Sunday, October 04, 2009

New sweater

I'm trying to get a grab on the "project in work" basket. Hence a new day and a new project finished.

This one cannot be claimed to be an "UFO" as I started approximately a week ago.
The Wollmeise came out with a new color - Olio vergine - a color that was an instant love. I had to do something with it at once.

The sweater is based upon a pattern from issue 9 of the Knitter - the Lochalsh by Amanda Crawford. The pattern however calls for another yarn and needle 4. I wanted to use Wollmeise 100 og 80/20 and needle 2.5, hence I did not follow the pattern. Also I wanted longer sleeves.
The main part of the chart is however as in the original sweater except that I did us beads to mark the middle of the red "dots".
I also used beads in the middle in the black and red part and not a third color as stated in the pattern.

9 comments:

  1. Gorgeous!!! I love the colours.

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  2. Nydelig genser!! Må være litt av en jobb med så tynt garn og tynne pinner? Imponerende :-)

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  3. Nydelig genser, og jeg er imponert over at du har strikket den på så kort tid.

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  4. Denne var bare dritlekker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. Nydelig genser, imponerende å strikke så mye og så fint mønster på så tynne pinner på så kort tid!!

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  6. Åh, så underbart läcker den är! Helt fantastisk i både mönser och färg. Men vad annars, när det är du som gjort den ... :-)

    Ha det så jättegott!

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  7. Oh! That is a beautiful sweater!!! gosh!!

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  8. Gorgeous sweater! I love that you have modeled it to show how great it works with a casual or dressy look. Wonderful!

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  9. Kjempefin genser, i nydelige fargar.

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