Fireworks!

Finished!! Finally!! 

I started knitting this sweater in a moment of spontanity and it has been waiting for me since Summer... i used some of my favorite yarns, Cascade and Drops Alpaca.

Tröja Lilah in Blueberry forest

Summer days are great days for knitting, finally a finished project! I adore the colour on this cardigan and although the motifs are a bit peculiar I am happy with how it turned out. I had intended to make it in a much bigger size but the lace took up much more yarn than I had anticipated so this is probably the the tightest yoke I have ever done, fortunately it fits nicely because it stretches so much.

I knitted the Lilah cardigan with Garnstudio Drops Alpaca yarn in the color denim (number 8120) using double threads on 4mm needles. 

 This is probably the best button row ever, something always happens when I knit the final edges and I have to fix them many times to get it right, this time it turned out perfect. Well almost perfect, you can't really see it from this picture but I lost the last ninth button and had to sew on a larger button instead... 

Some summer meditation by the lake, planning the next knitting project...

Lace, coral and chunky

I knitted this lace shawl with a pattern from Drops design in Drops Alpaca.  The shawl is knitted in two pieces and then sewn together. The pattern is free and is available in many languages, here is the link: 

Lace shawl pattern

 The next project is already on its way, a chunky scarf with Drops Andes with moss stitch and a cable with bobbles. It feels really nice to see the work coming along so fast with the bigger needles, the lace scarf took me about three weeks to knit with knitting needles 3mm.

I finally bought this beautiful coral coloured yarn from Rowan. I fell in love with these designs from the Bird Ring collection by Ivana Helsinki and can´t wait to get knitting and see what I come up with.

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Bird Ring by Ivana Helsinki

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Bird Ring by Ivana Helsinki