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November 13, 2005
Cold
Thanks so much for all the kind words about my mittens! I wasn't sure the color combination was going to work, but now I know it does. This evening, when the sun had set and the living room was turning dark, the mittens almost seemed to glow.
On to a new project!
After leafing through my new knitting book Handknit Holidays for a long time, I can conclude there are a lot of patterns in it I will probably never knit. It won't be my favourite book. I'm more into books like Nancy Bush's Folk Knitting in Estiona, or Latvian Mittens by Lizbeth Upitis. Those are the kind of books I live for!
However, there are some very nice things in Handknit Holidays. This for example:
Of course, the yarn called for, Haneke Exotics, isn't available in the Netherlands (or is it? let me know!). And it would have been a nice touch if the book listed the specifics of this yarn not only in yards and ounces, but in meters and grams as well, so the rest of us outside the US wouldn't have to convert everything. Of course, this isn't hard to do, but still.
Anyway, when I was in Utrecht yesterday (trying to find yarn for the red and white mittens, which I didn't succeed in), I bought 4 balls of Lana Grossa Meilenweit 6 fach. And started the Over-the-knee Socks.
I just hope the yarn substitution will be succesfull... I'm getting 28 sts and 37 rows per inch, instead of 28 sts and 32 rows per inch, so mine will be a shorter if I keep knitting according to pattern. Even though my legs aren't very long, I think I will have to ajust along the way. I'm using safety pins to keep track of my decreases.
We'll see how they turn out. I got a lot of knitting time today, because I've got a terrible cold and all I can do is sit on the couch and knit. As long as I'm not really sick, life could be worse.....
Posted by saartje at November 13, 2005 7:32 PM
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Oh, the socks are lovely! I love that sort of thing too. But these days my knitting time is very limited, and I am sticking this holiday to felting mittens for family from KnitOneFeltTwo. But I love Nancy Bush and recently finished an Estonian Leaf lace shawl for my grandmother. Good luck with the socks..cannot wait to see their progress... and many healthy vibes coming your way from the US.
Posted by: Willow at November 13, 2005 9:03 PM
They look wonderful and I really love the socks you're working on. I adore Nancy Bush's books but that Latvian Mittens book has me drooling with mitten envy.
Posted by: Say at November 13, 2005 9:53 PM
Oooh...I love those socks! I was thinking about getting the book just for that pattern. Let us know how the pattern adjusting goes...if it's difficult to do I'd like to know (long legs). I really like the color you picked as well!
Posted by: elli at November 13, 2005 11:00 PM
those socks are one of my faves from that book. i only wish i didn't have so many socks waiting in line already!
the mittens are beautiful! love the pic of them in the window - the colours really do seem to glow.
Posted by: kris at November 13, 2005 11:29 PM
Hi Saartje,
I love those socks too.Your knitting is so beautiful and I must say...yes, the colours really do seem to glow. Please, can you tell me the number of Lana Grossa Meilenweit 6 fach?
I was thinking about getting the wool for my new socks. Thank`s !
Have a nice day!
Maartje
Posted by: Maartje at November 14, 2005 10:32 AM
Your Swedish mittens are wonderful! And I think the colors you chose are great for winter, festive, very visible if you happen to drop one somewhere. May I ask where the pattern is from?
I was just leafing through the Handknit Holidays book yesterday at the University bookstore in town. I thought the same but will probalby knit up some of the ornamants for gifts. It's a greatway to use up small bits of yarn. Please stop by, Diane E.
Posted by: diane E. at November 15, 2005 4:49 AM
Die kousen zijn gaaf!
Ga je die inderdaad maken? Ben benieuwd naar het resultaat!
En veel sinterklaasboodschapen, dat klinkt goed!
Ik zal ook eens beziggaan. eb je nog wensen?
Mariken
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Posted by: Max at April 12, 2006 4:02 AM
I'm working on these right now too! I'm loving how they are knitting up so far. I can't wait to see pictures of your final product. :)
Posted by: Erin at April 13, 2006 7:20 AM
wow, deze wil ik ook maken!! Op zoek naar dat boek dus!
;-)
Posted by: saskia at May 10, 2006 2:01 PM
Greeting Saartje!
I absolutely love looking at your pictures of stockings and mittens/gloves. I keep coming back here whenever I do a search for something I'm interested in - right now it's long stockings which patterns for are few and far between. Also, you make me feel nostalgic for the beautiful Netherlands which I have visited twice.
-Deborah
www.celadonaknits.net
Posted by: Deborah at September 9, 2006 7:24 PM
What a great site. I wish I had more time to knit but my 4th baby is on the way, so I'm limited currently. I'll check back to your site for inspiration! Thanks! Jodi in Chicago
Posted by: Jodi at October 22, 2006 5:32 AM
I was using google to find a knee sock pattern and spotted the ones with the design in the back of the leg. They are simple great looking. Does anyone know how/where I can obtain that pattern? Thanks for your help in advance.
Posted by: Rose at March 7, 2007 8:08 PM
I was using google to find a knee sock pattern and spotted the ones with the design in the back of the leg. They are simple great looking. Does anyone know how/where I can obtain that pattern? Thanks for your help in advance.
Posted by: Rose at March 7, 2007 8:27 PM
I must be the only person who is knitting these over-the-knee socks from Melanie Falik's book is who having a bad time with the decreasing instructions. I am on the first decrease (round 4) and cannot get it right to fit into the cable lace pattern! Help, help!
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