Swedish Knitblogger who loves spinning, knitting, dyeing and yarn. I will do some other roundabouts about life too.

Sunday, February 26, 2006

OS GOLD!

I did it! I'm done with my WINTER COAT! Just when Sweden won the Hockey final. Not only did the women beat everyone in Curling, Anja took her gold, but even our favourite icehockey! Wow how exiting. The best Swedish winter-olympics for a long time. And I also feel like a winner. It was tough,I was up unitl 3 this morning to make sure I would make it.


And - I'm just so happy. The idea was to get it done on time before the outside light disappeared, (bad flash in camera!). So, to the OS Winter Coat facts:


My own pattern but inspired by Vouge knitting (Winter), done "freehand". It is Lovikka in black from Kempes (bought in Långevak trailer - Cheapest in Sweden?) more than 1.4 kg Lovikka. And the colours are of course celebrating the OS colours, are in Colinette point Five, in Kingfisher, Blue Jay, Parrot, and Neptune, about 8 hanks, all bought on sale some years ago in Fantasy in Arvika (except one, bought at Nysta). So front is "fine lady's cape" which makes it "curl" so it streches. The back is just flat.
Big collar, that I have up on most pictures (but large to have down as well. Pockets of course, Im going to use it!) Last picture, (you see the light going into the blue hour!) is when the collar is down. There you have it! And thank you for dropping in to my website!
Hip Hip Hurray! Time to get back to the rest of my life. Hip Hurray for Sweden's OS Knitting team! Hip hurray for Yarn Harlot who arranged it!

16 comments:

miastick said...

Grattis! Härligt kämpat! Vilket os det har varit- både stick- och sportmässigt! Hurra!

Agneta said...

Grattis!!! Snygg den är

Marika said...

Bara du Sigrid! Bara du!

Anonymous said...

Grattis!
Jättetjusig kappa. Hur kan man komma på att göra något sådant när det är så spännande med OS?
En Guldmedalj med diamantkant är du värd:
Eva i Lund

Cina said...

Supersnygg!!! GRATTIS!!! :)
Själv syr jag sista stygnen på min Silk Garden kofta. Bilder kommer i morgon kanske....
//Carina

villaa ylle said...

Den är ursnygg! Den där kommer du att använda:)

Anonymous said...

Åh så läckert!
GRATTIS och GULD till en lyckad OS-stickning!
/Sara (som repade upp sin OS-stickning i förrgår)

Garngamen said...

Wow, THAT was overwhelming! After a good nap, I just checked my blog and had 8!!! really supportive comments! THank you, Tack! Så himla kul! Yarnvulture (=garngamen) has emptied a whole box of yarn! And I'm just watching the last of the final. So it is really Canada next time. Maybe I should START to spin my Myskox (hm Quivuit fleece?) so it is ready 2010! Thank you again. Thank you so much....

Anonymous said...

Yesss!

Vilken härlig kappa och så snabbt du gjorde den! Snygg är den också. Grattis till ett välförtjänt OS-guld!

What a lovely coat and you made it so quickly too! It really looks great. Congrats to a well deserved Olympic Gold Medal!

Fru Babsan said...

Jag är djupt imponerad. Hr du sovit alls?

Anonymous said...

Helläckert!!!

Anonymous said...

Grattis till gulmedalj :-)
Kanonläcker kappa, snyggt jobbat
// Johanna

Garngamen said...

Jamen, wow! Vilka gratulationer. Jag känner mig alldeles röd i nyllet. Nu känner jag mig nästan som vårat Hockeylag. Jorå, jag har sovit. Har hunnit med förkylning, jobb och forskning också, och jag kom inte undan helgstädning och tvättning heller, men nog blev det några sena nätter nog, och speciellt på helgerna, och jag har nog sluppit matlagning. Promenaderna blev kortare, och så myckt bloggande och surfande blev det inte. Återigen. Tack för hyllningarna. Nu hoppas jag bara att en guldmedalj kommer farande.

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous! Looks so warm and cozy!

Soili said...

Jag sällar mej till de övriga Gratulanterna.DEN ÄR BARA SÅ FIN.

Mary-Lou said...

Hi, thanks for dropping by on my blog, well done on completing the coat! (yes we must have been in the same event!) - by the sound of things, with all that snow, you really need a knitted coat at the moment! Enjoyed looking through the rest of the blog too, especially the bohus work, and the garments by Britt-Marie Christofferson (amazing!)