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Norræna hættuspil, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 28th December 2009
Finish: 13th January 2010
Needles: 3 mm Addi Lace for ribbing and 4 mm Addi Turbo for the rest
Yarn: Schachenmayr Nomotta "Shetland Alpaka"; 50% new wool, 25% baby alpaca, 25% mohair; Colours #9225 (natural, lot #6535), #9211 (light brown, lot #6532), #9293 (dark brown, lot #6533), #9262 (light blue, lot #6537) - 9 skeins of the natural colour, otherwise one skein each
Pattern: "Pullover in Karisma Superwash" from Garnstudio Drops Design
Modifications: Won't be making the turtle-neck, but instead make it a round-neck, since the yarn is too scratchy for bare skin. Knitting the children's size for fit, but lengthening everything using the adult's small size.
Name: "Norræna hættuspil" is Icelandic and should mean "Nordic venture"

Black Opal, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 25th October 2008
Finish: 19th December 2009
Yarn: Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Sockenwolle, 100% Superwash Merino in Blue Suzanne (dark)
Needles: 3.5 mm - 80 cm Addi Turbos
Pattern: Clapotis by Kate Gilbert from Knitty Fall 2004.

Lómelindë (Gail), originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 09th August 2009
Finish: 25th August 2009
Needles: 4 mm / 80 cm Addi Lace
Yarn: Wollmeise Sockenwolle; 100% superwash merino; colourway "Versuchskaninchen" (test-dye for Tuerkis)
Pattern: Gail - Nightsongs by QQCoisa
Name: "Lómelindë" is Quenya for "Nightingale" (literally: lómë = night; lindë = song)
Location: A wall of the Bavarian National Museum and at the Nornenbrunnen (in German).

Joukahainen Ruiskukasta, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 14th July 2009
Finish: 14th August 2009
Needles: 4 mm / 80 cm Addi Turbos
Yarn: Wollmeise "Molly"; 100% superwash Merino; colourway "Kornblume"
Pattern: Joukahainen by Kristel Nyberg. Published in Finnish in the magazine Ulla 03/07. Pattern is available as an English translation as Ravelry download.
Name: "Joukahainen Ruiskukasta" should say something along the line of "Joukahainen out of Cornflower" (I'm just playing on the colourway name).
Modifications: Alternating the skeins after every second round to spread out the pooling.

Eärë (Seascape), originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Started: 08th August 2008
Finished: 01st May 2009
Needles: 4 mm / 80 cm Addi Lace
Yarn: GGH "Kid Melange", colour 004, lot 8002451
Pattern: Seascape by Kieran Foley from Knitty Summer 2008 issue
Modifications: I added extra repeats to make the stole longer.
Notes: "Eärë" is Quenya for "The Open Sea"...closest I could think of coming to "Seascape".

Neptune (Le Mystique), originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 21st June 2009
Finish: 11th July 2009
Needles: 4 mm / 80 cm Addi Turbos
Yarn: Wollmeise "Molly"; 100% superwash Merino; colourway "Neptun"
Pattern: Joukahainen by Kristel Nyberg. Published in Finnish in the magazine Ulla 03/07. Pattern is available as an English translation as Ravelry download.
Name: The name comes from the last movement of the orchestral suite The Planets by Gustav Holst.
Modifications: Added 5 rounds of stockinette after having joined all the pieces together to give the arms some more room. Added k2 between the raglan decreases to avoid the gaping holes. Did some improvisational neck-shaping with short rows. Worked out pretty well.

