Miss Janets Knittings

The result of a week in Germany:

• The new Rebecca: Insisting on getting the magazine in the airport-bookstore between landing and luggage-claim, while not wasting time, has taught me it also comes in an English translation! I would have been quite happy with the German one, but was in such hurry that all I did was focus on the title and just swore at the prize when paying...Regardless of having paid double the German prize I enjoy my purchase though, which has several models to dream about... :-)
• 2 pairs of Regia sock-yarn I really don't need. Just had a strong urge to buy something. They were on sale though and I do like the colours!
• German socks (size 41-42 ish) for a senior family member with his origin down there. I used a Regia yarn dyed in the colours of the German flag. Some Opal was introduced for the heel to maintain the striping pattern.

 Coming up: dishcloths!!

It may have been quiet here, but a few things have happened in the background. The brown thing from HP-gruppen is long done and I'm fairly happy

Yarn: 310 g Mandarin Petit from Sandness.
Needles: 3 or 3.5 mm (can't remember)
Pattern: from HP-gruppen.
Modifications: No major, except knitting body in round as far as possible. My sleeves seem a lot narrower than the ones in the pattern-picture. I would make them wider should I knit it again, but refuse to change it now.

My rather excessive cotton-shopping has still not been transformed into the intended blanket. There is simply too many possible options for how this can happen, though I may have made a (not very original) decision now.

In the meantime I got so frustrated, having so much yarn and not knowing what to do with it, so I grabbed a considerable part of the orange and made this top  from Rebecca nr 31

Yarn: 460 (!) g db Aldi cotton
Needles: 5 mm
Pattern: Top from Rebecca nr 31 2006
Modifications: I didn't knit the rib-sleeves, and for the neck opening, did two rounds of single crochet, rather than knitting a few rounds.

As such I do like it. But the reality is that shape-wise this pattern and I are not really designed for each other. It has been worn though, with me pretending I'm slightly thinner than is the case!

I like Rebecca, and am off to Germany in a weeks time to bring back the new autumn issue. Might visit a few friends and relatives while I'm there anyway.