September FOs

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

Eye Candy

Being very satisfied with my recently published post about my holiday to Northern Italy (Piemonte) and the beauty of this area, I just wanted to put a link here. It is in Danish, but the photos are nice for everyone ;)

This is why I love autumn

This is the front page of the new Amimono autumn collection. Uuh, it is so nice! Go and have a look! The page is now updated with opening hours - how lucky that the shop located 2,5 km from my home happens to be open on Tuesdays! ;)
Furthermore, the designer is having a (actually, 2) workshop at Fanø Strikkefestival (knitter's festival) this weekend - and I am attending it!

Add to that the the new knitty.com patterns are up.

These are some good reasons for loving the feeling of autumn in the air.

BEAUtiful Noro Scarf

I finished this lovely Noro Scarf in 3 days - a quick, easy, and beautiful knit. I got the idea from brooklyntweed - this link will explain to you how I worked this scarf: 1x1 ribbing, slip stitch edging. I cast on 29 sts on 5 mm needles. 4 skeins of Noro Kureyon (2 of colour 180 and 2 of colour 163).
The scarf is 11.5 cm (~4½ in) wide and 255 cm (~8 ft 4 in) long. Looooovely!

The scarf reduced my stash by 212 g meaning that I now passed 3 kg counting from February 25!


In other news, I got my first knitting "job" - my boyfriend's oldest sister recently became the leader of a Danish political party, and introduced new party colours:


I'll show you more of this later :)

Some more Ravelry Science

Like Herdis I did some extrapolating on the number of people ahead of me in the line for an invite - it seems I'll be invited on September 12 or Sepember 13. And you know what? I won't even be home to enjoy it until the 17th (after which I'll furthermore have a busy week with no time for ravelring) - oh no!

I'm looking forward anyway, though.

Another baby set

114 g used.

Holiday stash enhancement

And now for the stash enhancement!

I spent the free day I earned from the Stashalong June KAL in KAL during my holidays in Göteborg. I bought 6 skeins (616 g) of worsted-weight Malabrigo in the marine colourway - mmmm, lovely!

(You have to trust me that the colour is lighter, brighter and deeper IRL!). As you can see, I've already knitted up 3 skeins. I'm knitting the Cowl Pullover from Knitting Nature - I have only the Cowl to go.

I also bougt 5 skeins (264 g) of Noro - 4 skeins of Kureyon in 2 different colourways, 2 each; and 1 skein of Silk Garden which I used for the Argosy scarf.

That is 880 g gained on the free day.

Furthermore, my lovely parents gifted me 900g of this lovely blue 100% wool (300m/100g) when we went to the wool-spinning mill (Henrichsens Uldspinderi) where they make it. Henrichsens Uldspinderi make high quality yarns in a large variety of colours, and if you go to the mill to buy it, it is even fairly cheap :)

I think I'll use this yarn for the Cabled Spiral Pullover from Knitting Nature (what? do you think that I knit from this book all the time?) - I'll have some leftovers then.

Total stash enhancement during the holidays: 1780 g

This is quite a lot, however, it is still less that I have used up during Stashalong (even including purchases I've made since I started Stashalong). No strikes gained in the Stashalong, since I used my free day - and gifts do not count as yarn bought in my stashalong... :)

Holiday stash reduction

I'm back from my holidays now ready to share with you all the items I finished during it.

As I mentioned before I went, I finished the Turbulence U-neck Pullover from Knitting Nature.

It is knitted from Drops Alpaca (garnstudio.com) and some mulberry silk I got here. It's 342 g of stash used.

Do you remember my first scarf with letters on it? Well, here's another one as my boyfriend wanted one as soon as he saw mine. It says his first name(s) Peter Christian - I think it's gorgeous!


It is made from 4 different colours of New Zealand lambswool and a leftover from the Bubble Pullover - that's 3 blue colours and 2 grey colours. It's 90 g of stash reduction.

-- The design and pattern for this scarf is the sole property of Birgitte Zeuner (c) 2007 --

I also knitted some cotton baby clothes to be gifted away. These two items are my absolute favourites when it comes to baby garments! 152 g used.



