As I mentioned in a previous post, I got some pretty fancy silk yarn to make the White Karin Dress and after I finished the cardigan for my dear aunt and sent it off to her, I enthusiastically got to work on it. It took me some time to ball it and a few tries to cast it on, since it's obviously very slippery, and I'm sure I've made plenty of mistakes already, but this is where I am now.
This is roughly half of the skirt portion :D
It's pretty much the only thing I've been knitting on since finishing the cardigan, which is weird for me, since I'm usually knitting several things at once. I have actually been looking for a project that would make good TV knitting and allow me to use some yarn from my stash, so I've bought two patterns recently: the Eudaimonia Tee from Meiju K-P, which I'm planning to knit using the blue Austermann raw silk yarn that I originally intended to use for the dress, and also the pattern for the Celia socks from Sari Nordlund. I have a green ball of Regia Premium Merino Yak from Schachenmayr which is longing to become a nice pair of socks.
And speaking of Sari Nordlund, she recently published her first pattern book in collaboration with Erika Appelström! It's called 'Neulematkalla', has some lovely patterns for wearables and accessories and gorgeous photos. Sooo when I went on a day trip across the gulf to Helsinki with my mum, I of course had to stop by Lankakauppa Snurre and pick it up. I can't wait to be inspired!
