Number 5

Rose baby hat, a photo by lille-ursus on Flickr.

While I'm knitting the other projects, I have started yet another Djævlehue.

This time I know that the baby is going to be a girl, so it was finally time to try out the pattern with a fine lace. I love how it frames the chubby and sweet cheeks in a baby face.

It's so fun to make the lace. I'm no good at envisaging how a written lace knitting pattern will look like in the end, so it was with excitement that I started it. Especially with my other failed attempts with lace knitting in mind.

The pattern is made by Lene Holme Samsøe and from her book Sødt og Blødt. It has numerous patterns which I have used through the last 6 years.

If you don't have the book, I can highly recommend it. It has been reprinted and I actually saw it in a supermarket the other day, for the minor sum of 50 Danish kroner! Much, much less than the use value of this gorgeous book...

A lucky man got acrylic and eggs

Yesterday my husband had his 43th birthday. Anne-Sophie made him these acrylics boxes. She had herbs in mind when she made them, because Christian always uses a lot of those when he cooks. Fresh ones which could look lovely in the many rooms of the boxes.

I know that he hardly has the heart to put soil in his fine present, so he has considered using one of the boxes for his pencils, ballpoint pens and other bits and bobs.

I love the fact that Anne-Sophie gave him a homemade gift. And so does the lucky birthday man. I sure know what to put on my wishlist!
(The last 2 photos of one of the boxes, were not how I intended them to be. I promised to take some photos to send to Anne-Sophie. She needs them for her Project Journal).

Christian and his guests also got cupcakes - which didn't turn out well at all if you look at them. But they did taste okay and Christian got happy, so I couldn't ask for more. I do however wonder how people make the frostning more firm, so the lines in it stay sharp!

Working on details

I'm sewing on some fungus ribbon, which I once bought from Stof & Stil. The purpose of adding it, is to make the edges in front more firm, and to help keep the fit, after numerous times of buttoning and unbuttoning the cardigan.

I haven't been able to find the right size of press studs yet, but hopefully I will succeed with that when I get to town. Not tomorrow though. That day is devoted to celebrate Christian when he turns 43...

All those final details are absolutly not my favourite part of knitting. Somehow I don't feel the need to get it done and ready, as fast as possible. Instead I would rather start a new knitting (and leave the many ends of yarn alone).It's actually strange because as you already know, I  l o v e to sew by hand. But I will get it done eventually - it's just a matter of time before I get annoyed by the looks of an unfinished cardigan.

Luckily that's a closed chapter with this cardigan...