Jumper for school

I promised my daughter a jumper for school , and she wanted one with buttons on, so I decided to make one. I meant to have a ribbon through the eyelets  above the flower, but it was too difficult for a 5 year old to put the jumper on after gym/PE.

Here she is, ready for school

A closeup of the stem, leaves and flower

I love the look of it! And it will be used alot this winter.

It's not easy to get a nice picture of shiny buttons I realise that, but one can only try.

Wool: Stylecraft Life Double knit

Needles: 4mm

Mood: very Happy!!

I am once again busy knitting along, and I will try to be a regular blogger again! Have a good November. Thank you for visiting me,come again soon, and please let me know you were here!

xxx

Christmas

I have had this scarf finished for a week or so, it is a Christmas present for my Grandmother. She "made an order" when she saw the brown scarf that I made last year.

I love the way it turned out, eapecially with the colourful wool I have used. Now, the problem is that I can't remember the name of the wool..but I think it could have been Laines du Nord, Kiddy print...! Anyone that wants to help me naming the wool? I haven't even filled the details in Ravelry, but WHEN I do remember the names, I will get the details on my Ravelry project page.

October

We are well into October, and I have been busy but I haven't had the urge to blog anything at all. I have finished a couple of things such as this hat.
It Fisherman's rib slouch hat by Terry Morris and I got the pattern from the yahoo goup called Holiday Mystery gifts. I love the hat so much that this particular one has turned into a Christmas Present, and I have started a new one for myself. Yarn: King Cole Mirage, brown
Needles: 4.0 mm
Mood: very happyI have also finally finished the Swirly girl socks, I started knitting them in february...as a ongoign sockknit project, but i really felt like finishing them. Yarn: online sokkegarn (green) and Viking froeya sokkegarn(red)
Needles: 2.50
Mood: goodI also finished another Chriastmas present. Just a simple neckerchief, starting out with 3stitches, and increasing every 2nd. row. Casting off in rib to make the cast off edge stretchier. Hopefully this will warn up my mother's neck this winter:)

Wool: King Cole Mirage, green
Needles: 5.0mm
mood: fairly happy

This was all from me today, I do have another few projects going on, so hopefully i'll be back with some more stuff:)

Thank's for visiting me, come back soon and please let me know yhou were here!

xxx

Springtime Swirl

After really focusing on finishing this shawl, I am finally done. The knitted bind off edge took me 13 days to finish, and I absolutely love this shawl.

Here she is: lovely and adorable I just love the design, and the fact that I have had this as a tv knit. I think the pattern is really easy to memorise, or I have become so familiar with lace that it's no problem. (i'll go for the first answer).

I really like the look, and the colour is really me too

I pinned the shawl during the day and while I was away to my dancersise class last night my daughter (5) had removed all the pins that i used to block the shawl, and she said "it was dry mamma"...BUT it was not, so not as blocked as I would like..but not too bad either.

It was a bit windy today:) and the sun shone for the shawl(10 minutes later..it was raining.

Yarn: Wendy Mode DK

needles; 3.5 mm

Satisfaction: very satisfied indeed!!

Vikings at Largs

On Saturday 5th of September we went to Largs to have a look at the viking village there. It's some sort of yearly festival to remember a viking battle in the 1200's. They also do a reenactment of the battle, but it was a bit too late in the evening for us.This is the entrance to Largs viking village, it was a very wet and windy day

Picture of the houses in the village Some viking ladies doing their crafts

This viking has mittens on, they are not knitted nor crocheted, but done the old viking way with naalebinding

I am not sure what this viking was doing, but he was very intense and focused..and I do see runes...so it's definetly something to do with runes.

There was also a tent with wool and drop spindles, and the lady dyed the wool with natural colouring...of have lost her card, and I have no picutes..was too busy looking..!

I loved it, and will go next year as well!

still knitting

Hi again, it has once again been a while since I have been here, and it's not because I am not knitting..because I am definetly knitting. I thought i'd just show you what I am busy knitting..so here goes This is the springtime swirl

I don't really have alot left of this shawl, just 20 rounds with 640 stitches in each round, then I will be able to start the bind off...but that's a big job in itself.

Still, I think i might be finished with this shawl in maybe three weeks. After that it will be time to continue making Christmas presents and focus a bit on that. don't want to be in a rush in December!!!

Thank you for coming and let me know you were here

Big hugs

xxx

Drops jumper

Good afternoon people!

Since last time i was here, I haven't really spun much but I have been knitting.

In the summer I knitted a bolero, but I was NOT happy with the result, so I decided to make a winter jumper instead.



It was a really easy knit, and I enjoyed most of it:) The pattern is Garnstudio drops

The wool is New Lanark Double knitting, the main colour is called clematis, and the other colours were just some various colours that i had in my stash. Every time is go to New Lanark i buy a ball of wool or two:)

I was very surprised that the colours goes so well together and now I can't wait for the cold scottish weather to get here, so I can use it.. :o)

Thank you for visiting me, let me know you are here and come back soon!

dyeing wool

Hi ,I am back!
I did tell you I'd show you what I have been up to

The wool is soaking in soapy water

Kool Aid Cherry...really red , and I like it.It smells yummy but tastes really sour!

Getting a watery soak, on the hob it seems

Drying on my clothes line:) looking really cool, I like it alot and need some more Kool Aid i believe:)

xxx

homespun wool

I told you that I have started spinning my own wool on my new drop spindle.The first attempt was rather now succesful... It had lots of twist on it and was very uneven. This is my second attempt I think, or maybe it was third. I am quite happy with it anyway

A closer look at it..a bit furry here and there bt I am still learning

Ane here's the finished skein. I look forward to knitting a blanket..a completely homemade blankie:)

I will show you my dyeing next post, maybe when the princess is in bed tonight

xxx

Baby Blanket

Hello Everyone,
it has been a while since I wrote my last post. Since then I have been busy knitting along on some projects. This is one of them, my friend Anne in Trondheim gave birth to baby Hanna some time in July, and in a few days this blanket will be on it's way to them. I am actually really happy with the result, even if I did run out of wool and needed to knit the corner in a different colour.

I had planned all along to use another colour in the eyelets all around the edges of the blanket.

And all in all I am pretty happy:)

What else am I doing these days? I have recently bought a drop spindle, and I am busy learning how to spin my own wool. And of course I am knitting away on the jumper and the Springtime swirl Shawl. I guess I ought to show progress pictures, I might get around to it in the end of thee weekend...I guess you just have to pop by every so often;)

Now that it's just 3 weeks left until the schools start, I guess we are getting closer to Autumn..ann more knitting. I will be better at updating when July is finished.

So from me to all of you out there..Have a lovely weekend and I hope to see you soon!

Love xxx

Not gone

Hi everyone,
I am not gone, I am here slowly knitting in the summer heat. And because all my stuff are only halfway I have nothing to show off just now.

This heat is also playing havoc withmy migraine, and knitting is rather slow..But I have not put my knitting away for the summer.

It's just too hot to knit hats and scarves, so I am slowly plodding along with ny Springtime swirl and a winter jumper that is onlyu knit knit knit and not patterned(yet), I might have to start on something easier when i get to the fair isle pattern (if the heat continues).

I haven't even been doing my granny squares lately! shame on me!!

Linn xxx

wedding anniversary

Hi everyone, yesterday was our three years wedding anniversary, and I have found the song that was played at our wedding in the ceremony. Here is is, not the same singer but sounds very similar. Enjoy

"My love's like a red red rose" by Robbie "Rabbie" Burns

Raspberry Chevron Afghan

On Valentines day (feb 14) I Starting knitting an afghan for my brothers wedding. It has taken me just over 3 months to knit, and now it's finished. Here it is drying hanging double on my washing line.My 5 years old daughter is posing in front:)

Measurements are 180*170 cm. It was a pretty easy knit, it just took time. I loved it as a tv knit, and I might well make one for my own livingroom...but no deadline this time:)

I hope to get some nicer photos when the blanket is in it's place in it's new house:)

Thank's for coming, and let me know you were here.

Linn

Crocheted table cloth

Well, I couldn't just ignore it...I am so proud today..this is one of the things I have been working hard trying to finish, I started it in March 2008, just to see if I could understand crochet charts.

