As I wrote earlier, we are moving back to Sweden in August. Yesterday I started packing some of my yarn, and checking my UFOs. Let me introduce my unfinished friends!
Some of you may recognise this tank top, she has appeared here with alarming regularity without ever coming close to the finishing line. This is the Microfiber Sangria, with roots in 2002, changes in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Will this be the Year of the Sangria? Somehow I doubt it.
This is one of the projects born from the Phildar "Chanel" failure. The links to Phildar's site don't work anymore, so I can just tell you that I realised that the suggested colour scheme in the pattern was the only one that could possibly work. Unfortunately, this discovery came after I had spent a lot of money on yarn in incompatible shades. The overwhelming fluorescent green of the Clapotis yarn was a warning sign I ought to have noticed, but I suppose I was ill that day. The funnel neck sweater will probably be used as a warning sign on days when it is wise to keep some distance.
This is part two of the "Chanel" rescue operation; the White stripes cardigan with transparent opulent stripes of gold through the white terry-like fabric. If I ever fit into the finished thing, I bet some cold hard euros that I will look approachable. Snuggle up...
Some time ago, the world of online knitters was swept away by Annie Modesitt's
Circular shrug for Vogue knitting. (I'm not involved in this knitalong, but they have some nice variations of the shrug.) I used the pattern to get rid of some oddballs from my stash. My niece was supposed to get it for Christmas, but I lost a ball of dark blue yarn and the process stalled. I have knit it on 80 cm circulars, and last night I put it on a (long) piece of string for the first time. I think it might be worth the effort to continue, although the dark blue vanished.
This is a cardigan for a pretty girl called Olga who needs something soft and pink right now.
The pink yarn is Phildar's Cecilia, and the multicoloured is a ball of Louisa Harding's Kimono Angora, from my February trip to London. I'm happy I could match the Cecilia so well, from memory!
This project (Phildar yarn again, this time "Peluche") started last Easter and was ment for my son Jonas. It still fits, but it will soon be too short. Finish or abandon? We'll see. He is a cuddly boy, so he might like the sweater.
I finished knitting this shawl quite some time ago, but I have never worn it. Why? Well, it has a gazillion yarn ends that need to be taken care of. It is a stash buster, I used remains from ancient projects (some of it are leftovers from a baby sweater I made for my now 25 years old youngest sister, picking bits and ends from my mother's stash...)
To make the list complete, I added my on-going socks. Missing from the list: a fair-isle potholder in black and charcoal, a
thing called Chérie for Magknits. I feel an over-whelming urge to start something new, but my plan is to pack away all but the UFOs. Wish me good luck!
Finally,
a finished object. A blanket for my newest little niece, who still has a long way to go before she can leave the hospital.
One of the knitters on the Swedish mailing list Sticklistan suggested that I include a cable in the shoulder seams. This was a top-down knitting, and I think the cable hid the raglan increases beautifully. (I think it was Heidi who tought me how to make he increases less visible, I hope I kept the e-mail somewhere...)
I knit a cable along the front edge, and let it continue up through the garter stitch collar. I don't know if I should have done the same thing with the raglan cables. I knit an applied icord on the front edges. I still haven't decided if I'll sew in a zipper or just continue to wear it with a flower pin. 
Finally, the bottom of the hill. I decided to end with garter stitch to prevent rolling and to match the neck. I added cables in the "side seams" (it turns out I like cables, I thought I didn't!) and let them continue through the garter stitch edge. 
