The Best Place to Knit
Trains, cars and planes are alright, but a boat it the best place to knit. Actually.
Or maybe it shouldn´t be called a place, but a form of transportation.
Anyway, I´m very lucky because almost every Friday we take the boat
to an island in the Stockholm archepelago where we have a little cottage.
The boat trip takes two hours. Two hours of sheer knitting bliss!
We come back on Sunday night. That´s another two hour boat trip.
And I have lots of knitting time in between.
Two weeks ago I worked on this:
A new Dragon Sweater for Ludvig.
I cut the neck steek.
I knit the neckband. And forgot to take a picture...
Then the weather got too hot for knitting with this fairly thick, but lovely wool.
So I switched to knitting on my pink Koigu shawl.
Also known as The Diamonds Crap and Purls Shawl to some.
I´m waiting for the boat to take us back to Stockholm.
Then the weather got even hotter.
For some reason that made me want to knit something even lighter.
How about a lace shawl in Kidsilk Haze, I said to myself.
Four balls of Kidsilk Haze later I was all set to start.
The pattern is Icarus from Interweave Knits.
We both got a bit of a tan last weekend.
But I made sure Icarus didn´t fly too close to the sun!
The Dragon sweater is gorgeous. I want one ;-)
Posted by: Marina | May 15, 2008 at 05:53 PM
What a lovely spot to spend your weekends! It reminds me of the San Juan Islands.
Your Icarus shawl is lovely and your sweater is gorgeous!
Happy summer!! :)
Posted by: Neuroknitter | May 16, 2008 at 05:49 AM
Fy bubblan vad sugen jag blev på att åka ut i skärgården. Man kanske får arrangera en stickbrunch till båts här lite längre fram..! Ett litet meddelande. Om du skulle ha en lucka slog det mig plötsligt att det är pressvisning kl 14 den 21 maj. Du är varmt välkommen överhuvudtaget den 21 maj! Lite mer info finns på mig blog.
Posted by: Erika | May 18, 2008 at 08:22 AM
Så sant som det er sagt, å reise med offentlig kommunikasjonsmidler er topp strikketid :D Vakker genser for Ludvig.
Så heldige dere er som har hytte i den svenske skjærgården, luksus!
Posted by: Ann | May 19, 2008 at 03:49 AM
Your sweater is beautiful!
Posted by: Chery | May 19, 2008 at 06:13 PM
Beautiful knitting to match the beautiful scenery. Perfect! :)
Posted by: Matilda | May 25, 2008 at 12:54 PM