Jeg er Matilde, en jærbu i tyveårene som bor i en leilighet på Tjelta med utsikt til havet, sammen med min mann Aleksander og alle hans datamaskiner. Nyutdannet geograf med steinsamling på terrassen og globus på nattbordet. Jobber på Kartverket, sjødivisjonen. Har en forkjærlighet for kreativitet i form av strikking, oppussing, fotografering, matlaging og syltetøy.
Jeg lever i troen på at jeg er pessimist innerst inne, men øver meg på å være glad i livet. I perioder med overskyet vær glemmer jeg noen ganger at fargen på himmelen faktisk er blå og ikke hvit. Jeg ønsker det var flere A-mennesker i verden selv om noen dager klarer jeg ikke stå opp før jeg har slumret i tre kvarter.
Husker du give-awayen på disse tidligere i sommer? Jeg har skrevet ned mønsteret for intresserte. Det er et raskt og fengende prosjekt!
Oppskriften kan du laste gratis ned her!
Mønsteret er som vanlig både tilgjengelig på norsk og engelsk.
For english knitters: New Abra Alba pattern (for free this time, yay!). It can be downloaded here.
Thanks for the pattern! I’m going to have to pick colors soon
where is the chart for this pattern. please check as this pattern is incomplete. thanks
The chart is located on the last page – page 4. I checked and it’s there.
Hei!
Titter snart innom igjen.
Du har en fin og inspirerende blogg. Takk for at du deler din kreativitet og dine mønster med oss andre i bloggverdenen. Jeg har nettopp strikket dine hjertevotter til dattera mi. – og vi ble veldig fornøyde begge to.
Hilsen Berit
Takk for fin kommentar
Gøy å høre at andre strikker oppskriftene mine – da er det liksom verdt strevet å skrive de ned! 
Those are really pretty! I actually read and understand norwegian quite well – I just can´t write it or speak it without mixing it up with swedish and danish
Thank You! I hope you don’t mind that the blog is general in Norwegian, even dough I don’t mind english
Google translate van be troublesome sometimes, but are in general ok!
oh so pretty! thank you very much! i am having trouble seeing the chart also, i tried loading the page with the original writing and translated. do you have a suggestion maybe? lovely blog here!
Ok, I see the problem. The pattern looks all weird through google translate, where only the text shows apparantly. In order to view the chart as well, you’ll have to open the pdf from the blog without using google translater. I have written some of the post in english, so the link wouldn’t be to hard to find, but in any case, here is the direct download: http://matildeskår.no/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Abra-Alba-pulsvarmere.pdf
I will add this info to ravelry as well.
Hello,
Just love these. Wondering if these are knitted on circular needles or double pointed needles. If they are knitted on straight needles, where is the seam and how do you like to do the seam? Thank you for such a lovely pattern
Emma
Thank You! They are knitted in-the-round, so you can either use dpn’s or magic circle.
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Så søte de var, legger mønsteret i køen min jeg.
Takk!
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I have started the wrist warmers using 3.5 mm needles but they seem to be very small. I am in Australia so are the needles used a standard 3.5 please or should I just try another size?
The needle sizes given in the pattern is measured in millimeters, so 3,5 is a 3,5 mm thick needle. They have different needle sizes (or at least names) in the US, but I’m not sure what you use in Australia. If you are in doubt you can look here for different needle sizes: http://www.fibergypsy.com/common/needles.shtml
If you knit tither than the pattern I suggest you try a different needle size and knit yourself a swatch and try to get the correct gauge. You can also use a thicker yarn if you want the wrist warmers bigger.
I discover this pattern just now and I would say that’s just what I search to finish some balls! thanks a lot for this good idea!
Hi, just start leaning color work knitting and fall in love with your pattern:) so lovely !! But I am now in trouble finding how to do the open thumb. I do not know how to ” k 8 new sts through the chain sts”. So i have to stop mid way. Could you please explain more on that? I tried to google it by using some key words but had no luck. I plan to make it for myself and give one to my friend this Christmas. Thank you so much.
I’ll try to explain the best I can
There is many methods for knitting thumb, but the thumb is here done the following way:
(I’ll explain for the rigth thumb from beginning to end)
You knit 18 sts and then bind off the next 8 sts. I don’t think this will need a further explanation.
But then you take you your crochet hook (size 3,5 mm) and insert it into the last knitted sts – that will be the first stitch knitted after the 8 sts that where BO. Then crochet 8 chain sts from this stitch.
And now I think we come to the part that troubles you : Move the last chain sts onto the right needle and k 8 new sts througth the chain sts. Of the 8 chain stitches you have 1 stitch that is ‘live’ -move that stitch back onto the rigth knitting needle, so that it kind of folds back and creating a loop – a hole for the thumb. Since you BO 8 stitches you have to pick up the same number of stitches. That is what you should do when it says k 8 new sts througth the chain sts. In detail: You now have the chain sts between the needles. Insert the left needle into the chain sts left for the ‘live’ chain sts which is on the rigth needle. Knit the chain sts though the back loop. Do the same for the 7 other sts. Then continue knitting in the round after the pattern.
If you still find it difficult to understand I suggest you take a look at this tutorial:
http://bellaknitting.typepad.com/bella_knitting/2007/10/provisional-cas.html
This shows how to make knit stitches from a crochet chain. Note that in the Alba Abra-pattern you don’t use scrap yarn and don’t remove the crochet stitches!
Hi, Matilde! Thanks a ton for the quick reply. Very impressed:) This helps me a lot! Wish you all the best:)
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