Mountain knitting!

I've been  in mountain for a few dais and there I've been knitting some projects....



The first is a two crafts project made of:
the Worsted Capelet (by Abuelita n Ravelry)

and the Quick Cable Slouch Hat (by Azure)

I had this yarn from last year in mountain and it was very "wild"... to tell you the truth it smells of goat scent!
But the nice thing is that it's really warm and a beautiful dark grey colour. I wanted to do something with a country touch and I thought about cables. I had already done the Quick Cable Slouch Hat for a present and really liked the way it came out, so I decided for a two objects match with cables and the use of even a contrasting colour to make the dark grey a bit more lively and feminine.

I have to tell that the main cable (front of capelet) has some little mistakes. But I'm very happy of how it came and it's very useful!

The other project is the BoHo Blouse by Stefanie Japel.
I really love almost everything I've seen from Stefanie Japel creations and I fell in love with this blouse the minute I saw it!

From last winter I had this white soft angora that was the right size for the project so I decided that my first BoHo Blouse would be white (In my intentions it's not my last BoHo Blouse!).

I've read all the comments on Ravelry of people that already had done it and I decided to do it a small size to make it fit fine and it worked well! As I'm not so skinny as the model in the photo I had to add some extra stitches after the waist line for my hips. I added total 12 stitches in 12 rows divided in 3 additions of 4  (two each side with a kfb stitch).

Miss Bennet, it is the end!

What to tell if not just that finally I've finished Miss Bennet! I loved it and I started it some months ago, but I had to stop in the summer as it was too hot to work with wool. I could not wait to see it finished and now that the end finally came I'm soooooooooooo proud of my lilac sweater!

First I casted on 220 stitches, but it was too much, so I started again with 180 stitches and it seems better.I divided them in 31-28-62-28-31. When at the wrap and turn point I made it on 8 stitches base instead than 10 stitches. On marker C I increased 6 times instead of 5.

Then I went of 'till I tried it on and I thought it was the right size for me (I have not taken note of how many rows or increases I did, but surely more than the ones of the original pattern as I'm not a teenager like the beautiful girl in the photos!).

When arrived to the bust I made more decreases 'till I arrived at my waist, always trying the sweater on.

Then started to increase. when  I was near the finishing length I decided not to do the 28 seed stitch rows, but to stop the seed stitch at 14. Then I made a bigger garter stitch part, increasing the needle from 2,50mm to 3,00mm and at the end to 3,50mm so to have a loose bind off. It worked nicely!

Almost forgetting to say that when alternating seed stitch rows and stockinette stitches rows I made them 14 and 14, same number, even if the pattern suggested a 15 and 14 division.

Half way to top down

I've almost done it!

I have to finish the bust and the arms and it is a certain amount of time, but the cardigan has been set up.

The top is done, the arms are on hold and I started the body and, most of all, the eyelet pattern.

I've even tried the technique to put some contrast yarn every ten rows and it seems very useful.

The change I did to the original patter (Gilet nuage - nuage cardigan- by Maud Jacquey, that I found on Ravelry) is that she used the eyelets pattern even under the underarms, while I preferred to divide it in 3 groups: the back and the 2 parts in front, so to have room under the arms if I want to shape the cardigan at a certain point.

The shape of the neck is a little different and I had to make it in a larger size as at the moment I'm not a small!!!!

Today, while at my brother house, I was knitting  and my brother was sewing  so my niece looked at me and said: "You are doing like Tweety Granny!" then she (4 years old) asked me if she could help... we made together 2 stitches and the she decided that the cardigan and needles where too heavy ... I'm so proud of her!

What makes me think is the granny thing, as it's more or less like this:



While I feel more or less like this: