Some evenings simply arrive all by themselves. Without being pushed, without being waited for. Like a stranger knocking at the door who turns out to have been an old friend all along. That is exactly how this baby cardigan slipped into the room, soft and brown, with its crocheted shawl collar like a little cheerful…
A little bird told me that my niece gets rather cold while working with the horses at the stable and could use a cardigan. The bird chirped today and about a week and a half later she had it. But to keep her legs warm too, I made warm knee-high socks in the same style.…
One day I was reminded that we were going to a birthday party. My sister’s son’s son was turning four. When I asked about a present, the first answer was that he did not need anything, then a little later that he likes cars and would be delighted with even the tiniest model. Right then,…
There is no getting away from it, the birthdays continue. Fortunately these are the last two in my family this year, my grandchildren. So the fingers have to keep moving. I went looking for an idea and once again landed on the Drops website. I found what I was looking for. I had already bought…
Once I got going with the knitting, I really went for it and knitted for everyone. Vests for the boys, a cardigan for my daughter-in-law, and then I suddenly got a strong urge to make something for myself too. I remembered that a very long time ago I had knitted myself a cardigan that I…
WAISTCOAT NUMBER ONE Poor as I am, I cannot afford to buy presents. But the children’s birthdays were coming up, so I decided to get my fingers moving and knit something. But what? For Christmas I made socks for all three of them, hats and neck warmers for the grandchildren, so what now? If I…
I started knitting the cardigan from the neckline. I cast on 56 stitches and knitted 6 rows in garter stitch. On row 7 I began the leaf pattern. The pattern repeat on the first row is 4 stitches. Once the leaves were finished, I added the blue yarn. I knitted 3 stitches in pink and…
A very long time ago, nineteen years ago to be exact, I knitted a set like this for my youngest son, and a year ago for my grandchild. I like it so much that when a colleague wanted a set for her grandchild, I decided to make the same kind again. The difference is that…
