November 2008 Archives

Tonight, I was out to play at the Nokia Trends Lab at the Showcase, under the Alexandre III bridge in Paris. Here's a little preview of the pictures I took: Chairlift, Uffie and Santogold.

I had a great spot on the sidelines and there were many fun things to do while the concert was going on (being the star of a fake magazine cover, getting my cellphone engraved...) but that's a tale for another day!

Also published on Mademoiselle à Paris

Start: 26th November 2008
Finish: WIP
Needles: 4 mm - 80 cm Addi Lace
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% superwash merino Sockenwolle, "Single Malt", 2 skeins
Pattern: Fisherman's Rib with two strands held together over 26 stitches with 4 chain-edge stitches

I'm just soooo not in control sometimes and ended up casting-on for something new, while neglecting the near 15 other WIPs/UFOs floating around my flat. But hey, a Knitter has to do what a Knitter does: Knit. :-p

So, I got the urge to knit some Wollmeise last night but wasn't in the mood for socks (coz really, I could've just picked up and work on my Vinnland again). So I decided to go ahead with the plan of making a new scarf for myself out of my newly acquired skeins of Single Malt from my trip to Sauerlach last week.

I have to giggle a bit at the name I came up for the scarf, since it's a Fisherman's Rib and the colourway is called "Single Malt", I thought it appropriate to call this scarf: "Drunk Fisherman". :-p

This is the first time that I'm knitting something using double strand of yarns. At first I thought that it will look funny because the variation of the colour length in each skein runs differently. However, to my surprise, it gives an interesting blending effect...and the colour actually now reminds me of lightly roasted coffee beans, too.

The fabric created is also really nice and springy. I don't know what I was expecting, fabric-wise, when I concoct this project in my mind....but I have to admit that I really like the result.

What's left now is my hope that the scarf will end up long enough with just these two skeins. Fisherman's Rib literally devours the yarn...and really, I'm speaking from experience.

LONDON

CS Office Supply
West Drayton
Compton News
48 Old Compton Street
W1
Mayhems
2 Hakin Arcade
SW1
Selfridges
400 Oxford Street
W1
Waterstones c/o Harrods
Knightsbridge
SW1
Rococo
12 Elgin Cres
W11
Lauries
66 Charlotte Street
W1
M2 Covent Garden
30-35 Drury Lane
WC2
Oxford News
78 Oxford Street
W1
RD FRANKS
5 Winsley Street
W1
Point Cash
Old Brompton
Press Bureau
213 Brompton Road
SW3
Magma-Covent Garden
Earlham Street
Artwords Bookshop
Rivington Street
Walther Koenig Books Ltd
@ Serpentine Gallery
Borders
Charing Cross Road
Borders
Angel
Borders
Oxford Street
KK Outlet
42 Hoxton Square
N1

We lean back...  just arrived in Italy yest eve and the new Collection FW09-10 has been sourced out, forty-two new pieces produced in two different yarn contents (100%cashmere & 70%merino-wool/30%cashmere), the colors are twenty-seven different choices, available as usual in low minimum quantity though, start to brighten your eyes dudes, same as we have done after the first sale-samples came out, check my face...



For those shops who have bought our first collection SS09, dont worry...  your esteemed sweaters are almost done, on 5 Dec the production will get over and well...  our pleasure to deliver the first collection into your hands, thats actually an outlook of your goods from a beginning-stage, lets say when those were just embryos...



The new spot visited this time in Beijing has been the famous Chinese Circus, an amazing show of artists and tumblers who really let us stay with such a suspense for all the show, what we really liked has been the fact that these young acrobats really find their strenght helping each other in all their exercises...  its a kind of Uneeto's philosophy, beeing unite we can all succeed !!!  Check below where the show was acting and what a great bunch of young people China-Circus is...

Start: 11th November 2008
Finish: 22nd November 2008
Needles: 5.5 mm Addi Turbos
Yarns: Lang Yarns "Cashmere Tweed"; 35% Cashmere, 65% Merino Extrafine
Pattern: "Inner Truth" Scarf by Laura Andersson, previously in the now defunct MagKnits

Yay! I finished my new Inner Truth Scarf in about ten days! That ought to set some kind of record for me!

Sorry, but I haven't got any FOs to show this time. After finishing two jerseys in a row, I'm now faced with a pile of other WIPs to tackle. ;-)

Anyway, I thought that I would start reporting on all the knitting groups that I attend, so that I would have something to write.