I fell in love with this pattern when I first saw it on VOGUEknitting at the beginning of the summer. At that time, if I bought the yarns in Stockholm, the cost of total yarns to make this stole would go up to 400kr. Yeah, that would be way expensive for an unnecessary accessory for myself. Then I put the idea behind, and hoped I could find something similar with decent price in China later in September. Surprisingly, who knows I found very nice yarns (from DALE) at equally nice price (20NOK/hank) in a place with probably the highest living standard in the world - Stranda in Norway.
Just in case you don't know, a knitwear from DALE costs more than 2000 Norweigian kronor! Now you should understand how happy I am with the deal.Unfortunately, the progress of this project is not impressive at all. With the problem of my lower back, I coudn't work for more than 1, at most 2 hours; and with the preparation for the coming China trip, I barely found time to knit. Now it looks like this:
Not too bad, ah!? Hope it will become better after blocking. The white string is the "lifeline" as they call it. It's impossible for me not to make mistakes when knitting. I put a lifeline everytime I finish the lace pattern in case there are mistakes I don't know how to correct. So with the lifeline, I can easily re-insert the needle back to the lifeline row, then unravel without worrying lose any stitches. This is a good method when doing a complex pattern. Thank KnittingHelp for the practical tips. I strongly recommend this website for knitters, especially beginners. The best thing about this website is that all the knitting terms and techniques accompanied with videos.
Needless to say how famous ABBA is. The first time I listened to their music was probably at the age of five or six. It's pretty amazing how I remembered it. I clearly remember at that time, every weekend, my mother liked to play ABBA's music from a cassette on the sound system that my farther brought from U.S.A. As a matter of fact, all the ABBA's songs were also brought back by my farther from America. Because of that, I've always thought ABBA was an American singing group until I came to Sweden. Compared to Communist songs, their music was ear-opening. Time can never wash away great music. ABBA's music is still good and touching nowadays.I'm glad the original London cast of the musical Mamma Mia came to Stockholm, so that I can enjoy those classic songs with an entertaining story. How creative the playwright-Catherine Johnson is to come up with a theatrical story embedded with 24 of ABBA's great hits. Of course, Judy Craymer should not be forgotten. She is the one who suggested the idea of making a musical with ABBA's songs. Since the song writers from ABBA were not very much interested at the beginning, Mamma Mia would not exist without Judy's almost 15-year persistence.Last night was a joyful night with the enjoyable musical Mamma Mia. I just wished mama were there as well. Although she might not understand most of the conversation, the charm of the music and the performance would be enough to amuse her.
Pattern: Meandering Rib Scarf from Lion Brand. But you need to register in order to see the pattern.
Yarn: six 50g hanks (each approx 60m) of ICELAND yarn from Marks&Kattens. I bought them at Panduro Hobby with the summer sale price 29kr/hank. The original price was 49kr/hank.
When the yarns were chosen, I meant to make a gift for my father's coming birthday. After I finished this piece, my bf told me it looked good on me, and when I saw my bf wearing it, I think it also looked good on him. So I start to doubt if this one is too stylish for my father? My father is gonna turn 59!
