new pattern - mormor's shawl

For my Swedish grandmother I designed a new shawl, that I have called Mormor's Shawl. (Mormor in Swedish means grandmother).

I used a yarn that I had dyed with my daughters, knowing that she will enjoy the thought of it. It is nice to think that she will be wearing it very soon, a beautiful lady with white hair and deep blue eyes. A very special woman:)

To test the pattern I used the beautiful Adde-long I had used for the Revontuli, but since I did not have enough yarn I made a smaller version which will work very well this winter as a scarf.

Revontuli

I made my Revontuli and I am so happy. I love the colors (Thank you Azzuknits, Knitaly and Francesca for the gift and the inspiration). Now I only need winter ...a cooler weather to wear it on my black coat.

I knitted the last rows with the July Italian humid hot weather but I had to see the finished shawl...and now I can start a new project:)

Ho finito il mio Revontuli e sono felicissima. Adoro i colori (grazie Azzuknits, Knitaly e Francesca pe il meraviglioso regalo). Ora aspetto l'inverno...con il freddo potrò indossarlo sul mio cappotto nero.

Ho lavorato le ultime righe con il caldo umido degli ultimi giorni, ma volevo assolutmente vedere l'effetto dello scialle finito. E ora posso iniziare il mio prossimo progetto:)

Anna's Shoulder Wrap

I wanted a new shoulder wrap with armholes so I created this confortable pattern with a bamboo yarn I had bought at La Droguerie in Paris. I love to play with rectangles while designing and I am happy of the result of this wrap: it drapes loosely around the body and moves gently with the figure. Thanks to the crocheted edgings of the armholes, they are round even if worked as rectangles. This is a perfect project for beginners who want to adventure in a shoulder wrap or an easy evening project for the more experienced knitters.

little shrug

I made three of them...I started with the first one, for myself, I wanted a soft shrug....but then my dayghters had fallen in love with the red one made by Azzuka.... www.azzuknits.blogspot.com and they wanted the real one (as they said) ...so I knitted other two little shrugs...and now I want one two, that fits as it should...

liesl for a special occasion

I had been working on this project for a while...in between other projects...I also brought it on the beach during a family weekend...and I loved kintting it...it is for myself ....

Ho lavorato a questo progetto per un po'...era il progetto tra i progetti...l'ho anche portato in spiaggia durante un fine settimana al mare con la famiglia...mi è piaciuto come progetto...ed è per me...

Paris Shawl

Un fine settimana meraviglioso a Parigi con la famiglia e un indirizzo da andare a visitare, La Droguerie. La mia amica Azzuka (http://azzuknits.blogspot.com) mi aveva assicurato che sarei rimasta senza parole di fronte a tanta meraviglia. E così è stato...

Avevo lasciato tutti i progetti su cui stavo lavorando a casa, sarei riuscita a non usare i ferri e a sentire la lana scorrere tra le dita per tre giorni...invece no, ho comprato della meravigliosa Alpaca (quella nelle prime foto) e dei ferri di bamboo. La sera stessa, quando le bimbe si sono addormentate, ho iniziato a knittare una stola con un disegno da me creato e l'ho chiamato Emma's Paris Shawl.

Per verificare il modello ho usato un altro filato molto bello tinto a mano da una svedese, ChiliGredelin (www.chiligredelin.se).

A beautiful weekend in Paris with my family and a store to visit, La Droguerie. My friend Azzuka ( http://azzuknits.blogspot.com ) had told me that I would have fallen in love with the yarn... and it did happen...

I had left all my projects at home believing that I could stay some days without knitting. It wasn't true, I bought some incredible Alpaca (the one in the first pictures) and some bamboo needles. The same evening, when the girls had fallen asleep, I have started to knit this shawl designed by myself and I have called it Emma's Paris Shawl.

To test the pattern I have used another beautiful yarn hand-dyed by a Swedish woman, ChiliGredelin (www.chiligredelin.se)

Dishcloth

Ho creato questi due dishcloth nei miei colori preferiti per una persona speciale che si chiama Mary Ann per un Tea Swap. Mi sono divertita a inventare il pattern e a strutturare il modello, i filati morbidi e piacevoli hanno aiutato (per non parlare dei colori che mi riempiono di gioia al solo sguardo).

Il Clapotis...quasi finito...ma fa ancora troppo caldo. I colori sono stupendi, sono felice di come si sta srotolando la matassa.

I have created these two dishcloths in my favorite colors for a very special person, Mary Ann, for a Tea Swap. I enjoyed myself in designing and knitting the pattern, the soft and lovely cotton yarns helped (and of course the colors, that make me happy by just looking at them).

The Clapotis...I have almost finished it, but it still too hot...but the colors are beautiful and I am happy for how it is working out the yarn.