30 March 2008

Final Sweden Update

I still have the head cold from Hell but have risen from my sick bed to update my blog and my Ravelry page with my yarn purchases in Sweden. I found one of the yarn shops, Deisy Design, that had been suggested to me by the Swedish Knitters group on Ravelry and bought 2 skeins of the most gorgeous yarn:




You cannot tell from the picture, but it is blend of metallic, mohair, wool, polyamid, polyester and acrylic. So it has all these neat textures and colour changes! I am thinking scarves!

Next is just some sock yarn that I also bought there, Fabel Superwash and just because I liked the colours:



Speaking of socks, I finished the pair I was working on during the flight over and at the skating. After the Jumbotron and Euro Sport TV clips of me knitting during the skating, I left my socks at the hotel and didn't knit again until our trip home! So I finished them on the plane from Stockholm to Chicago and started the HandMaiden sock yarn ones in the same pattern again. Boring I know but I have it memorized and I like the short row heels and that is my last pair for a while.





On the non knitting end of things, we did have a wonderful trip and although we were only in Stockholm for 2 days we managed to get a lot done. One of the highlights would be the Vasa Museum. Having heard so many things about this museum, I must say I was not one bit disappointed. It really is amazing and well worth a visit if anyone goes to Stockholm!

I am going to rest my head and stuffy nose and sore throat!

Bye bye for now!

3 comments:

lexa said...

The new yarns will make great scarves, very pretty. Nice color Fabel, too. The socks turned out nice. I think I'll try that pattern the next time I knit a pair with the bamboo. (Mine washed and wore really nice, I'm impressed.) Hope you feel better soon!

Landerson said...

Hope your feeling better soon:)

Frieda said...

Love your new socks , especially the Handmaiden sock yarn ones , such a pretty shade of blue . Nice wooly souvenirs of your trip to Sweden. Hope you feel better soon !

 

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