we’re still waiting for snow and the temperature is annoyingly high, but december is just around the corner and it really is time to wear those woolies now. i’ve been knitting quite a lot, but i haven’t finished anything since my last pair of mittens. stefan is in desperate need for a new pair of [...]
Archive for November, 2011
we have a wooly winter ahead
Posted in cats, knitting, tagged cardigan, cat, hat, kitten, manu, mittens, vincent, wool, wurst, ysenius on November 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
another pair of mittens are in progress! these are not traditional at all, spillyjane has designed loads of quirky knits, and i particularily fell for her sausage mittens wurst. i’ve made a different cuff and added a thumb wedge. the yarn is of a tweedy type spun on the isle of lewis.
the island of gotland, in the middle of the baltic sea, has a rich heritage of knitting patterns and traditions. it’s also an island that has special meaning to me having spent many summers there. my great grandfather came from gotland i still have distant relatives there. the island’s main town and municipal seat, visby, [...]
