Tuesday 28 January 2014

I Caught A Rainbow

Right now we are drowning in snow. I simply do not like to be snowed in and have to shovel snow every other hour to just get outside.

Well, enough about that awful winter - nothing to do about that. Other than knitting and drink hot coffee.

As you can see I managed to get my latest scarf photographed before the blizzards. It is, no wonder, another hitchhiker scarf. With a variegated yarn in rainbow colors it simply works perfect.

So does the fact that it is mindless, easy to take with me and actually is fun to knit as well.

I have never tried Shibui yarn before. It was certainly about time getting that on my needles. They have all these wonderful colors just crying to be knitted.

I used up four skeins of the color Spectrum, and one skein of the color Anime. I wanted to combine those two and found them to be a perfect match.

I used the most of the Spectrum before starting on the Anime and mixed in some rows of the spectrum to add some more life with a few stripes.

I am excited about these colors and the yarn was nice to knit with. It got really soft after a round in soak.

Now lets see - we are promised a lot more snow the next week. We are promised a lot of wind as well. That means snow shoveling, traffic chaos and a long wish for summer. I just want to knit and forget all about those promises...

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in in an invincible summer
Albert Camus

The Stitch Story
Yarn: Shibui Knits Sock, colors Spectrum and Anime
Needle: 2mm
The little extra: Glass beads, tassels
Pattern: Hitchhiker
My Ravelry Page: The Spectrum

28 comments:

  1. You sure did, and what a beautiful and warm rainbow it is!
    We haven't gotten any real snow here, but oh man, it is ever so cold and windy. I am ready for warmer days now.

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    1. Thank you so much Nina Lise!!! Well, aren´t you the lucky one!!! Yes, let it be warmer now!!

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  2. God morgen til deg! Herlig sjal i skjønne farger som alltid ifra deg! Her er det ikke snø, men det blåser og blåser…. ha en fin tirsdag, klem fra meg

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    1. God morgen!!! Tusen takk!!! Jeg kan sende litt snø om du vil - vi har mer enn nok :-) Ha en god dag du også med en klem fra meg!!

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  3. I really love your shawl - beautiful colours, a promise for the coming summer!
    (and here winter did not come at all, so it means rain, rain, rain)

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    1. Thank you so much Jeanet!!! It is a good thin though that it is not snowing!!! Lucky you!!

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  4. Hei Lone
    Enda et nydelig sjal med din signatur på. Liker måten sjalet er designet på, asymetrisk. Blir så fint å tulle rundt halsen, der fargene blander seg så fint i hverandre. Fin match du har der.
    Ja, snø..........hater det jeg også! Her har det kommet så mye. Jeg har fri fra jobb i dag, men må nok ut å måke litt i dag. Ellers står det strikking på tidsplanen, for det har det ikke blitt så mye av den siste uken.MÅTTE bare starte opp et nytt prosjekt i går...ho ho.....klarte ikke holde meg lengre.
    Ha en fin HVIT dag, og lykke til med måkingen. Klem

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    1. Tusen takk Sylvia - jeg tenker liksom ikke over at jeg har en signatur. Men jeg ser jo det når du sier det :-) Oi oi- nytt prosjekt - herlig!! Gleder meg til å se!! God hvit dag til deg også med klem fra meg!!

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  5. Fantastic combination, I love that you didn't use the two colours in a 50/50 ratio but rather 1/5 ratio, it makes such an interesting combination. Gorgeous to keep you warm while you showel the dreaded snow

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  6. The colors are really lovely together! Some posts back you showed a scarf you knitted half one color, half another that looked like two colors when worn. It inspired me to try to create one using some leftover yarn I had. It came out nice--nothing as professional as yours, but if I every get a free moment this week, I'll show it on my blog!

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    1. Thank you so much Debbie!! Wow, I love that you told me that!! Can not wait to see it - I bet it is gorgeous!!

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  7. Sikke en lækker effekt, med den ene farve til sidst. Den skal jeg huske. Der står faktisk et nøgle Kauni ovre i hjørnet, der skal blive til et hitchiker. Det bliver nok her i foråret.
    Knus Dorte

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    1. Tusind tak Dorte!!! Nå, det er godt at have Kauni i hjørnet!!! Har strikket et i Kauni og det blev vildt lækkert!!!

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  8. Nydelig sjal!! Så flotte farger i garnet!! Det varmer sikkert godt i vinterkulda! Kos deg med all snøen! ;-)

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  9. Gorgeous!!!!! You are brilliant girl! Seriously, you are so talented! Snow shoveling?? Well, we could have a contest on who is shoveling more? LOL! Big Warm Hugs ;o)

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    1. Thank you so much Stacy!!!! I know, that would be some contest... Please sent some spring my friend!!!!! Warm hugs to you too!!

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  10. Å, så fint! Herlige farger!
    Og lykke til med snømåkinga! Har måkt i flere timer i dag... :-(

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    1. Tusen takk Anne!!! Ja, huff så mye det kommer ned. Har litt mer sans for ferdigmåket snø....

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  11. Så herlige farger det var i dette sjalet! Likte godt at du har laget det mer rødt i den ene enden og turkis i den andre. Det ga en spennende effekt. Her laver det ned, ser ikke ut som det skal ta noen ende dessverre. Heldigvis måker gubben :)

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    1. Tusen takk Vibeke!! Ja, det er litt gøy å leke med farger!!! Ja, nå kommer mildværet så da blir det sørpeføre så det holder!!!! God helg!

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  12. Så herlige farger. Et sjal å bli glad av det der.

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  13. Det er så fint! Du er en farvemester uten like :)

    Her oppe i nord koser jeg meg med OL for tiden, og på pinnene er det votter i lange baner :) Er for en gangs skyld i gang med tidlig julegavelaging :)

    Klem fra nord :)

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    1. Tusen takk Desirée!!! Så imponerende å være igang med julegavelaging allerede!!!!!

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