Superiority #2

I am still working on the EZ Cardigan and I have learnt how to secure steeks by crocheting in stead of machine-stitching. Eunny Yang has made a very clear tutorial.
I am happy with the yarn choice I made. It is light and sticky and not too expensive, which I was thinking about while I was cutting up .
I am about to finish the first sleeve and is really taken by the gauntlet.
In between working this hair-raising object I needed a tranquillizer. It has been meditation to knit these long socks. Thanks to Laura Chau who wrote the 8 pages long perfect pattern. The socks just fit and stay put.

Superiority #1

The pattern : Elizabeth Zimmermann´s Green Sweater from Schoolhouse Press is a knitting "Kinder Egg" for me. It has the three elements that thrills me about knitting. The cardigan is lovely, it is historic, and the design is most surprising. The moment I read about it in Twist
I knew I would cast on the minute I had the pattern..not for knitting another new cardigan, but for the knitting experience. I am half through and I am flabbergasted (just learned the word from a comment, LOL) by the construction.
I have tried to show it on the guitar which is the closest I come to a dummy.



Yarn choice was of course a little tricky as I haven´t access to either of the recommended brands. The Faeroe Islands are not exactly praised for their wool qualities due to their climate but a new yarn has hit the shelves at my local yarn pushers, Navia. The fibre is a mixture of Faroese wool, Shetland wool, and Australian lambswool. It is light and has a generous yardage of 180 meters in a 50 g skein. But the best part is that you can get it in three kind of thicknesses called Uno, Duo and Trio. This is essential if you like to work Fair-isle and choose not to work stranded all over.


In this cardigan there are so many hems. To avoid the hems to be too bulky I will use a thinner yarn for these. Using the Duo for the body, I will change to Uno for finishing the hems.
















Or I will dive into my leftover drawer and find a contrast colour. The leftovers are from all the Marianne Isager sweaters I have worked for so many years.

traced back

For a month, white winter has hold on, perfect weather condition for a knitter. No need for further motivation, when temperature goes below zero. A knitted skirt, over my jeans, and I am ready for the frozen seat in my car.
The inspiration came from a book by Kitti Briksby called "Stribe vis af Strik" and to amuse myself during the sometimes tedious knitting of the 50 cm tube, I added some details I have picked up from Nancy Bush´work with Estonian knitting.
The wool is Tove from Sandnes, light and felt able. I prefer a firm fabric for a skirt, no flowing robes for me. And if the fair-isle doesn´t do the trick, I can work a little bit of fulling.
I cast on using Estonian Cast On to make it easy to pick up stitches for the drawstring hem.
I like to have a small pocket for a phone or a tissue. The edge of the pocket is two rows of an Estonian braid called Kihnu Vits. I found the braid in the book Knitting on the Road
Before binding off , I worked a braid. You can see the detail on the yellow sock right below the ribbing. The point of the braid was to avoid the hem to slant. Well, the bottom hem turned bulkier, than I expected. At least, I tried.

the imperfection of everything human

Happy new year and thanks to everyone who has visited my blog and read about my knitting adventures. I am so pleased looking back at my knitting year, 2009. Some of my stuff was exhibited and today I went back to the museum and took photos.
The Kællingesjal, 1897 & four of Evelyn Clarks shawls.
Unfortunately the Kællingesjal was displayed
inside out, but who noticed?