I have used Fairytale Dreamtime 4ply, by Patons , and the hooksize is 1.3 mm. A small hook!
A slightly more detailed picute..yes yes, i am sure you can find some mistakes here..but remember, this was just a test;) Tomorrow when it's dry after blocking it will be lying on my 5 years old daughter's night stand.

But still, I am pretty proud of it, and even the hubby seemed impressed:) So there you have it!

Have a nice weekend, and tell me what you think of this project..!

Hermione's hat

Hi everyone, I am back again. Just because I haven't updated lately doesn't mean I am not knitting. Just the opposite actually. This is Hermione's hat that I finsihed some days ago.It took me a few weeks to make it, but that is because I was really busy knitting another project , so I only did a couple of rounds here and there. I am certain it would have taken me only a day or two if I focused on it:)

I do like this colour..Mixtures Cranberry -Life by Stylecraft. I think it will be a good colour for cold Scottish Autumn weather. I still need the summer to arrive before i want to start using it though!

I am also knitting a shawl in the same colour, it could be nice to wear matching hat and shawl once in a while don't you think?

Now, how do I decide what knitting to bring on holiday? We will be spending two weeks in my hometown in Southern Norway also known as Sørlandet, and I have no clue what to bring..!Better make a decition before next Thursday anyway since that's the day we are going! Wish me luck:)

Thank you very much for coming, and let me know you were here will you?

Love Linn

Bag project

I have started a bag project, and here's how it will look. I haven't decided 100% yet, but I have started crocheting the large yellow square. it will be a rose in grey pearl cotton.
I will of course not use these colours, the colours will be grey and pink. I think this will be a FUN thing to do, and my first bag:)

I am continuing kntting the wedding Afghan, i need to be finished ny May 27th. I will be going to Glasgow knit 'n' stithc tomorrow and that means about 2 hours of knitting time..that'll help-, definetly!

Take care, and see you soon!

Linn

baby blanket

Hi, I am back again:) Good afternoon everyone!



Look, I have finished the baby blanket, and that is good news because the due date is on Saturday i believe, so very shortly ( hopefully tomorrow) this blanket will be on it's way to Germany to the (very soon) new arrival, and yes: it's a boy!



It didn't take me long to knit this blanket, probably because it was only knit, knit , knit..! It's a very easy pattern, and i enjoyed knitting it. Although the middle bit didn't look very nice until I stretched it like this, wet blocking. I think it'll look nice now, and hopefully the little boy will be able to use it.



The wool I have used is just random wool from my so called stash(if you can call it that, being so tiny) and needles size 5.0 mm.



I guess this is all I have for today, it's back to knitting the wedding afghan for my brother and wife to be. I am definetly getting there! I will spend most this evening watching tv and knitting...typical Tuesday evening for me these days, and I love it!



Continue to have a good week, and hopefully i'll be back next week again!

Thank you for visiting me, and come back soon!



Love

April hat

Good morning everyone, I hope you all have had a lovely weekend:)



A new week has started, and i thought it was time to update with my newest finished project. It didn't take long to knit, but i love the result! The April hat is the Waffle hat, i believe i have used Wendy Mode, Aran and i used 5.5 mm circular needles. I was going to give this hat to someone for Christmas..but i need to think about it, because i really love this hat!

It's a little big for my 5 year old Princess, but it's just great for an adult!

Now that I have finished this hat, it's time to start thinking about the May hat, I will get the pattern later... when May starts;)

Now i need to focus on knitting my brothers wedding afghan, I have started on panel 7, or is it the 8th I have started...hmm, the plan is to have 12 panels anyway...so it'll still be a while until i finish!

Honestly, I can't wait to finish it so I can start knitting some smaller stuff with more "instant results" . I have been thinking about making an afghan like that for ourselves as well...but i think i might want to wait a little while until I start another large project like that!

So, my dear friends this is all I have today and I guess I better get on with other things, such as getting ready to go to nursery, and plan the dinner:)

Thank you for visiting me, and please let me know you were here! And last but not least:

Have a lovely week all of you, hugs from

Last bit of Easter

This is the last of my Easter 2009, We ended up being rather busy, here's some pictures i took on our little walk.

Sorry about the angle of this photo, but i forgot to edit before i uploaded them...and now i can't get the picture off without removing all photos..Anyway, the sun was bright and it was fairly warm as we started walking from Chaterherault Country Park

These are the famous Cadzow Oaks...very old and beautiful trees.

We went down to the White bridge, and these little steps were just before the bridge..must be said that this road was closed..but we decided to continue walking...

Across White Bridge, and you can see the landslide on the right just behind the dark brown branches...

Here's another picture of the reason this path is closed.. a landslide..!

looks pretty bad, and was a bit scary as well..but it was actually walking across White Bridge that worried me..all i could think about was the childrens tv show Strawberry Shortcake, and how the bridge they were walking on fall down....

Well we managed to get over and even get home..and i settled down with my knitting in the evening. I have so far knitted half of my brothers wedding afghan:)

Next time I'll be back with some knitting or crocheting! Thank you so much for visiting me, and let me know you were here.

Easter Party

Yes, the Easter Party has begun!!!

How much chocolate do you think a almost 5 years old girl can eat?
Inside one of the big eggs, this one i bought, worthy a Princess- Pink Smarties inside.

And more eggs.....

Now i'm off to the party

First of i'm off to see Ruth@, kristin, gud75, torunn, ronille, vibbedille, marihoena, petunia,

Liv-irene, Anita K, lise

Easter Party

I have been invited to a Easter party by Manne, she runs the Scandinavian Hobbysite Hobbyboden.

I can't wait to get this party started, but the problem is...when will i actually get time to knit anything??Beats me..!



And not to forget that this weekend we're getting another satelite dish, so that I can see my Norwegian channels...so watching tv, trying to lose weight(means alot more exercise) and running a household..where does the knitting come in?



I will just have to make time, I know:) Tomorrow is Thursday, an exciting day as always:)

Thank you for visiting me, come back soon, and let me know you were here:)

SSK clue 1

Hi and good morning again:)
I was in such a good mood yesterday with blogging my on the needle afghan, so I managed to take another photo, this time of my almost finished clue 1 of Secret of shawl KAL , the pattern is fairly easy to knit, atleast so far.

I think I might call myself almost experienced lace knitter..i have knitted away with no mistakes and only to stitchmarkers along each spine. I am knitting the winged version by the way!



wool : Stylecraft Life DK , col. mixed cranberries

needles: 3.5 mm



Very happy with it so far!



Thank you for visiting me, let me know you were here and please come back soon!

Raspberry Chevron

Hi everybody,

I hope you are all doing very well! It feels as if it has been absolutely ages since i finished any projects.



This is the reason why:

This is my brothers wedding present..not quite finished, only nearly halfway, I am on panel 6!

The length is about 180 cm i think and it's really stretchy so I am certain that one of them ( if not both) will be able to use it one of those cold Norwegian winter evenings :)

Close up picture, you can see the colour and I think it can go with pretty much any other colour. I have no idea what colours they have in their house, as they bought it about a month ago or so..I am so excited about their wedding and to see their house!

I better get on with my knitting, hopefully i'll have it finished in April! Can't wait, but what am i going to do when it's finished? It's the easiest tv-knitting ever...maybe i'll make one for our house too??? We'll have to wait and see!

This is all for today, thank you for coming and let me know you were here!

colour of the rainbow

Your rainbow is strongly shaded green and red.

What is says about you: You are a passionate person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. You get bored easily and want friends who will keep up with you. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

bubo bubo

I have alot to show you today it seems like, but i think this will be my last posting atleast for today.

This is the hat of the month, bubo bubo by tittei....yikes,..i don't have a link right now...but as you can see..it fits my daughter and not me..so i will make another one..i have actually started;) because i do like this pattern

It's a while since Christmas, but i got this lovely wool as a present from Denmark, and i have made this neckwarmer...it's quite some time since i finished it, but i took a photo just a few days ago. yup, things take time sometimes.

i guess i need to warn you...i will be veeeery busy knitting and crocheting this month..and especially next month...i have entered a "finish you project " competition...with lots of different teams that work together competing againg other teams. i have of course joined the Southern Norway team. and we are called Team Skagerak!

April , here i come!

anyway, thank's for coming, i hope you enjoyed my pics, come back soon and let me know you were her!

hugs from

new wool

I just wanted to make a separate post with the wool i brought home from the fair:)


New Lanark 100% wool , aran. As you can see i have already started knitting, this time a jacket from Drops Garnstudio.


