Archive for February 2012

Bohus in development

28 February 2012

With my finished and blocked I can see how the texture of the purl stitches has softened and how the colours blend into one another. I can also tell that my original colour selection is a tiny… Read more

Mending knitted socks

27 February 2012

These KoolAid dyed Jaywalkers were my first proper pair of socks. Despite not being a fan of the pattern (they have no stretch and had to be re-knit several times to get them big enough to… Read more

Baby wrap-cardigan revisited

25 February 2012

It’s not often that knit my own patterns after they’ve been published. After all the test and sample knitting it’s nice to move onto other projects. Enough time  has passed since I designed my for… Read more

Poems of Colour: Knitting in the Bohus Tradition

19 February 2012

I’ve had my eye on this book by Wendy Keele since discovering Bohus sweaters on the Bohusläns Museum website. I don’t remember how I came across it but was particularly taken with ‘Grey mist’ and… Read more