Vårens vakreste eventyr

Mysteriesjalstrikkingen er i gang!

Men det er fortsatt mulig å slenge seg med, 

mønsteret til "Vårens vakreste eventyr" finner du her.

Noen har lurt på overgangen fra 1A til 1B. 

Det begynner altså med en sirkel, som så skal brettes i to, med rettsida ut. Så strikker man en maske fra hver av sidene sammen, så man får en halvsirkel med halvparten så mange masker. Dette er vrangrillen som ses på bildet under. Her har jeg så strikke første pinne av diagram 1B også. 

Ufovott2019 fortsatt i rute!

I joined Skeindeer's Christmas mystery 2018  - the mitten pattern Julenatt, but didn't manage to finish them until March 2019. That's not too bad, actually, it's definitely not the oldest mitten ufo I have... We'll see what April brings - I'm trying to finish one ufo pair of mittens each month of 2019. 

Christmas mitten 2016 - now available in English

Julevotten 2016 was a mystery knit along in Norwegian last December.

The pattern is now available in English too. 

Mystery solved

It has been such a pleasure to host this year's July Mitten Mystery with the lovely members of the I make mittens group on Ravelry!

Aínigma mittens - 145 projects on Ravelry now.

34 finished pairs in the finished objects thread.

That's where the prize drawing will be done. 

You have two more days to finish, 

prizes will be drawn on August 1st.

Here's my black and white experiment. 

It's a good way to check for contrast, 

but as you can see, it's not always right. 

You see the yellow quite well with the white, 

the b/w photo could have deceived you. 

Only the thumb missing

Thumbs up today!

Thumb's up today!

The mystery is over - happy knitting and finishing!

Ready for the mysterious top decreasing?

Clue #6 is up. 

Happy decreasing!

MMMM - mystery mitten main motif

Beginning to look like something, isn't it? Clue #5 is up today. 

Below you can see the old ornament that inspired clue #3 and clue #4.

This is found in the museum at Delphi. 

Greetings from Greece

Αίνιγμα

A Greek mystery.

Today clue #4 is up. Can't wait to see how all the mysterious mittens will be looking the coming days.

These are photos from the pavement in the Greek town Artemida. 

The bottom border was the inspiration for clue #2. 

Well begun is half done

Apparently, this is a quote from Aristotle.

Have you begun yet?

Clue #3 is ready for you. 

Join the fun on Ravelry.

As I write this, there are 125 projects on Ravelry. 

From Alaska to Australia, there are people knitting mittens.

Ready for some colourwork?

Clue #2 is up today!

Have fun!

You find the pattern on Ravelry.

Aínigma

En gresk gåte - A Greek mystery

Starting tomorrow!

You find the pattern on Ravelry.

Until end of June (today, that is!)
 you get 50% off when purchasing the pattern

Join the "I make mittens" group 

to participate in all the chatting and cheering. 

Have fun!

While waiting for the Mitten Mystery

(You are finishing ufo's, aren't you while waiting for the mystery? 

You know you should...

Oops, just cast on for a new sweater, did you?

No, I won't tell anyone!)

Here are some previous mystery mittens to inspire you while we're waiting: 

Den hemmelige hagen (The secret garden)

More versions on Ravelry.

En gåte på en måte

This was the first mystery in the I make mittens group. More here. 

Soria Moria Vott

Soria Moria Vott - to celebrate Vottelauget's first mitten e-book. Lots of mittens here. 

Julevotten 2016

Advent Mystery Mitten in collaboration with Vottelauget. 

Only in Norwegian - if time permits coming in English for next Christmas. See more here. 

En gresk gåte

Om en måned starter mysteriestrikk av votter på Ravelry! 

Votteinspirasjon finnes overalt, denne gangen fant jeg den i Hellas. En gresk gåte!

Mønsteret er både på norsk og engelsk, 

og fås kjøpt på Ravelry. Ut juni er det halv pris. 

Det er mye moro for 18 kroner!

Mysteriestrikk er gøy - bli med da vel!

Mitten news

I am teaching two mitten classes at Shetland Wool Week this year. 