I also bought 4 balls of Sublime Kid Mohair bland in a lovely colour!,and yes i have a plan for this as well!

AND, i discovered something new...tatting...i totally love it, and it's so easy. actually i remember doing something similar when i went to school, inbetween the classes all the girls used to make friendship bracelets using this very same technique...except for the flipping of the knot!

And because i sat down and had a go at tatting at the fair, i got to bring home something tatted. the blue one i have made myself:)

more craft fair

Good morning everyone, i am awake, have had my coffee and emptied my camera:) so here are some more photos from the craft fair on sunday:)Sally again

Princess and me

Liz

Princess and Shaun the sheep PickKnit
Another picture of The Pickknit! it was truly a great day, and look forward to going next time!!

craft fair

this weekend i went to the craft fair at the SECC in Glasgow. i was lucky and got cheap tickets from the nursery teacher:) yaay.
it was a really good day, and i bought some wool..i don't have photos of the wool just yet but i "stole" or borrowed these pics from Nan from the lunch we had at the fair..Stitching time Blethers and some Glasgow knit n stitch ladies...oh and daughters too:)

Nan and Karen Princess and me

Liz, Sally and Sally's girl

Alice and Flora

just another picture:) hope to see you all soon

drops mittens

These are my February mittens from the kal at Hobbyboden. Drops mittens, and they are crocheted using artesano alpaca i think and hook size 3.

I love the result and will definetly make the gloves another time..maybe nearer the winter again. right now i'll be busy with knitting the March mittens...some owl mittens i believe. will be back with them soonish! have a great week eveyone. thankyou for coming by, and let me know you were here!

raspberry baby blanket

Good afternoon everyone, i hope you are all great! i myself have not been that well the last few days, but i am definetly on the mend.

here is the finished Raspberry chevron baby blanket, i have made it for my friend Tiina, she gave birth to a baby boy recently-congratulations!! i started using some white chunky wool, then bought the brown..and when i found out that it was a boy i got the blue. the wool is just amix and match of what i had and had to boy. i am not sure about the colours though...but the more i see it i do like it.

this is just a close up of the two last colours .nothing much happening here really..just knitting along on this other raspberry chevron afghan..won't be finished for another few months though!

stripey

Good afternoon everyone, i have finally gotten around to take photos of the stripey hat i have made,. i really love the hat...unfortunately..it doesn't fit me!!! it fits my 5 years old much better...and i don't think i'll ever get around to actually make one for myself. i felt it took a long time to finish this hat, besides i have millions of other projects on the go.

Such as this Raspberry Chevron Afghan for my brother's wedding in late may, and i started on Valentine's day, and I will make sure they know that;) the wool I am using is..oh dear..i cannot remember...better ask Nan...she'll know..the colour is Kemp, that i know:) Could it be Special 20% wool? need to find out, i do have two other 400G balls of wool waiting for me at the shop..., so i better get knitting:)


and i have also started on these Swirly girl socks, this is very much a "for fun" kind of project and so far i really like it. i have wanted to knit some socks for some time now, and finally i got around to do it. yay! let's see...i am using Drops Fabel, and also the red in the socks are Viking Froeya.

yup, i do keep myself busy! hope you'll have a wonderful weekend, and let me knoe you were here;

L xxx

pudorosa

Good evening to you all, i just wanted to show you my february scarf, it's the pudorosa! it's just so cute, and i love it. it's so...i dunno, it's just so me. and the white buttons really "does" or "makes" the whole neckwarmer.

it looks a bit wonky i suppose,but it isn't-really:) it was also really fast to knit, and i finished it before i finished the january scarf in the previous post. i just wanted them in the correct order.

OH, i promise you that when the weather gets warmer and drier....i will take my pics outside..so maybe you can actually see the knitting, i know bad photos is a real downer..but i will be better!!

L xx

january scarf

here is my january scarf, finally...it took me a long time to knit this one. this pattern is made my torilh, but she has been inspired by the fan neckwarmer.

this will be a christmas present for my sister-in law. i hope she'll like it:)

the wool i have used is unknown, and i had to wind it off a cone and separate two strands of wool, and this is why it took such a long time to knit. i do quite like it, but this one is for Nina!

have a good friday 13th!
xx

cherry mittens

here are my Cherry mittens almost done. the knitting is finished,and they have even been worn , but after thinking about it for a few days, i felted them just a tiny bit, and now they fit just perfect. so the picture is before felting;)

i must admit, they have been finished almost two weeks now, and these are my first attempt on knitting mittens"properly" with a pattern and all, and i am very happy with the result. The wool is Wensleydale Longwool, and it was given to me sometime last year by Julia that didn't want it anymore. i think i made good use of it don't you? So thank you Julia:)

Thank you for popping by, let me know you were here, won't you?

wham bam

Hello there, it's been a while! how have you al been? i have missed my blogupdates, especially because i finished this wham bam thank you lamb a while ago. i just never got around to upload the photos from my camera(correction, my hubby's camera that is)

i didn't realise that the first picture was so blurred, but the colour is correct, so i can't get myself to remove it. I have been pretty busy getting a cold you see, but now i am feeling alot better. i have some other photos to show you in a few days ...i really need to find the febryuary neckwarmer as well..it's finished, but i have put it somewhere safe..and i can't remember where..! of maybe it's the "husnisse" that took it???

it's snow once again her, so i am going to enjoy one hour of tv watching and coffee drinking..before i need to go out again!

have a good day everyone!! xxx

award

i have received an award from tina-agnete, og fra Henrikke.
tusen hjertelig takk!thank you so much!!!

1.Vinneren kan kopiere denne logoen til hans/hennes side
2.Lag en link til han/henne du fikk linken fra
3.Nominer minst 7 blogger
4.lag link til disse bloggene på bloggen din
5.Legg igjen beskjed på bloggen til de nominerte


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1 the winner kan copy this logo onto his/her blog
2.make a link to the person you received the award from
3. nominate atleast 7 blogs
4. amke a link to you chosen blogs on your blog
5let the nominated persons know by leaving a message on thir blog.

i have been around different blogs, and it seems that all of you have this, so until i find someone to give it too, i will say a big thank you !

neckwarmer

i have been a bit late with a birthdaypresent, this is a scarf/neckwarmer for Fiona, she was 20 earlier this month. the scarf is made from King Cole Mirage and as you can see the shade is green:)

it's really simple to make, i cast on 210 sts, and knitted some weid pattern, you can knit any pattern you like..lace, cables or whatever you want..or nothing. when it's wide enough cast off..make sure the cast off is not too tight, so i cast off in rib.

measured, and put on a button, made a small icord(?) sewed it on, and voila!!i will give it to her today:) and i hope she likes it:)

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The lovely bloke at my lys passed away just a few days ago i think, i am very upset and sad about this. i cannot believe it, i really can't:(

we'll all miss you David, RIP

babyblanket

so here is finally the picture of the finished babyblanket, it has been finished for some time now, but i never got around to post it. hope Pia in Denmark will like it:)

xmaspressie-list

Oppdatering av julegaveliste
pappa- votter
britt-skjerf
mamma-sjal/skjerf
terje- skjerf
renate- hemmelig, for hun leser bloggen
nancy-pulsvarmere og lue
adam- secret
catriona-stjernehals og kjole
Simon-genser
farmor-twirly scarf

tante-twirly scarf
onkel jb-lue
onkel ah-skjerf

geir-boy hat
erik lue
hanne-hermine hat
renate2-fisherman sluch hat

svigermor-fan scarf
svigerfar-lue
fiona-fingerloese votter til fiolinspilling

nora marie-jakke alder 2 aar

first project

good morning everyone, i hope you have had a great new year so far:)
i have been very busy, this is the january hat in the knitalong at hobbyboden, the pattern is the boy hat and can be found here.

and CAN you believe it..but it's the first Christmas present for the christmas of 2009, and it's for my sister-in -law's husband Shaun:)

i will be back in a few days , so have a great few days. thank you for coming, and let me know you were here!! xxx

music party

so i have been invited to another party...by torilh

this time we are supposed to find our fave song on you tube and share it! and here goes:~)

this is my favourite song , it's really way before my time..but i heard it on tv one day..and i couldn't forget it..and i come back to it over and over again.

gry jannicke jarlum singing about weak people

and this is another one that i love...now that had something to do with alan rickman as severus snape i think...never mind. lovely song anyway:)

party

PARTY

I have been invited to a party at Muffin's blog and here i am!!

