A crocheter, a new knitter and a cat enthusiast all in one.
Best dresses are red. At least for me, it’s absolutely my favourite colour for dresses and I have a few in different shades of red in my wardrobe. No wonder that when I found Drops’ new pattern – Belladonna Dress – I knew that I was going to crochet it, and that it needed to be red, just like the original.
A few weeks ago I bought 7 skeins of Louisa Harding’s Noema yarn. I’ve been looking for something suitable for summer knits, and this yarn was on sale on ebay, so I thought I’d give it a try. I like Louisa Harding yarns and Noema has such bright, cheerful colours that I couldn’t resists.
My Stavanger jumper is ready! To be honest, it had been finished two weeks ago but life kept me too busy to update my blog and show you the sweater that brought me so much stress, frustration but also joy to knit. So here it is, my first real Fair Isle (or maybe just stranded colourwork, as it’s more Scandinavian tan Fair Isle pattern) garment!
Life has been busy recently and I don’t have as much time for knitting as I’d like to. The only project I’m working on in the evenings is my first real stranded colourwork garment: the Stavanger Jumper. It’s a free Drops pattern and I’m knitting it with Drops Alpaca, which is just so amazingly soft and wonderful. I’m still feeling intimidated by Fair Isle/ Scandinavian patterns, but I think that the only way to change it is through practice, so I decided to give it a try.
Starting over
Large grumpy woman; small adorable kitty. Things are good around here.
of this be sure: you do not find a happy life, you make it.
Random knitting thoughts from a theater lover. Hartford, CT
Knitting, Sewing, Crafting
Never not knitting
life with a chronic disease and a really big yarn stash
wool obsessed, and writing all about it
I knit. I spin. I live. I write about it.
