This blog absence cannot go on for longer. I don't know what happened. It seems that the move, the new lifestyle and the new job just sucked all the knitting energy out of me. I have hardly picked up the needles during the last month and the few times I did, it just didn't give me the kick it used to. It was first this weekend that the longing returned and I sat down for a few hours and knit. That felt darn nice because I was getting worried, to tell you the truth.
I have finished a few things, a shawl and a hat. I started the shawl at the end of May, and finished it during a trip to the summer cottage in late June.
- Pattern: Luna Moth Shawl by Shui Kuen Kozinski.
- Yarn: Mountain Colors Bearfoot, colorway Rosehip, ~100g.
- Needles: 4.5 mm, 60 cm circulars.
- Delta t: end of May to end of June.
I was surprised at how fast it went, I have almost only made rectangular shawls so far, and triangular ones are really much smaller! I bumped into the pattern on Elann and immediately thought of the lonely hank of Mountain Colors Bearfoot that I bought in the US last year.
I did as many repeats as I could squeeze out of the 100 grams and then cast off. In retrospect, I think that I choose too big needles - the shawl is a bit too open for my taste. You live, you learn, I guess. Despite the deep love that I have for the yarn and the colorway, this shawl will end up as a gift for someone.
I also finished a hat for my dad who had his birthday in the beginning of July. I used the lovely Syncopated Caps pattern by Kate Gilbert, which appeared in the summer 2007 issue of Interweave Knits.
- Pattern: Syncopated Caps by Kate Gilbert from Interweave Knits, summer 2007.
- Yarn: Sandnes Smart, little over 1 skein of tweedy brown and under 1 skein of tweedy natural.
- Needles: 3 mm, 40 cm circulars.
- Delta t: a few weeks.
Let's see if dad will use it, only time can tell!
