Strike a Pose!

Oops, I don´t seem to be doing very well keeping up my New Year´s resolutions...

There are a number of reasons, do feel free to pick an excuse of your choice from the list below:

The camera went missing when I was supposed to take photos. Spent a whole day searching the flat. Turned up a lot of other missing things, except for my best pair of scissors that have disappeared mysteriously. 

And of course no camera. Because my husband had taken it to work with him. It is his camera after all. So I couldn´t even get mad at him (but of course I did – who said the world was fair?)

To add to the misery, the camera battery was flat on return. And I didn´t have the energy to charge it that night.

Okay, now I can´t come up with any more camera-related excuses. Unfortunately.

But there´s more, mais bien sure.

Both kids got the flu. First one and then the other. They were in no state to be photograhped for a long time, pale and wasted as they were.

Now in Sweden there´s a law that forbids parents to abuse their children. I´m not sure, but to drag sick children out of bed, paint some rouge on their cheeks and ask them to smile – for the sake of a knit blog – might be considered abuse. I´m not willing to take the risk, anyway.

And then I got the flu, poor me. Just as I thought that I´d had a clean escape my joints started aching, I felt dizzy and hot. So I took to my bed and didn´t even knit for several days. Now, that´s what I call a real sob story. 

Though once I was able to stand up – or sit, propped up by fluffy pillows – my first and foremost priority was to post to the blog, of course. Consider yourselves lucky you can´t hear my cough, it sounds lethal.

But I have finished quite a few things lately and tonight I asked Ludvig to put on his new dragon sweater, his new chain mail and the new cape (even though it´s not knitted). 

I didn´t have to ask him twice. Here he is, my Knight in Knitted Armour.

Cute pose.

Excuse me, who are you calling cute?

 

En garde!

At my signal...unleash hell!

The chain mail is made from old Rowan silver lurex yarn that has been discontinued.

There is no pattern, I just improvised.

The dragon sweater is made from yarn from Östergötlands ullspinneri, bought at Anntorps Väv, in Stockholm. But Ann dyed it especially for this sweater. 

Isn´t it great to be able to just walk into a shop and ask for "dragon yarn" and be told to return in two weeks? I do believe that Ann is something of a magician.

Comments

[Leslie]

What a fierce (and adorable) knight! Wonderful chain mail too. ;o)

[Anna]

I guess he wants to sleep in the outfit now.
Looks great!

I hope that you are all over the worst part and up and knitting again.

[Karen]

Very cute! Beautiful outfit and a really cute kid :^)

BTW - I just bought the lovely Signe mittens pattern from The Loopy Ewe (http://www.theloopyewe.com)

I can't wait to try and make them. Many thanks to you and Wendy :^}

[Helen]

Again, I stand in awe of your knitting accomplishments! I ***love** that dragon sweater.

[Patricia]

Wendy sent me. Wow! This is what knitting is all about. He's great!

[Enid]

I came via Wendy's blog and she is correct, the photo is full of cuteness!! the sweater is marvellous, well done!!
Ludvig is a handsome boy

and the photo in previous post shows a pretty woman

[Mickie]

Your son is just adorable. Thankyou so much for sending patterns to TLE. Can't wait to try some. Congratulations for your great work.

[Darlene Garner]

Came via Wendy's blog also to see your adorable knight. Cute poses and adorable outfit!

[Carol B]

Another coming via Wendy's blog to see your incredibly cute (but fierce ,vbg>) little knight. Love the sweater!

[Dorothy Bunch]

Your son is absolutely adoreable. I was over visiting Wendy and she said we had to come and see your son in his armour. Your work is amazing! I also saw your patterns and they are gorgeous!

[cathy]

I found your blog by way of Wendy Knits.
You son looks awesome! And now all the fair maidens will sleep better knowing there's a strong, courageous knight nearby. (love the dragon sweater, by the way.)

[Nancy]

Dear Ludvig: Your chain maille and dragon sweater are Awesome!

[Tanya]

beautiful child, cool knit gear!

[Aunt Kathy]

Ok that is the best Knight In Shining Knitted Armour I have ever seen.

[kmkat]

Found you via Wendy. Awesome sweater! My boys (now 24 and 19) would have loved to have that back in the day.

[Caroline]

Boy, kids with the flu...that sounds like the rerun of the comic "For Better or Worse" - look it up and look a the comic for January 27.
Love the chain maille!

[mamalana]

Who are we calling cute? You, that's who!!!!

[Rona]

You have a seriously adorable kid in a seriously adorable outfit. What is even better is that I can sit here in Indiana, USA and look at this adorable kid in his adorable outfite in Sweden!

[PK]

Just a driveby from Wendyknits--that is some seriously fantastic armor and sweater! Way to go!

[lauragayle]

coming via Wendy -- he is so very cute (and fiercely dangerous!!!) in his knitted sweater and armor. Thank you for posting this and I hope you're feeling better by the time you read this!!!

[Liz]

I would be shaking in my boots to come across such a fierce knight, if he only were not so adorable. Love the sweater!!!

[Seanna Lea]

Also via Wendy.

That is a gorgeous sweater and an adorable little boy in it!

[Katherine]

Wendy sent me too :)
The Signe mitts are beautiful - looks like the Loopy Ewe is out already? I'll check back later for restocking. In the meantime, Please, tell me - is that dragon sweater your own design? Will you be selling that pattern because I really really really really want it. I have a three year old who would be magnificent in it.
Looking forward to reading further posts!

[miss sandra]

OMG you have the cutest kids! And the knits aren't bad either. Awesome!

[nicole]

cccrrrrrrAASH

that's the sound of keeling over.

you make stuff that could not be better: the kid, the sweater, the hood.