Dameting - dress for me

I just love Geilsk tweed.

And I would like to do a bigger project than the small baby-grandchild stuff.

So I bought tweed, red, for me. Planning for a Christmas dress. 

Instead- this spring is so cold- that I wear the dress in May.

I love some of the details.

The neck....

Red dress for Yr

I was planning to knit a dress to Yr from Nøstebarn's pattern. But I was not a fan of the open back solution to an active little girl.

I wanted to use some of the New Zealand fine merino wool bought in November - StrikkehelgStavanger.

And I wanted to force myself to use the knitting machine - and calculate the size/and rewrite the pattern for my own benefit.

1) The dress curled! Where I did not want it to curl. And yes, it kept curling after wash ;-(

SO- I picked up the stiches at the bottom and knitted 5 cm in a simple hole pattern. No more curling.

2) The dress did not have pockets! Grandma's little friend told me that she needed pocket. One pockets added.

 3) Chose to have the garter stich side facing outwards.

Tunic or dress?

Lene Holme Samsøe has made this brilliand book with recipes for baby clothes - all are to be knitted with needles number 3. I totaaly fell for Bella baby and knitted the Tunic. But it was not exactly as I had envisioned it. A bit to narrow.

Bu I guess I was thinking more Dress than Tunic. So I gave this to a young colleague expecting a baby girl.

Then I started over - wanted the same start - but making it wider. I added some wedges- two in front at two in the back - at the same time as I kept the increase in the sides as described in the recipe. The result:? I am happy :-)

Sofie´s knitted dress

At the local knitting shop, Garnkilden, Sofie noticed a knitted dress in white, blue and black. She liked it, and asked if I could knit her one in wool, nice and warm for the winter. But she wanted different colors. She picked red, pink, white.

Well it was easy to knit, and a rather quick project. She has used it to school a lot, but now when the snow is covering the ground, it is back to jeans and warm sweathers.