I love baby knits with bold colours. Colours that makes you happy, right? So I just had to knit something with many colours while I waited for the new addition to the family to be ready to join us. Actually I ended up knitting two cardigans with rainbow as the theme.

First up was a kimono-styled cardigan knitted in a combination of Istex Eínband and Shetland Soft, expecting that'll fit over the summer. The second one, and the one I'm most proud of, was a classic top down raglan cardigan, knitted in the round with a steek, in Kauni yarn.

Originally the colours changes in the yarn are far longer than you can see here, so the knitting process involved a lot of spit splice and winding yarn into tiny balls to get the colour change to fit the tiny cardigan. But it was so worth it!

It's so cute and luckily I have enough yarn to knit a sweater as well (in a larger size). Might have to knit myself a rainbow sweater too.

Ps will be joining in on the rainbow challenge by Norwegian designer and Webshop Malsen og Mor. Just waiting to get the kit I've ordered 

FO (finished objects) January 2017

Mittens! I've knitted two pair of mittens in January. A orange pair that ended up size 1 year (was suppose to fit a large 3 year old so I have to make him some new ones) and a yellow pair for the 5 year old.

I've finished a sweater and hat for the youngest little monkey in my family. The hat fits perfectly, and has become a staple for nap time (currently with his rainbow striped cardigan). The sweater is a bit large and is tucked away for autumn.  

Mittens designed by Tin Can knits, available for free here
Hat and sweater designed by Strikkezilla aka Tina Hauglund and are available here

WIPs (work in progress)

Currently I'm on the final stages of Miss Rachel's gauntlets and yoke designed by Katie Davies. Originally I wanted to knit it topdown for a better fit but decided to follow the designers bottom up method. It's a bit big but that can be a good thing too. But I think I'll return to knitting topdown after this.
I decided to knit the sleeves topdown as I'm not sure if I'll add the gauntest design as a part of the sleeves. And yes I've made it a cardigan and not a sweater.


Miss Rachel's yoke and gauntlets designed by Katie Davis and available here

I'm also on the last stages of Topdown sweater by Pickles in their lovely Pickles Merino Tweed. A bit dull to knit but can't wait to have a sweater in that yarn. It's so nice and can be worn inside too.

Pattern and yarn available here

 

 

Picture from my daily walk with the pram as we're living temporarily with the in laws waiting for the house to get ready. 

Will update on January FO and WIPs soon. 

Noen dager blir fort enda bedre, som da jeg fikk melding om at de utrolig hyggelige og flinke damene fra (g)uld skulle ha popup butikk i København og jeg faktisk kunne komme! Jippi! Siden jeg kun har kjøpt garn 2 ganger det siste halve året så slo jeg litt på stortromma denne gangen.

I’m a long time admirer of the plant dyed duo that called themselves (g)uld (a play on words mixing the danish word for gold and wool together). So you can just imaging my joy discovering that they had a popup shop in Copenhagen on a day that I planned to be in town. 

Jeg var kjempespent på om dette nå var så bra som bildene og de skuffet ikke. Bord og en bokhylle var fylt opp med lekkert garn, både merino, skotsk lammeull og new zealands lammeull. Men jeg hadde bestemt meg for å kjøpe inn noe ekstra deilig og mykt til bittelillebror (jepp her kommer baby nr 3 i november), så valget falt på myk myk alpakka. (se mer om det lengre ned)

A shop filled with plant dyed lovelies. Lambs wool from New Zealand and Scotland as well as merino (from South America?) and the softest of alpacas. So hard to decide what to get right?

Du kunne også kjøpe plantefarger der og jeg ville så gjerne ha med en plakat men det var dessverre bare til pynt.

You could even by your own plant dye kit but I was too mesmerized by the soft alpaca so these skeins (and some more) had to come with me home.  

Dette ble mitt kjøp. Myk myk alpakka som enten er ufarget (grå) eller har fått seg bad i ‘kruset skræppe’ (mulig at den blåaktige har fått litt indigo også om jeg leser korrekt). Det skal bli til Snorkedress (design Pickles). Startet allerede…..

My plan for the skeins: A ZZZ-jumpsuit (design Pickles.no) for the small boy in my belly (ETA november). 

Kan du ikke komme til (g)ulds popup butikk i dag innen kl 16, adresse: Eckmann Studio – Fredericiagade 57a, København / Man. kl.10 – 18 – Tirs. kl.10 – 16 i København har de en fin fin webshop her