Monday, March 10, 2014

Winter is here

First thing made for me this year (well second if you count the beanie I made and haven´t shown you).  I finally finished it yesterday, but the weather was not really in the same birthday mood as I was, so these pictures will have to do.


There is no pattern, just a simple raglan sweater, made from Mohair silk from Sandnes, and Einband.  These two make a lovely combination. 





apart from the weather I got some really nice birthday presents, like the Sjónabók (700 pages of  patterns and ornamets from Iceland, these charts are from the 17th, 18th and the 19th century).



And I also got another pattern book, this one is from Faroe Islands, and a bit different than the Icelandic book, more graphic and simple patterns, but some are similar, but the Faroe island patterns are more simple.



I love both my new books, and I already have a lot of ideas, but this 24 hours a day thing is not working in my favor right now.

4 comments:

  1. Happy birthday! The sweater looks smashing, both cosy and warm. And lucky you, nice books, lots of inspiration in those, I can imagine. Bente

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  2. Happy Birthday!
    Great sweater love the simple design
    I also have the pattern book from Faroes and I use it quite often

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