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. 

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.

My Norveginan sweater

is ready.

I'm very happy with it (like with most of the things í knit or crochet or..., hehe). And the buttons, so pretty.

The pattern is from an old copy of "Prjónablaðinu Ýr" (and originally  from Sandnes yarn).  I made no changes with the pattern or the color choice, which is pretty unusual for me. If anything should have been knitted differently, I should maybe have made it 4 cm longer.

The color combination is great and the pattern is beautiful. I had to rip out 11 rounds in the pattern, but it was ok because it was quite okay to knit it again.

Haf - a hat

Knitted measurements:

Medium (for woman and man)

Gauge:

10 cm are 17 rounds

Material:  

Yarn that fits the gauge, 50 g dark blue and 50 g light blue. I used Hubro from Dalegarn

Circular needles size 8mm or size to obtain gauge

Cable needle, tapestry needle

This hat is worked from the lower edge and up. It´s knitted on circular needle so there are no sewing except to sew in the ends.

Cast on 68 sts. with the darker color and join in a round, be careful not to twist sts. Knit rib pattern, *k2, p2; repeat from * to end. Knit until piece measures 7 cm.

Switch to the lighter color and knit one round. Increase one stich at the end of the row (69 stitches on needle).

Now knit the pattern according to the chart (munstur 1 or munstur 2). Note however that the round ends up in a 1 purled sts.

In the third round you have to increase one sts. at the end of the row (70 stitches on needle).

You can choose between two different cable patterns.

In “munstur 1” the cables turns in the opposite direction (pattern 1)

In “munstur 2” the cables turns in the same direction (pattern 2).

*	Takið 2 lykkjur og setjið á hjálparprjón, leggið lykkjurnar fyrir framan og prjónið 2 lykkjur fyrir aftan. Prjónið síðan lykkjurnar fyrir framan. Pjónið síðan áfram.
*	Takið 2 lykkjur og setjið á hjálparprjón, leggið lykkjurnar fyrir aftan og prjónið lykkjurnar 2 fyrir framan. Prjónið síðan lykkjurnar fyrir aftan. Pjónið síðan áfram.

Here is a video from Drops studio that shows how to knit a cable.

Knit until the piece measures 19 cm. Then knit the knit stitches two together the whole round, 63 stitches are on the needle.

After knitting 22 cm all the purl stitches are knit two together the whole round, 49 stitches on the needle.

When piece measures 26 cm knit two stitches together the whole round.
After that you cut a long tail an pull the strand through the remaining loops.

Finishing:

Turn the hat inside out. Bind of all lose ends.

Create a pompom and sewed on the top of  the hat.