I learn about Fair Isle knitting long before I took an earnest interest in knitting. From I started to take an interest in clothes I have had a fascination for 30s and 40s fashion. And having that interest you can’t avoid Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, some of the biggest fashion icons of the 30s. [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 25, 2008
Why do knitting magazines describe almost everything with colour work as Fair Isle?
January 12, 2008
My poor boyfriend…..
…. he asked me to put away some of my knitting, to make some more space. He could not have asked for anything more unlikely :) Well, at least I did go
through it all, that’s something…
I store my knitting stuff in a big, big basked standing on the floor. Now it is a lot more presentable, not spilling out over the edges, and on to the floor. And I also learned a few things about my knitting self. I have surprisingly many needles. [...]
January 8, 2008
Planning some knee socks
Bought some yarn today :) The producer is Viking Garn. I have never heard of them before, but after looking them up it seems they have been around for quite some time. The yarn feels soft and is going to become knee socks. It was cheap to, about 3 US dollars for a ball, that [...]
January 7, 2008
Going a tiny bit crazy
I am almost finished with my cell phone cover. Only one thing left. But I was just to lazy, to go out of the house yesterday, to buy a ribbon to decorate it with.So instead I have been planning and knitting my mp3 player cover. It is such a small project that [...]
January 4, 2008
My personal half a ball of yarn wonder
I have finished my own half a ball of yarn wonder :) I certainly know what to knit with toes leftovers now :) Steps!
The self-striping yarn was the left over ball from a friends project. She knits after patterns and didn’t have a suitable pattern for only the one ball of yarn. Since I seldom knit [...]
