Sock Madness

It's been so long since I last blogged that it's embarassing. It's not that I don't have anything to blog about! But life with two busy girls and one busy puppy leaves me very little time for blogging.

Ah well.

Apparently it leaves me enough time for knitting. ;o)

Here are the two pair of socks I've knit during the past couple of months. They're both from Cookie A's book Sock Innovation. I love that book! I got it years ago but until now it only served as goodnight reading. I thought they all looked beautiful but too complicated. Also, I wanted to learn to knit two socks at a time and experiment with different techniques - toe-up, cuff-down and so on.

I finally felt ready and I started with this pair:

They're called Vilai and the yarn was Dream in Color Smooshy in the colorway Bermuda Teal. It was an enjoyable knit all the way through and I love that the cuff is long.

So with the feeling of success I started the pair that I've in reality been dreaming of knitting ever since I got the book! Bex.

Oh my! They were indeed complicated! I'm usually a pretty fast knitter and I could have knit myself in entire sweater during the three weeks or more it took me to knit these. But I'm glad I started them - and more importantly that I finished them! Because they're just so beautiful and the fit is PERFECT. And they're so warm because of all the cabling.
The yarn was Skinny Bugga and I almost used an entire skein. My mother and sister got me the yarn at Rhinebeck last year. I dream of going there one day too. Until then - I'll just be fondling my Bex. :o)

Proofreading

This is what I'm doing right now:

Proofreading my new design, a cardigan called 'Cold Neck Syndrome'. ;o) Size 34 inch bust is already with three testknitters and size 38 inch bust will be too once I finish proofreading.

This is the cardigan:

You can read much more about it on Ravelry. I'm really excited about it and I've had so much positive feedback already. I wasn't sure that I would write up the pattern actually but I decided to anyway. It's my first time writing up a pattern for an adult sized garment in multiple sizes so I really hope it'll be ok. I got some tips from one of the best Danish knitting designers, Annette Danielsen, who saw my cardigan on Ravelry too. Thank you Annette! They were very helpful.

Pattern Release

I'm so proud to finally present you with my pattern! I had so much fun designing it.

Now, the only question is, what's next? ;o)

Welcome

Welcome to Freckle's Blog!

I'm so excited about writing my very first blog post. Finally I have the time to show you some of the things I love.

I've been thinking about starting my own blog for a good while now. I didn't really know if I should because I felt that there are so many fantastic blogs out there, so what could I contribute with?

Anyway, the idea didn't leave me alone and here I am - starting a blog. :o)

So who am I?

I'm a mother. And I'm a crafty person. I'm also a wife. And a pianist. I'm a student too and I'm Danish.

What I want to show you today is a brand new design I made. I call it HATS HATS HATS because I imagined piles of hats when I got the idea.

You get the idea? Colours! And stripes. Ahhh, that makes me happy. The hat comes in size newborn up to 6 years. It will available very soon for download on ravelry and in the meantime you can buy them (along with some other stuff) in my etsy shop or on amio if you know Danish. ;o)