Miss Janets Knittings

A friend recently had a baby and I had sort of decided not to knit but rather sew something, as I am a bit fed up knitting for others... But then, as I was strolling around a local handicraft-fair ('Husflidsmesse'), I spotted this pattern and immediately knew I had to make this for the little man. Off I went with the pattern and what I assumed to be a teal-blue skein of yarn, but turned out to be green under natural light conditions!

I first came across the pattern in a yarn shop about a year ago and immediately liked its simple and neat design. My joy has only increased as it knit my way through it (and at 3 mm needles I did use some time...). It is simple and clever, the whole thing is made without a single purl stitch and ZERO seams.

 

Pattern: 'Bette'from Design Club.dk

Yarn:Duo (colour 520M) from Design Club.dk

15 mm needles + black mohair + my non-existing patience = very bad combination.

It has taken me literally years to get this thing finished, not in actual knitting time, but in swearing, throwing into corners in anger and lengthy periods of ignoring. Its finally done, and I actually quite like wearing it. Only one major problem: it leaves a trail of black hairs every where it goes, to the extend that I've come to accepting that meals consumed while wearing the thing include bits of fluffy black!!

 

 

Pattern: no-name jacket from Garnstudio

Yarn: Black Vienna from Garnstudio

Needles: 15 mm

 

 

 

 

The very last christmas item (!) is done and handed over. A red mohair scarf, with beads added for the first 20 cm of the ends, by adding them to the stitches using a VERY SMALL crochet needle.

 

 

 

 

Pattern: 2 knit - 2 purl

Yarn: Laines Fonty Kidopale; colour: 290

Needles: 6 or 8 mm (don't remember!)

 

 

Yarn: Opal, mocca (1262)

The fit is sort of ok, though a bit large for my size 38 (but can't really blame pattern for that!), they just look funny I think.

Have (again) sworn this is my last after-thought heel, it's simply too much hassle to pick up the stitches for the heel. Maybe I'll start knitting baby socks, to have something to practise a short-row heel on...

has been added to the photo-album. A christmas present given away a while ago (though not quite the intended 3½ months!).

We've all seen it before: 250 grams worth of garter stitch Kauni-shawl, but I think the Mother likes it :-)