Ishbel-Jezebel, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 4th May 2009
Finish: 7th May 2009
Needles: 4 mm / 80 cm Addi Lace
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% merino superwash Sockenwolle in "Wellensittichvogelfeder" (dark)
Pattern: "Ishbel" from Whimsical Little Knits by Isolda Teague
Modification: Stockinette done in smaller size and the lace part in the bigger size.
Shooting location: At the base of Friedensengel, Munich

FO: Rothko's No.5 / No.22, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 6th March 2009
Finished: 18th April 2009
Needles: 4 mm and 4.5 mm Addi Turbos
Yarns: GGH "Linova"; 74% cotton, 26% linen; 4 balls of #35 "Hummer", 5 balls of #36 "Orange" and 2 balls of #6 "Red"
Pattern: "Minikleid in Rottoenen", model no. 29 from Rebecca Magazine #39. Ravelled.
For: Knitted for the shop - Lanaiolo
Modification: Knitted the body in the round up to the armhole point, then knitted the front and back separately back and forth. Sleeves are knitted according to the pattern, but used the size for 40/41 instead because the sleeves for 38/39 seemed to turn out tiny. I substituted the small striping from the pattern's #23 "red-brown" to #06 "Red".

Pêcheur sur la mer, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 13th February 2009
Finish: 21st February 2009
Needles: 7 mm Addi Turbos
Yarn: Lang Yarns "Tierra"; 45% merino, 37% acrylic, 18% polyamide; Colour #712.0094; Dye lot #5002
Pattern: Model 28, from Filati Men Special 5

Hi World,

I'm re-surfacing again after having been sick and coughing up my lungs (the coughing still lingers, but my lungs seem to still be intact).

Anyway, remember that I mentioned something about wanting to make a turtle-neck jumper with bulky yarn? Well, as you can see, it has been done!

Lace Hand-Wrist Warmer [258:366, 10.12.2008], originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 27th November 2008
Finish: 10th December 2008
Needles: 3 mm - 80 cm Addi Turbos
Yarn: GGH "Tajmahal"; 70% merino superfine virgin wool, 22% silk, 8% cashmere; Colour #1, Lot #18450
Pattern: "Ärmelstulpe" (Hand-Wrist Warmer) by Katharina Ritter for Lanaiolo
For: Tanja

So yeah, my bf and I were supposed to meet up with his friend this past Thursday, so I scrambled to finish up the arm-hand warmers - okay, I think I need to give it a working title for the time being....I think I'll just name the pattern "Belle"...yeah, I think that's good. So I finished Belle in time...but the meeting didn't take place. So, the pair is still with me.

I'm really happy with the result...although I had to fudge the thumb gusset a bit (you wouldn't notice if you're not a knitter).

And I know, my hands are just too nobbly for this kind of modelling. :-p

Putting Down Roots [229:366, 06.11.2008], originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Swatched: 22nd July 2008
Started: 24th July 2008
Finished: 05th November 2008
Yarn: "Carpe Diem" from Lang Yarns; 70% merino, 30% alpaca
Needles: 5.5 cm / 80 cm Addi Turbos
Pattern: "Putting Down Roots" from "Inspired Cabled Knits" by Fiona Ellis
Modification: Using bigger needles and yarn, so less pattern repeats. Will be eliminating the turned cuffs and the turtle-neck for ribbed cuffs and v-neck. I also added the ribbing at the bottom of the body, too.

This is a new record for me: Two hand-knit jerseys in a year! And now I've been catapulted into sweater knitting mode....because the third one has already been cast-on. ;-)

Putting Down Roots: Side [230:366, 06.11.2008, catch up], originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this sweater. It was a bit of a work converting the pattern from a women's pattern with finer yarn, rolled cuffs and turtle neck into a men's V-neck, ribbed cuffs and thicker yarn. Thank goodness my boss at the Lanaiolo helped me with it. (yes, otherwise you would have heard of the armhole catastrophe).

Putting Down Roots, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

I had a bit of a problem with the centre stitches on the V-neck. You can see in the photos that they're a bit wonky. Granted though, I've never knitted a V-neck before....and I knitted this V-neck onto the jersey while watching Star Trek Deep Space 9  at 1.30 a.m. in the middle of the night.

I was really afraid of the cables giving the sweater too much of negative ease and that I would end up looking like a "Presswurst"...or look stuffed into it....but it seems to have turned out very well and the stretch even gives a better definition to the cables.

