finished

finished my testknit for Joji today

opposite pole is an amazing, cozy sweater

the pattern will be soon available

and i highly recommend knitting one of your own!

once you get along with the different cablecharts

it flies off your needles

i did this in a hurry cause we will leave for egypt

tomorrow

i knitted the first st of every garter round

to get this neat seam on the cuffs

when i'm back home i will add a few rounds

to make the garter section a bit longer

pattern. opposite pole 

yarn. mistral col. 1906

13 skeins for smallest size

so for now i will leave you with all the best wishes

and hope to have some nice stories and colourful pics

when i'm back from egypt

isa k.

elop

just a few wip pics of this beautiful testknit i'm doing for Joji

it's a circular sweater/cardigan

with reversible cables

only the sleeves to knit 

the yarn is soooo soft and a pleasure to knit

on my last wedge i did less shortrows

to match the cables for grafting

let me tell you 

grafting reversible cables is hell!!!!

i had to redo sts a few times until they worked right

poooh!!!!

but it's worth it, you really don't see

the grafting, it's a complete circle!

pattern. opposite pole by Joji Locatelli

yarn. mistral col. 1906

needles. 5.5mm and 6mm circulars

5.5mm dps for the sleeves

maybe i can finish one sleeve before we

leave for our trip to egypt

have nice days

isa k.

there's a great tutorial for grafting over at wisehildas blog

he's growing so fast

paul is growing so fast!!

look at this charming little guy

every girl around falls down to her knees

when he smiles

we celebrated G's birthday this weekend

and had fun with friends and our family and paul!

the next days i will have to prepare our trip

to egypt next week, so there will be little time to

keep you updated

currently on my needles.

a testknit for Joji

a wonderful cabled version of pole

and,....of course you know, that i tend to multi-task....

a little test for chris

an allover cabled messengerbag

maybe i can show a few pics before i leave

have a good week

isa k.

new dress

ooooops,....  i did it again.....

another dress. this time i used an old xxxl shirt

i was not totally happy with the seam at the bustline

so i added a few crochet flowers and motifs 

out of this book and now i'm really happy with it!!

it's comfy and cozy and i think a perfect holiday dress

maybe i will take it with me to egypt 

only 14 days to go....yeah!

have a nice one

isa k.

pole

wanna show you a cute cardi 

i made a few weeks ago

pole 

a cozy and versatile circular cardi with

a wonderful shape

yarn. MeriAlp40 purchased on ebay

60% merino 40% alpaca

112 m per 50 g

needles. 5.0 mm, 5.5 mm and 6.0 mm

followed the pattern exactly except for the 

sleeve endings:

bo about 6 cm before final length

picked up sts from wrong side and knitted to end

my back rectangle is a little tight,

so if i do this again i will co a few more sts

have a nice day

isa k.

Blithe

found time to do some pics of my blithe 

love this little tee!!!!!

think i will do another one with longsleeves

yarn. cotton/elite mix fingering weight

200 m per 50 g

needles. 2.5 mm and 3.0 mm

buttons. jim knopf

hope you all have a wonderful weekend

isa k.

new project

M is on a school trip in austria, so i have some 

spare time to show my new project

crocheted a bustier for my next sewing project

(a new dress),so glad that it worked!!

blithe is ready and blocking now,

hope to be able to do some pics soon

it turned out really cute

think i will knit another with long sleeves

hope to be back soon

isa k.