F.O. Spring Sun

Pattern: Girasole by Jared Flood (Ravelry)
Source: Ravelry Pattern store
Materials: Cascade Eco+
Amount: A little over 3 full skeins, approximately 1500 yards or 1400 metres
Needles: 5.0 mm circulars
Finished Dimensions: Didn't measure, but the size is quite big

Started: 10.04.2009
Finished: 22.10.2009



This thing was a love affair from start to finish. I can't even begin to find the words for how much I love this project. It's been in constant use even before it was completely finished. After finishing roughly half of the knitted on border I finished the rest while basking in the warm glory of this gorgeous project.



I have an affinity for lace knitted with thick yarn on large needles, so naturally, when BrooklynTweed blogged about it I had to have one. I pretty much bought the pattern on the spot, but I didn't find the right yarn right away. But when WEBS had a sale of Cascade Eco wool, a yarn I had been wanting to work with for quite a while, I knew it was destiny.

I cannot possibly praise the pattern enough, it was entertaining without being tedious, simple enough to keep being knitted even while watching some television. It looks incredible and very impressive when finished, but doesn't actually require you to tear out your hair to complete it.

And the yarn, the yarn is fabulous. Cascade Eco wools are my new comfort yarn. Something to knit when I'm feeling blue or not good about myself or the world. It's soft and durable, doesn't seem to pill and it's wool, gorgeous wool. I could wax poetic about wool all night.

F.O. Brown Baby Hoodie

Boy, it's been a while hasn't it? But I'm doing a whole whack of finished objects, so that should make up a little for the lost time.

Starting with the oldest undocumented one; Sandnes Mandarin Baby hoodie



Pattern: 0805-7 E by Lene Holme Samsøe (Ravelry)
Source: Moda 6/2008
Materials: Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino
Amount: 6 balls, only a wee little bit left over from the last skein.
Needles: 2.0 mm circulars
Finished Dimensions: Didn't measure, but made the size 18-24 months

Started: 05.11.2008
Finished: 24.12.2008

This was knit for my brother-in-law's baby girl as a christmas gift. I have a thing about not liking to reserve certain colours to certain sex, but I wasn't entirely sure whether or not the parents would've been all right with my gifting a pale blue sweater to their daughter (pale blue because for some reason striking blondness runs rampant in my hubby's family, and I thought it would look great on her), so I opted for brown instead. Thankfully her mother went wild because everyone had been gifting their daughter with all pinks and the mother was frankly getting sick of it. :D

This was very fun knit and despite the fine gauge went very fast. Because of the size it was very portable and therefore mostly knit on busses or waiting for something (most likely more busses). It has apparently seen quite a lot of wear since. I finished it on the way to my hubby's childhood home so just in time for gifting.

Unbelievably the yarn has stood the test of time. I've had pretty bad experiences with loads of pilling on other Debbie Bliss Cashmerino yarns, but a year later this one had virtually no pilling. Kudos for that.