Showing posts with label kidsilk haze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kidsilk haze. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Wedding shawl

Wedding shawl by Asplund
Wedding shawl, a photo by Asplund on Flickr.
Here is a colleague of mine on her wedding day a couple of weeks ago (haven't found any matching wallpaper of curtains for her to pose next to) in the shawl I was honoured to make for her. The shawl is greener in reality, which you can see in this post.



I've started knitting a pattern from a book I bought some time ago, "Water Lily" from The Haapsalu Shawl by Reimann & Edasi. This is a pattern that actually doesn't have any nupps in it - but I like it anyway ;-)

"Water Lily" shawl in progress




In the book it is used in a rectangular design, but I thought it would work well in a triangular shape. This shawl will be V-shaped, though: I've divided the triangle in halves and am knitting the first half in a way to make it slant outwards from the middle. It will be similar to this shawl, which I made a couple of years ago.

Monday, 14 May 2012

"Haruni" shawl finished

"Haruni" shawl by Asplund
"Haruni" shawl, a photo by Asplund on Flickr.
Instead of a crocheted cast-off I chose an ordinary one - not as pretty, perhaps, but I think it accentuates the shape of the edge.

This design by Emily Ross is really great, I think! The shape and patterns enhance each other, and the two patterns blend beautifully. It's fun to knit too, easy to learn, but with enough variation to keep it from getting monotonous.

I used about 2½ balls of Rowan kidsilk haze, which makes it weigh only some 60 grams even though it's about 150 cm wide and 60 cm deep.

blocking
When I blocked it I folded it in half to make sure the two halves were identical in shape and size, and then reblocked the centre to get rid of the crease.






Christine: I agree, you couldn't get a yarn more opposite! Actually, my hands were rather sore after knitting a sweater and a cardigan with Harris wool, especially since I had a deadline and spent most of last weekend knitting with it. Well worth it, though. (And maybe the shawl can be used as a beard too!)


Som avslutning bestämde jag mig för en enkel men väldigt lös avmaskning i stället för den (fina, ska jag tillägga) virkade kanten. Delvis av lättja, men mest för att framhäva formen på kanten. 

När jag sträckte sjalen vek jag den först på mitten för att få de två halvorna identiska i form och storlek, och sedan fuktade jag och sträckte om mitten för att bli av med "pressvecket". 

Det är ett mönster jag rekommenderar varmt, inte särskilt svårt och med lagom variation. Mönstren och formen går så fint ihop också. Det gick åt ungefär 2½ nystan Rowan kidsilk haze, så den väger inte mer än ca 60 gram, trots att den är nästan 150 cm vid och drygt 60 cm djup.

Saturday, 12 May 2012

Goldilocks

"Haruni" shawl in progress by Asplund
"Haruni" shawl in progress, a photo by Asplund on Flickr.
In my previous post I mentioned I was knitting a sweater and a cardigan for a designer student and couldn't post photos of them.

They're finished, blocked, sent and accepted - but I can't publish photos of them for another few weeks. In short, both are fairly chunky, fisherman-style knitted with beautiful 4-ply wool from Harris.

Craving something light and airy I celebrated finishing them by casting on to make something completely different: reknitting "Haruni" by Emily Ross (Ravelry link). A couple of years ago I knitted it using Viva, a wool-silk blend; this time Rowan kidsilk haze, a mohair-silk blend.

Yesterday a colleague thought for a moment I was clutching a wig! :-)

Minor modifications (like last time):
  • rows beginning and ending with stocking stitch (not garter stitch)
  • stem in the middle three stitches wide (instead of one)

Mina två beställningsarbeten som jag nämnde i förra inlägget är klara, ivägskickade och godkända - men jag kan inte publicera bilder på dem ännu.

Efter att ha stickat en tröja och en kofta i tjockt och ganska strävt (men mycket vackert) garn behövde jag något lätt, skirt och fluffigt som motvikt. Tre nystan Rowan kidsilk haze blev det, och jag håller på och stickar mönstret "Haruni" av Emily Ross för andra gången. Gårdagens höjdpunkt var en kollega som avslöjade att hon ett ögonblick tyckte att det såg ut som om jag satt och höll i en peruk!