J'avais ces petites clés trop chouchou, trouvées je ne sais où, que je gardais au chaud depuis des années.

Elles rendent trop bien en boucles d'oreilles 😍

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Knitting Adventures: Norne Jakke by Linda Orvedal Part II

After finishing the second sleeve rather fast, small 3 mm circulars are amazing for sleeves (i always use a smaller needle size for the sleeves), i then started with the last part of the cardigan, the neck band. Oh boy.

First i tried it as written in the instructions, pick up every other stitch around the neck edge, calculate how many pattern repeats you need and then knit the neckband onto the neck edge with the help of the picked up stitches. I tried it, but couldn´t get it right. Maybe i was to tired or just confused, but i decided to knit it separately.

At first it was great to knit something else than stockinette, but after a few pattern repeats it got a bit annoying. I ended up knitting 16 and a half repeats, but inbetween i blocked it and measured the length i had and the length i needed. It was a bit weird, because with the first try i calculated that i needed about 9 and a half. I guess it really makes a difference if you knit the neckband separate or onto the cardigan.

I think i have to look into different methods of casting off, because my edge always get a bit „stretched out“, although i try to cast off quite tightly. After finishing the neckband i blocked it with steam, worked fine with the cotton yarn. and then i wove in all ends…which there were many! Which is also a thing i have to look up, maybe i find a better way to weave in ends, because with cotton yarn, those tend to look quite weird and not definitely not perfect (but it is on the inside).

The last step was to sew the neckband onto the cardigan, which took forever, because i like to use a backstitch. After that i was finally finished. Started on the 10th of October and finished on the 29th of November…took me long enough.

I have now soaked it in some hot water and once it is dry, i will steam block it one last time.
This means one gift is finished.

I already started a new knitting project, which is again fingering weight yarn…but i think i will start another one, because i desire a project with bulky weight yarn. I just can´t knit two big garments in fingering weight, one after another.

Short blog post this week, but thank you for reading. Till next time!

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Encore des petites broderies en préparation pour le prochain marché !

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Our next #HitchinHackspace weekly open evening is on Monday 1st December.

We will be open from 19:30 until 22:00 to give folks who may be interested in what we do, and what facilities we can provide, a chance to come and have a look round and meet some of our members.
All are welcome. If you have ever wondered what we did to convert a derelict toilet into a hackspace, or what a "hackspace" is for that matter, come and have a look around.
If you like to create, make or craft things why not pay us a visit?
We have tools and equipment that cover a wide range of hobbies, crafts and technologies: woodwork, metalwork, electronics, laser cutting, vinyl cutting, sewing, 3D printing.....
Free tea, coffee and a biscuit or two.🫖☕🍪🙂
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