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Summer is for socks and BSJ

Tekopp — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:37:40 +0000

I don’t even want to think about knitting anything that touches my lap at the moment, small projects it is! Especially considering the heatwave that struck scandinavia a couple of weeks ago…

My First Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmerman. Possibly being knit too small by me as I’m using 3.5mm needles :/ Thinking about [...]

Saoirse “Shawl”

Tekopp — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:15:07 +0000

Currently I’m knitting what I like to call a “shawl” as it in the interweave pictures is pictured as a skirt, but called a shawl. We’ll see what I end up using it for in the end.

The project is a marriage between a yarn I’ve been drooling over for some time at a LYS (Tjorven [...]

I’m still knitting

Tekopp — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:29:46 +0000

I’m still knitting up my pre-vegan stash (pregan? stash). This time it’s leftovers from the worlds ugliest afghan.

A friend wanted a slouchy hat and offered to buy the yarn to make it. But after a little stashdive that she did (I just dragged all of it out into the kitchen and asked her to enjoy [...]

2008 goals

Tekopp — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:00:08 +0000

It’s the last day of january today, it seems like a good time to make this years resolutions regarding knitting, and especially one aspect of it has been on my mind the last couple of days. Stash… (long pause)

In 2006 I had no money, bought next to no new yarn except on a couple of occasions [...]

My sock knitting recipe

Tekopp — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:13:32 +0000

Exams are coming up in a few weeks and I’m getting really stressed out about that. I don’t have the energy to write a proper post today. Instead you get to everything about how I like to make my socks. Exciting huh?

I stole this from Jaimie that had taken it from someone else as well [...]

WIP Fetching

Tekopp — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:02:20 +0000

As I talked about a couple of days ago I’m knitting Fetchings on the train, they have replaced the socks I’m usually making, I still feel a bit socked-out after this summer.

A few notes on the pair I’m making.

3.5mm needles, Bamboo by Idéna. I’m twisting the cables in the same direction on both, since I’m lazy like [...]

Fetching

Tekopp — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:47:10 +0000

I recently bought this yarn, and I’m now trying to make some fetchings out of it.

I know it’s not the warmest yarn (bamboo) but I wanted to make something small at first just to test run it… So far, after casting on and just having made a couple of rounds, it feels like velvet. I [...]

Belated tuscany

Tekopp — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:28:23 +0000

Life has had me going/doing way to many/much places/things.

That’s why my pictures of the Tuscany shawl I started when Amy Singer was teaching a class here in Oslo(!) In the picture the shawl kind of looks like it does in real life, color wise. Not really, but sort off (yay Photoshop!).

I met Theresa at the class [...]

A knitting meme

Tekopp — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:27:30 +0000

I’ve seen this around before, but took it now from Damnknit’s blog

Mark with bold the things you have ever knit, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest.

• Afghan • I-cord • Garter stitch • Knitting with metal wire • Shawl • Stockinette stitch • Socks: top-down • Socks: toe-up • Knitting with camel yarn • Mittens: Cuff-up • Mittens: [...]