Cabled Mitts

Gifted and ready for my blog:



This time with a thumb gusset:



And I reversed the pattern for second mitten to make symmetry:



Free pattern: Blue King Cabled Mitts
Needles: US 4 / 3.5 mm
Yarn: wool/acryl blend (50/50), about 40 gram
Mods: Tumb gusset and reversed pattern.


Have a nice weekend! :)

Free pattern: Blue King Cabled Mitts

Blue King Cabled Mitts

Fingerless mittens with an easy cabled part for embellishment and extra good fit. A fun, easy and fast knit to warm your hands, or the hands of a loved one. An opportunity to use that delicious soft thin alpaca yarn or perhaps some of your sock yarn.




Materials:

Use a fingering weight sock yarn or alpaca.

I have used

1. pair: Inca Alpakka, 100% superfine alpaca, 175 m (191 yards) pr. 50 g (1.76 ounce). Amount used: 25 g (~100 yards)

2. pair: Silja Sock yarn, 80% wool, 20% nylon, 150 m (164 yards) pr. 50 g (1.76 ounce). Amount used: 35 g (~115 yards)

Needles: dpns or magic loop 3.5 mm (US 4). Cable needle (cn).

Stitch marker.

Gauge: 16 sts = 5 cm (2 inches) in 2x2 rib

Skill level: Intermediate

Note: This will make a womans small/medium size. It is very stretchy due to the ribbing, but you could use a bigger/smaller needle size, thicker/thinner yarn or adjust the stitch count to get a different size. Length of finished mitt: 18-19 cm (about 7 inches).

The pattern calls for knitting in the round but could easily be knitted flat.


Left Mitten:

Cast on 48 sts.

If you are using dpns divide into 3 needles: 24 sts (back), 12 sts + 12 sts (palm). Place a marker to mark the beginning of the round.

Knit * p2, k2 * rib for 20 rounds.

Start knitting the pattern for the back of your hand (24 sts), continue with rib for the palm (12 + 12 sts).

Row 16: When you have knitted round 15 of the pattern, make an opening for the thumb by turning your work and knit back and fort. Make sure that you have the thumb opening on the right side of your mitten.

Continue with the cable pattern on the right side (RS), replace knits with purls and purls with knits on the wrong side.

Complete the pattern.

Continue in * p2, k2 * rib for 5 more rows, ending with a RS row. Reattach and start knitting in the round again.

Knit * p2, k2 * rib for 10 rounds.

Cast off loosely.


Right Mitten:

Cast on 48 sts.

If you are using dpns divide into 3 needles: 12 sts + 12 sts (palm), 24 sts (back). Place a marker to mark the beginning of the round.

Knit * k2, p2 * rib for 20 rounds.

Continue with rib for the palm of your hand (12 + 12 sts). Start knitting the pattern for the back of your hand (24 sts).

Note: Skip the first two purl sts in the pattern (every round), and add two purl sts at the end of the pattern, to make symmetry with the left mitten.

Row 16: When you have knitted round 15 of the pattern, make an opening for the thumb by turning your work and knit back and fort. Make sure that you have the thumb opening on the left side of your mitten.

Continue with the cable pattern on the right side (RS), replace knits with purls and purls with knits on the wrong side.

Complete the pattern.

Continue in * k2, p2 * rib for 5 more rows, ending with a RS row. Reattach and start knitting in the round again.

Knit * k2, p2 * rib for 10 rounds.

Cast off loosely.


Finishing: Weave in all ends.


Pattern:




Knitting font by Aire River Design





Pattern inspired by Petra’s Stulpen


If you make the mittenss please let me know! I would love to see what you have created.



**Free pattern for personal use only**
by turvid 2008

Lace doilies and a new project

Some lace doilies are done:



Pattern: Based on the Danish pattern Anne
Needles: US 2½ / 3.0 mm
Yarn: some unknown cotton tread from my stash (53 gram totally)
Size: 10 inches / 26 cm



I even made some small coasters:



Pattern: None


My new project is Fiona Top:



A really slow project for me - I'm bored...

Det jeg egentlig skulle si

En ny norsk ressurs-side, administrert av Silja:

Garn og Fiber

Besøk siden og si hva du synes. Noe du savner?

Tips mottas med takk (turvid hos gmail dått com). :)

På norsk (Norwegian only)

Takk for alle svar på mitt norsk eller engelsk innlegg.


Jeg har full forståelse for at vi som er fra Norge synes at vårt eget språk er lettest å lese.

Jeg har vurdert det til og fra, men har nok landet på at jeg kommer til å fortsette med min dårlige engelsk.

Grunnen til det er:

1: 5/18 svar på innlegget mitt om engelsk eller norsk svarte: Engelsk.

2: Jeg har ca. 30-40 % besøkende fra Norge/Skandinavia, resten kommer fra Engelsk-talende land (stort sett)

Du kan se statistikken min nederst til høyre på siden.


Innimellom kommer det nok et innlegg på norsk likevel, og om noen har problemer med å skjønne hva jeg skriver på engelsk så svarer jeg selvfølgelig på spørsmål (på norsk). ;)


Riktig god helg!

Talia's Wings

SockMadness part3 is over for me, and I made it to the next round.

Talia's Wings:



I used about 20 hours knitting time, others used 10. Wow - I don't knit that fast.