I have also brought my mug from Prague that my lovely auntie bought me in 2005, i am a bit of a mug/cup collector but most of them are still in Norway, even after having lived here for 4 years.
I am trying to finish this crocheted babyblanket, just 4 more squares before it's on it's way to Pia's baby in Denmark. It's a girl she's expecting by the way or could you tell;)

and last night i started knitting the boy hat which is this month's pattern of knit a hat a month at Hobbyboden. i think it will make a nice christmaspresent in a years time;)

thank you for today, and i might well be in a bit later when the princess is away to her bed! Thank you Muffin for the invite!!!

I am doing my best to pop by to all of you ladies, but if i don't manage the whole round, i will come by during the weekend, i promise!!!

xx Tusen takk for i kveld dere!!!

my little pony

welcome everyone... the famous jumper had to be worn before it was complete, and i just had to take a photo og my princess wearing it!

everybody, here she is Rainbow Dash! i finished the jumper yesterday and i am really happy with how it turned out. i found a picture online, and tried one of these pattern generators or whatever they are called. now in theory it would work fine, but it didn't, so i just had to look at the picture a make sure everything was looking right. and i think it does.

of course i ought to have a picture of the princess holding the realy pony as wel, but i forgot to bring it along when we went to the park yesterday. yes, it was cold and dull..we went a bit late i suppose. and i can't say she looks very happy either, but i assure you:SHE loves it:)

so from me to all of you:

HAPPY NEW YEAR/GODT NYTT ÅR!!

thank you for visiting me, and let me know you were here! x

kalendar mystery

good morning to you all! i hope you are all having a splendid day:) i myself, i feel great, last night i exercised for an hour, then later on i finally got around to finish the advent calendar mystery. i just needed to attach the hoops, and fasten all ends. i actually like the resut alot...i had planned to give it away, but i think i want to keep it..! january will be a busy month for me, i have mittens, hats and scarves to knit:) and yes.....i will be starting knitting pressies for mext xmas..!

have a good week, and i'l hopefully be back with a finished my little pony jumper! thank's for visiting, and let me know you were here.

wool

here's just a picture of my kitchen table just before christmas dinner. it was a good day even if we didn't go to Norway this year.

Yesterday we went to New Lanark, and went for a walk to the falls of Linn, it was just lovely there, and i was so lucky that i got some wool(hubby's xmas pressie for me i think)new lanark wool, and i will make some sort of cardigan using this. haven't made up my mind just yet.

but first i want to finish the my little pony jumper for my princess. not long now, so watch this space..i am really happy with it! you just have to wait until the pony is blue...:)

thankyou for visiting me, come beack soon and let me know you were here. xx

late

yes yes yes, i know it's beena while since i updated, and i'm supposed to put pictures of all my advent calendar gifts, but i know i have missed a few photos, but this lovely tablecloth is the last adventcalendar gift i received, and i just love it.

i have enjoyed every morning in december because of this, and i do hope to have something similar in december 2009:)thank you for a great december Henrikke!!

my little pony

it's nearly little christmas eve as we call it in norwegian, the 4year old princess has the little mermaid on tv, and i thought i ought to update just a little bit before christmastime.

this my little pony jumper has been "ordered " by her, and i can't wait to have it all finished. i was hoping to have it done by christmas eve, but i doubt it now. it'll be all ready by the new year. i don't want to rush it, the wool is nice and soft, and i have alot of the so called swiss darning to do. i am certain that the end result will be great! now off to chart the pony:)

have a good christmas everyone!!

GOD JUL ALLE SAMMEN!!

calendarknit

this is how it looked after last night's knitting. i am up to date with this one. i still have today's bit to do, but it'll be really quick:)

day 21 and 22

this morning when i opened my calendar , i found these cute little "nisser" they are so cute and has fount their place next to my "kystnisser" that my mum has given me earlier years. aren't they cute???

and this new wool, i have never seen it before, and a pattern to go with the wool. the pattern is a vibbedille pattern! i will make this hat after xmas:)

thankyou henrikke, these things are great! tusen takk!!

xmas calendar

good morning everyone, hmm-good afternoon i meant to say! all these pictures are from my advent calendar, and i couldn't tell you which day they came..except for that these nisse-napkins was in today's numer 19..very cute, and will definetly be in use on christmas eve:)

and this bag was in yesterday's calendarpressie, and was perfect to put the little pressie for jocelyn in, on our way to the nursery. and on our way home, we put the gloves in:) just right

fritidsgarn, very nice to know what everyone in Norway is talking about..my verdict..veery nice! and will definetly buy some next time i'm in norway.

unless more is coming the nest few days...i actually have a very specific plan for this. just wait and see:)

and tnis xmas mitten....have i put in this photo before? well. it's supposed to be two of them, and this is the picture of the first one..i can't put a picture in of the other one..and it came in perfect time for my baking...so i used it to bake "kransekake" a norwegian cake made from ground almonds, icing sugar and eggwhites.

the ovenmitt is now a bit...cakey..needs a clean as i had a slight little accident with my first batch in the oven..hehehe, nothing major, but the mitten does need to be cleaned.

today is a really weird day, because first thing this morning was to meet at the cinema at 925 to watch Madagascar-back 2 africa. i did enjoy the film, and i knitted the whole time. my 4 year old enjoy the film too...and it seemed as if all the other kids liked the film as well. very funny:)

anyway, better go and have me very belated lunch..it's almost 14.0 and i usually eat at 11.00..yikes!

have a great weekend, let me know you have been here and come back soon. xx

calendar 15

this is yesterday's pressie, a cutie christmas oven mitt. i don't have many christmassy things in my house..and this is also only our second xmas or yule/jul in our own house..so i guess we'll"build up" our xmas things the next few years. this mitt helps..and i love it, yes i do!

today i got a lovely ball of red gjestal baby cotton, and i have already decided what to do with it i think...

and yesterday i found i small tube of toothpaste in the calendar..a baby toothpaste as my princess said before she ran off with it..and now it's ..gone. so i can't even put a piture of it in here..what a cheeky girl !

not alot of stuff going on here, i am knitting away on the calendar knit, and am completely up to date with the knitting. i am not doing alot of other things, except, i had to fix mu daughters marius jumper, it didn't take long, and now her head doesn't get stuck! and i guess that's that. i have started another baby blanket, there is another baby due in january..i guess i oughta finish the first baby's blanket soon. i just don't like the pressure of having to finish in a short time.

next year i am definetly going to do the same as i did this year, start on the pressies after new years eve. it has been a nice december where i have been able to do whatever i want.

next year will be a mitten and hat year for me i think.

i have a question, how can i get myself to finish the fbs soon? it's been lying there for some time now..maybe three or four weeks..!and i just can't get myself to pick it up.

well, i'd better end here, have a huge pile of ironing waiting for me! have good monday everyone. thank you for visiting me, and let me know you were here:)

december

Hi there everyone, and good morning to you all. i hope you will all have a great Friday today.I have started the day with taking some pictures of a few things i have finished knitting..starting with this circle chrug. the colour is green, dark green, and i really like it...now if it would just fit a bit better...not to worry, i am trying to lose weight, and by next winter it will fit much better.

then , can't not mention this shawl..it's from Drops garnstudio

i have used needles size 20mm, they were huge, but it also means that it finished up quickly. i have used kiddyprint from laines du nord, and also jamiesons' ultra.

i especially love the crocheted edge, it really made the whole shawl!

i am not sure how well you can see these colours, but i love it. might actually make another one with only kiddy print,it will look like a completely different shawl due to the colours.

i know for a fact that this will be my fave this winter. i thought i wouldn't manage to wear it, as it's slightly itchy...but maybe i have grown up a bit because i just don't mind. i have always been really sensitive to anything itchy. soooo....good for me, i can use more different wool.

this is what i have done the last few days, next few projects will be to fix my princess' marius jumper...my mum made it last year...but it's a bit tight around the neck..so i have to cast off over again..i'll cast off in rib, makes it much more elastic..maybe the princess will be able to fit her ears through. she needs it by tuesday, they will be singing christmas carols for the parents at the nursery and needs to dress wintery..what better than a Marius knitted by her norwegian granny??

well, there are lots of things to do on a friday morning, so i will love you and leave you! have a great weekend,

....and by the way,let me know you have been here !

today's calendar

i could feel it..it was huge and heavy.as i opened it it saw it was a snowman, and i wasn't the only one...the princess: it's a babysnowman...ummm, i don't think it's mine yet...she'll have to finish playing with it. she loves it and so do i. i't one of these things..i kinda want to knit one, but would rather knit something to wear..and now..hurrah, i don't have to make a snowman..baceu i HAVE one!

day 9,10 and 11

here's what i got on dec 9th, yellow pocket slippers..have no idea if this is the correct name in english..nevermind.i have always wanted to knit these, but never gotten around to do so..and now i dont' have to..bacause i have already warm feet..i have worn them every day sice i got them..i ddn't know my feet were that cold..just now i'm not wearing them ..and i have icy cold feet...!

on the 10th i got these lovely and cute stitch markers..but i have had to hide them well..knowing my princess..she would take them off me and hide them well...never to be found again. but these i have kept in my purse..and i looooove them they are so cute! thankyou henrikke!

and this morning on dec 11th..i got a second ball of sockwool, so i took a photo with both of them. Scotland is so cold these days..i guess i might well spend christmas knitting socks:) and i don't even have to go anywhere to buy the wool! fantastic!

i love this adventcalendar swap!!

granny squares

every once in a while i get the crochet craze, and a long time ago i started making these little squares. i use a 4.0 mm hook, and just use any leftover wool that i have in the house. i had started sewing all the squares together...but then i decided i'd rather have them crocheted together..and the last week i have been busy trying to get my sewing undone. took forever to do it. but now i am ready to just make more squares.

this is stuff i do just inbetween all my knitting, so it seems it takes ages for me to finish. and another year or so until i am done i guess:) unless i decide to focus on finishing it. the thing is...i quite like to make some squares here and there..when i have a bit of wool left from some other project..! well, a neverending work i guess:D

have a great day everyone, and thank's for stopping by

christmas knitting calendar dec 7

so i have finished the knitting for dec 7th, i did it last night, and i am ready for more knitting later tonight. i have still no idea what this will be..some kind of scarf??

advent calendar

ouch, i can't remember what date it was on thursday..well. this is what was inside thursdays pressie for me. now i don't have to go and get myself a new one for all the xmas dishes..because i do all our dishes by hand...you guessed it, we don't have a dishwasher..no room in our kitchen for that.!

i guess this is Friday's pressie..a lovely colour of cotton..now to figure out what to use it for..i kinda have a couple of ideas...to do after xmas. hehe, i am busy with crocheting blankets these days!

on saturday i got this lovely cloth...i have never made one this big.i don't have enough patience!so thank you very much henrikke, it will be used alot!simply because i love it, it just feels so good in my hands:)

on sunday i got some sockwook, fabel from Drops Garnstudio, i am very excited about this because i have only knitted with Regia earlier. love the colour too!

and today's pressie was three christmastree decorations. How lucky is it that yesteday we bough out xmas tree, and put it up in the liveingroom just last night? the plan is to decorate it today..so these lovely angelhearts are already up there. they are just adorable, and love them. they are perfect Henrikke! thank you so much!

that was all the calendar pressie that i didn't get to blog during the weekend..yes i know i oughta have my own laptop..and i kind of do, it's the hubby's work laptop..but i ust don't want my private photos on that laptop..! but when i do start working again...it will definetly be a priority to have my own !! then it'll be loads and loads of updates:)

anyway, better go, but i will be back either later today or tomorrow...i want to show you how far i have come on my advent knitting..!

christmas knitting calendar

so i have finished part two of the christmas knitting calendar by johanna wallin, i am really excited about this one..i have no idea what it will be inthe end..i was thinking some sort of scarf or shawl..but now i am far from sure. i know i'll know more in another few days. very exciting nevertheless! another knit for tonight!

oh, and i won't be blogging anything until next monday, and husband is off from work for a few days...and i am expecting laptop to be occupied until monday morning! lol

have a nice weekend everyone, and enjoy!!

julekalenderluke 2 og 3

so i didn't have time to post yesterday, but got napkins in number 2. how did Henrikke know that i have been thinking about getting napkins, but never got around to do it. and they are really nice too:) will be on our table at christmastime.

and today i got some stitchmarkers in number 3...and i wonder if henrikke has been reading my mind, or had some spies around. you see, i have been searching high and low for this..but i couldn't find any. and these are absolutely gorgeous. The colour doesn't show up on the picture very well, because they have a lovely green colour. and i absolutely love todays pressie too!!

another hat

hummm, not the best picture in the world i must say..

i guess this shows it off better. a christmaspressie for my mum..she has only one hat and it's black..i hope it fits her..if not..i'll make another one for later! she's getting two hats anyway..so hopefully she'l be happy. ups..i hope she's not in for a view..never know with her;)

the braided bit took foreeeever...but it does look nice!i do love how cables look! and will get on with my cable-afghan! aaaafter xmas that is:)

better go, time for nursery pick up!

1 dec,

this is the day we have all been waiting for! 1 of December..and this is the first pressie! before it was opened, this is how it looked! guess who's holiding it? yes, correct, the princess aged 4 1/2.. can i help you open it mummy? yes sure you can sweetie:)

a big christmas stocking, i don't have one, so that was so great! thank you thank you Henrikke! i love it..(and so does the princess) need to find a good place to put it though..can't have it hanging on the cd rack can i?

can't wait until tomorrow!

november knits

Good morning everyone, the sun is shining outside, you'd think it's summer..except for the fact that it's freezing cold out there. i am showing you my "vibette" blanket, it's kind of like the Babette one..although i have named it after a lady at Hobbyboden, Vibbedille. this is how much i have done..it's going to be a king size bedspread, to replace my orange elephant one during the wintertime...yes, i like to keep the bedroom cold, but i don't like to BE cold.

and this is the finished smetteskjerf for my step-niece Nora, she'll be one just after Christmas. Baby Born doll Alisabet is so nice agreeing to model for me:)

last but not least...christmas present for my dad, i think it's called ~Fisherman cap...and i found the pattern on ravelry somewhere. nice and easy to knit. and of course, King Cole Mirage:)

oh, there's one thing i have forgotten to tell you..at Hobbyboden, we are exchanging Advent calendars...my swap partner is Henrikke, and she has sent me an enourmous parcel...and i can't wait for dec. 1st..so i can open my first pressie! i will try to be good and blog eveyday with a picture of that day's pressie!

tomorrow, will not have much time for any knitting or crocheting..first in the morning we'll be going to the Christmas fair at the local school, then it's time to go shopping, and later in the evening i'l be at my pal Lynne's birthdayparty. this is going to be a great weekend!

have a good one! november hugs from me:)

winter

Good Evening everyone! how are you all doing? i have been very busy knitting away! i have finished another christmas present, for my uncle this time, this is another Jacques Costeau hat, by Typy..and this one i have once again used King Cole Mirage. I love this colour here, and i do hope he'll be happy with it!! I can't believe we are this close th Christmas, my princess is asking me if we are to get the crhistmas stuff out yet..but i do think we need to wait a week or so..well, the plan is to decorate on dec 1st.

I have also finally finished the Baktus scarf that i started ages ago. i have used some sockwool that i got from my secret pal at Hobbyboden..i don't even remember who it was..it's a few months ago now...

