There has a long time been no blogging. The reason for this is a ulna plus syndrom that made it very hard to do any serious creative activity.
In short, this means that the ulna—one of the two bones in the forearm—was slightly too long in relation to the other bone, the radius. This can cause a great deal of pain. Initially, an arthroscopy was performed, but it had little or none result. Nearly a year later (September 2026), a 0.5 cm section was removed from the middle of this bone, and a plate was attached. Now, 8–9 weeks later, it actually appears that the problem has been resolved and I am picking up all the knitting, crocheting and coloring that is on my desk again. Since this surgery concerned my left and dominant hand it was a bit rough.
In the meantime, there are some projects that are finished looong time ago and since blogging was not a priority then, I thought I could show them off now.
The first one?
Well, that has to be my Anemone kofte / Anemone cardigan which has taken me – and I am NOT kidding- 5 whole years to finish!
I remember I had to visit Sidsel in her store on a Friday afternoon July 2021 because we were going on a summer holiday and I really really could not leave whithout a knitting project in these corona times…. Little did I know that it would take me 5 years to finish it 🙂 🙂
Following yarns are used:
Sølje: unbleached white – 100% wool
Vilje: red/orange yarn – 100% wool
Both yarns from HillesvĂĄg Ullvarefabrikk
Besides the knitting there is quite some amount of crocheting as well. All the borders have several rows of different crochet stitches to finish them off.
And…the cherry on top…
The front of the vest is embroidered with sequins at the heart of each anemone/flower.
❤️Was it a fun project?
Certainly
❤️Was it a chalenging projec?
The most challeging was to get the yarn tension right all of the time. I think I managed that part wel.
❤️Will I take on me another project like this again?
Most certainly. Besides this design of Sidsel I knitted 2 of her designs before: both the Erika cardigan and the Grey in Setesdal sweater.
I finished Erika in 2020, Grey in Setesdal was a project for my sister-in-law and was finished May 2021.
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