
Last weekend on the island of Edö it felt as if the end of summer was near.
I took the opportunity to enjoy a bit of knitting on the jetty. And a last dip in the sea.
I´m working on a cardigan in a lovely denim blue cotton yarn from
Huskroken.
On needles size 2 mm (US0). I know that I might seem a bit of a masochist making a whole cardigan in stocking stitches on such small needles but in my own peverted way I do enjoy it.
This is the back and the two front bits.
I´ve been knitting and re-knitting the sleeves but I think that I´ve finally got them right.
Now all I´ve got to do is sew the pieces together and try it on to see if it fits me.
I have high hopes for this cardigan. It has gussets that I think will create the illusion of a waist.
What do you think? Will it hide all the bumpy bits and make it look as if I am still shapely?
I have a similar cardigan in white that I made a few years ago and it´s become my favourite.
Oh, how I love gussets!
And beads.
I love gussets and beads. The cardigan has a beaded edging.
The pattern is a vintage one, but I´ve changed it quite a bit so it no longer looks very much like the original cardigan.
Japanese beads. No other beads will do.
Thank you for all the comments of sympathy about my broken knitting needle.
As much as I´d love to blame anyone for what happened I think that it was entirely my fault.
I don´t feel that it would be right to ask KnitPicks to replace the needle. I really should not have stuffed my knitting bag with a wet towel, water bottles and a book while carrying such a delicate needle. Or I should have made sure the needle stayed on top out of harm´s way.
Now, I don´t want to disappoint the readers of this blog who come here to look at pink knitting.
I have not abandoned pink yarn, there is still plenty in my stash.
As a matter of fact I´ve started a whole dress in pink linen yarn.
Pink enough for you, I hope!
But since the summer is more or less over I think it will have to hibernate on Edö.
And I have a feeling that this autumn, winter and spring will be great. I´m taking a course in traditional knitting from different regions of Sweden at HV, School of Craft.
It´s called the
"Knit Trip" and starts tomorrow! I look forward to meeting the teacher
Karin Kahnlund.
So I´d better go and start packing. The first destination is Skåne in the south of Sweden and we´ll be learning all about
Spede sweaters.