Ahh yes. It's October.
Time for the Christmas knitting to begin.
Here is a little taste of the holiday season, thanks to Arne&Carlos and their new book 55 Christmas Balls to Knit.
The book full updated Nordic motifs and old world Christmas charm. As a bonus, there is an empty chart in the back of the book so you can make your own designs.
The only con was there is a very small, easy to look over paragraph about how they do their colorwork.(pg.22) They suggest the stranding method, and I thought it was odd that there were instruction and illustrations for all the other technical aspects of the project except this. I found that stranding the yarn on such a small project worked in the round really lent itself to bunching. Once stuffed they look fine...but there was a lot of tugging involved.
There is a Scandinavian technique called tvåändsstickning that I'm going to try. Don't ask me to pronounce that word, in the states it is also called Twined Knitting. Hopefully it will work a little better. I'll keep you updated.
Lots of Norwegian Christmas fun will be had over the next few months. Oh, and watch out for Der Krampus, don't let him cramp your holiday spirit. (Pun totally intended.)
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