Furthermore, I did some minor items:

Fingerless mittens of an Italian cotton/viscose/acrylic blend called Kikki and a stripe of some crazy cotton yarn, 56 g:


An Argosy scarf (more narrow than the pattern) from a single skein of Noro Silk Garden - mmm. 46 g:

Last but not least, a pair of socks knitted from a sock yarn with bamboo instead of nylon (I like this invention!), 78 g:


Total holiday stash reduction: 764 g.

Grand total: Yarn used since February 25 when I signed up: 2684 g.

I'll be back soon ---

--- showing the items I've finished during my (rather long) summer holidays - and the new yarn I purchased when I used the free day I earned in the Stashalong June KAL in KAL. I think you have something to look forward to :)

FO

I finished the Turbulence U-neck Pullover from Knitting Nature. 342 g stash reduction. Stats and photo when I return from my vacation.

Squares

I've sent 5 squares off for Greensburg, reducing my stash with 182 g.

More yarn added to my stash

- but still within the limits of my allowed-to-buy amount. Here is the 100% cashmere I got from Posh Yarn:
The colours are brighter IRL - very nice and sooooooft. 220 g added to my stash, but what nice 220 grams that is!

I also got the Runway Knits book. I'm not so fond of the layout, but the patterns are very nice!

The Tale of Finishing the Bubble Pullover

I mentioned somewhere that I ran out of kidmohair for the Bubble Pullover, which I knit from one strand of kidmohair and one strand of ordinary wool. Thus, I needed to order 25 g more. Wanting these 200g of 100% silk yarn seen in front of the photo to knit together with some of my other stash, I purchased what I thought would be the same yarn at a company different from the one I originally ordered the kidmohair from.


Of course, it wasn't the same colour - not even close. So --- I had to order a ball from where I originally bought the kidmohair as well:

Unfortunately, hat is more than 25 g odd balls added to the stash, but I think I'll manage. Anyway, I'm happy that I finished the Bubble Pullover 'cause it is absolutely awesome!! I'll try to wear this sweater to pieces because it is just sooooo nice to wear!

I made it less baggy than it is in the book (Knitting Nature) - I think that suits me better. And here is a detail: The buttons are ladybirds:

Knitted from approx. 130 g of dark blue kidmohair and approx. 200 g of lighter blue (2 different colours actually since 2 of the pentagons and one cuff has a different colour) 100% wool from Henrichsens Uldspinderi.

In this way, my stash is now reduced by another 330 g, i.e. 1738 g in total since February 25.

I did not buy yarn for 4 months of the Stashalong. Now I've earned a decent amount-allowed-to-buy (40% of what I knit up), so I've made some purchases as you can see. Furhtermore, I have some cashmere coming from Posh Yarn -mmmmmm!

The free day I have earned from finishing the Bubble Pullover as part of the June KAL in KAL on Stashalong will be used on my holidays in Göteborg or at getknitted.com.

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Pattern: Bubble Pullover from Knitting Nature by Norah Gaughan.

Yarn: 1 strand kidmohair, 1 strand 100% wool from Henrichsens Uldspinderi.

Needles: 4.0 mm and 4.5 mm.

Size: Large, but turned out small due to the smaller gauge (as planned).

Stash reduction: 330 g.

Thuja-ish socks finished

Knitted from 76 g of Trekking XXL in colour 77. The stitch pattern is from the Thuja socks on knitty.com, but I made it fit this yarn and did the heel I always do :) I like them.

And here is the finished vest

This very strange photo setup is due to a couple of facts: 1) no one at home to take the photos for me until Friday, so I have to take them myself with help from the mirror; 2) the strange green colour in two of the photos is due to the fact that it's almost 2AM here and all dark outside - the strange colour comes from not using the flash. The bright turquoise colour is the right one!

I think I'll be fond of this vest when colder times comes so I can actually wear it.

Stats: My own design, but using the honeycomb stitch pattern of Honeycomb Henley in Norah Gaughan's Knitting Nature.
2 strands of DROPS Alpaca (garnstudio.com) on needles 4.5-5 mm.

282 g of stash used.

This leads to a stash reduction of 1332 g since February 25.

