In this article my Sarah Lund look-a-like sweaters are being mentioned. A good reason to show another Sarah Lund sweater I made. This was my first one, the one I made for my daughter in law Stephanie. This was the try-out version for the motive and it appeared that it had long floats. For Thomas'Sarah Lund cardigan I made a small alteration in the motive chart.

Here are my knitting directions. The original motive is copyrighted by Gudrun&Gudrun and I had to make adjustements anyway to fit the motive in a 24 punchcard. So I made my own variation of the motive. For an improved version of the punchcardmotive look here. This is a combination of machine knit (straight parts) and handknit raglan yoke, borders and finishing. Yarn: Ístex Létt-Lopi, 10 skeins = 1090.0 yards (996.7m)of Colorway light heather grey and: Ístex Létt-Lopi, 2 skeins = 218.0 yards (199.3m)of Colorway bright blue Both purchased at Astrid's Dutch Obsessions Brother 260, Tension4 Front , back and sleeves knit flat. Then joined them for a handknit circular yoke with raglan shaped decreases. I used the instructions from the Lopi book number 27, pattern 18 Nost. Joined sleeves, front and back and decided to knit raglan shaping instead of evenly spaced decreases as usual with circular yokes. I couldn’t manage to make the decreases fit with this large motive. Designing a motive for machine knitting is not easy: this one has very long floats on the backside of the fabric. I had to sew them afterwards. I made a lining for the neckband to prevent the wool from itching.

Sophies Icelandic sweater

We didn't have a real winter in The Netherlands yet, so I didn't think of knitting my granddaughter a warm sweater. Apart from that I was afraid the Icelandic Lett-Lopi wool I used for her parents sweaters, would be too scratchy for her delicate skin. When her dad told me however that the doctor had said that Sophie needed to be dressed warmer, and winter was eventually starting here, I decided to knit her a real Icelandic sweater. No need for ordering Lett-Lopi as I had a lot of leftovers from my Kedja dress. The nice warm red colour would suit Sophie well. Here is how I made her sweater. I chose the Él pattern from the Istex Lopi no. 27 book. That pattern is knit in Plötulopi however, so I used the stitchcounts and directions from another pattern in that book, called firildaslo. That went beautifully. I sent off the sweater today and I really hope it will fit her and will not be too scratchy. She best wears a longsleeved t-shirt under the sweater. Now I'l have to wait for reports and pictures!

Mother and daughter hats

These hats were made for my stepdaughter and grandchild.

I like the colour changes in this sockyarn very much and I think they worked out very nice in these hats and the scarf. I knit them on my Brother 862 on Tension 5.

Yarn: Scheepjeswol Invicta Colour, 1 skein = 460.0 yards (420.6m), Colorway 958
and Scheepjeswol Invicta Colour, 1 skein = 460.0 yards (420.6m), Colorway 959
Both purchased at Quiltservice Frederiksoord www.quiltservice.nl

Fish pattern for punchcard comes from “Colourful machine knitting patterns, vol.1”.

Adult hat has 6 pattern repeats, so:
CO 144 st on waste yarn, knit 2 rows and change to MC. Picot edging: Knit 10 rows. Next row: move every other st,. to the adjacent ndl. putting empty ndls. out of working position and knit over it once. Next row: put non-working ndls back in working position and knit 10 rows. Next row: pick up st. from CO row and knit them together with st. on the ndls. Install punchcard and CC and work fish motive card once. Remove CC and knit a few plain rows. Remove sts. to circular ndl, knit a few rows plain stockinette and start decreases:
row 1: * knit 5 st, 2 tog.* row 2: purl,
row 3: * knit 4 st., knit 2 tog., row 4 purl,
row 4:knit 2 tog., row 5: purl,
row 6:knit 2 tog.*
Break off yarn, draw through sts. to close the gap. Close back hem.

The child’s hat has a rolled hem: just knit about 15 rows in MC and let them roll. Childs hat has 5 pattern repeats: CO 120 st.for a toddler size.

Childs scarf has 3 pattern repeats, so CO 72 st and knit a few card repeats. Take off machine and handknit a few decrease rows. I have sewn the long edge on the sewing machine and closed the remaining sts from the short edges with kitchener stitch.