Knitting for people one cares for adds a quality to the whole process I think. Selecting the yarn type, deciding on the colour, trying out different stitches and determine which garment it is to be.

I wanted the garment to express our relation. It had to be warm; therefore a shawl of mohair silk haze was chosen. We have a history of travelling together and have known another for a long time. I therefore wanted the project to be long lasting both in the time the garment would last and the time it would take me to make. The yarn was bought while I was travelling (Artfibers in San Fransisco – I can only recommend this shop). Support future travelling: It had to take up very little space but at the same time be warm and elegant. The only thing I used no time on was the choice of colour – as I know blue is one of her favourite colours.

What did I acknowledge once more?
Amazing what blocking does to a garment like this.
Knitting for people I care for = greater enjoyment.
This stitch is really easy and nice to knit.

Running makes me relax, biking makes me think, knitting makes me forget time.

Furthermore it suddenly becomes natural to knit in nice cafes (Royal Copenhagen), hours can be spend in nice knitting shops (Betty, Sommerfuglen, Uldstedet) and knitting in public is the common thing to do.

I think Sweden and the Swedes are great!

A shop I would recommend if you come by Gothenburg is Deisy Design. The shop is in the centre of town. Among other things the shop had some knit picks double pointed needles I just could not resist.

The weather was not perfect but it was a love holiday even so. I love windy weather as this gives me an excuse wearing a nice sweater….

My friends and I wanted to be part of the bigger happening, but meet up at the wrong venue. The venue where my friends and I had our knit in public day was Dansk Design Centre. Very nice tea and cake, and the food smelled very nice. Lovely day, lovely people and hopefully more people got inspired to knit. Next year I will be back knitting in public!

Barcelona is worth a visit for many reasons: Sonar festival, fantastic food & architecture, nice people and a lovely city, but I have to add one more reason and that is: a very nice knitting shop. The name of the shop says it all: ALL YOU KNIT IS LOVE.

I love that shop: they have very different yarns; I was inspirited to do some more knitting when I left the shop, and the owners were very helpful and nice. I am going back for sure, and if you are in Barcelona I can only recommend that you visit the shop as well 

My dear friend and I were in Barcelona because of the Sonar festival. The Sonar festival was fantastic, the food in Barcelona was VERY NICE and the knitting in the Park Güell was fabulous – going back for sure … A bit strange knitting with wool and eating ice cream simultaneously, but I can only recommend it.

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.

Sterrenmunt!