Confessions from a knit-aholic
In Greenland they have long been recognised for their beautiful wristlet (a tajarutit in Greenlandic). Pearls and yarn are knitted in order for a lovely pattern to emerge.
A book by Lise Stender presenting the technique has just been published. It is published in four languages English, French, Danish and Greenlandic and can be required in The Greenlandic House in Copenhagen.
This sweater is knitted by left over yarn and a wish to combine different techniques. The sweater is knitted in two pieces.
Therefore no matter how little left over yarn a project provide it can in the end contribute to a whole sweater.
I always buy a little extra when starting projects…
For some reason mohair is something I have always admired at a distance. I have knitted a cardigan once in white mohair, but my memory mostly focus on how I was covered in white left over yarn after knitting… but strolling through Copenhagen I visited Wilfert’s and came across this fabulous Super Kid Mohair produced by ggh GmbH, colour 077.
I was tempted by the prospect of a new sweater, I was just not sure of the design yet. I was convinced through that with this yarn, inspiration would come and I was willing to wait even though that could be years…2 days was all it took before I was knitting away.
First I decided on the stitch Diagonal knot – knitted on a circular needle- number of stitches multipliable with 3.
The stitch:
Row 1: knit
Row 2: knit 3 stitches together (leave stitches on needle) yarn over and than purl back through the stitches again (now you slip stitches from needle), repeat until no stitches are left
Row 3: knit
Row 4: knit 1, knit 1, knit 3 stitches together (leave stitches on needle) yarn over and than purl back through the stitches again (now you slip stitches from needle), repeat until no stitches are left
Row 5: knit
Row 6: knit 1, knit 3 stitches together (leave stitches on needle) yarn over and than purl back through the stitches again (now you slip stitches from needle), repeat until no stitches are left
My sweater is knitted from the top down – increasing only in two places so there would be a line over the chest and the back – see next picture for details.
When I picture knitted garment it is mostly related to winter or maybe a chilled summer night. But when I saw this silver yarn, in a local yarn shop, I was ready to knit something for a hot summer’s day. The top is very inspired by a nice pattern I saw at Knitty.com – I just loved the top part of the pattern, but the temptation to make it my own was to big so I therefore added one of my favourite pattern: lazy ribbing.
The pattern is from Marianne Isager book Strik a la carte. The pattern is called Sukkertrøjen. I thought the greys sweater looked dazzling, but I need more colour.
This cardigan is made up by yarn collected through many different purchases and failed previous projects…..
Red yarn – Alexander palace
Olive green yarn – Liberty
Light green – old unravelled sweater
Every sweater has its own story.
Fascinated by Aran patterns I had to knit this cardigan focusing on the honeycomb and bobbles pattern.
To complement the sweater nice buttons is essential. I therefore visited Birthe Sahl as she has some of the most amazing buttons I have every seen.
Every time I knit a sweater/cardigan that is in need of buttons I visited her shop with my knitted garment. I find that her buttons can support the felling I wish to express with the particular garment.
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