New on the needles

While finishing Louise I already had some new ideas. First of all I wanted to knit a pair of socks as a Christmas gift so that had priority. This time I even managed to knit an identical pair, something that doesn't happen to me very often because I always miscalculate the leftover yarn. But I'm considering to try out the "magic loop" technique to be able to knit both socks simultaneously so that I can distribute the yarn more evenly.

After finishing the socks I decided to give my old Estonian mittens a bit of a fix because they were so worn out around the finger tips. I'm not sure if it'll work but I'm trying to knit a lining so that it will be more stable. I also considered darning or reinforcing but it's not in a very convenient place and it would destroy the nice pattern. We'll see if it works, otherwise I still have enough spare pairs of mittens on stock.

And, of course, as it is getting colder I got into the Lopi-mood again and I ordered *ooops* icelandic yarn for two new jumpers. I want to make a "Hela" by Védís Jónsdóttir for myself and, because it was on offer, a "Riddari" by the same designer. Lopipeysar just never get boring! And they're so wonderfully quick to knit, exactly my kind of thing. We'll see if I manage to keep my productivity rate at this pace, somehow I have the feeling I might end up with RSI if I continue like this.

 

Me & Louise

Another project finished! I'm quite please with my productivity rate at the moment and I'm equally pleased with the result. To be honest, I'm not sure if this falls already under the "obsessive" category but I also started knitting on the metro in the mornings, at conferences, in cafés...   and I'm already looking forward to the Christmas break when I'll have nothing else to do but eat, sleep and knit.

My latest project was inspired by Carrie Bostick Hoge's "Louise" although I have to admit that I didn't buy the pattern (sorry, Carrie!) but I just made up my own. It's a fairly simply raglan shape with set-in sleeves, nothing complicated. I especially liked the colour combination with grey/turquoise/yellow and when I found some merino yarn on offer I thought of "Louise" immediately.

In the close ups you can see that my stockinette stitch is still slightly crooked, in spite of the blocking. I think I must do something funny on the purl-side because when I knit in the round it comes out more evenly. It doesn't bother me massively but once you see it you cannot un-see it! Does anyone have an idea what the problem could be?

If you're interested in more details about the project you can visit my Ravelry page.