Mm, det skulle ju vara snyggt att ha den i pannan faktiskt.

Yes, well... If you look at my blog post from October 2009 you´ll understand why my time in the Wollmeise shop was somewhat limited. Still, I did manage to buy some yarn for myself and a friend, so I didn´t come away empty handed. Afterwards I regretted not buying more, of course. I can´t blame this failure on anything – I was stone sober.

Jag som trodde att du skulle vilja adoptera mig så att du kunde vara mammaledig en vända till ;-) Och visserligen lever jag fortfarande på att jag blev frågad om leg på systemet när jag hade fyllt 40, men sedan dess har rynkor och dubbelhakor mångdubblats i en imponerande fart. Så jag har lagt ner det där med att vara 27...

Tack Astrid! Boken om vantar från Bunad måste jag köpa. Håndplagg-boken har jag redan. Jag brukar titta i den nästan varje kväll innan jag ska somna. Då får man vackra drömmar. ;-)

Thank you, Mary! It warms my heart to hear that you like my blog. As soon as the pattern is ready it will probably be available at The Loopy Ewe. But there are still no thumbs... I´ve been too lazy over the weekend.

Thanks, Geri! I do have the Selbuvotter book, but I´ll check the others out.

Thank you, Chris! I thought I would be a good girl and knit the thumbs last night – but it turned out that I was too lazy ;-) I´m knitting on the matching hat and it´s so easy.

Ja, du har nog rätt i att det räcker med Britta. Jag tycker verkligen om det namnet. Undrar när små flickor börjar döpas till Britta igen? Kul att du vill sticka ett par av mina vantar. Jag ska försöka ta itu med tummarna – och sedan kan jag mejla dig när mönstret är klart.

Thank you, Carolina! I remember that you were one of the first people that I friended on Ravelry, because of your beautiful nether garments. Johanne

Elise says thank you for all the birthday wishes! The yarn in my scarf is a handdyed Swedish yarn called Färgkraft (Colour Power) and the pattern is the plain old Flower basket, that I really love.

No, it´s the sweater – I promise you. It hides all the lumps! But thank you.

Thank you for de-lurking, Rina! I love discovering who might be reading this blog. And what a nice comment it was, too!

Thank you, Tenna! I think I´ll make the bottom the same as on another sweater that I have, with a picot edge and a facing. I´ll see if that will work. And I´d quite like to have some pattern on the neckband, even if a ribbing always look nice. At first I was going to have the same border as on the bottom of the sweater, but I think it will be too big. But I still need to knit a second sleeve, so I have some more time to think about it.

Oh, I´m so glad to see that someone likes the poor black hat. I´ve taken to wearing all the time so it wont feel sorry for itself. A mother loves all her children. And the pattern is almost ready, just a few finishing touches needed!

Thank you, Tenna! That´s great to hear. I have to confess that I´ve been a bit lazy over the holidays. I also started knitting a few last minute Christmas gifts so now I´m a bit behind my schedule. It will be my New Year´s resolution to write up the pattern asap, though.

Hi Tenna! I make a thumb gusset. I increase the mitten by approximately 15 stitches that make plenty of room for the thumb. When the mitten is finished I remove the waste yarn, pick up the stitches for the thumb on the top and bottom, plus and extra on each side and knit the thumb. It´s real easy. But I still put off doing it for as long as possible because I´m so lazy!

Hej Fríða! Så fantastiskt att ha en bloggläsare från Island! Vilken fin blogg du har. Och Ivar stickar som en gud. /Johanne

Hi Anna! Thank you so much – I´m still working on the patterns. The biggest problem is the lack of daylight to take good photographs in. But soon it will start getting lighter again.

Jag ser ett besök i en viss garnbutik inom en snar framtid... Men så är jag ju också lite synsk!

The number at the top is actually 08. That is because this pattern was also a free pattern for the members of the Swedish knitting community "Sticka". Last week there was a "Mitten Event" about regional patterns and I decided to make a "Stockholm mitten". 08 is the prefix for telephone numbers in the Stockholm area and also a nickname for us who live there. And because rats are so common in a big city like Stockholm I thought it would be suitable to make a mitten all call it "08-rat". In Swedish it even rhymes: "08-råtta".

Haha, den beskrivningen skulle jag vilja läsa! 2009/10/1

Yes, it looks marvellous!It´s a real honour to have someone knit a pattern of mine in Wollmeise. A match made in heaven – don´t you agree ;-) 2009/9/21