This Sweet Gemma was supposed to be a Christmas present for my Troll Princess. She's not a baby, but they do have nap times at the daycare, and she doesn't have a blanket there, so when I saw this lovely baby blanket design by Triona Murphy I knew that I wanted to knit it for her. Pattern: Sweet Gemma by Triona Murphy Yarn:...
When I started writing patterns of my knitwear designs I promised myself that I would only write patterns for something that I've knitted for myself. I'm a selfish knitter after all, and I wouldn't want to waste time knitting something that I won't be able to wear. Well, 21 patterns later I've noticed that it doesn't really go that way... At least for...
I know I said never again after finishing Tour-de-sock, but then I got my hands on New directions in sock knitting, a book by Ann Budd. I believe I started four sock projects that week. The first one that I finished was this pair of U-Turn socks by General Hogbuffer. Pattern: U-Turn by General Hogbuffer Yarn: Nordlys by Viking of Norway, colorways 934...
Four days in London should mean four yarn shops, right? Well, that was the plan to start with. I knew that I wanted to visit Loop London, so that was our first stop on the first day. And let me tell you, it was all you could wish for in a yarn shop! The shop is located in Islington on a little street,...
Ipana (”kiddo”) Cardigan is knitted seamlessly from the top down with circular yoke shaping. Sleeves are worked in the round. The yoke features a bubblewrap stitch decoration in multiple colors. It has the look of stranded color work, but it’s knitted with only one color at a time. Choose your favorite colors, or find use for all those scrap yarns! The cardigan has...
