12 Months of Knitting

As part of the Instagram inspiration, I've decided to join the 12 Months of Knitting project. You can read more here, but the general idea is to actually spend some time knitting some gorgeous stuff rather than just dreaming about it (and I quite like that). You're not a failure if you don't finish each month's project within that month, but maybe the deadline will help you get there?
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Foreseeing a lot of baby knitting this year, I've decided that this project is going to be about me :) I have 11 projects planned so far, but I'm open to new inspirations over the year (and expect that there will be some). You can find the links to all the projects on my Ravelry page.

Coming up this January is Arvingen.

Destash

I've been doing a bit of stash sorting today. This is up for sale on Ravelry! 

Inspiration

I'm currently trying to modify my plans - or rather: make them more accomplishable - on what to knit within the next few months. Here is some of my inspiration:

The most recent book from Pickles: Voksne ingen adgang (Norwegian)

Charlott Pettersen: Strikk til mamma og mini (Norwegian)

Susanne Øland: Godsbanen (Danish)

Susie Haumann: Warm knit[s] for cool kids (Danish)

On top of the books, I'm also a keen follower if Pickles' website

As you can see, I get most of my inspiration locally these days, but then everything Nordic is rather popular at the moment, isn't it?

I have a Ravelry page which started with projects I planned in the autumn - some of which are now accomplished - and it has continued to grow with new ideas. Now is the time to modify the list and make some more tangible plans. I plan to knit from stash, so that also takes some contemplation. More on the plans later. 

FOs: My favourite baby booties

I mentioned Sokker på to pinner as my favourite pattern for baby booties last year. They stay well in the foot due to the tie - which I modified to an i-cord for a softer feeling on the tiny foot - and having knit four pairs over the last month I can also say that they are a pleasure to knit - and fast. 

They are all knit from the same, wonderfully soft yarn: Tusindfryds Engleuld (held double for the sock/shoe and single for the i-cord). 

You can read more on my Ravelry project pages: Yellow, coral, pink, grey. 

FO: Warm & fuzzy coat

This is my last finished project of 2014: the Warm & Fuzzy Coat from Pickles. 

 

It is knit in one strand of Pickles Tweedy (the yarn called for) and two strands of Blackhill Silk Mohair (a substitute for Pickles Big Fuzz since yarns with a synthetic content is a complete no-go in my book for anything other than socks). Both yarns are highly recommendable. 

I followed the pattern completely except for omitting a few centimetres on the sleeves (to avoid too long sleeves) and on the body. I used a skein less than called for if the Pickles Tweedy - quite convenient as I forgot to bring the last skein with me on Christmas holidays. Any good suggestions for a good hat pattern with a quite heavy yarn?

No modelled photos this time as you wouldn't be able to see the cardigan for my huge belly ;)

Find more details on my Ravelry project page.

A project for January

One of my projects for January is to write up a pattern for this little vest that I made for LittleBrother (who is due in February). I knit it some months ago and I'm rather fond of it - and now I finally have time to knit more samples and write up a pattern. 

Happy New Year

Six months of silence. I give no explanation other than preferring a quick Instagram update to a cumbersome blog post. You can follow me there if you want to.

Anyway, I decided to try and make January another month of daily blogging. Let's see where that'll take us. This time I won't promise to start blogging regularly afterwards!

Happy New Year to you all, in case you are still reading!