I finished this retro slim-fit autumn-coloured sweater. It's only slightly over 200 g and nice to wear, nicely fitting. I knitted it using the raglan template from The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns using all these nice colours from my fingering/sport weight stash (7 sts/inch on 3 mm (or was it 3.5mm?) needles). The yarn is mostly New Zealand Lambswool and Drops Alpaca - and some leftovers from the Bubble Pullover from Henrichsens Uldspinderi, and a little of Isagers silk-wool.It used up 224 g of my stash. This sweater was my project for the September KAL on Stashalong. I finished it just before the deadline :)
I also knit a hat with crocheted flowers in cotton and mohair:
The hat is 90 g stash used.
Finally, I started these fingerless mittens at the knitter's festival on Fanø last weekend since Marianne Isager, whose course I attended, has made all the swatches in her upcoming book (which I have of course pre-ordered already) as fingerless mittens. Clever. I find this pair particularly nice:
34 g of my Drops Alpaca stash used for two of these.
This gives me a total of 348 g of stash used in September.
I did also add to my stash though. Going to the knitter's festival, a stash enhancement was almost inevitable. I bought 328 g (I bought it as 300 g but it turned out to be 328 g when I put it on the weight) of linen in a lovely deep blue-purple-ish colour (almost the same as this cute little ensian flower). I also bought some scraps of stash for an upcoming project on one of courses I attended - that was 52 g added to my pile of stash.
Total stast enhancement: 380 g.
A little more than I used but I have several projects on the needles that will make it ud for this - and before I went I had an amout-allowed-to-buy-while-following-the-Stashalong of 873 g. This is now down to 493 g.
Nice to get one of the major projects (the sweater) off the list - now I'm ready for another one: the Cherry scarf! I have already seen some lovely finished versions. Mine will be BLACK with reds. Mmmmm.
BTW - the knitter's festival on Fanø last weekend: We had a lovely time! Nice courses, good company, opportunity to meet fellow bloggers, nice weather and beautiful surroundings
6 comments:
Nice to meet you on Fanø!
Love the striped sweater, a great way to use stash.
Fed retro sweater :) Hvordan er ulden fra Henrichsens Uldspinderi at have direkte på huden? Jeg er selv ved at strikke en sweater i det garn, men er spændt på om det er blødt nok (jeg er ikke SÅ sart). Er også i gang med et par luffer i garnet, og der er der ingen problemer.
i bow to your excellence in knitting! the fit on you sweater is fantastic!
Oh, you all make me even more happy about my sweater! :D
Strikkeforsker, nice to meet you too :)
Lise, ulden fra Henrichsen i de to sweatre er en kamgarn (tysk etiket som altid: schurwolle), som jeg indkøbte til spotpris på spinderiet og ikke Tvinni-/ÅLJ-type-ulden, som jeg også har et lager af, men endnu ikke har afprøvet. Kamgarnet er meget blødere, og derfor skønt. Vil tro at den anden uld føles som den New Zealandske Lammeuld fra Filcolana - den er ikke det blødeste i verden, men jeg kan sagtens have den på. Jeg er nemlig heller ikke SÅ sart :)
Ah, ok. Kendte ikke det garn. Det kan jo være jeg kan finde det. Men det skal nok gå med det andet :)
It seems so sensible to have a sweater knitted in fingering weight--not bulky or hot while wearing indoors. Very pretty!
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