Confessions from a knit-aholic
Felting is fascinating but as the final result cannot be unravelled I have never had the courage. But this hat is so fantastic that I am tempted to give it a try. We saw the hat while walking the streets of Utrecht – The Nederland. It can be found at the Hat museum in the centre of town…
Knitting the airplane and the sea made me think of pattern making in a different way than I normally do. Patterns are normally beautiful through the repetition, but this airplane had to stand on its own, and that made it a very different design process.
I am not especially fascinated by old airplanes flying though the night, but I am fascinated by Harry’s fascination. While knitting this sweater I had to use the intarsia technique. The intarsia technique is not normally one I enjoy to knit with, but for this project it made sense. Maybe it was because I had to use the technique to create the Catalina airplane flying through the night.
The body of the sweater is made with Lazy ribbing (the black part that is difficult to see…)– a stitch I will return to!
While wandering around Malmø we came along this knitting shop (Location: Davidshallsgaten) – and it was closed…looking through the window the selection looked nice, but it is frustrating being so close to yarn and than not being able to smell, touch and admire…
If you are looking for some really nice yarn and price is not an issue Yllet is the place to go while in Malmø – the staff was nice and it is easy to find. I especially fell in love with some naturally coloured yarn with changing shadings of grey. Going back soon…
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