st. alba

as you all know there are a few things in life that inspire me. among those alba and knitting so i have knitted a lot for her since she was born. and when her mum asks her, who do we know who knit, she promptly answers: merete knits. she is even starting to request things. i gave her mum the bookmark scarf and alba said: i want one too.

this year i have been very interested in cables which have resulted in different cabled knits. among those i enjoyed to knit both st. brigid and na craga enourmously. hence i will knit another st. brigid for my sister soon. but while waiting for the yarn to arrive from outer hebrides i decided to knit an alice starmore inspired sweater for little alba. when i order yarn abroad i normally order generous amounts and therefore i had enough left of beaverslide worsted for a sweater for a child. and even for a hat.

i used all my starmore literature to find the cables i wanted to knit and put it all together, my way. i thought the heart cable is so cute for a little girl, i am in love with the aran braid and the sand stitch is a great pattern. the rib is called knotted rib and is really lovely and fun to do. the neck line is inspired by na craga with 5 rounds of knitting after the ribbing.

i hope she will wear it a lot. she is as sweet as pie in it. in my opinion.

knitting stats:

3 skeins of beaverslide worsted in the colourway lichen

needles no 4½mm

the thing is knitted in 4 pieces and then seamed.

the measurements are based on ez eps however.

in the meantime

what can a girl do when waiting for a new kit in a different colour for st. brigid. yes my sister is in line for one and is having her birthday pretty soon. so i will give her the knitting, and maybe the yarn.

i have knitted first one koolhaas in malabrigo (rain forest).

then another (in debbie bliss donegal luxury tweed)

and then i embarked on a alice inspired knitting project for alba.

and then i knitted a cardigan type of thing for my niece.

and then i was left with a lot of seaming and a lot of darning to do. never mind. it will be done.

the nice thing is that i have finally tried jared's wonderful pattern. such a nice detailed pattern that is, and i still have to make the perfect koolhaas for me. but there are a few hats for the gift drawer now.

i used ten skeins of yorkshire tweed chunky and the rest of the beaverslide left from my first saddle shoulder aran.

which means there is plenty of space for new yarn for new winter projects. without me having to feel guilty to get yarn all the time.

and did i mention that i crocheted something today. crochet used to interest me a lot and i even wrote a paper about the crocheted kippah back in 89. and today i crocheted again from noro left overs.

here are pictures of the hats and a sneak peak of the alice sweater for alba. the rest i will present in my next post.

it has been great fun and a change to do one skein projects. i could easily get addicted, though.

and more than anything. thanks for all your lovely and kind comments on st. brigid. i can hardly wait for autumn to arrive.