I´m almost finished with both sleeves and I´m already thinking which colors to use in my next May cardigan, I´m loving it so much. I´m a bit empty of words right now, it´s the time of the year the tired teacher syndrome shows it self. All the comics you have seen of teachers fresh in the fall and grumpy at spring are true…
Hello my name is Arndís and I can’t stop making swatches!!! The concept was Fair island pattern inspired dress… but the darkest color that I bought doesn’t fit. So stash diving was in order and I´m using left overs from the February Fancy hat as my darkest color. I´m also thinking of not making a traditional fair isle pattern but use a slip stitch pattern with the traditional fair isle color contrast
I have been asked two times today if it’s possible I need to get help with my yarn-crochet-knit obsession! I’m just gonna leave it here with you guys. B.t.w. my cardigan is going perfectly… Body ready and two cuffs. I also made a little self portrait after going to my local yarnshop this week.
When I saw the picture I immediately thought of my daughter as she LOVES pink. She also loves dresses so I’m thinking a pink dress. Have you moved into your knitting chair Edda?
I must admit, this month is going super, super good! I have already bought yarn and started a cardigan I can´t wait to wear. The yarn is to die for and the best thing of all is…….. it´s all crochet!!! (At least for now) … I´m sorry but I don´t have a sketch to show you, it´s all in my head but I can tell you that every time I walk by my Crochet chair (I´m not calling it a knit chair any more, but that´s a story for another time) my face is like… (this gif is from giphy)
Because my project looks soooooo darn good in it!
And are you noticing the yarn in the beautiful crystal bowl! Ahhhhhh!!
May is the month of knit, crochet and gardening work, minus the gardening work!
We are loving our April projects, hope you do to ❤
I just finished washing and blocking my sweater!!! Waiting impatient for Saturdays ridiculously exciting photo shoot ( in my head at least 🙂 ).
Totally forgot to blog!
I have nothing prepared. Spent the weekend in London with my friend Cilla, talked so much that I lost my voice! Not much knitting on the April project done… it will be a close call this time 🙂 Here are a few pics from the V&A museum.
OMG I´m back home and it´s actually not that bad (liar, liar, pants on fire). Don´t get me wrong, I love Iceland and everything in it but can you seriously stop this constant heavy wind and decide for a moment if it´s going to be raining, snowing, blowing or something else! For example, to day is the first day of summer, which I have never understood why it´s in April, and it has been windy, snowy, sunny and cold, all at the same time.
The good thing about it the first day of summer is that it´s a national holiday and I get to spend it in my knitting chair 🙂 . My April sweater is almost finished, I only have 2/3rd of a sleeve left and as I promised, here are some photos from my trip to Riga.
Happy Easter everybody!
I´m really loving this pattern. I had to change the design of the baby sweater because couldn’t stop making the pattern. It’s even pretty the WS as you can see in the picture
My Easter has been a combination of wonderful food, laughter and outdoor activities with the family….. And knitting a lot of knitting but no pattern writing… oh well.
In publishing news I got the February Fancy hat back from my wonderfully talented tech editor Sarah and my friend Kristjana is test knitting it. The Thorra Cardigan is ready for tech edit but I’ve decided to knit it in another color to show the pattern more so that´s on hold until I’ve finished .
Greetings from Riga!!! What I was hoping for was this: “I´m totally loving the warm summer breeze here and I think I will be spending my time here mostly out on the patio with my april project (don´t tell my family yet though)”…… But reality is:
“It´s almost the same as in Iceland now, a bit cold and wet and I will be knitting/crocheting inside looking out the window. I think it´s going to knit/crochet up real fast 🙂 which is good because then I will be able to use it back home in the cold spring. I promise a lot of beautiful photos from Riga in my next blog post.
November inspirational photo
The Harbour Project 