This is good since I had to order 1 more 25 g skein of kidmohair to finish the now almost finished Bubble Pullover. While ordering at garn.dk I thought I might as well order some silk to pair with some of my stash in order to use some of that up. Thus, I have ordered 225 g of yarn, and since I was allowed to order 533 g, I now have an amount of 308 g left.

I really hope that I will get this kidmohair in time to finish the Bubble Pullover for the Stashalong June KAL in KAL so I can earn a free day - I would like to be able to (but not necessarily do) use it on my summer holiday as mentioned below.

A 6-gram garment

Incredible. A garment can in fact be as small as 6g:

I made a fishnet stitch pattern (yo, k2tog) and garter stitch rows in between.

7 x 24 inches, very stretchy, very soft, and very nicely petrol blue this scarf turned out just as I wanted it. I have several large scarves but no tiny ones that will not take over my entire look. And even better: I got rid of this 6g odd ball. I really like this colour and how the pattern turned out, so I'm pleased with this tiny scarf!

Need I say that my stash is now reduced by another 6g ;) 1050g used since February 25.

Oh, I'm looking forward

During the summer holiday trip I'm taking with my boyfriend in the middle of June we are going to stay in Göteborg for 3 days. It just so happens to be that one of the most well-assorted yarn stores in Scandinavia is in Göteborg. I've been told that they stock a lot of lovely yarns including Malabrigo - the yarn praised to the skies by many bloggers, and a yarn that I have yet to set my fingers on! So --- guess where I'll be going for some time while we are in Göteborg? I hope there is a nice bar or café nearby where Peter can go ;) And I definitely hope they are not closed for the summer those 3 days!!!

Hence - I'm saving amounts of yarn to buy - I have to knit and knit and knit and knit continously until the middle of July to gain the largest amount possible, at present this amount is around 500g. If you wonder what I'm talking about: In joining the Stashalong I have chosen an option where I can buy an amount of yarn corresponding to 40% of the amount I have knitted up. -- Knit, knit, knit, knit, knit

Oh - in other news - I handed in my bachelor thesis today! (wait a minute, I just have to make a celebration dance) It was a very interesting work, still it is some relief that I do not have to work and worry if I'll make it in time 10 hours each day. And guess what? Just as I finished my thesis the telly stopped working! So now I'm watching DR (Denmarks BBC I guess) on the computer while knitting - fortunately, this is my favourite channel; call me granny, educated, or whatever you like :)

A FO comping up...

Not yet, but very soon the blog silence will be broken: I have an almost finished object! I still need to weave in the ends on the Honeycomb Vest - the one that started as a Somewhat Cowl but wanted to be a vest of my own design in the lovely honeycomb pattern from Knitting Nature. I have already tried it on - I like it a lot! :D

Still - this time I will not post any photos or make an announcement before the ends are actually wowen in! So --- something to be looking forward to.

I've been posting at the Stashalong for the June KAL within KAL where I'm trying to finish the Bubble Pullover. From these posts it can be seen (OH NO! I have adapted one of the thesis expressions in my everyday language!) that I haven't had much time for knitting due to writing on my bachelor thesis. BUT, tomorrow I'm handing it in --- and then I'll be knitting away! Oh, I'm looking forward!

So look out for a Honeycomb Vest, a Bubble Pullover, and a pair of Thuja-ish socks coming along!

Finish all your Christmas gifts in 1 day

-- by knitting this scarf that will make the crowd go wild and take you 2 hours to knit. It requires almost no knitting skills, and though that may be somewhat boring and maybe not satisfactory not to show what you can actually accomplish with a set of needles I'm sure your recipient will love it. If you make it, try using the technique this knitter did by turning the yarn on the edges to get different colours on each side.

I'm frogging it

Some days ago I stated that I was going to finish The Somewhat Cowl although I'm not sure how it will turn out. Well, I'll never know, 'cause I decided that it won't turn out well - I'm frogging it. I decided to do so, since I now have a plan for the yarn: I'm making a vest or a short sleeved sweater of my own design using the stitch pattern of the Honeycomb Henley in Knitting Nature.

