I got some lovely yarn in the post yesterday..........

I bought some unloved yarn via Ravelry and its so beautiful  cant wait to knit with it.

 

Its a stunning colour isn't it, its Simply Knit from Dibadu
colorway is “weites Land”.  

 

I was also so lucky that Sabine(who I bought this lovely yarn from) that she also gave me two mini skeins ; the red is Posh yarn Jeannie and the green yarn is wollmeise pure.
Its even more stunning in real life and I m so grateful Sabine gave me these as I v never seen or touched or smelled ; yes when you are a yarn addict/knitting addict then that is what you do.LOL

Thank you so much Sabine.

Childrens sweater in size 2/3 y old

 

 

 

This is a plane, basic easy children's sweater in size 2/3 y old but I think it may be 3/4 y old.
Its knitted in 4 pieces( front ,back, arms) and sewn together and its alpaca yarn.
One is the Viking Eco alpaca yarn and the other I believe its fairytale but you can use any similar yarns.

 

I used size 7mm needles on this and I made the back slightly longer than the front.
Now I m just so curious to know if the recipient likes it..............
So Aleisha ; I worked hard on your sweater so I hope you like it and that your mummy will wash it accordingly to my instructions which is HAND WASH.
Sorry about that, will knit an easy washable one later :)




Yarn swap via ravelry.......

I received this from a ravelry swop, It came all the way from Canada.
I absolutely loved it and when I get back to Norway I m gonna see what lovelie I can knit from the georgous Alpaca Yarn.

silk scarf in lace.........

My first ever project in all silk and in lace knitting, I used  Jaipur silk fino and the pattern is found FREE on Ravelry, Party lace scarf

 

This is how I DIY blocked it.

Close up of the DIY blocking

Some lovely scenery along with the scarf which is planned to be to my sisterinlaw

A few hats/beanies I v made..

 

 

 

 

I v made more than these ones, think I knitted 6 or 8 of them in February/march and loved the pattern which is free and found on Ravelry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby booties and a few knitted items for premie babies...

Two pairs of baby booties and two pairs of children socks is finished.

I v finished two of the three pairs of the children's socks I m knitting on and have started on the third pair; I have to knit the heel and I m not sure if I m gonna knit my normal short row heel which you can find here.
This is only in Norwegian but do contact me and I ll help you if you want to try it in English.
The video can be found here.

Or I am thinking of trying the Tomato heel but you have to buy the pattern but you can find the video here

I will show you and tell you what heel I decided to when I m done.
Here I have photos of the two finished pairs of socks , I v written what yarn I v used in one of the earlier posts.

Also I found out someone I know is expecting a baby girl so I wanted to knit a little quick present for her and I v always wanted to knit something for premature and ill babies so I decided to go for baby booties.
I v knitted two pairs now and am working on the third pair which I m making a little bit bigger.
The pattern says they should fit 0-6 months but I m not sure I think maybe 0-3 months is more accurate so I m trying to knit them one size bigger.
I ll let you know how many stitches and so on I have changed for the bigger size but the original pattern is here
                                               Socks size 2-4 y old

                                               Socks 1-2 y old

                                               Socks and baby booties

                                          Peach baby booties made with chuncky 100% acrylic yarn

                                          Multi coloured booties made with chunky sirdar yarn

                                           Both children socks

Socks and more socks ; size 38 female and size 1/2 y old and 2/4 y old.....

Here is the first pair of socks I v knitted for  myself ; They are knitted with one thread of "step 6" and drops baby alpakka silk".
I cast on 52 stitches but note to myself on the next pair i can go down about 8 stitches atleast knitting with that combo of yarn.
They do however look pretty nice if I can say so myself.

These are a pair of childrens socks, well no its not yet a pair...........
Its one of each of what are suposed to be two pairs of childrens socks in size 1 - 2 y old and 2-4 y old but I started and finished one sock (the biggest one) but in the mean time I got some new yarn I was so keen to try that I started on the smaller sized sock so I could test it out so thats why I have one of each but as I m typing I have already started on the 2nd sock to 1-2 y old sized sock they will get theire matching partner soon.

I placed my knitting needles "around" the sock so you could see the size in proportion too.

The 1-2 y old  socks is knitted in Katia merino 100% [ 100% merino superwash in grey , colour 505 ]
mixed with Katia Darling  pure merino wool superwash [60% virgin wool and 40% polyamid , colour 206 ]

The 2-4 y old sized socks is knitted in Step 6 in blue ish colours and some different blue and turqouise thin alpaca wool in the striped on the rib.

Check out this blog

Jane Richmond Blog: More Sock Knitting: As you may know, I've been on a bit of a sock kick. It began because I wanted to have purse knitting to carry around with me, so I cast on ...

I just wanted to reblog this  as I loved these rainbow socks and she also have used elastic sock thread, it seems like an awsome idea and I m gonna look into it a bit more :)

Yeyyyyyy I m done with my very first pair of knitted socks !!

I m pretty proud of myself actually ; Is that very childish maybe?
I used about two skeins of "Sterk" yarn : It can be bought here. it says " Våre forhandlere " on the shops that sells it , I am sure if you email them they will be happy to ship overseas too if thats where you live.

Here is a picture of the socks.

Skappel sweater in size 2/3 y old

I m nearly done: I have to sort out the neck and I have the arms left.....
It should have been finished but I got hooked on finishing my sock.......

I havent prepped it or  anything its just taken up and put on the table for a photo; I will try my best to finish it soon.

Yeyyyy My first sock is finished..........

Now I just need to finish the other one so I have a pair hehe.
But honestly I am a bit proud as its the first sock I have made all by my self ( and some help from the internet)

So here is the miracle ..........

And here is a test heel I did with normal "ragge" yarn.

I think I wanna try and knit a calometry when I m done with the socks...and the sweater

Here you can find the Norwegian pattern Lindan sin hobby blogg
and HERE you can find the English one .

Someone knitted  one for me a long time ago but I think I wanna have a go myself too.
Will add a photo when I have done so.

I will within a day or two add a new post about the shortrow heel

I did add a post just the other day but I need to change something and also add the written English version on how to do the shortrow heel,....
I can add the quick read version and a bit more thorough one but I m waiting for a reply on if I can link to a video or if I have to make a video myself...
I m hoping I don't have to film myself .... that makes me nervous just writing about it lol

And I was gonna take some  photos and add them but it was just to dark so I have to wait until tomorrow.
Just let me know if there is anything special you want to see and I will do my very best to do so :)

Some of the socks I v started on......

promise I will add a new photo in this post or a new one when they are finished but I managed at the kitting cafe on tuesday 13/11.2012 at .nostet mitt. a knitting shop not very far away from me.............
Well I ll be honest and tell you temptation got the better of me and I bought 2 new lovely pieces of yarn in "STERK " in a purple and a lovely jade green.
English speaking readers if you want to try this yarn I m sure you can ask on theire FB page how to buy this yarn, Its a lovely yarn but I think i will be trying to knit dobbel as its for me a bit thin when my hands are hurting but its not soooo thin its similar to crochet yarn.
Its really nice and soft and comes in amazing colours, especially I loved the jade colour.
If you look here you will se the yarn "STERK" and the colour I have is number 814 petrol and 817 Lilla and they match quite nicely.

A quick card I made......