Happy Father's Day

Not that we pay much attention to this kind of holiday, but I still thought it would be nice to say it. Once again, I've been walking around with all kinds of witty and interesting blog posts in my head, but no time to actual write them down and post them. While trying to get the house and everything else ready for the baby's arrival, my hobbies have taken a backseat. By the way, today's entry will be bilingual. Inspired by Sandra and Lisbeth, who both blog in English despite it not being their native language, I have long wanted to do the same. That is, blog in one of the other languages I know. I have been telling myself that I'll do it the next post, but I never get around to it. I might not do it every post and I do intend to vary the second language.
I made a couple of things for Axel, the baby I'm growing in my belly.

First, there was Lyric by Laurie Lee in Art Yarns Cashsockay. Somehow, I managed to screw up the decreases, even though the pattern is easy. It doesn't interfere with the structure or the aesthetic appearance, so I'm not too worried about it. I also should have made the i-cord longer. I was impatient to finish it, which only made it harder to tie into knot in the end. My sister gave me this cashmere sock yarn two or three years ago when I first learned to knit socks. I saved it at first because I did not want to waste it on my fledgling efforts. Then I wanted to save it for something special. I can't think of anything more special than a hat for my firstborn. Whether or not he'll be able to wear it remains to be seen.

The next thing was the Easy Baby Cardigan by Diane Soucy in Noro Chirimen, colorway 16. The pattern is really easy with variations for either a hooded or a collared version. It works great with self-striping yarn, too. This cardigan is knit with the top-down, seamless technique, which I've never tried before. I absolutely loved it. The only slight difficulty was getting the striping on the sleeves to match up with the body. I only had two skeins when I should have used three. If I had had a third skein, I would have made the sleeves longer and matched the stripes better. I just need to weave in the ends and sew on the ties. The yarn is also great. It's a soft cotton/silk/wool blend. The texture varies since the fiber content varies throughout the yarn.

Сегодня Я решила что наконец Я нипишю свой блог на втором языке. Меня вдохновили Сандра (хорватка) и Лисбэт (норвежгка) которые пишют блоги на английском языке ни смотря на то что они носители других языков. Я вязила две вещи моему ребёнку который ещё ростёт в чреве. Первая была шапка из кашемировой пряжей. Моя сестра подарила мне эту пряжу два или три года назад. Тогда Я только что научила как вязать носки и Я не хотела терять её с своим неграматным пытанием. Потом Я хотела сохранить её для что-нибудь особенно. По-моему не бывает ничего особеннее шапки перворожденною сыну. Вторая была жакет с капюшоном. Он вяжется с верху и без шовов. Я первый раз испольовала таким способом и мне очень нравится.