Finished in 2019

There was a lot of things that I finished in 2019. Some of them are shown below.

This turned out to be a hat

Shawl by Stephen West - All the angles

Shawl by Romy Hill

6 cloths

Sweater made of wool

Halloween mittens

Sweater

Lopi mittens

Shawl by Stephen West

Bag sewn from old jeans

Socks

Cotton sweater

Bella - mittens made of lopi

Nancy sweater

Knit

for Christmas. 

This is part of what I knitted for Christmas presents. 

 My father got this Lopi sweater. He takes our dog out for a walk when my and my family have a long work- or school day and I wanted to give him something warm to wear on cold winters days. 

 The pattern is in Icelandic and English

 I also made a shawl for my mother. It is light and lace like. It is made of color changing yarn and knitted with needle no 4,5 instead of 3. 

Norwegian sweater

I finished this sweater (genser) in January. I used Sisu from Sandnes to knit it from and knitting needles no 2,5 and 3.

It took 2 years to knit it with some resting time in between. It has a lot of pattern in it but fortunately only with 2 colors.

My husband got the sweater when I finally finished it. The sleeves took the longest time to knit because I knitted them nearly five times. First they were too narrow, then I forgot the part of the pattern on one sleeve, but finally they were ready.

And here is the owner in his sweater

The pattern is in a issue from Sandnes yarn that I bought in Oslo. I enjoy knitting Norwegian sweaters but it has been rather small selection of sweater patterns in the knitting magazine that are published in Iceland. So it is a knitting feast when I go to Oslo.

Still knitting

but less than before. I started studying mathematics in the fall and it takes a lot of my spare time and therefor there is less time to knit or crochet.

I have almost finish this sweater. It has a high collar so it is necessary to bind off with very loose cast off.
On YouTube I found these two methods and will probably use one of them.

Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-off   and    Simple Stretchy Bind Off

This summer

This summer I have been knitting this and that.

 I started a Norwegian sweater knitted in Sisu wich is a wool yarn from Sandnes yarn. The pattern is from Sandnes yarn to. The work goes slowly because it takes long time to knit a big sweater with small knitting needles. 

The autumn came from Rowan with one the most beautiful knitting magazine for the last few years. There are some number of sweaters and a scarf that I would like to knit that are in the magazine.

I did, of course, buy an coloring book like so many this summer. The one I bought are with insect because I know I would not have the patient to color all the leaves in the Secret garden book.

 I did crochet a table runner from yarn stash that I had had for a long time and did not know what to do with. This was a heap of small balls of cotton yarn. I used crochet needle no. 5 and did cast on enough stitches to fit the table and then I did crochet until all the yarn was finished. 

The latest thing I finished are those woollen socks. I knitted them from wool scraps and I think they came out nicely. 

December

I decided to knit a few Christmas gifts.

Recently I have been following Brittamis Design on facebook. This summer there was a cloth knitting and in November I decided to knit the ZZ cloth for my sisters.

I knitted three washing clothes from three different colors (two shades of blue). All worked out fine and the pattern is beautiful. I bought soaps from Body shop and put them with the cloths and gave my sisters as Christmas presents.

In November, I decided also to knit a sweater for my dad for Christmas. The pattern is from the book "Prjónað úr íslenskri ull" and is knit from light wool. Actually I do like plötulopi better but decided to follow the pattern.

The sweater is very beautiful and the color tones flow very well together. My assumption is that this is a beautifully designed sweater.

This sweater I knitted for my three year old aunt and gave as Christmas present. The pattern is from "Prjónablaðið Ýr" no 58 and I made it from Smart from Sandnes yarn.

The pattern is ok, but I bought yarn for size 4 years and it was not enough for the size. When I saw that I needed more yarn was it was too late to get one in the same color code, so I had to make some changes in the neckline. I ended up buying a yarn that was similar in color and some fluffy yarn and knitted the neckline with both of those threads.

At last I made the sweater below for my mom as Christmas present. I knitted it last summer so it was just waiting to be handed over.

Summerwork

What a long time it is since I wrote last time. Time passes fast when you are having fun. 

I finished this sweater early this summer and I am very happy with it. It´s made of yarn that has among other fibers linen.  I dug that yarn out of my stock. The colors are much greener than the picture shows.

Then I knitted Lopi sweater for my husband. I knitted it from a leftover wool. It is knit on needles no. 8 and three-plate plðtulopi.

One of my niece's is a dollmama and she ordered this hat for her doll wich had no hat that matched well on the dollhead.

 The same aunt got this pillow for her birthday.

Then there was the jam  making. I made rhubarb jam, rhubarb- and datejam and red currant jelly.

That´s it. Those are the crafts and agriculture work I did this summer.

Lopisweater

I finished a "Lopapeysa" wich is not in the traditional style the other day.

It is covered with rope-pattern and lace-holes in between.

I'm not going to say how long it took to knit this sweater but it was a veeeery long time, mainly because I got into trouble with the pattern, and also managed entirely by self to make mistakes in it and had therefore to take some pauses knitting it.

I do not quite understand what wet Lopasweater is irresistable for some cats but this one was sleeping on it for a considerable time.