I think my June project for the KAL within a KAL on Stashalong will be the Bubble Pullover from Knitting Nature -- not a very ambitious aim, but a realistic one leaving time for writing my BScE thesis. I've got the buttons now: ladybirds.

Peek-A-Boo Cloche

I finished the Peek-A-Boo Cloche from Lace Style:

Sorry for this crappy photo of me wearing the hat, but I had to take it myself. As you can see, I still need to weave in the ends, too.

The hat is knitted from Tvinni and Tvinni Alpaca (1 strand each), red and black - the leftovers from the poncho skirt. This yarn is somewhat thicker than called for in the pattern, but my head is large, and using this yarn makes the hat larger and thicker. I used bamboo needles size 3mm and metal needles size 4 mm.

It reduced my stash with 84g - this means that I have used 1044 g of stash in 3 months :D

I think I'll be happy with this hat when the winter returns in 6 months - warm due to the double layers, and pretty.

Update

On this lovely, early Sunday morning I just wanted to make an update report, although there is nothing much to say.

The Bubble Pullover now has almost 2 sleeves - the bottom rib and collar is yet to come. And I ordered 2 different kinds of funny buttons for it! Now I just have to decide which ones look the better.

The Somewhat Cowl --- well, I tried it on, and it seems there is too much fabric next to the collar. I think I may not sew the collar in like the pattern calls for. Anyway, I'll finish it now that I have come this far with it, and hope that it turns out okay.

I just started another pair of socks in some blueish Trekking XXL. I use the Thuja seed stich pattern, but with 64sts around.

I'm still contemplating what to choose for the KAL within a KAL on Stashalong. I think it might be the Color On Color scarf - still it may be too large a project since I'm also finishing my bachelor thesis in June. Still contemplating.

That's all for now - happy knitting!

I finished the Spiral Scarf

I finished the Spiral Scarf from Knitting Nature, which I started last weekend. You can read about the yarn in the post just below this one. It has 14 hexagons, and the largest hexagon has 25 sts along the sides. Knitted on 3.5mm bamboo dpns.

I think this is a nice application for this yarn, that my DM gave me :)

The scarf reduced the stash by the 110g it added to it, since I got this yarn after I started the Stashalong - still, it doesn't count down in the amount I'm allowed to buy, since I didn't actually buy this yarn. This makes my total stash reduction since 02/25/07: 960g - so close to 1kg :D

I've started the Spiral Scarf from Knitting Nature

It is knitted from this blue yarn, which is one strand of mohair mixed with a 2-ply strand, that changes colour between black, yellow, turquoise, and pink - I think this strand is made of cotton and maybe polyamide.
I made my largest hexagon with 24 sts along the sides, i.e. two more than the pattern calls for, to make the scarf a little larger. By now, I have made 8 hexagons, starting with the largest one.

Monkey socks

So, here are the Monkey socks from knitty.com knitted from 72 g of Admiral Ombré on metal dpns size 2.5mm. My stash is now reduced by 850 g since 25th of February.

2 hats finished, Bubble Pullover progress, and Scarf

Yesterday, I knitted these two hats from a pattern from knitty.com, and today I've been weaving in the ends:


Actually, I only meant to make one, but the first one turned out too small; I thought I used dpns size 5mm for Peter's hat, but I found out that I must have used 5.5mm's to get to that size. So - I just knit another one... Even better - making two of these used all of these frogged skeins of New Zealand lambswool!
Here you can see the different sizes due to 5mm and 5.5mm needles, respectively:

The small hat used up 50 g, and the larger one 52 g. That gives me a total stash reduction of 778 g since 25th of February. See my ticker at the bottom of the page.

I've also done some knitting on the Bubble Pullover from Knitting Nature:

One sleeve and a bottom rib and a collar is missing.

I also promised to post a picture of the finished scarf:

It is more than 2 meters long, and made from a lovely, soft silk-wool blend. See earlier posts on this scarf here and here.

I think the Monkey socks will be finished soon as well - looking forward.

