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Violetti Vaapukka and Alpakkapolku

In Ulla 2/2009 (released in July) there were two patterns that immidiately caught my eye.
The first one was Vaapukka by Kristel Nyberg. I happened to have five skeins (à 50 g) of Novita Bambu I had bought in a sale.
Novita Bambu is 68% bamboo and 32% cotton, very soft and lovely to knit, unless you [...]

Showstopper Sagittaria

This shawl caught my eye right on. I had never knitted a triangular shawl starting in the middle of the neck, let alone casting the knitting from some crochet stitches. Vilma Vuori’s Sagittaria was bit of a challenge.

I found the pattern relatively straight forward, once I got the hang of it. The pattern of the [...]