Narwhal Sweater

I first saw the Narwhal sweater on @sari_n instagram last year and have been waiting for her to write up the pattern. So when she was looking for test knitters in the beginning of May I was soon to tell her I wanted to test knit it for her! I have used the same yarn as in the pattern, Safran from Drops, which is a cotton yarn. And I am pleasantly surprised by how soft it turned out.

Ravelry project page
Pattern: Narwhal sweater by Sari Nordlund (the pattern is not published yet)
Yarn: 365 g Safran #medium pink 2
Needles: 2,5 mm / US 1.5 and 3 mm / US 2.5
Size: large

     

Radar's Teddy Bear Socks

Sometimes it's great to use ones brain on something else than vanilla socks. So when a mystery kal with Heidi Nick as the designer popped up in the Sock knitters anonymous group on Ravelry I decided to join. Although the pattern is called Radar's teddy bear, there is nothing resembling Radar (form MASH) or a teddy bear, just lots and lots of pretty cables! And they were so fun to knit up that I really don't know why I don't knit more cabled socks.

The front and the back of the leg have different cables and I have even made a new to me heel - the Fleegle heel. You could add beads here and there among the cables, but I'm not a huge fan of beads in my socks.

     

Ravelry project page
Pattern: Radar's teddy bear (free pattern)
Yarn: Sisu #5213 lavender
Needles: 2,5 mm / US 1.5
Size: large, 72 sts

FO :: Waihi

I love these socks!
They are thick and warm (as I have knitted them in a little thicker yarn than I usually use for socks) and they have a beautiful pattern :)

Patten: Waihi by Sezza
Modifications: In the pattern the sock has the lace and cable pattern in the front of the leg and just the lace pattern in the back. I wanted to have the lace and cable pattern all around the leg, so I casted on 70 sts and added 1 st at each end of chart A. Made the heel over 35 sts.
Yarn: 104 g Ida Strømpegarn #336. The colour is much darker than in the photos, so I think the two photos below shows the colour the best.
Needles: 2,5 mm
Size: Medium - about an european 39/40
Started: July 31 2013
Completed: August 13 2013

FO's :: Business Casual #3 and #4

Finally they are off the needles!
The last toes were a bit boring to knit up...
Don't get me wrong. I love the pattern. It's just that knitting two pairs in such boring colours made it a bit tedious.

Pattern: Business Casual (free pattern)
Yarn: Fabel. 76 g grey and 84 g brown. The socks are the same size, but uses different amounts of yarn. The grey yarn is much thinner than the brwon, so it might have something to do with that...
Needles: 2,5 mm
Size: Large - 72 st
Modifications: Instead of C2F: Knit 2nd st on lefthand needle through the back loop, knit first st, slip both sts off together
Instead of C2B: K2tog, leave sts on lefthand needle, knit first st again, slip both sts off together
So much easier than fiddling with a cable needle! 
Started: February 22
Completed: March 7

FO :: Rakkaudella sinun

Or love you translated from Finnish.
And what's better than a new hat with hearts on Valentines day..?
We don't celebrate it much here in Norway, but it's nice to share some love!
Sorry about the bad photo - taken 7.20 with my phone before she went to wait for the schoolbus... Red is so hard to capture in the dark. So maybe we'll take some more photos when she gets home and it's better light.

Pattern: Rakkaudella sinun
Yarn: 34 g Mor Aase ul/akryl
Needles: 3,5 mm

FO :: Baby booties

Eirin's best friend got a little brother a month ago, and I have knitted two pairs of baby booties for him.

Pattern: Socks with cable pattern
Yarn: 29 g of some unlabeled from my stash
Needles: 2,5 and 3,5 mm
Size: 3-6 months

Pattern: It's a doll pattern from Babystrikk til dukken which I have added some stitches too to make it fit a baby
Yarn: 20 g Viking Baby Ull
Needles: 3 mm
Size: 0-3 months

Yarn Along :: WIP Wednesday

Yarn Along :: WIP Wednesday

Can't believe it's Wednesday again. Seems like the days is just flying away :) The two youngest have a day free from school, but we are spending the day inside despite a wonderful sunny day due to -20 C... I am so fed up with this low temperature :( So we are watching dvd's, playing with lego, doing some laundry, feeding the stove with wood and knit.

Reading: After listening to 6 out of 14 cd of The Return, I gave up. It was just to much politics to keep me interested... So I began listening to The Secret Life of Bees and I love it. A wonderful story!

I'm also enjoying Deeper the 2nd book in the Tunnels series. I only have a few chapter left and I'm glad I have the 3rd book waiting in the shelf ;) The last book is Whisper of Scandal by Nicola Cornick. One need to have one guilty pleasure book in the pile, right?

Knitting: Well, the socks haven't grown much since last week... I have knitted half the heel on the owl socks, but I'm worried about them being to small even for Eirin's feet. But I'll knit them without owls on the foot, so hopefully they will stretch a bit in the leg. The black is a hat I am test knitting :) And the pink/blue is another cowl, but this time for Eirin.

And I just have to share this Sh*t Knitters Say :)

I think my sock knitting mojo is back :)

I haven't knitted socks for a long time. Well, a long time for me it is ;) From always knitting on a pair to not complete a single pair for weeks, it feels like a long time ago since I casted off a pair of socks. But it finally seems like the sock knitting mojo is back! I have casted on for two new pairs this week, so hopefully there will be some finished socks soon :)

Pattern: Tsunami by Judy Sumner, from the book Knitted socks east and west - a great book!
Yarn: 74 g Lana Grossa Meilenweit 100 Cotton Fantasy Colorway 814.
Needles: 2,5 mm.

It was a great pattern to memorise, and a fast knit when I just put my mind to it.  The pattern is made up of knit and purl st and a small cable.

Mayflowers sock

I've been testknitting this sock for Allison, and I loved knitting this sock! The cables was so fun to knit.

It's a toe-up pattern and I was a bit scared that I had made the foot too long before I started the heel. Frogging cables do not seem like a plesant thing to do... But it fitted just perfect :)

Pattern: Mayflowers .
Yarn: I used 53 g of Lana Grossa Meilenweit Uni/Solid #1113. It's a 100 g ball of yarn, so I dont have enough for the left sock. If I don't find some similar white yarn in my stash ;) The flowers are knitted in some leftovers from these socks.
Needles: 2,25 mm.
Size: L