Monday 10 February 2014

Starmore-mates

Starmore-mates by Asplund
Starmore-mates, a photo by Asplund on Flickr.
Dear friend and soul knitter "Born to knit" and I at a get-together for knitters yesterday afternoon. We'd known each other for quite some time through our Flickr photos before we finally met a few years ago - and today we even live in the same area of Stockholm. Thanks Maria for being a photographer as well as knitter!

Alice Starmore's "Henry VIII" was so much fun to knit and I'm in love with the colours: they're stunning indoors and almost explode in daylight. Well, daylightish. I normally choose projects that I want to make and am less interested in the finished garments - but in this case I wanted the sweater just as much as I wanted the joy of making it.

The sweater is very comfortable too (Starmore's 2ply Hebridean wool), and so warm I actually hope it gets a bit colder. Never thought I'd write something like that - until the sweater was finished I actually enjoyed our mild winter.
shoulder join

14 comments:

Monstermønster said...

Stunning! Both the colours and the knitting! Wow!

ripple said...

So impressive to see two at once, both beautifully knit.

dqpage said...

So beautifull

ron in mexico said...

Gorgeous!! Beautiful work.
Ron in Mexico

fluffbuff said...

Ciao Ivar!
Beautiful, beautiful knitting. :)
Hope all is well with you.

Francesca

Satoko said...

wow! Jättesnygga!

ylva said...

Ja vad kul att se er båda två! så himla fina tröjor.
Ha det gott !:-)

KiwiJames said...

Wonderful... you both look very 'Regal' in them!

Monica said...

Underbara. <3

Kyle William said...

Gorgeous as always. I love seeing the work you do... every stitch is so thoughtfully placed!

Anonymous said...

Splendid, both of you!
-- stashdragon

MayM said...

Wow, hvor lekker den er. Du og Johanne er virkelig flotte i genserene :-)

Unknown said...

It's wonderful seeing you both in one of my favorite Starmore designs! Thanks so much for sharing your photo.

Unknown said...

Love your photo!
(CarolyninAlaska on Ravelry)