I am kind of bored with my knitting these days...it's so slow, well..i don't know what. i guess i am getting a bit bored with knitting hats...especially hats for other people!!well, after christmas it'll be other stuff on my needles indeed!

well, i'd better stop my rambling for today, and it's time to make the dinner anyway...chicken in the wok with peppers, pineapple and dessicated coconut coming up!

thoughts

Good morning everyone,
i thought i had no photos to show you, until i remembered the christmas pressie i finished last week. it's a hat..jacques costeau i think it's called by typy.... i have done it a bit different, and am making another one to try to do it the correct way.

but i have had some thoughts lately...i know it's christmas and i still have a few pressies i need to finish before i send a huge parcel away to norway...but..

i am not enjoying the knitting..when i knitted the mystic water lace shawl. i made sure i enjoyed every bit..and that i wasn't in a hurry to finish, and lately i have again gone back to that: wanting to finish in a hurry so i can start on something new. i need to learn to enjoy my knits. do you know what i mean?To actually enjoy every little stitch, it was a god feeling:) and if i do that i am sure i will managed to finish those hats and be very happy with my results.

that's my thoughts of the day, ENJOY the knitting everyone!

calorimetry

just a real quckie here..i ought to get myself ready for taking my princess to the nursery,and i have to go down town ..need to get a few things for my advent calender swap, i need to send it pretty soon if she is to have it by dec 1st.

anyway, i finished my first calorimetry last week i just didn't get around to put if up here. i love it and have been using it almost every day. this will not be my last calorimetry ..oh no, not at all.

but..sorry this is ever so short..btw, before i go..still king cole mirage i have used:)

will be back with some more things next week, if not before.

it's friday, so have a great weekend everyone!

gilmore

good afternoon everyone! i am taking advantage of nursery time (princess at nursery, me home alone) to update a bit. On saturday i finished this Gilmore vest, i have used New Lanark Wool, DK...it is absolutely lovely on, and i think vests or slipover will be something i will wear a bit more. i have never been much of a vest-user..but after this one..oh yes!

besides, this Gilmore vest is just reminding me of a tv series i used to watch when living in Norway..and i loved it..and have just recently found in on tv in uk..The Gilmore Girls,and my fave is Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore. as i watch the series over again now..i got several new ideas...vests and jumpers... So when i actuallty get around to make the "new" ideas i will let you know:)

but for now, i will try to finish the Calorimetry while watching Gilmore Girls(of course)!

have a great day everyone, and thank you for visiting me. Come Back soon:)

headband

hello, everyone! how are you all doing? we are fine her in Scotland, but it's really cold out there. i am glad i am here in my lovey warm house....but only for a while.

It's almost time to go to the nursery, and last night i finished this headband.. and it's something i will wear myself, as well as my princess.

oh yes..my mobilephone stopped working, so now i had to find out how to upload photos...and i have. BUT of course..my camera is in need of a bit of batterycharging..and did i mention that i can't find the charger???

how annoying, so i have had to use my old digital camera..and the colours are't quite right, as this is supposed to be the same colour as the tuva hat that i knitted earlier. well, it wil be cheaper for me doing it this way compared to sending pics to my email. and i might even put some pictures of the suff i am actually doing, and not just the finished stuff:)

do i have time for a bit of knitting before i go..uuuuum, nope...need to get a few things done first..so i'll try to finish most of my gilmore vest tonight. i wanted to wear it tomorrow evening. we'll just have to see how well my hands behave tonight:)

have a good day!!

wollies

it's another good morning in rainy scotland..i did promise you some waffles..so they are here you so help yourself..i would have had them ready made for you if you came over:)

now. i forgot to post about the wollies i made for Catriona. but here they are..i thikn they'll be rather nice to wear when it really gets cold and wet.

i have again used king Cole Mirage..this is the blueish one. i also started a new project even if i said i was going to finish some other stuff. but i am home alone this week..and i watch tv to make the evenings go..so no fbs for me until hubby is home. i started knitting the gilmore vest and will probably focus on this one and the baktus scarf as well. let's see how far i get.

i better get back to my daughter and her painting..and the tidying up..!
have a good day everyone! thank you for visiting me and come back soon
hugs..!

turn a square

good afternoon everybody, how are you all? i hope you are as well as i am:)
we are back from London, all in one piece. it was a great weekend but a hard one. to say goodbye to littlesister :( but i know she'll have fun in OZ.i didn't get alot of knitting done, as i was traveling during the night both ways..but being home one day i have finished another christmas pressie, a hat for my dear Big Brother Terje. it's Turn a square pattern by Jared Flood and is a free ravelry download:)

i have probably mentioned that i have been using King Cole Mirage for this hat...once again i use this great King Cole Mirage..it's my absolute favourite:)

even if it does split at certain bits..i haven't found any knots and the colours are just fantastic!!

This week my plan is to finish a couple of projects i have been working on..so that in a few weeks i can buy some more wool and start some new projects! yippie for that..my list in revelry is still rather long;)

so have a good week , and thank you for visiting. come back soon.. i'll have some norwegian waffles ready for you:)

aibhlinn

Hello, good morning and welcome to my little spot on the web! I hope you are fine, and that you have had a good week:) the weekend is here, what are your plans?

our plans are that when hubby comes home from work we'll be on our way to London.. 5-6 hours drive or so i think. atleast that's what hubby says..but i do think he's a bit....ehhhhh...speedy...!

nevermind, we'l get there when we get there. The picture above it what i have been knitting this week...it's a cowl and the name is Aibhlinn, and i love it...and it's not just because the last part is my name;) i have used noro cash iroha, and i love the feel of the finished project. but not my favourite to knit with..it's not bad, that's not what i am saying. it's nice, but i still have another fave!

now,. as we'll be leaving the house for a few days , i will of course have to bring some knitting along..and i will probably bring Catriona's woolies, a Baktus scarf and a hat i started on last night. i will have a few hours of kniting, and i need something simple due to the lack of daylight.
on sunday evening Catriona and i will take the bus home, and we'll arrive in Scotland monday morning. i am guessing i'll be knitting a bit on my way back too. I am excited, haven't been to london since 1999..and i hope i might be able to visit a wool shop sometime on Saturday;) if hubby is nice and willing..haha, we'll see.

when i come home..Nan, watch out...i'll be down during the week..i reckon i will have used all my king cole by then;)

now it's time to FLY, thank you for visiting me, have a great weekend
and come back soon!
hugs from me

FINISHED

And a good morning to you all, i am sitting here with my morningcoffee... and i am so happy! the Marius is finished, and it fits just perfect. i have really worked hard to finish these last two days. last night the second sleeve was in place, and then i had to fasten all those "millions and catrillions " of ends. now that is another job i hate to do! but at 23.00 last night i got my hubby to take the photo, me;very eager to show off.

i can not really believe it, it's done, and i can wear it!!!!!! and if the hubby remembers that i am going to glasgow knit n stitch on sunday..well i will be wearing it be sure

scarf

hello there and welcome to my little space! i hope you are all doing great:)

it feels as if i haven't updated for some time now, but i have finally finished another christmas present...things has been going rather slow lately. For this scarf i have once again used KingCole Mirage.
the pattern is a triangle scarf, but i can't actually find a link to it. and by the way...If you wonder about those stumps of wool on the ends of the scarf...i can't find any scissors..but i have fastened them and they are ready to be cut off.

i really need to tell you about my jumper..the marius one..i did encounter some problems...the sewing machine i was supposed to borrow from my mother in law..well, it didn't quite work, and none of the sewing ladies down town wanted to sew anything that has wool in it..so i have had to sew by hand...yikes!!! so one sleeve is finished and actually sewn on, but the other is only halfway..so if i really get a move on...i COULD finish the sewing tonight..but i'm not sure...i really hate sewing.

now, i don't mean sewing with wool, this is a tiny blue sewing thread..blah!!!!i have sewn both shoulders together though,,so not much left. i will have it done by next weekend! YES i will.

and i better, because the scottish weather is getting colder, i have found all my hats, scarves and mittens from last winter. today it's pouring down out there, and because i don't have any wellies, i know i'll get soaked, but my neck will be warm atleast, it's rather foggy out there too.

i better go and plan the next present i am going to make.
see you later, and come back soon

another pair

my second pair of emerald green handwarmers, you can find the link to the pattern and wool in a different post called fingerless and it was posted in august 08:)

and by the way, this is what i was knitting on sunday at the Glasgow knit n strich at the tramway!

have a great week everyone!

oh by the way...this morning at 07.50 it was a loud knock on our front door..the postman..with our new printer..finally i can get my hands on loooots of patterns;)

hugs

christmas present

good afternoon everyone..yes i do have another update. i was told just the other day that i have such a huge production..do i? i feel it's all to slow, and that i knit and i knit and i knit..and still it takes ages for things to finish.

i think it might have something to do with the fact that i knit lots of things at the same time..and then all of a sudden lots of things are finished at the same time.

this shrug is for my mother-in -law, so this is another christmas present done. one persom less to think about. and we are heading towards christmas a bit too fast for my liking. i am not prepared or ready for october and christmas things in the shops, are you?

about the shrug..it's my own pattern, but i think i might have to knit another one to make sure i have the pattern written (properly)..and then i will share with you:)

have a good week everyone!

tried to make a hat

yes my dear friends, i have tried to make a hat, and this is the result. the plan was to make it using this pattern...but then i remembered...this hat is for irenesol's project...hats for ladies with cancer..and i guess lots of holes in the hat isn't the right ting....so i ended up with this hat instead...which i love. it's made with king cole mirage dk..and i absolutely love the feeling of this wool. i have lots left of it..and will make another hat for Catriona and one for myself too;)

that's how much i love it, and the real tuva hat is an easy knit..i did this one in an evening, and i could make another couple just as fast.

oh ladies, i do have an update on my marius jumper....now i need to put the pieces together..because i have finished!!! well, you know i will do the steeking, then i have to sew the sleeves in and also join the shoulders..and then i kan knit the neck bit. and THEN it's finished. i have asked my mother in law if i can use her sewing machine, and i hope i can do so next week.

that's why i am knitting these smaller projects. i have started knitting a scarf for my uncle..and it's not a double knitted scarf..it's one of these triangular scarves...the ones that nan has all over her shop..people in glasgow..you know which one it is?

well, i just realise..its way past lunchtime, and if am going to get catriona to nursery on time..i better get a move on.
have a great weekend my friends! hope to see you soon!

september hugs from me

baktus

it's saturday morning, i haven't even had my cup of coffee yet...! but this is so important, well, if i don't blog it now it will have to wait until monday..that's how it is when the hubby occupies the laptop.

this is my finished Baktus scarf, a christmas pressie for my auntie Birgit. the colour is wine red really and i think it's Elle sockwool....am not certain though. it's a while since i bought it.

i don't have any big plans today, just catriona that's going to her dancing and then we'll go shopping. i do have some eating plans this week, as i am going to Weight Watchers, i have switched to core for any of you that knows about it. so it'll be a challenge trying something new.

i will of course continue on finishing my Marius and my m-i-l's shrug...am even thinking that i want to keep it for myself...we'll see;)

well everybody, i am really feeling the need for my cup of coffee now, so i will love you and leave you!

Please come back soon! i loved having you here;)

lucky

hi and good afternoon everyone. i hope you are having a great day. today i have been really lucky, when Catriona was at nursery i went down town to buy odds and ends..and then i decided to have a look in a charity shop, and what did i find..wool..so i decided to get it..

i have never seen any wool in any charity shop before..and as my lys is closed on a tuesday..well..i got all of this for £5.60, about 56 norwegian kroner. i was ever so happy as i walked back to the nursery to pick up the princess.even the nursery teacher Mrs.Robinson thought it was a good deal. it's just pure luck...! hurrah...!!!

oh, update...i have finished both sleeves on the marius, will now finish the last bits on it:) and then put it together.

love and hugs

loveknots

good morning, i hope you are having a great start of the week. I have finally managed to upload a picture of my loveknow shawl that i finished a week ago or so. it's really airy and feels good now that it's not that cold ..yet!

i have been really busy this weekend, i was on a course the whole saturday, and will be doing the same thing next saturday. it's taking time from my knitting:(
since my hubby is "babysitting" the whole saturday, it just doesn't feel right that i go away on the sunday for my knitting meetup...so another few weeks until i am back ladies!

I must admit, i am busy knitting as well...am desperately trying to get halfway on my x-mas pressie for my auntie..a baktus scarf but it just seems to go on forever. I feel the same with the second sleeve on my Marius...it just goes on and on and on...but i really need to finish it soon. the weather in Scotland is changing, it is already getting colder, and i just remembered that i need to get on with woollies for my daughter...so that'll be the next project on the needle..but not until i am done with the marius..! wish me luck.

have a good week everyone! hugs from me

fingerless

hello, and good morning to you once again!
i must admit i never thought i'd be back this soon, but indeed i am:) and i am very happy about that.

so..i did go to my lys for some more wool, and i found this...Rowan silk wool dk , the colour is called porcelain. and i had already planned on making these, the emerald green handwarmers
and i found out that they are SO easy to make..and as this is a chrismas present for my sister-in-law to be-Nancy..i want a pair for myself. next time i'm at Glasgow knit and stitch, i will try to make a pair;) hopefully i'll get the time..unless i blether to much that is.

the wool is gorgeous by the way!

And i seem to remember somthing about a lace project...and that i was going to update you on that...weeeeeell: After making these green handwarmers, i did start. i have made a start on the Flower Basket Shawl. I have had the pattern for ages, and now i have started. seems fairly easy to do, so far:)
I have no idea when i will have it finished. but for the Marius i am making, i have nearly finished the first arm. when the second arm is finished i will finish the body bit. only the top to do on it anyway!

oh another thing...we've had summer holidays for nearly two months, and the kids are back at the nursery for two days..and today there's a strike...Great!!! not...so we're at home today, and we're bored!

have a good week everyone!

neckwarmer

good evening everyone, the day is nearly over, only one more hour left of today, and in Norway it's actually midnight. i hope you all will have a great week, and that you really enjoy yourselves.

i have had this little neckwarmer project on the needles, and i finished it today and i figured i might as well put it in the blog now, because i won't have time tomorrow...i'm am SO going to my lys for some wool. now that i finished one project, i might as well start another one!!

it will be something lacy, just need to figure out what!!! i already know what wool to use..jamieson's of shetland and the colour is very pale lilac. i will let you know what i decide...

i'd better go now, it's really getting late for me, so bye bye for now, and i will be back soon:)

Lise's blanket

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hi everyone, and good afternoon to you all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope you are all well, as i am:)

Here you can see the newly finished baby blanket for little baby Lise, she's must be close to one month old by now. I adore the colours, and i hope the mum likes it too! in a few days it will be on it's way to Belgium where baby Lise lives with her mum, dad and two brothers:) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

now, about my other things on the go...when i finished the blanket i immidiately started knitting a neckwarmer for myself. i am usinn Viking Frøyagarn. i love it to bits, and i think i will use this neckwarmer alot!!! I bought it at Karmin a huge lovely shop in my hometown Kristiansand. next time i am there, i will definetly get some more of this viking garn!!

about my absolutely lovely holiday "at home" , we did so much, went to the Kristiansand Zoo

and amusementpark, went boating, went on Hamresanden beach, went for a swim in the pool, had bbq's, went to our holiday house(hytte) in Eiken and stayed over one night. ..the only bad thing was that my brother had to leave for China/Beijing to work. he left on monday and we had arrived only on saturday, he returned on friday morning, and we went back to scotland on saturday at noon. we got to see him a bit atleast. and the greatest news this sumer is that he is engaged to be married to the lovely Nancy:) I am hoping to hear a weddingdate soon guys!!!

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Not to forget, i am actually knitting more than a neckwarmer, i have done just a bit more on my marius, and my goal is to have it finished by september, and ready to wear! can't wait..oh..and here comes the rain..it's pouring doon oot there! Lucky that we have already been down to mil's with the fishy-snack for Tango the cat..and we are home before it started.! hurrah!

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Now my dear people, i am off to get a cuppa! hugs from me, and come back soon :)

back

hi everyone,
i am back in the crafting world. i had an absolute great time while being in Norway..but can you imagine i have had two weeks of no knitting nor crochet?

it felt a bit weird picking up my crochet hook last night...but now i really better finish the baby blanket before i do anything else. heeey..... i am so happy to be back!!

bye bye

yes my dear friends, i am saying bye bye to you all...
but only for two weeks:)
we are going to Norway for two weeks, and it will be great to see my family again. i am pretty sure i will not have time to blog anything while i'm away, but i do hope i will have some time to knit. i will not bring the Marius along, to heavy...and ryanair has baggage restrictions 15 kilo each only. so it's bound to be small projects only.

so this is my for today and the next few weeks, right now i am going to sit down and enjoy my morning coffee.... before i realy get on with packing the rest of our clothes!

bye bye and have a great couple of weeks! thank's for visiting me:)

border

good afternoon to you all!

I do hope you are having a lovely day, here in Scotland it's rather windy, but atleast my washing dries quick!

the last few days i have been busy knitting my marius, and someone asked for a photo to show how much i have done..so as you can see, have started on the border.

i am very excited about the fact that i will try steeking for the first time ever. It has been my grandmother that has done this for me earlier..but i don't live close to her anymore..so i need to be able to do this on my own.

it looks really easy to be honest, and i am sure it will be absolutely fine:)

finished

Good morning everyone, how are you all doing? i have had a good morning with a cup of coffee and trying to get a decent photo of my finished crossover cardigan...BUT my arms just aren't long enough so you'll just see a bit of it.

