FO: Peppermint Coffee Sweater

Here's my recent addition to the little one's wardrobe: A thin woolen sweater with my favourite pattern of them all - stripes!

The pattern is from the infamous Norwegian book Strikk til nøstebarn, and I can say that this will definitely not be the last sweater from that book, let alone from that pattern. It's simply a brilliant sweater: Light, pretty, and a joy to knit. He has tried it on and it looks like the size will be spot on (I say, gazing into my crystal ball).

Pattern: #1931 Rullegenser (Rav link) from Strikk til nøstebarn by Kathrine Gregersen. To get the size 2 yrs I wanted (long and tight rather than wide and short) I made a combination of size 1 yrs (width) and 4 yrs (length).
Yarn: Blackhill Højlandsuld from Garnudsalg.dk in colours Kaffe (Coffee) and Pebermynte (Peppermint) - hence the name. 84 g in total.
My Ravelry project page is here.

FO: Lark II

This past winter season, the first Lark has been my absolute favourite vest for the wee one. It's classy and comfortable at the same time. Hence, the obvious first choice for the next season is a similar one and here it is - absolutely perfect if you ask me! If you're looking for the perfect pattern for a little boy, you really should try this one. There's a lot of purling, but it think it's worth it - after all I finished this in 10 days with limited knitting time.

My favourite colours for the wee one are blue, turquoise, and brown because it goes so well with his beautiful brown eyes (and because I'd choose blue over green any day), so expect to be seeing a lot of that.

Pattern: Lark (Rav link) by Helga Isager, published in Bird Collection and Finstickat. I knit the size 18 months on larger needles (4.0 mm) and made it longer to make it more of a size 2 years. I much prefer vests that are a bit too long.
Yarn: Blackhill Højlandsuld, colourway Kaffe, and Blackhill Alpaca, colourway C857 (brun), both from Garnudsalg.dk. Approx. 250 m of each, 74 g in total.
My Ravelry project page is here.