There has been a lot going on for the past month. The big news is that I bought an apartment! It's a lovely place close to the city center and I'm very much looking forward to moving in, which will hopefully be in a week or so. It'll be awesome to finally unpack all the stuff that has been occupying my parents garage since I moved back to Iceland, especially all my beautiful yarn and all my beautiful knitting books. I can hardly wait!
I've been knitting quite a lot but I haven't been so diligent in taking pictures of what I've finished. The bank-friendly Lopi sweater was ready a while ago and I've worn it with great success to work! I've finished a couple of hats, four pairs of socks, a couple of pre-emie caps (for charity), a shawl (still unblocked) and I started a coat.
I have a picture of the shawl in its half-finished state.
It's the hugely popular Hyrna Herborgar which I've been planning to make for ages. Although my Icelandic shawl book is in the parent's garage, I was fortunate enough to have an old Hugur og Hönd issue in which the pattern first appeared. I used handspun yarn that Cassie gave to me when I was in New York, she spun it herself and it's been such a joy to work with.
The other picture I have is of a sock that's done and its partner as well.
This was based on a pattern in the Finnish sock book, Sukkasillaan, and it's a perfect pattern for leftovers. The colorwork pattern is very simple, and it's fun to dream of lots of color combinations. Before I finished these, I made another pair in this stitch pattern using Lopi leftovers that my mom gave me. It's that much fun!
Hopefully I'll have pictures of the other stuff very soon. The light is already returning (and it feels so darn nice) so picture-taking is now possible outside of the weekends. I have no excuse. But tonight I'm going to the monthly knit café. Fun fun fun!