Not much knitting go on

Sadly, I haven't had time for much knitting lately. Yesterday, I spent 10.5 hours at the university - in the lab doing experiments for my bachelor thesis. Most of my days have been like this the past couple of weeks, and to manage that I have to go to bed at 10 pm - and since I come home around 6 pm every day and also have other things to attend, there isn't much knitting being done. When I find 10 minutes to knit here and there, I mostly knit the Monkey socks from knitty.com or the Peek-A-Boo Cloche from Lace Style.

I'm looking forward to Thursday, which is the day when I'm handing in the last two assignments this semester, since it is my last day of school (when it comes to the courses I attend besides the bachelor thesis) - then I'll study for the exams with some days in the lab in between, and in June it will be bachelor thesis only. Hopefully, I'll have more time for knitting, though not much, after Thursday.

Look what I got!

My own woven labels! I spent some time contemplating whether it should be "hand knit" or "hand-knitted" since the dictionary said it could be both - but now it says "Hand-knitted by ...my name...". I think they are very nice labels - nice quality. I ordered them at Scannex (a Danish company). I've also ordered some with a white background and red text saying "Made by ...my name..." so I can use them for other things as well, but they haven't been made yet.

Scarf finished

I finished my narrow stripy scarf - I'll post photos later, when I've woven in the ends and had the scarf in the washing machine.

My stash is thereby reduced with 78g, which means that I have used up 676g since February 25th. Follow my ticker at the absolute bottom of the page.

Alas, I discovered, that I probably do not have enough kid mohair to finish the Bubble Pullover from Knitting Nature, which I knit from one strand of kidmohair and one strand of wool. I'm still hoping that I can make it with what I've got, but I'm absolutely not sure. If I run out, I'll have to use up some of the amount-allowed-to-by I earned by knitting from my stash (currently ~270g). Let's see.

Progress update

I've mostly been working on the Bubble Pullover from Knitting Nature the last week - I'm now on pentagon 7, which means that very soon I'll be done with the funny pentagons and left with the boring ribbing and stockinette for the sleeves, collar and bottom - I hope I'll make it anyway, though.

I've also been knitting on the narrow stripy scarf, which will be finished in 40-50 cm, and that might be soon.

I haven't been knitting on the Somewhat Cowl - the ribbing and stockinette is tedious.

I haven't been knitting on the Color on Color Scarf either - I do not need a huge scarf for the summertime, now do I? Well, actually I'm just stuck in the first fair isle section - I've got nothing against fair isle, though, it's just all the colour changes combined with the fair isle which takes some time...

I frogged the beginning of the Flair. I think I want to make it into an oversize vest - or maybe I'll just wait 'till I come up with something better. I'm a little disappointed that the lovely linen/alpaca gray yarn, that I'm using, is dusting away while I'm knitting - on the floor, on my pants, on the chair - everywhere. I think it's meant for outdoor knitting in the summer time ;)

Next up on the needles might be the Quivit Cardigan from The Natural Knitter (lovely book) - and maybe some socks and a scarf for Peter...

I also ought to sew in the buttons of the cardigan I finished. Hmmm... maybe this weekend.

A lovely spring day in Copenhagen

The weather has been really nice here in northern Copenhagen today. The sun has been shining all day - we're reaching 20C. I went on my bike to Lyngby, where I go to the university (9km from where I live) and back again to have my glasses put back in shape - it was a nice ride, and I enjoyed the weather and the brand new green leaves and flowers on the trees. In Lyngby I even went into the LYS and touched all the yarn, but didn't buy anything! :)

It's Friday (which means that tomorrow it's weekend - yeah!), but I didn't go to the university today - I stayed at home on our sunny terraces, and knitted and read some literature on MRI.

The day before yesterday, I got these three books:

And today the VogueKnitting Magazine was in the mail - all the way from Florida. It's interesting to see the VogueKnitting magazine, however, it seems to me, that the winter edition (the previous) was more interesting than this spring edition.

And about the books --- my mom bought Knitting Nature when she went to the States last year, so I know this awesome book already (I just had to have my own!). The Natural Knitter is just as awesome as Knitting Nature - and, fortunately, the two books are very different while equally nice. (Note for my mom: you must buy "The Natural Knitter" for the library ;)). The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns - I'm sure that will come in handy (haha) several times in the future!

