Endelig færdig!

Der måtte alligevel trævles op igen, igen - det blev 3 skridt frem og 2 tilbage - eller skulle man sige 3 pinde frem og 2 tilbage. Men efter flere ganges ...

optrævl og garnspaghetti, lykkedes det og arbejdet begyndte at gå fremad.

Jeg blev efterhånden så dygtig, at jeg kunne trævle op i små områder, flere pinde ned og rette fejlene uden at jeg behøvede at trævle hele pinde op. Efterhånden var der en anselig mængde masker på pinden. Det hjalp. Jeg synes virkelig jeg har fået patentstrikningens anatomi ind på huden.

 

  

 

Her er så sjalet - eller skulle man snarere sige tørklædet, for det blev kun 50 cm i længden midt bag og 100 cm foroven. Jeg kunne dog let have strikket det større; men jeg er tilfreds.

Jeg brugte 1 ngl Gejlsk tynd uld fv 30 og 1 ngl Hot Socks Spectra farve 75 og pinde nr. 3,5.

Tak for det - Nancy Marchant!!!

Bladsjal

 

Tænk - jeg har aldrig strikket efter en opskrift - altså sådan en hel ting. Men da jeg var i Estland til sweater konference så jeg et fantastisk sjal, som jeg aldrig har set magen!
Det er designet af Nancy Marchant, som har mødt i USA, i Amsterdam og nu i Estland.
Nancy er grafiker og designer og hun har skrevet en fantastisk bog om patentstrikning: Knitting Brioche.
Hvis man ellers er ferm til engelsk, er det en bog, der kan vise vej gennem patentstrikningens mysterier. Der er rigtig mange gode billedserier, der viser hvordan ...
Jeg ved, at der kommer mere fra Nancy; men i mellemtiden kan man finde hendes opskrifter på Ravelry, bl.a. det sjal, jeg nu strikker kalder Nancy for "Under Dutch Skies Shawl" - jeg tror hun ser paraplyer, men jeg ser blade. Du kan finde og købe opskriften her:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/2-color-under-dutch-skies-brioche-shawl

 

Godt begyndt! Først en lille "klods", så strikker man omkring den og så går det derud af efter diagram - troede jeg!
Jeg oversatte den alenlange symbolforklaring og liste over forkortelser til dansk, så hvis nogen vil strikke sjalet, så bare send mig en mail, så sender jeg førstehjælpen.


Juhuu - nu går det. Svært, men med tungen lige i munden så ...

Der er en lys og en mørk side.
På billedet ses den lyse side.

Jeg må have nogle mærker i.
Nancy kalder dem for "livliner".
I det hele taget, mærker man Nancys gode sans for humor i den opskrift og i bogen.









Huhej, hvor det går ...
2 farver - først den ene vej med den lyse, så med den mørke, så den anden vej med den lyse og så den mørke.
Det viser sig, at det næsten kun er på hver fjerde pind, man skal koncentrere sig; men det skal man så også ...

for så var der lige pludselig noget 4 pinde nede.
Ud med pinden - det er altså ikke til at rette eller trylle i patent.
Så går det igen derudad ...













Men det var sidst på aftenen, jeg var nok for træt for ØV! Nu var der noget endnu længere ned.
Skal jeg give op - smide det aht og strikke Domino, det ved man hvad er?
Nej, nu må jeg sætte det på en pind, vinde garnet op og vente til næste dag, hvor jeg kan strikke med friske øjne.










Som tænkt - så gjort - og nu er jeg så lige så langt, som i går; men jeg strikker trøstigt videre.
Hvordan Nancy har udtænkt dette, forstår jeg ikke.
Det er simpelthen genialt!!!

Fortsættelse følger!

Wall of yarn!

Dette plejer at pryde min væg og jeg elsker det. Men det indebærer også, at jeg må på posthuset hver dag med pakker og jeg er afhængig af at kunne levere. Det var dejligt, men nu er det tid til at holde fri fra det, så jeg kan gøre lige hvad jeg vil, når jeg vil. Jeg traf derfor den beslutning, at nu skulle garnet sælges og tænk - en dejlig yngre dame her på Falster: Rikke Bentzen ville købe det.

Sådan så garnet ud pakket og klar til at blive kørt til Rikke.

Rikke har bestilt mere garn i USA og er i fuld gang med at atablere sin hjemmeside, så lige pludselig kan mine kits og garnet fås hos hende i uldbutikken.dk.

Alle mine dejlige håndarbejds- og designbøger nu er i en god nå-højde, så jeg hele tiden kan gribe en bog og kigge i den. Men garnet, ja, det savner jeg!

