This is the result:

The bobbles are made with Drops Kid-silk colour 066031

Small warning – a lot additional sawing

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.

Why not combine the two? I have heard the Icelandic Schnapps should be nice, but from a knitting point of view the knitted Brennivins-sock by Halla Helgadottir is my favorite.

Pink and only pink seems to be the colour of the session if you are a little girl. I hope my gifts will be appreciated and therefore I obey the rules of fashion…

The scarves are knitted in Lana Grossa’s Chaira yarn  colour 001. When I saw this yarn in KDW Berlin I bought it as it seemed soft enough for sensitive skin. The different stitches chosen are Honey Comb Stitch and Leave lace pattern.

The vest is knitted in no time as the stitch is easy and very relaxing to knit.

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.