Back To Knitting




Theresa talked about Viking Patterns For Knitting on her blog and it sounded good so I had to get it. It turned out to be well worth it. I do like traditional Scandinavian two-or-more color patterns, but I have always been drawn to textured knitting, yet I still enjoy knitting things that represent my cultural heritage. The way that Elsebeth Lavold has figured out how to knit cable patterns based on Viking motifs is right on target for me. The yarn for Vigdis and Ragna arrived on Sunday (since the yarn came by express mail from Canada, the post office called me on Sunday morning and asked if I wanted to go pick it up!), and I immediately had a swatch done for Vigdis. I finished knitting the hood this morning, and just barely worked the front of the tunic through the first pattern repeat. Vigdis is in a bulky yarn and works up super fast. It will be warm too. I might never take off the hood. My ears and neck are always cold - well, not anymore! I promise I will get pictures posted. Hopefully in the morning sometime, but I'm not committing to how early it will be. I also love Hervor and will probably have to knit it also. That's the one on the cover.



While waiting for my yarn order I did settle on and start a sweater for Carol with the yellow yarn. She wanted something reversable, so it doesn't matter if she wears it inside out. It will be a jacket in garter stitch ribbing pattern with raglan sleeves, knitted all in one piece so it will be seamless. I have about four or five inches of that knitted - that is front and back all in one piece. The girls might try some of the knitting on that project if they want to and can match the tension well enough. I'll try to get a picture of that posted tomorrow too.



I've also been spinning. The green varigated bead yarn is done (it still doesn't know what it wants to be though), and on Saturday I got to spin most of the day as part of a demo for medieval reenactment (SCA). I don't have a period spinning wheel, and neither was I spinning a period fiber, but I did get to dress up, and that's fun. If I thought I could get away with it I would like to dress that way more often. Unfortunately, I was too busy to get pictures (maybe someone else did and will share). I got almost a full bobbin done. The fiber is llama cria mixed with 20% soy silk, and it is yummy.



So, if I haven't posted much in a few days it might be for one of two different reasons. One possibility is that there isn't much going on worth posting about, and the other is that there is so much happening that I don't get around to blogging. Between those two excuses I think I have just about everything covered, don't you think?