Knitting the thumb gusset (places avaiable)  

and Design your own mitten (sold out)

In July, there will be a Mystery Mitten Knitalong on Ravelry, in the "I make mittens" group. I have designed the mysterious pattern, and it is test knitted as we speek. Stay tuned for more information!

Mystery revealed - welcome April

Last clue for the mystery KAL was up some days ago, and finished objects are popping up in the FO thread on Ravelry. Liv has blogged about her beautiful blue shawl, and "Lysstreif" has had fun with her green, stripy yarn. It's so fun to see the different colours and yarns - and it looks like people have enjoyed the KAL. I definitely have. I even finished my shawl!

My orange Wollmeise March shawl and my "Little red shawl in the forest", super soft in a gorgeous red. 

The pattern is now available as an ordinary pattern. 

Texture too!

I do a lot more stranded colourwork than textured knitting.

But for the mystery shawl it's all about texture. Today's clue encourages participants to come up with their own ideas.

In Clue #7 I did a mistake - I was supposed to do rows of eyelets, with 3 rows of knit in between, as in the top photo. Instead I workede eylets on every right side row. In this pattern it doesn't matter at all. Someone mentioned they liked the wrong side of the eyelet pattern better - I'm inclined to agree. Anyway - texture is a lot of fun too!

Risky business

Well, I did warn people that a mystery knitalong, where the pattern was not tested, nor written, was risky. And in clue 4 we did get some weird shapes. Luckily, someone noted it quickly and messaged me, and I was able to fix the error before everybody got weird looking shawls. And noone is complaining, just having fun, it seems. 

It was these elongated stitches (and my bad explanation) that complicated thins yesterday. But my Wollmeise colourway is lovely, isn't it?

And if you're going to Edinburgh, for EYF17 - say hello to Edinburgh for me, and have a lot of fun!

Mystery in March

From now on, you will find some posts in English and some in Norwegian - and my old blog in English will not be updated.

The first post in English is a mysterious one:
At Oslo Strikkefestival, I fell in love with a beautiful skein of red, fingering yarn from a French dyer - Les laines de l'écureuil, or Squirrel's yarn. I bought it and cast on immediately - for a scarf, or shawlette, that I made up as I went. I designed it so that could use every inch of the beautiful yarn. And since I was quite happy with process, and the result, I have decided to have some more fun with it:

I offer it as a free pattern in March - using the code MysteryinMarch - you get it free on Ravelry. It will be updated every now and then thoughout Marrc 2017.

Warning!
You enter this mystery at your own risk!
The pattern has not been test knitted, in fact, it is, at this moment, not even written....

But the design is quite simple, so I hope and believe this will work out by the end of March.
It's actually my 100th pattern on Ravelry - all the more reason to celebrate with a mystery.

So if you have a beautiful skein of fingering yarn, appr. 400 m, feel free to join.
Gauge and yardage is not crucial, you just cast off when you run out of yarn. My gauge is 20 sts in garter stitch in 10 cm, I used needles 2.5 mm, you might want to choose a larger needle, as knit quite loosely in garter stitch (ok, so there I revealed that there is some garter stitch involved in this pattern... but at this moment, I say no more).

Adventsmysteriet er i gang!

Vottelaugets adventsmysterium er i gang - men det er ikke for seint å bli med. 

Mønsteret finner du her. 

Prisen er kr 24 til og med i morgen, andre søndag i advent. 

Deretter går den opp til kr 36. 

Les mer på Vottelauget sin blogg, Eventyrlige votter, og hos Pinneguri.

Restefest i januar!

Er du med på Pinneguris restefest 2016? Det er jeg. Og festen har begynt ganske bra, syns jeg!

Lua Merrygoatround i "rundstrikkintarsia" .

Lua Merrygoatround i vanlig mønsterstrikk. 

Jeg fikk to plantafarga hesper av en strikkevenninne, og så hadde jeg noen plantefarga rester som jeg brukte til stripene, også en gave. Veldig fornøyd med dette skjerfet/halsen. 

Mysterievotten Mosaikk - versjon kjapp og tjukk.

Teststrikk av mysterievotten fra i fjor høst, i resteegarn fra Sjølingstadkofta, vist fram nå i januar. 

Første sekskant i langtidsresteprosjektet teppet Persiske drømmer.