Elsebeth Lavold is the only Swedish knitwear designer with her own yarn label. She personally decides which yarns to include, their properties, and colors. Spinning companies in Europe and South America take her visions from requirements to delightful yarns.

A wintry hello
posted January 22, 2008

Here in Sweden, it is still winter. The snow is grey and so is the sky. Luckily, there's always knitting to keep my spirits up.

The stuff I knit for work is always full of challenges, many swatches are the size of half a front or so. And I often have to rip large sections out and re-do them. And still, what do I do for recreation? I knit!

When I'm not working, I love to curl up in the couch with a cup of tea within reach. And then I'll knit and read or maybe dream. And this time of year I dream of summer...(sigh).

My dream is for pared down, perfectly wearable pieces that are fun to knit, and my collection for the coming spring, The Dreamweaver Collection, is full of such pieces.

My personal favorite is Dilga, just because it is so much fun seeing how the pattern will come out following the Fibonacci sequence (read more about it in the book), but also because the sweater is classical and feminine, just in line with my personal style of dressing. The design is for Hempathy, one of my favorite yarns. It is a joy to knit with and to wear.

And I just might pick Malina as a project for social knitting (I have to be able to talk and knit at the same time). The yarn is my newcomer, Bambouclé, which contains bamboo and linen so it's cool, rustic and elegant at the same time. The yarn is for US 8 needles, and the sweater is mostly stockinette, so if I can just choose a color (there are fifteen, and I love them all) I can have the sweater done before summer.

Go for your dream, and Happy Knitting!