tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192244362011-04-21T14:19:29.543-07:00I haven't knitted a lot...but these are the things that I think have turned out well...kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09789741705154101797noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19224436.post-1132991625348111212005-11-25T23:51:00.000-08:002005-11-26T00:11:11.510-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/1600/DSCF2027.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/320/DSCF2027.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />One day, I got this idea in my head that I needed a scarf. Strike that...I needed THE scarf. The scarf that would go with everything that I planned to make for myself this fall. So...off into my SUV I went, TMO in tow, to my friend <a href="http://seekimknit.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-yarn-new-yarn.html"target="_blank">Chris' shop</a>. <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/1600/DSCF2029.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/200/DSCF2029.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />There it was...THE yarn to make THE scarf....handpainted, handspun Manos del Uruguay in the Prairie (#104) colourway. This little ensemble is what I wore over to a friend's place for dinner the other week. I tried to do that whole "take your own picture in the bathroom mirror" thing...but couldn't get it to work. My dressform is more accommodating.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19224436-113299162534811121?l=seekimknitthegood.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09789741705154101797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19224436.post-1132991143632642612005-11-25T23:23:00.000-08:002005-11-25T23:49:36.396-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/1600/74-11-2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/320/74-11-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo from www.garnstudio.com" /></a><br />I love free pattern sites, and last year I ran across the free site <a href="http://garnstudio.com"target="_blank">Garnstudio</a>. At that time, all of their patterns (and there are HUNDREDS on this site) were offered in Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian, which made sense, since it is a Scandinavian company. But I just loved this little tank top, that I have pictured. It was even the perfect colour to go with some Anna Sui silk that I had. So, I printed off the pattern, and thought, "I can knit this." Ordered some <a href="http://secure.elann.com/productdisp.asp?NAME=Endless+Summer+Collection+Lara&Season=&Company=&Cat=ALLY&ProductType=5&OrderBy=&Count=25"target="_blank">Endless Summer Collection Lara</a> in a dusty rose colour (that they don't have any more), and got set to knit myself a tank top.<br /><br />Did I mention the pattern was in Norwegian?<br /><br />Did I mention that I am not Norwegian, nor have I ever studied the language?<br /><br />But...all was not lost. I found a crib sheet of knitting terms translating Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish into English, so...how hard could that be?<br /><br />And then I took my project to the monthly Knitting Guild meeting. Although everyone said I was very ambitious for taking on such a project...I got some funny looks. Especially when I took the almost-completed sweater back the next month, and new people saw it. <br /> <br />One woman commented, "Oh...So you know how to speak Norwegian?" <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/1600/DSCF2013.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/200/DSCF2013.jpg" border="0" alt="I can be so unoriginal sometimes..." /></a><br /><br />"Nope, not a word." <br /><br />"Um...then how can you knit a Norwegian pattern?" <br /><br />"Oh...see, I have this little knitting dictionary, and it's not really hard...you mostly go by the measurements that they give you..."<br /><br />The woman looked at me like I was slightly off my nut. <br /><br />Well, it sounds like TMO is finally asleep (I think she's going to be an insomniac like me), so I can safely take some pictures without her coming into the study asking, "Hiya Mommy...what you doing?" (her latest favourite question).<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/1600/DSCF2021crop.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3006/1773/320/DSCF2021crop.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>So this is one outfit that I had in mind when I saw the Great Norwegian Pattern. I got the Anna Sui silk for the skirt from <a href="http://sawyerbrook.com"target="_blank">Sawyerbrook</a>. The pattern is Simplicity 5914. I underlined the upper portion (to where the flare starts) with silk organza, to reduce wrinkling, and lined it completely with silk habotai. I love this skirt pattern; it has such great movement when you walk. See...I DO actually sew...it just took a while to actually get to talking about it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19224436-113299114363264261?l=seekimknitthegood.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09789741705154101797noreply@blogger.com1