Hooray! It’s autumn! And autumns means cold, windy and possibly even rainy days and looong evenings best spent on your favourite knitting spot (aka sofa) with a cuppa tea and loads of yarn to cuddle with. What better way to kick off this knitter’s season than with a set of new patterns? Maybe add a giveaway, too?

If you have been following me for a while you will have noticed that I am working on a series of patterns inspired by Norse Mythology. And today I am really excited to present to you my second set

Oden’s Socks and Oden’s Mitts (click for pattern on Ravelry)

The possibly best known of the Norse gods goes by many names: Oden, Odin, Wotan, the Allfather and more. I picked the Swedish name (for obvious resons) and made him his own socks and mittens. He gave one eye to acquire wisdom, so this pattern incorporates symbols of eyes to mirror his wisdom.

I used Cascade yarns Sorata for the mitts and Heritage for the socks. I still love this combo!

Where the mitts show off the woven braids only on the back of the hand, the socks sport smaller braids running down the sides of the legs, too.

I swear that my test knitters earned every gray hair they got through this test knit and I’m incredibly thankful for their thoroughness. Not a single full stop could smuggle past them unnoticed! So here’s the result of a month worth of knitting, ribbing,  sleepless nights (well.. those are mostly to be blamed on two little monsters) scribbling and photographing. I had a lot of fun shooting these pictures in stormy weather with Ipshita of Kalaakathaa.  Aaaaand action!

Ipshita is currently working on a dance storytelling performance for children, called ‘Fågeln som flög mot solen’ (the bird who flew towards the sun), so some of these poses were inspired by her beautiful work. If you are in Stockholm come and see her in Skärholmens Bibliotek 2/11 13:00 or Jordbro Bibliotek 24/11 14:00!

As I told you in my previous post about the Jormungandr Set I would like to present to you a selection of crafters with each pattern release.

You already know Maike of Nadelmikado, and for this release Meike has created another limited edition matching the Oden’s Socks and Mitts set! The edition is limited to 8 bags (2 of each colour) and will be available in her shop as of today.

For this release I also want to present to you two more crafters:

Nadine of Schibot Garne, a dyer of beautiful yarns from Germany. Check out her lovely colours and soft yarns (after she returns from her holidays on Oct 8th :P). She has been so kind as to offer these two one-of-a-kind beauties for the release-giveaway and you can win them together with some other goodies (read on!)

And the coolest discovery (for me) was Alexandra of Knopfsachen.de. I found her on Instagram (follow her here) and am in awe of her creations: She is the maker of the most amazing buttons and jewellery, made from thread and buttons and she also teaches classes of button-making in Pfaffenhofen, Germany.

For this release she has made a matching set of ear studs, ring and necklace (read on!).

Doesn’t it match perfectly??

If you are a newsletter subscriber for this blog you have already received exclusive coupon codes for the Oden’s Set of patterns and also for Meike’s project bags that were exclusively made for this release. It is a limited edition of 8 bags in total, so hurry if you want to grab one! Knopfsachen.de also offered a lovely surprise for newsletter subscribers! So if you don’t want to miss out on your next chance, go and subscribe right now 🙂 The next release is already planned!

But now for the giveaway! As for last time I’m giving away two different sets, one here on my blog and one on Instagram (head over there, too to enter your name twice!)

To celebrate the release of the second of four sets inspired by Norse Mythology

Jormungandr Socks and Mitts

Oden’s Socks and Mitts

Meike, Cascade Yarns, Schibot Garne, Knopfsachen and myself are giving you the chance to

win one of these two wonderful packages

Set Nr 1 containing:

• the brand new patterns for both Oden’s socks and mittens
• a project bag and matching project protector (aka needle garage for 15cm dpns) made by Nadelmikado
• two skeins of beautiful Schibot Garne soft socks to start knitting right away!

Or maybe set Nr 2?

• the brand new patterns for both Oden’s socks and mittens
• a project bag and matching project protector (aka needle garage for 15cm dpns) made by Nadelmikado
• a beautiful handmade jewellery set by Knopfsachen.de (matching ring, ear studs and necklace)
• a skein of beautiful Cascade Heritage to start knitting right away!

If you want to win one of these beautiful packages you just have to do the following:

• sign up for my newsletter
• comment on this blogpost with two things: 1. Which of the two sets would make you happy as a clam 2. what would you tell Oden if you met him next time? 🙂

Done it all? Yay! You just entered your name in the giveaway! Good luck!

If you are on Instagram, you will have another chance of winning one of these packages, head over to my profile and check out the rules for entering! Good luck!!

The winners will be chosen randomly on WEDNESDAY, October 3rd 2018 at 15:30 GMT! 

About the patterns:

The possibly best known of the Norse gods goes by many names: Oden, Odin, Wotan, the Allfather and more. He gave one eye to acquire wisdom. This pattern incorporates symbols of eyes to mirror his wisdom.

The combination of soft yarn and nordic braids shows off very well on solid or semi solid yarns.

Charts and written instructions are given for various sizes. This pattern set is the second set in a series of four, inspired by Norse Mythology. The first set is Jormungandr Socks and Jormungandr Mitts

This pattern is suitable for knitters with some experience.

Techniques used are:
– knitting and purling in the round
– simple increases (left and right leaning)
– knitting cables
– stretchy bind off

What you need:

• For the mitts: ~100g fingering yarn, for example Cascade yarns Sorata (400m/100g) in your favourite colour.
• For the socks: ~100g sock yarn (depending on size), for example Cascade Yarns Heritage (400m /100g) or similar in your favourite colourway
• 5 double pointed needles 2.5 or 3mm
• stitch markers
• Tapestry needle to sew in ends

Thank you to my wonderful test knitters on Ravelry: Strickhummel2108, Binle, SINessi, anniya, my model Ipshita and Suzieqtee for proof reading!!

Happy knitting!