Men heldigvis kan jeg jo bare købe hos Rikke.



Japan in Stubbekøbing

Every once in a while I receive interesting stuff from Japan - I am very grateful!

The above photo shows from the left the Vogue Magazine: Keito Dama - a magazine I read in details.
I dont understand Japanese though - but I read all the photos closely and love it.
See: http://book.nihonvogue.co.jp

2 books are both written by Akiyo Murono. The center book is: Knitting Lace. I helped her finding old patterns from old Danish books and some of them needed translation as the patterns were not charted.

The other book is full of nice small things such as mittens, scarves, a tie, a skirt etc.  

 

A few days ago I got a parcel from Clover. I were excited. It is always interesting to see what they have figured out. I love the crochet hooks. I immidiately casted my old crochet hooks aside. My new hooks are so colorful and good appealing, so that I felt like crocheting right away.
To the left are 2 circular stitch holders. I am not sure I will ever use them. Tell me if you know how to use them? In the center is elastic thread for ribbing.

My absolute favorite tool are the 2 needles. They look like knitting machine needles. You can easily slide the yarn in the opening and there you are - the needle is ready to use. I am absolute crazy about these needles and they immidiately found their way to my tool box.

 

The green (and purple) sheep are meant to sekure the double pointed needles when you are knitting socks. They are cute, so they were placed in my sock-knitting right away.

 

I have noticed that all these tools are available in the US, but if you want to buy them in Denmark - please ask you shop to order them from Villy Jensen, who can get them from Clover in Japan.

Stitch-stopper

Sorry my blog is such a mess. I need to figure out what I am going to do with this blog. So far I am just trying. I am writing what is in my mind.

To day I will pass a tip on to you!
Some times when I am knitting flat - with a lot of stitches on a circular needle (see below) - i feel that the work is dragging down and making the work harder and heavier than neccasary. I constantly have to pull it up closer to the working end of the needle tip. But then one day I figured that I could use the cord stopper I always have in my tool-box.

And do you know why I have it in my tool box (I actually have 2)? I got it from an American knitter who use them as the bump at one end of double pointed needles so that they become domino-needles. Smart isn't it?

MORE ENTRELAC

I was am quite caught entrelac - but I did it my way - the domino-way so to speak!

I loved it so much that I have already started a new greyish tunic (below). I also love to wear it and the climate here right now is exactly for knitted garments.
My son gave me this mannequin - I call her my new assistent - and she is easy to photograph as she looks good - she does not move and she does not complain. But in December it is really dark even though it is almost 10 o'clock in the morning you cannot see much.

I succeeded in this photo of my coming tunic in greyish colors with Goldenrod. Here you can actually see the stars from the old nightshirts. I have lots of ideas for the Vivian type of entrelac. It is fun and - as you may know - I love squares. 

 

 

 

Entrelac

As I am working on a book for a Japanese publisher, I experiment and here is a story of my last knitting-game.

Ever since 1993 I have worked with domino-knitting. I love it and I will always enjoy working with domino - it has become a way of thinking knitting for me. Knitting is simply not just casting on so and so many stitches on a circular needle. No, it is working my way in any direction creating all sorts of shapes. I have never tried entrelac as I have always been shown that it goes horizontally and you have to knit all the squares in a row. I find that boring. But since I figured that I could knit entrelac in a domino-way - it opened up for me and I am now having fun with entrelac.



 

My friend Susanna Hansson (http://www.oneofsusannas.com/)

told me about this book: Entrelac by Rosemary Drysdale. I do have several books telling about entrelac, but this book really made a difference for me. I was mainly attracted to it because the front cover was so nice and colourful, but also because it had this step by step instruction that I could follow. She work her way from the right to the left - one row of squares and then the opposite. But since I now know how it is done - I can make it my way. I can simply knit almost from where I want to where I want - one square at the time, not a row of squares.
The book cover tells the story of why it is smart to work in rows - as you do not need to cut yarn between squares. But since I weave in my tails as I go it does not matter - and my squares are bigger.   

So here to the right is a garter square, then a square with a star on top and the third square (with a star) to the left etc.

I use the Clover Point Protectors (left) so that I can insert my double pointed needle into stitches from a square from whatever direction and then place the Point Protector. Easy!!!
On the picture to the right I just used straight needles, but using double pointed needles and Point Protectors are smarter.

I don't know what I will use this technique for - I just played with it and we will see what will happen in the future.

Knitting is about having fun - isn't it?