Putting Down Roots: Back [231:366, 06.11.2008, catch up], originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

The yarn is scrumptiously soft....and super warm, due to the mix of 70% merino and 30% alpaca. The only downside to this yarn is that it's not superwash and so I have to watch out with the wearing that it doesn't felt too soon. I'm guessing that the first place to felt would be at the cuffs of the sleeves because the sleeves turned out a bit longer than I expected (it could cover half of my hand if I were to pull it down).

Alpaca keeps in more warmth than merino. However I'm glad that this is a mix, because alpaca supposedly doesn't have "memories" that sheep wool would have when knitted up, which would mean that 100% alpaca sweater would be more prone to wearing out and stretching without springing back to its original shape. But I guess that the negative ease from the overall cables would have helped with that problem, too.

Putting Down Roots, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

The cable design looks complicate at first glance, but it was really easy to remember. A bit fiddly to knit though, because you can't do the cables without the help of cable needles.

As the name of the sweater suggests, "Putting Down Roots" is inspired by nature, by the vision of intertwining roots of huge old trees. Here is what Fiona Ellis, the designer of the original pattern, wrote as an introduction to the pattern:

"There is a sense of both expectation and anticipation when we plant a seed. This is followed by a period where little appears to be happening, where we have to simply trust in the process. I think you will agree that this is akin to casting on that initial row at the beginning of a knitting project.

We know that the first few rows will go slowly while we learn the pattern and get into a rhythm, like a seed germinating. Just as an ugly bulb or dry, uninspiring seed eventually delights us when it blooms, these rows will come to fruition as the pattern reveals itself. Often the cast-on edge can hardly be detected, but the roots of the pattern are certainly there."

I think that it is a beautiful comparison with knitting this pattern. It started out small with just a ball of yarn and knitting needles...just like a seed in the earth and some water. Then it just grew into something beautiful.

All in all, I'm really happy with this jersey and I will sure wear it a lot to keep me warm this winter! ;-)

Morgan, originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 11th September 2008
Finish: 23rd September 2008
Needles: 4 mm / 80 cm Addi Turbos and Addi Lace
Yarn: GGH Cumba; 42% new wool, 28% alpaca, 30% acrylic; colour #014 (anthracite), dye lot #85459
Pattern: Morgan by Anne Kuo Lukito in Knitty Fall 2008 issue
Modification: I had to add more snap buttons on each side near the base of the peak because of the softness of the yarn and my gauge, the crown gets pulled back and puckers in a weird way. I also sew the buttons through to the top of the hat, otherwise it will just totally puffs up and look weird.

So, yes, my written exams are over more than a week ago. They were all horrible, and I think I did absolutely miserable on the last two, especially the last one....it was catastrophic. But well, I don't want to talk about it, because I can't do anything about it any more and so I'm resorting to the wait and see strategy.

Anyway, I started knitting Morgan shortly before my exams...probably out of sheer frustration with the studying. I finished the cap on the evening after I've written my second to last exam.

Emil Clapotis [190:366, 08.09.2008], originally uploaded by elemmaciltur.

Start: 24th March 2008
Finish: 07th September 2008
Yarn: Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Sockenwolle, 100% Superwash Merino in Emil
Needles: 4.5 mm - 80 cm Addi Lace
Pattern: Clapotis by Kate Gilbert from Knitty Fall 2004

Hey there. I thought I better blog now before the onslaught that's my (final) diploma exams begin next week. Couple of things I want to share here, so let's start off with an FO.

After I finished my first Clapotis (which I still need to send off), I embarked upon knitting myself one to use as a scarf. The malheur happened when I saw the finishing line. I ran out of yarn.

The Wollmeise was kind enough to send me yarn in order for me to finish this project...and now it's waiting here for the cooler weather, so that I can wear it. I didn't block this Clapotis out that much, so that it will retain its wave and so the scarf looks more like a ribbing where there are dropped stitches.