I'm done and I'm not knitting anything today. ;)

Remember Shalom?

Back in January I knitted Shalom. And - *tada* - it's finally blocked:



I'm very happy with the result.



A button from Granma's stash.



I've used this cardigan twice - a succsess in my book.



I made the opening under the arms much smaller than the pattern suggested.



And after blocking it fits perfectly.



Free pattern: Shalom Cardigan by Meghan McFarlane
Needles: 7.0 mm
Yarn: Sandnes Garn Alfa, 7.5 skeins = 490 yards (446 m)
Mods: Yes (cap sleeves opening made smaller)


Have a nice week!

Scala socks

I finally have the pictures of my Scala socks:



I really love this pattern!





Free pattern: Scala by Stephanie van der Linden (free Ravelry download)
Yarn: Regia Medina Color, 70 grams / 325 yards
Needle: US 1½ / 2.5 mm
Mods: Magic loop, 66 sts. Ribbing: (ktbl, p)

Just beautiful!

I'm the happy aunt to this beautiful, 1 day old, girl:



Congratulations to baby's mom, dad and two older sisters!

We are so happy for you (and us) :)

Lucky me!!

Look what I won:



Beautiful stich savers from 5elementknitr.

From the etsy shop:

You know when you're on the go, knitting to pass the time, and you've dropped a stitch. GAAA! We've all done it. Miles from the nearest crochet hook at home.

This is a little keychain for when you've dropped a stitch. It's perfect for your notions bag or attached to your project bag. Also makes a handy and useful keychain for... keys!

The smartest tool ever! I got two. One small one with a bead, and a bigger one with my name on.

One for my keychain and one for my knitting bag.

I love it!

Thank you so much, 5elementknitr! :))


(I won this just by participating in the Holiday Kal-Cal)

Lucky me!

SockMadness socks

SockMadness socks, Tokena - I'm through to round 3. :)





Pattern: Tokena by Tricia Weatherston
Needles: 2.5 mm
Yarn: Opal Petticoat Cotton (30 g) and black superwash wool (60 g)
Mods: None



A beautiful pattern, but the socks don't fit me, they are way too big.

Blogging without obligation

I liked this and the following is shamelessly copied:

*Because you shouldn’t have to look at your blog like it is a treadmill.

*Because its okay to just say what you have to say. If that makes for a long post, fine. Short post, fine. Frequent post, fine. Infrequent post, fine.

*Because its okay to not always be enthralled with the sound of your own typing.

*Because sometimes less is more.

*Because only blogging when you feel truly inspired keeps up the integrity of your blog.

*Because they are probably not going to inscribe your stat, link and comment numbers on your tombstone.

*Because for most of us blogging is just a hobby. A way to express yourself and connect with others. You should not have to apologize for lapses in posts. Just take a step back and enjoy life, not everything you do has to be “bloggable”.

*Because if you blog without obligation you will naturally keep your blog around longer, because it won’t be a chore. Plus, just think you will be doing your part to eradicate post pollution. One post at a time. . .

To read it all visit this blog.

Meet Tara

This is the new dog in our family:



Little Darling Tara is MiL/FiL's new dog - but still a new family-member.





(Yes I made the blanket)







ETA: She is a Schnauzer.

Free pattern: turvids tovede sokker

turvids tovede sokker

Norwegian pattern today:






Garn: Sportsgarn fra Europris
Strømpepinner str. 6
Størrelse: 39-40

Legg opp 48 masker og strikk vrangbord 2r, 2vr 2-3 cm. Fortsett i glattstrikk til du har en lengde på leggen som er 16-20 cm.

Hælen: Strikk hælen over maskene på 1. og 4. pinne = 24 m.
Strikk glattstrikk frem og tilbake ca. 9 cm.
Slutt med en omg fra retten.

Hælfelling: Strikk 1 m. forbi midten. Strikk 2 m. Sammen og 1 m. Snu. Strikk til 1 m. Over midten, ta 1 m. løs av, strikk den neste m., trekk den løse masken over, strikk 1 m. Snu. Strikk til m. før hullet, strikk m. før og etter hullet sammen, strikk 1 m. Snu. Strikk til m. før hullet, ta den løs av, strikk masken etter hullet, trekk den løse m. over, strikk 1 m. Fortsett slik til alle m.
utenfor hullet er felt.

Plukk opp 10-12 m på hver side av hælen. Begynn omg. midt under foten.

Strikk rundt og fell 1 m. i hver side (før og etter vristmaskene) hver 3. omg. til det er 48 m.
igjen. Strikk til foten måler ca. 26 cm. (fra bakkant av hæl).

Felling: Strikk glattstrikk og fell slik:

1. og 3. pinne: Strikk til 3 m. gjenstår, strikk 2 m. sammen og 1 m. r.
2. og 4. Pinne: Strikk 1 m., ta 1 m. løs av, strikk 1 m. og trekk den løse masken over.

Gjenta fellingene med (3, 2, 1) omg. uten felling mellom hver felling. Deretter felles det hver omgang til det 8 m. igjen. Trekk tråden gjennom maskene.

Før toving:



En skikkelig stor sokk...

Toving: Toves i maskin 50 grader, vanlig program. Bruk milo eller vanlig vaskemiddel.

Formes i våt tilstand.