Topic: nordic knitting
I am just about all packed and ready for the Rip Van Winkle Knitting Retreat next weekend. So ready, that my mind is drifting towards the Next Big project.
I have been planning a Nordic sweater for about 10 years. Along the way, I have dabbled with Nordic designs in my patterns to see what I like. I like vertical patterns, and I also like "licing". This is tricky to combine, but I'm working on it. My favorite design to date hails from the Faroe Islands:
. No licing in that one, but it's brewing. Those Faroese knitters don't lice...but they make a real pattern out of filling space. Simple and effective. But, not lice.
I peruse the 'Net hunting for pictures of what I like and I have a folder of them on my desk. I was just at Ann's Sheepshots blog(since she was so nice to send me a note about the bunnies on BareHare, and she has the cutest little hat pattern posted on April 12 sporting Truly Nordic stuff.
It's all good.
The Nordic Sweater that is brewing will be made with Heilo and I have 46 colors I am looking at out in the shop. Hard to decide. But, I always make a hat to get started, and the week after the retreat will see me embarking on one.