This summer has been all about stripes around here and it looks like I don’t want to give it up either! I have had this quite thick cotton knit in my stash forever and finally decided to make something with it. I think I’ve waited so long before using it just because it hasn’t much… Continue reading Tilly and the buttons / Midi Coco dress
Hello everyone and happy Sunday! Are you ready for another good dose of pink? Just warning you, because there is loads going on here. I might have exaggerated, but do you know what? I don’t care! That’s my mantra: sew and knit whatever makes you feel happy and feel good. Well, pink makes me extremely… Continue reading Andi Satterlund – Vianne Cardigan for #OAL2015
Believe it or not, I’ve knitted yet another Grettir! It’s the sixth one and as I’m used to say, it will not be the last one either. Click on the numbers to see version number one, two, three, four and five. If I’d have kept all of them, I’d have one for nearly every day… Continue reading Grettir #6
This knitting project has been laying around far too long and it was about time I finished it! My sister in law requested a cardigan to wear in occasion of my nephew’s confirmation and she asked for bright spring colors. I had two skeins of Skinny Bugga in Sochi Pride, a limited edition colorway released… Continue reading Wispyfude
I’ve been collecting skeins of Traveller for a while now and it was about to time to put them to good use. They’ve been sitting in their bags waiting for the right project to show up – there are heaps of beautiful striped and colorwork patterns out there, but most of them need just few… Continue reading Bluegreen Cardigan
I knew I had to knit Svalbard as soon as I saw pattern and the color migration #2 Rosette Nebula by CY screamed to be turned into it. So I did it! The pattern is by Bristol Ivy for Brooklyn Tweed Wool People vol. 6. The construction of the cardigan is very clever and once… Continue reading Svalbard
Audrey in Unst has been in my queue for quite a long time and finally I’ve knitted it! I don’t usually mix colors, unless it is requested by the pattern – like in fair isle for example – but I wanted to give this combo a try. I had a skein of Traveller marked as… Continue reading Audrey in Oz
Al momento ho diversi lavori sui ferri e sotto la macchina da cucire, ma voglio farvene vedere uno che mi piace particolarmente. È il mio Oranje in corso d’opera che sto realizzando con tre bellissimi colori della Cephalopod Yarns. Il colore principale è Peaks of Otter, gli altri due sono San Francisco Bay e Davy… Continue reading Oranje sneak peak!
Piccolo eh? Infatti, la domanda che sorge spontanea è: questo mini cardigan starà a un mini uomo di 3 mesi?! Mi auguro di si, altrimenti la mia amica dovrà aspettare il secondogenito per sfruttarlo!Il modello è il carinissimo Little Coffee Bean Cardigan di Elizabeth Smith e il filato usato è il Cotton Blend della Panda,… Continue reading Mini
Appena Joji ha pubblicato il suo nuovo modello, Neon, ho deciso che lo avrei dovuto fare! Quindi mi sono munita dell’identico filato – The Plucky Kitter, Pucky Sweater in Hotsy Tosty – e ho messo mano ai ferri.Il modello è un semplice top-down cardigan la cui parte iniziale è eseguita con il metodo Contiguos. Il… Continue reading Neon
Carly in Stitches 