En ting, der også er kommet ud af årets mange (og lange) hjemmearbejdsperioder er trangen til at strikke til mig selv igen – og til at få flyttet på de ufærdige projekter, der driver den af på pindene.

Et af de langtidsparkerede er min luksusversion af Perlesøstre i det skønneste håndfarvede garn fra Norne Yarn (farven er en specialfarve i Tits Out Collective, hvilket morede mig usigeligt da jeg var fuldammende mor på tidspunktet og følte at brysterne var fremme nærmest hele tiden). Jeg startede på den som adventsprojekt for næsten et år siden, men den tog aldrig rigtig fart, fordi jeg hele tiden havde på fornemmelsen, at det ikke rigtig fungerede.

One effect of the many (and long) periods of working from home has been the urge to knit for myself again – and to finish some of the hibernating projects that have been languishing on my needles.

One of the semi-comatose projects has been my luxury version of Pearl Sisters in the loveliest yarn from Norne Yarn (the colourway is a special edition in the Tits Out Collective, which amused me as I was fulltime breast feeding at the moment, and felt like I literally had my tits out all the time). I cast on for the sweater as an advent project last year, but never really got anywhere, as I had a lurking feeling that something was off and didn’t work.

Problemet var at for at ramme strikkefastheden ville “stoffet” blive meget løst og skrøbeligt. Så jeg pillede op og grublede lidt. Heldigvis var løsningen nær, for i et besøg i Garnvärk havde jeg set deres nye helt tynde følgetråde af hør. Når jeg holder hørtråden sammen med luksusgarnet fra Norne Yarns bliver resultatet næsten magisk. Stadig blødt og lækkert og skinnende, men også fastere og med mere hold i det strikkede.

The problem was that to get gauge (that most important of things) the resulting fabric would be pretty loose and fragile. So I frogged it and set to thinking. Luckily the solution was close by. During a visit at Garnvärk I had spotted their new thin yarn in flax for holding together with other strands. When I hold a strand of the thin flax yarn together with the luxury yarn from Norne Yarns, the result is almost magical. The fabric is still soft and luxurious and with the shine of the silk, but it now has more of a hold and feels more sturdy.

Jeg er i gang med at strikke mig ned ad kroppen – og det har også taget lidt tid for glatstrikning er ikke altid min kop te, når der er sjovere projekter i nærheden. Men nu skal det være! Jeg vil ikke love mig selv noget (for det er for dumt at ærgre sig over selvopsatte deadlines), men hvor ville det være skønt at have den klar til juleferien. Mangler kun et par ærmer og 10 cm krop, så mon ikke det kan lade sig gøre?

I am knitting my way down the body – it has taken more time than it should as stockinette stitch isn’t always my cup of tea when more enticing projects becon. But now is the time! I won’t promise myself anything (it would be too stupid to make a promise that I may not end up keeping), but it really would be lovely to have a new sweater in time for the holidays. It only needs 10 cm on the body and a couple of sleeves, so it should be doable, right?