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Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Bella


I finally got around finishing Bella from the beautiful Danish knitting book, “Babystrik på pinde 3” by Lene Holme Samsøe, that so many Norwegian bloggers have fallen in love with this year. It took me some time to get a hold of the pattern after I first flipped through the book at my friend T, this spring.




The patterns are easy to follow, and I love the simple style these garments have. I am definitely in love with lace knitting, as you will discover throughout this fall.



The Bella top was knitted with Alpakka from “Du store Alpkakka” on 3mm needles. I actually knitted a gauge swatch this time (my first ever!). On the swatch, my gauge was 26 stitches per 10 cm. After finishing and washing Bella the gauge is, 22 stitches per 10 cm.





This means that while I knitted this vest for me niece Ingrid who turns two years in March, it now fits Astrid who turns five in October. I did mean to knit it a bit big so that Ingrid could grow into it, but not that big.


Have you experienced you gauge change on the garment before and after wash? Should I have washed the swatch?
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9 comments:

  1. Thimbleanna2 October 2013 at 17:08

    This sounds like a very lucky accident for Astrid! I haven't ever had a garment get bigger than I intended -- just smaller. Maybe Astrid can pass it down to Ingrid -- it sure is beautiful. Astrid looks adorable in it!

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  2. Denise | Chez Danisse2 October 2013 at 19:59

    Darling! The color, the lace work, even the cute little wood button. I agree with Thimbleanna, Astrid looks adorable.

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  3. Di2 October 2013 at 23:31

    It looks amazing and it really suits Astrid.

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  4. Monstermønster4 October 2013 at 20:26

    Very cute! I'm in love with this pattern!

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  5. Guro7 October 2013 at 09:21

    Oh, beautiful! Both the vest and the girl:-)

    I've experienced that my knitted garnments have grown quite much after washing - especially with alpaca yarns.

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    1. Anne Marie7 October 2013 at 13:23

      Thank you for sharing that, I'll have that in mind for my next Alpaca project!

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  6. Gørill10 October 2013 at 11:13

    Hei! Så hyggelig at du liker bildene jeg tar ;) Ser at du liker å fotografere du også. Jeg synes at det er halve bloggingen med fine og mange bilder og ikke så mye tekst. Nå forelsket jeg meg virkelig i denne lille vesten/tunikaen! Få se hva jeg får tid til, etter bunadsømmen i fjor ar jeg liksom mistet litt piffen. Strikkingen går veldig tregt.

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  7. elhadadepapel.com19 October 2013 at 23:45

    Wow you are an artist!!

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  8. Astrid5 November 2013 at 09:54

    Så fin! Både jenta og toppen :-)

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