February FO #7 aka January potholder

Last post in the February FO series. I think I have blogged all my "unblogged" FOs now (except for one secret projects, that I hope to be able to show you in March...). 

January potholder for the potholder swap. No pattern. January's theme was winter, or from granny's kitchen. I hope you can guess which I chose. It was sent to Babben, who also got one of my potholders in last year's swap. 

February FO #6

"Stripehals" - stripy cowl, made to match the scout hat.

A nice free pattern: Ambitus neckwarmer by Lankakomero. To fit boy 7 years I casted on fewer sts (100) and worked only the two first increases. Will probably make more from this pattern, like Anne has done

Be prepared scout hat - or February FO #5

Here's another FO in my February FO series

This one was actually both started and finished in February.

It's a second version of this hat. 

Worked in more "scouty colours" this time. 

  

I'm quite happy with how it turned out, and so is the scout. 

Pattern to be found here. 

At the moment, in Norwegian. Translation coming. 

February FO #4

"Emmanuelle wristwarmers"

Super easy wristwarmers:

Garter stith, yarn overs, buttons, needles 5 mm, Mirasol Sulka yarn (super soft: Merino, Alpaca and Silk). Two small wriswarmes took the whole 50 g skein, so they're not the cheapest. But quick, easy and warm!

Lollipop, lollipop...!

One of my knitting friends has made herself a pair of Lollipops! Wonderful colours, I think. She's done a lot of colourwork before, but it was her first time knitting cables. Those were a piece o'cake, she says. She used  Finullgarn instead of 3ply strikkegarn, and as she knits a bit looser than me, it worked just fine. 

Other people have also made Lollipops:

 

Do you want a pair too?

Winter wonderland

With Lillehammer mittens

Celebrity mittens (or mittens and places #5)

Tora Berger is doing well in the biathlon championship. She also seems to be a very sympathetic person, and she's a knitter (well, all knitters are sympathetic, aren't they?)

Photo borrowed from www.gd.no

And Norwegian knitters have noticed the mittens she's wearing.

It turns out, they're the Dovre mittens, Dovre beeing Tora's home place. I found a couple of them on Ravelry, but no pattern entry, so I added it earlier today. (I don't have details about sizes, gauge and yarn, so if anyone who has the pattern could update it on Ravelry, or leave a comment, so I can do it, it would be nice.)

The mittens were designed by Kirsten Hjort Engum for a design competition in 2000, and have been published in Norsk Huslflid 4- 2007. The pattern, or a kit,  can also be bought through Dovre husflidslag ( I guess they're busy sending out patterns at the moment!). I have also found some examples on knitting blogs, here and here.