Cardigan and Head Wrap finished

Today and yesterday I finished the Dream Swatch Head Wrap and my mini-spring-cardigan of my own design, respectively.



The head wrap reduced my stash with 72 g - that includes the cardbord cone, that the yarn was on, since it was weighed in when I initially weighed my stash. The yarn is some ordinary somewhat shiny cotton - the leftovers from the cherry belt (below).

The cardigan is drying after the wash, and the buttons are yet to be sewn in - hence the sans me photo.

The cardigan weighs 172g, however it reduced my stash with 66 g only, since 106 g came from a never-used tank top that I frogged. The yarn contains three different strands - two cotton and one, thicker strand of silk.

By now, I have reduced my stash by 598g - still 6574g to go.

I am happy about my progress though. I picked up the Bubble Pullover from Knitting Nature again - the one which I had to frog after knitting 6 pentagons because it was too small. I'm now on pentagon 2.

Back from Easter holidays: Almost 2 FO's

So - I returned from the loveliest Easter holidays today.

During Easter I did almost no studying - I enjoyed the holidays! I finished the cherry belt completely:

The belt is 84 g. From the rest of the yarn from the belt, I'm knitting the Dream Swatch Head Wrap:

It will be finished soon. I also finished knitting the Spring-Mini-Cardigan, but I didn't sew it together yet - so, no picture and no weighing.

My mother gifted me some lovely yarn (100g) from her stash (gifts from other people's stash fortunately don't count as strikes) - I think I'll be knitting the Spiral Scarf from Knitting Nature, though I haven't decided yet - I'll decide when I get to pick up the three marvellous books waiting for me in a book store: "Knitting Nature", "The Natural Knitter" and "The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns" - mmmm, I'm looking forward!

Easter holidays and expected progress

Tomorrow I'm going on Easter holidays. I hope to finish the spring-mini-cardigan, The Somewhat Cowl and maybe even the cherry belt. Well, I have a lot of studying to do, so if I don't finish these projects, it may possibly mean that I have done the studying, that I should. Still, these months the knitting-studying equilibrium in me seems to be favouring the knitting... :)

Bubby the Bear

I have had this 24 g worsted weight odd-ball in my stash for a very long time. I the rest of the yarn to make my first ever pair of mitts like 7 years ago. I havent got any other worsted weight yarn in my stash, so I really wanted to use up this ball that didn't fit anywhere. Enter, Bubby the Bear from knitty.com.



Here's a progress shot:

When I finished Bubby I still had a tiny amount of yarn left. I didn't want to be keeping this yarn and throwing it out is not an option in my stash-reduction - so I stuffed it into Bubby's body. The rest of the stuffing is the finest merino meant for felting (maybe you can see it in the right bottom corner of the picture). By the way, when I used up the ball, I found out that the yarn was Rauma ragg meant for heavy socks (or mitts).



And there he is! Say hello to the cute little bear - I'm still thinking about a name for him.

I don't know yet whether I'll give Bubby away as a present, or if I'll keep him here with me. Let's see about that.

Bubby reduced my stash by 24g.

Amount used since February 25th: 376g. Stash left: 6796g. Amount of new yarn, I am allowed to purchase: 150,4g. It's all adding up.

Spring-item finished

Thank God it's Easter holidays! I've been looking forward to this break for a long time, and this weekend I finished the Elvira blouse (and started a new summer-mini-cardigan, which I'll show you another time):


Well, I would have preferred it to be in the light heather-colour only, but I ran out, and since I'm knitting from stash only I used the opportunity to use up all the pink kidmohair as well. I think it will do as a nice blouse for the colder spring days.

Knitted with two strands of kid mohair (B.C. yarn, a Danish company) in an easy lace pattern from a Danish knitting book.

It reduced my stash with 112g, so now I'm down to 6820g. I used up 352g since I started on February 25th - thus I am allowed to buy 140,8g (40% of the amount used), though I do not intend to do so before I have used a larger amount of my stash. I have a lot of WIPs, so I'm expecting a boom of FO's at some point.

Happy Easter knitting to y'all! :)