Horse/ bunny/ heart sweater done!

I finished my horse sweater! I decided to go all whimsical and playful  and added bunnies and hearts around the collar and some gingerbread trimmings along sleeves and neck opening.  I am very satisfied with the end result and will definitely be wearing this warm luxury Alpaca and wool sweater during the coming cold winter.

 On the backside of the sweater I added a little bow on one of the horses, always fun with some unexpected detail.

An alpaca cardigan named Brynja

 

This cardigan is almost done, just need to make the finishing touchest. I knitted it with Garnstudio Drops Alpaca yarns and made up the pattern as I went along.

 

 I knitted the cardigan on a circular 4 mm needle and then cut it open after having a go with the sewing machine and making sure the knit stays intact. I chose to crochet along the edges and think I will choose some invisible fastening system, to add buttons doesnt feel right with this motif since there is already so much going on.

  

Primadonnas horse

I am knitting this horse sweater inspired by Tove Janssons flower horses. The horses look a little chubby but it kind of fits its sympathetic character. I was considering turning them into cows at one point when they were far from resembeling horses, but with some adjustments while knitting I think I got them to look like horses.

 

 

I am using different alpaca and wool yarns in violet, blue and lilac colors.  

 

Illustration from Tove jansson Who will comfort Toffle?. I think I will emdroider some details onto the horses once the whole sweater is finished, maybe some flowers and eyes and the red ribbon  around the neck.

The softest sweater ever!!

My new found love is Drops Alpaca Silk Brushed. It is supersoft with its mix of brushed alpaca and Mulberry Silk.  I have gotten a lot of requests for the pattern for this sweater and now finally it is done! You can check it out and download it through Ravelry here, it goes by the name The Fluffy Feather Sweater by Veronika Lindberg. 

Or if you are not a member you can pick up a copy through here

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.

Colour fearlessness

Colour combination for the colour fearless: raspberry red, bright pink, mustard yellow, dark orange, fuchsia and deep turquoise.

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...