I'm so happy with my sweater! :D
Information:
Pattern: Cabled Spiral Pullover from Norah Gaughan: Knitting Nature
Size: the smallest one - petite or small?
Needles: Addi Bamboo 4.0mm, and 3.5mm bamboo dpns
Yarn: ÅLJ from Henrichsens Uldspinderi / Marianne Isager; 342 g.
Modifications:
1) I knit it in the round! Why purl when you can avoid it?! This sweater is an obvious knit-in-the-round sweater. The chest shaping in order to make the collar fit on the front are easily made even when back and front are knit in one piece; making this shaping you have to knit back and forth for a few rows though, but there's no need to knit the entire sweater back and forth.
2) I made a minor waist shaping (I only de-/increased 2 stitches)
3) I made EZ's afterthought hem on the body as well as on the sleeves; I did not like the rolling edges.
Apart from this I followed another wonderful pattern from Knitting Nature. This is my 5th project from that book, when not counting the two stitch patterns I tried out as well. Must be the best knitting pattern book ever.
Information for Stashalong:
342 g used.
My 8th finish this year, earning me my 4th free day. I also got one from the February KAL within KAL on Stashalong, meaning that I now have 2 unspent free days. I guess I'll have plenty :)
*About that little gentian flower: it grows in the peculiar moor-like landscape behind the sand dunes where my parents have their summer cottage. It's has such a strong yet tiny appearence in that rough - or at least rather saline - climate. Furthermore, it grows in the Austrian Alps as well - it probably grows in all the Alps, but the Austrians use it for making schnapps... I tasted it last week while I went skiing there, and I must say: never pick this beautiful little flower to make schnapps from it; that flower water tasting liqour does in no way give the flower the credit it deserves! Eeew.
22 comments:
Den ser virkelig lækker ud, den sweater. Jeg er imponeret over, hvor meget du får lavet :)
Wow - den er flot. Jeg er også imponeret over det du får strikket - og det ser så "færdigt" og veludført ud.
Når min mor roser mit strik, får jeg at vide det ser ud som om jeg har købt det i en alm. forretning, her vil jeg rose dig for denne, ved at sige at man godt kan se du har lagt meget arbejde i den og at den er strikket i hånden med alt det arbejde man kan lægge i hver maske. Jeg er ganske enkelt imponeret.
Den er så fin! Og jeg og er imponert over tempoet ditt!
Det er forresten rart hvordan Norah Gaughan så å si alltid designer plagg som krever en masse sammensying til slutt. Hun må være annerledes skrudd sammen enn oss andre strikkere, de fleste av oss foretrekker vel å strikke rundt og rett fremfor å strikke en masse vrangmasker og sy sømmer som langt fra alltid blir vellykkede..
Wauw, wuaw, wuaw!! Et vaskeægte pletskud! Den er såååå smuk og du ser fantastisk ud i den.
Imponerende godt "fit".
KH Britt
Hvor er den flot!
Tusind tak, alle sammen! Det er så DEJLIGT at få sådan nogle dejlige kommentarer :)
Julia - jeg går normalt efter følgende resultat: det skal se så godt ud, at folk på gaden ikke råber HJEMMESTRIK! efter mig, men garvede strikkere må derimod gerne kunne se, at det er strikket, og med en vis kunnen :) Så det er en god ros at få :)
Tora - ja, det virker helt forkert at designe til vrang og sammensyning når det så oplagt er en knit-in-the-round sweater. Sjovt, hvordan hun har udtænkt det.
Jeg må da også selv sige, at jeg har fået mange ting færdige på det seneste - og mange store ting. Men som I måske kan se på mine "On the Needles Bars" varer det nu et stykke tid, før jeg spytter lige så mange stykker hjemmestrik ud igen :)
Tak for opmuntringen til mere STRIK :D
This is so beautiful - I have this book and your gorgeous FO has inspired me to find a yarn in my stash to make something. Well done!
Thank you, Marce! And happy knitting - I can only recommend it! :)
So pretty! I love that color so much. Lovely job.
Wow, som du altså bare kan - jeg er imponeret! Endnu en smuk sag fra dig!
Hilsner Vivian
Ja, Birgitte - det var lige hvad jeg mente - jeg var vidst bare kluntet i min forklaring... *G*
Lauren + Vivian - Thank you! + Tak! :)
Julia; jah, men så forstod jeg jo godt hvad du mente :D
Beautiful! I agree with you that KN has to be one of the best knitting pattern books ever. In my opinion, after seeing (and knitting) those designs, most others seems kind of ordinary and unexciting. Also, your pieces are really a good ad for the book, they're all really impressive :) Keep up the good work!
The sweater is gorgeous! You have inspired me to pull out the book and look at my next project to be from it. So many wonderful choices. Norah is a design genius!
Herdis + Tanya - thank you! I'm happy that you like the combination of my knitting and KN :D
That is soooo beautiful that it makes me want to knit that pullover as a turtleneck, which would not work on me (too short!) though it looks great on you! Lucky tall people!!
Thank you, Nina :) I do like the turtleneck a lot, so I hope it looks good on me :)
Må lige kommentere på den meget flotte sweater du har fået færdig. Hold da op hvor er den gennemført. Meget flot.
Tusind tak, Lena :)
Den er kjempeflott, og du kler den virkelig.
Og jeg strikker også mest mulig rundt, liker ikke så mye sammensying...
Mange tak, Hege :)
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