In which I have lost my mind...

... or probably will in the near future.

This is the start of a jumper. In laceweight, mainly in stockinette. It's going to be my own design, although it is heavily inspired by the silhouette of 1940s jumpers. The body will be in stockinette with a simple lace pattern on the yoke. With a gauge of 28sts/10cm it could also be made in a light fingering weight - maybe something like Malabrigo sock?

Pattern: None yet.
Yarn: Wollmeise Lacegarn in Merlot
Needles: 2mm for ribbing, 3mm for stockinette.

FO: Welcome to the Jungle

I'm usually not a big fan of heavily variegated yarns, but when I found this one in my latest Wollmeise grab bag, I decided to give it a shot. At first I was planning to make simple stockinette socks out of it, but with the needles & stitch count I wanted to use, it pooled like hell. All the black ended up on one side of the sock, while all the green stayed on the other. After a few days in the naughty corner, the yarn came to its senses and decided it wanted to be a simple, smooshy garter stitch shawl.

Pattern: Aestlight Shawl by Gudrun Johnston
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% in WD Im Dunkle Wald
Needles: 3.5 mm

The final verdict is that I absolutely love it! The knitting was fun - although the border got a bit tedious towards the end - and it is big, warm and squishy. I will definitely make another one in a supersoft red or gray.

Sneak Preview

I'm working on a sock pattern. It will be toe-up in 3 sizes (54, 63, 72 stitches around) and hopefully available early April. The pictures are taken, most of the math is done and I'm planning to finish the pattern this weekend so I can offer it for test knitting early next week.

FO: 1940s Jumper

After a rather long trip to Paris, my camera has finally found its way back to me. This means proper photos of proper FOs!


Pattern: 1940s Jumper from A Stitch in Time
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% in Sabrina - 2 skeins
Needle: 2.5 & 3.5 mm

I adore this jumper! It fits like a dream and the colour is so lively. The only downside is that the neck was a bit tight, but that was easily fixed with a frogloop closure.

I might make more jumpers according to this pattern, but I'd pick up more stitches for the neck and maybe add some patterning to the yoke.