Confessions from a knit-aholic
This blanket is crochet by my granny. When she said she would like to crochet me a blanket, it did not take me many days to get to the yarn shop.
I might knit my sweaters twice (because I unravel them) but I do not think I would have the patience for this. Therefore there will only be one blanket like this, but what a blanket.
Recommendation: crochet a blanket yourself or persuade somebody else – as it is worth effort.
The knitted garment in this bag was part of a sweater I wore a lot when I was 15 years old. I have had some nice times in this sweater, and I thought it a shame that its good vibes should be stored away in my closet. This kind of sweater is fairly common in
This “scarf” (halsedisse) is made for a small child, but I had no child model at hand so this is why the scarf looks a bit small. I especially like the effect of the Lana Grossa – Numero Uno Print yarn. You can use any yarn you like but I used Lana Grossa – Numero Uno Print and Hjertegarn Superwash Vital.
All I did was:
Cast on 80 stitches of Lana Grossa – Numero Uno Print yarn on a circular needle with size 4,5 (European size). The pattern: knit one – purl one until the tube is 15 centimetres long.
The rest of the scarf is knitted in Hjertegarn Superwash Vital. Leave 40 stitches (part A) on a separate needle to rest while you knit the remaining 40 stitches (part B).
How to knit part B:
Row 1: knit, purl, knit, purl, knit x 32, purl, knit, purl, knit
Row 2: knit, purl, knit, purl x 34, knit, purl, knit
Row 1 and 2 is repeated 11 times each
Row 25: knit, purl, knit, purl, knit 2 stitches together, knit x 28, knit 2 stitches together, purl, knit, purl, knit
Row 26: knit, purl, knit, purl x 30, knit, purl, knit
Row 27: knit, purl, knit, purl, knit 2 stitches together, knit x 26, knit 2 stitches together, purl, knit, purl, knit
Row 28: knit, purl, knit, purl x 28, knit, purl, knit
Row 29: knit, purl, knit, purl, knit 2 stitches together, knit x 24, knit 2 stitches together, purl, knit, purl, knit
Row 30: knit, purl, knit, purl x 26, knit, purl, knit
Row 31: knit, purl, knit, purl, knit 2 stitches together, knit x 22, knit 2 stitches together, purl, knit, purl, knit
Row 32: knit, purl, knit, purl x 24, knit, purl, knit
Row 33: knit, purl, knit, purl, knit 2 stitches together, knit x 20, knit 2 stitches together, purl, knit, purl, knit
Row 34: knit, purl, knit, purl x 22, knit, purl, knit
Row 35: knit, purl, knit, purl, knit 2 stitches together, purl, (knit, purl)X 10, knit
Row 36: knit, (purl, knit)X 13
Row 35 and 36 is repeated 2 times each
Row 41: cast off
Knit part A as part B.
Lana Grossa – Numero Uno Print and Hjertegarn Superwash Vital
What do you do when you want to knit your husband a sweater and you would like him to wear it when it is finished? … well one way is to give him influence over the design. Result a red line that is made with the intarsia technique. I do not like to knit with this technique at all, because I feel that the knitting looses some of its flow, but I liked the design and hoped that it would make my husband use the sweater. It worked!
The cat in the picture – is our lovely cat Petersen… taking pictures of the cat is one way of making him pose for a picture 
It may look the same – the yarn, the needle size and the stitches are the same, but it feels a little different. Maybe it is the memory of a hat I liked or maybe just a memory that I feel the new hat is not able to compete with. A nice memory is of course always difficult to compete with… I like my new hat and am very careful not to loose it again but the original is my favourite. Hopefully somebody else in Greater London is wearing my old favourite hat – please take care.
You are currently browsing the En strik weblog archives for the month January, 2008.
