the last days ofSocktober Fest so I needed to finished them. Colourful and warm! They make me happy!
Kureyon left over socks
Yarn: Noro Kureyon Colour: 206, 159,124
Needles: 4,5 mm dpn
Pattern: my regular sock pattern
Design: -
Started: October 30, 2007 Finished: December 25, 2007
Yarnsource: Nysta
I hope you all still have a great Christmas, I have! I had a wonderful Christmas Eve and I will tell you all about it another day!
Saturday, yay - and it's a really slow day. I'm sitting in my sofa, the TV is on and showing sports. I'm drinking tea, I knit and I have been online, mostly on Ravelry and added old finished project. I have no urge to go outside today, it's windy and grey but no rain (at the moment).
Here is Lil'sis' B'day Socks! I made this pair quickly. She got a bit disapointed when I told that I didn't had any plans for knitted Christmas presents this year. But since she had her 36th birthday this week, I knitted this pair to her. A pair of red/grey raggsocks.
Lil'sis B-day Socks
Yarn: Raggsocksgarn Colour: Red/grey and black/grey
Needles: 4,5 mm dpn
Pattern: my usual pattern for raggsockor. Taken from a swedish book I longer can't remember the name of.
Design: -
Started: December 2, 2007 Finished: December 4, 2007
Yarnsource: Ljungkvists yarn store at Odenplan, Stockholm
I ran out of yarn, hence the toe in a diffrent colour.
I have a second finished knitted item to show you today. I finished this during my breakfast this morning.
Moss Stitch Scarf
Yarn: Ullcentrum 2-ply Colour: Green
Needles: 5,0 straight wood
Pattern: Moss stitch, 31 stitches
Design: -
Started: November 27, 2007 Finished: December 8, 2007
Yarnsource: Ullcentrum's booth, Sew festival, novemmber 2007.
I will take a picture with the scarf in use later on.
I have a couple of WIPs I'm working on. The picture is showing a scarf in moss stitch pattern I began on Tuesday night, and I had it with me when we had our planing day on Wednesday. An easy knit, perfect to bring on all these upcoming meetings next week.
I'm also knitting on pair of mittens to me. I have not had the chance to take a photo of it, so you have to believe me when I say the first mitten is done and I have cast on for the second.
My third project is my Kureyon left over socks. At the moment I'm out of Kureyon left over, but since the mittens also are made in Kureyon, there will soon be left over to fininsh these socks.
The fourth project is a secret one. And I need to be finish on Tuesday! But I will make it, I hope. The others WIPs have to stand back for a couple of days.
It's Saturday and it's December 1st. My plan for today is to see all the 5 Harry Potter movies back to back. We will have a Harry film marathon at Katarina's today. I have baked a cake this morning to bring. It's going to be a looong day, but fun! The latest Harry Potter movie is now out on dvd.
Have a nice Saturday! I will!! EDIT: 11.19 am Bummer, I got problems with my stommach, so I stayed home.. Not happy about that!!
My reading list will come tomorrow.
I actually had a lot of knitting time yesterday! I wasn't at work, well sort of, I was at a seminar at Stockholms City Museum about how to save audio tapes. Many achives and museum has a collection of audio tapes from the 50s to today. It was really interesting. One seminar was about a museum in Oslo, Norway, who collect sounds. They are recording street sounds all around Oslo.
Anyway, during the seminar I was knitting. And I continued to knit when Igot home last night, in front of the telly and hockey night. The Swedish hockey leauge kicked off yesterday with a game between HV71 and Frölunda. It was a very entertaining match, HV won 6-5. My plan was to blog about it yesterday, butmy internet connection was down and out. :(
This pair of sock will be a gift to Mon. I hope she will like them! She has now 4 days left... And I will miss her!
I will now get ready for work! Have a nice day!
I got a new FO - my second FO this week. And it´s a new pair of sock for me.
A pair of Raggsocks I started during Socktober fest, when I was home sick. A pair of regular raggsocks, with my regular sock patten. Perfect for the winter.
Yarn: raggsocks garn, in green, black and white
Needles: brittany birch wood dpn 4,5 mm
Pattern: regular sock pattern
Started: oct 30 2006 Finished: nov 10, 2006
Yarnsource: a souvenir from my trip to Kiruna in October.
/ C
My tiny friend Georg "asked" me the other day if I wanted to knit a pair of socks to him. A pair to grow with and a pair who keep the cold weather away. He "said": "My Mommy has not got the time right now to knit me a pair of socks, she totally occupied with her (and dads) wedding plans. So will you please help me?" I can't deny the little fella a pair of cosy socks, so yesterday I whipped up the first sock and I have started the second. Doc and Mr T are getting married next weekend, November 11, so they have a lot to do before that. The wedding takes place in Bromma Church, and the dinner will be held at Casa Lund - Svedlund. It will be a family affair. No friends are invited. Just family. Mostly to do with Doc's Mom's illness (cancer). But I'm sure it will be a very nice wedding and I'm so happy for them!
I have other socks on my needles too. I haven't finished those Jaywalkers yet, I will turn the heel next and last Tuesday I cast on for a quick winter socks to me, what we in Sweden call Raggsockor. I'm almost finished with these.
And I admit, I'm a copy cat. I have had plans to knit that My So Called Scarf for 
ages, and I had the yarn for it as well. Then Lolly made one and then Katarina.. So I had a thought to skip it, but then I change my mind, so Friday night I cast on my own ..So Called Scarf. The yarn for this is Merino wool, I got it from my Secret Pal 7, Sophie. And it turning out to be great. I can't wait to wear this one.
Have a Happy Sunday!
/ C
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