The weather is sunny and looks nice from inside the house. But it's freezing cold here! Anyhow - I want summer! - and that goes for my knitting as well. I want summer knits and summer colors. Once having finished Asrai I had to consider which one of my ongoing projects I should jump to now. But as you will see below - I chose the easiest way - to start something new! First of all, something I really want to try soon is another dyeing adventure. Using what, this time? Do I have to say more, look at this:



A lovely, fellow norwegian blogger, Nobo, wanted to give me these - and yesterday they arrived in the mail! That is so kind of you, Nobo, tusen takk! I appreciate that a lot! A little surprise is on it's way to you now!
I'm really looking foreward to trying this magical american wool-dye! Which by the way someone even uses for drinks! :)

I have been knitting a little more of  tie one on:




It's not very far from done now!

But as I hinted - I want more summer knitting after finishing Asrai. So - yesterday I got me this yarn:

Actually 4 of them. It's 100 % silk from Garnstudio, really nice, thin, summery yarn, 200 meters pr. 50 g. Yes, it's black - or rather "off-black" in a very nice way without really being charcoal. But not exactely the number 1 summer color - so I'll add a little pink:



My new summer pants! and embroidery yarn to make some finish or another when the knitwear is done. This embroidery yarn comes in ANY color so it's possible to find the exact match to whatever desired. What am I making? I had to bring out this wonderful book again:



Which looks like this on the front cover, and from which I recently knitted this:



It's knitted with Noro Kochoran, it's beyond-belief soft and warm. I love this vest (Gesta) and have used it a lot. So why not use the pattern again? I made a swatch of the SILKE to see how some different stitch combinations would look:



From the bottom it's: 2x6 rib, 2x2 rib, 1x5 rib, garter st. and then what we call "patentknit" in norwegian, I believe it's called fisherman's rib in english, someone please correct me if I'm wrong! The patent is great for scarves I think, but did not do what I wanted for this yarn. I was in no doubt, - I liked the 2x6 rib most. And that's great - because that is how Gesta is knitted! But of course with SILKE and 2.5 mm needles the gauge is entirely different. After measuring and calculating I think I got the right number of stitches, casted on and knitted a bit as shown in the pink picture above. It's a fabulous yarn to knit with - so firm and yet so delicate. I think and hope that Gesta will also do well as a sleeveless summer top!