Once upon a time there was this wannabesummertop. Somehow it didn't seem to work for me - maybe it was the brick illusion, maybe it was the density of the fabric, I really don't know - but I never found motivation to finish it.

But I like the yarn. It's actually two yarns, this (50 % linen, 50% viscose) and this /75 % cotton, 25 % linen) Knit together in simple st st it comes out like this:

Which transformed into Coachella, (first funny name..):

details:

pattern: Coachella, Knitty summer 07

yarn: Marianne Isager viscolin and bomulin - a little bit more than 100 g each.

needles: 4,5 and 5 mm circulars

It's a great pattern, fun and easy to knit. The fit is perfect - although it looks like a shapeless cylinder before you put it on. Really clever design!

There might still be a summer WIP or two in progress... but with temperatures now dropping to 13 centigrades they will have to rest for a while...

So next up is a warm woolly coat that just has to come alive. That's second funny name - Flicca! I am knitting it in one piece and plan on making it a raglan - like this fabulous version. I use two strands of Marianne Isager Tvinni tweed and one strand of Jaggerspun zephyr- which results in a quite interesting fabric:

Lovely lovely wool and silk - I don't mind the days getting colder and the evenings getting darker...