Han gjorde det! / He did it!

Nevøen kom - og strikkede! Sandelig så....... Han vil gerne lave en vest, og når den nu skal laves med lutter retmasker, så besluttede jeg at han skulle starte med et retstrikket stykke, så langt, at det når rundt om ham let strakt. Derefter er planen at samle masker op og strikke opad, så ret-stykket nærmest bliver som en ribkant. Når han når til ærmegabet, bliver det noget med at slå masker op, så den går ud over skuldrene og så raglan (måske er vi ude i noget med et retstrikket stykke som kant til det lille ærme?), men der er jo nok et par dage til!
Hans medfølgende viv endte også med at strikke. De konkurrerer åbenbart om alting, så hun sprang ud i en hue med ribkant nederst. I det hele taget var det bare enormt hyggeligt, og han var meget, meget begejstret for tæppet, så nu er det helt væk fra min stue. (Måske skulle jeg hækle et til mig selv, så?)

My nephew came - and knitted! Oh yes he did...... He wants to make a vest, and considering that he only knows how to knit, not purl, I decided he should start with a piece of garterstitch, long enough to go around his waist when slightly stretched. Then the plan is to pick up stitches and knit upwards, making the garterstitch fabric a kind of ribbed edge. When he is as far as the sleeves, it's going to be a lot of new stitches, so that the vest will warm the shoulders, and then raglan. (Maybe also a garterstitch edge for the very short sleeves?) But I guess I have a few months to think it over!
His sweetheart also ended up knitting. Apparently they try to beat each other, being best at everything, so she started a hat with a ribbed edge. All in all it was just a totally nice evening, and he was very, very happy with the blanket. So now my living-room is totally void of the Link blanket. (Maybe I should make one for me?)