Speedy knitting

I knit this hat in two days. I cannot recommend that if you want to prevent sore fingers and stiff shoulders. But it was so much fun to see the pattern evolving and the colours changing. I just wanted to finish this, so I can gift it to a friend. I think she will like the vibrant colours and I hope she will enjoy wearing it this winter (it's too warm to wear it now).

Purple Lace Cardigan

I'm working on a lace cardigan with purple cotton yarn from Scheepjes. The pattern I unvented from a store-bought cardigan, which I used for inspiration. I am knitting the sleeves flat, because I could not get gauge when knitting them in the round.

The cardigan is knit in the round from the bottom up. I will join the sleeves to the body and finish with raglan decreases.

Handwerkbeurs Zwolle 2010

I've been to the fair in Zwolle today. I've been there all day long, helping out one of the vendors when necessary and look around in the morning and at the end of the afternoon.

Sitting at the knitting table of the Dutch Knitters was fun. You get to meet and talk to a lot of nice people. And everybody is knitting, looking how other people knit, learn new techniques or just enjoying themselves.

Both sides of the table were very busy at times.

Nancy Marchant was present too. Her new book was on sale at the fair and she signed my copy for me.

Finished a sweater

Finally it is finished. It has been sitting in my WIP pile for a while, because the yarn was very splitty. It is soft enough, but it will not unravel when necessary.

I am very pleased that it is finished now, and it looks really nice.

The yarn made it into a lovely cardigan

Here a detail of the decreases of the sleeve.

And this is one of the pockets. Very simple and looks good too.
I'm very happy with my cardigan, it fits nicely and I really like wearing it. It keeps me warm when it is cold.