You can get the idea of what it looks like anyway!

i am really happy with it, and it really keeps me warm:)

i have had a really grea weekend...first we did lots of gardening, and it felt soooo good to have a lawn again..and not tall grass!!

my arms were hmmm, well not allright after that, but i did manage to get quite a bit of knitting done on saturday eve:)

sunday it was Tramway to have a chat with the ladies. we were quite a few, and it was nice to meet several new people there..! unfortunetely i won't be abe to meet up with them until august..when we come home from our holiday in Norway.

another...12 days to go. i have already started packing some things. and today is the big tidy-up day..so what on earth am i doing blogging?

before i go, i have to mention my new projecs. first it's the Marius and i'm almost up to the pattern border. i's almost as if i can't wait for the cold winter just so i can use it.

i do want some summer first anyway!

have a great knitting and crocheting week everyone!!

twirly scarf 2

hello everyone and good morning! i hope you have had a good weekend so far, me i have been good indeed. as you can see i have finished the secong twirly scarf. this one is for mother-in-law, for her birthday in November and i think this is something she might well like.

This everyone, is the lovely present that Nan and David at my lys gave me for my birthday .

i still haven't decided what to use it for..but i am sure something good will come out of it! maybe a wisp? i did want to make one for myself...i am not sure, anyone with a good idea?

About my crossover cardigan, it's not much to do now...i am almost finished with the first sleeve, and have done half of the lace insert of the secon sleeve. this lace pattern is rather boring...so when i get fed up i knit my Marius genser. I have actually finishied nearly half of the body part..and i am still not fed up with knit, purl, knit, purl, knit, purl...so far so good!

actually, it feels great to knit something and not be fed up with it. next week i will finish my crossover and then you can all see the picture:)

but for now, have a lovely week

mhairi

Good morning everyone,
As ou all know by now, it has just been my birthday and after our shopping on saturday my husband was soooo nice and made a stop at Stitching Time for me to buy some more wool ...and there in the shop were two pressies awaiting me....this lovely green/turquise Araucania Ranco was from mhairi ...!!! Thank you sooooo much! and Nan and David had a pressie for me too..now unfortunately my mobilephone ran out of credit..so I can't show you the picture of the two balls of Kidsilk Haze and the Addi laceneedles they gave me. i am shocked, i didn't expect anything really(well, maybe as much as Happy birthday Linn) ..but this was just amazing!

and i guess this is not the end..my husband ordered some New Lanark wool as a pressie too so that i can knit my Marius Genser...and i hope it will arrive in the week. can't wait!

about things I am actually doing, i have finished the back of the crossover, and have started on the sleeves..just started. will do some more tonight:)

i really must get some credit on my phone soon, because i am sure i will have even more to show you..and when i do get credit, be sure i wil show you that pressie too:)

today is going to be a day of housework(although i would have liked to knit all day long)so i guess i better get started!

the sun is shining, so sunny hugs from me

school scarf

good morning everyone, and thank you so much for all you birthdaywishes. so far it has been a good day:)
my lovely daughter has modeled for the scarf i finished last night, and now she is making birthdaycards for me:) such a cutie!

oh, and just now my granny phoned me to with me happy birthday!

well well, anyway, last night i managed to finally finish this scarf, it's for my friend and it's kind of a christmaspresent...well, she has decided she doesn't want to celebrate christmas so she will get it as a 3 wedding anniversary present a few days before christmas(her hubby will get a scarf too).
i call it a school scarf,as someone from hobbyboden were talking about the scarves they made at school and explained how they did it.

Some ladies at the glasgow knit and stitch might recognise it as "the tube"...yes it did look like a really weird thing to knit....but i love the finished result...and it took me a whole hour to unravel the stitches(i dropped every second stitch).
i want to make one of these for myself as well...i have fallen in love with it!!!

but first...finish the cardigan...! will see you tomorrow or saturday Nan!!

30

ok gals,
so i have changed the numb er of my years a bit too soon...i am not thirty yet...but tomorrow i am....! so i might as well get it over with.

i am entering a new era of my life..the thirties,I can't wait!!! hurrah for me;)

summerhugs from me

summerhat

so i found this cotton that i hadn't used yet...i got it from the swap at the tramway earlier this year(glasgow knit'n stitch i think it might have been Fiona that wanted rid of this...this hat was done in two evenings and i will try to sew a couple of flowers on aventually:) i really like it and i am sure we'll use it lots this summer....!

i need more wool to finish the back of my crossover cardigan, and i have to wait until tomorrow as my shop is closed on a sunday.there are promises of going to the park today anyway..so i a m sure i will be busy.

i can always continue on my "ever so boring scarf" tonight anyway:) oh i also have my crocheted tablecloth too!

well, off to have the morning coffee...can't be without it..besided hubby is up soon and he'd want the laptop anyway..see you next week or so!

summerlove from me

fishblanket

HELLO EVERYONE,
how are you all doing?
me, i am so happy because i have finally attached the mermaid to the blanket, and now it's finished...more or less. i have plans to add some golden fish and jellyfish and a couple of startfish..but not in the nearest future..
i am a bit fed up with this blanket now..although it does look nice in the wee girl's bedroom:)
and i think she likes it alot too!! and i guess that is the main point, isn't it?


i can fully concentrate on knitting my cardigan.
i have knitted almost half of the back...now i just need to get more wool.

i have decided,..i definetly prefer knitting in the round!! i do believe my next project will be a mariusgenser knitted with new lanark wool!! i just dicovered it..i do believe it was nursery teacher Mrs. Robinson that told me about it...


well that's all from me , i am housebound today..waiting for the fidgerepair man...and he seems to never get here..blah!



have a great week dear friends!
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hvil i fred Kirsten/rest in peace Kirsten

thursday morning

hello everyone, and good morrow to you. i hope you are all doing well and have time to sit and relax for a few moments.

i don't have anything to show you at all today but because i am so excited about this crossover cardigan i am knitting, just knowing that i might finish the right front tonight made me want to update you about that fact.

i still have the back and the sleeves to finish so i won't be ready until july sometime:) but hopefully i will be able to wear it when we are on holiday in Norway in late july.Iknow it's kinda sad being so happy with a piece of knitting, but this will in fact be my fist piece of clothing that i have knitted using a pattern..except the shawl i made earlier. i am not thinking about socks either...but a cardigan or top or something to wear...that's why i just can't wait to put it on:)

well. i guess i need to get on with the knitting if that is going to happen..but no knitting just now..i need to have my cup of coffee first and then continuing doing housework and maybe read a bit for catriona dn perhaps sing a few songs with her before nursery this afternoon.

might just finish up that fishblanket too soon...hmmm must do it -maybe tomorrow..have a nice day everyone!

daffodil

i took a test to see what flower i am and the result is this:

You Are a Daffodil
You have a sunny disposition and are normally one of the first to show up for the party. You don't need too much attention from the host once you get there as you are more than capable of making yourself seen and heard.

dancing

ok, so i have this photo of a photo....and you can even see the plastic cover on the picture...but i did say to some friends that i would blog the photo...so here it is.....our dancephoto:) my streetdance outfit and Catriona's teddybeardance outfit. i have a treally cute photo of catriona but i will save that for the grandparents;)

now..last night i finished the left front of my crossover cardigan..and i have kinds started the right front...will be fun to see it finished! summer is here, and it's time for today's lunch. have a great week everyone! and hoping to get a picture taken of the fishblanket soon...wait and you will see........

christmas

hello everyone,
are you preparing for christmas yet?i know it#s far away still, but last year i was nearly knitting my hands off in December trying to finish the pressies. so this year i have decided on being a good girl and start early. i have finished a twirly scarf for my sister-in -law and i loved making it..but i must admit, it used a lot more wool then i ever imagined. I will definetly make more of them though.

i have been really busy this week, and not done any knitting at all..the danceschool is having a dance-show every 18 months, and now it's time for this years show. so every night this week i have been away dancing, and tonight (Same as thuesday) my 4 years old daughter is coming with me to dance. she is in 4 dances..it will be a late night though...she might be in bed at 11.00(23.00) and normally she's in bed at 7-7.30(19.00-19.30)..hope she'll cope...

wish us luck!!

i will be so happy when tonight is over, because then i can get on with my knitting again! hurray! can#t wait to finish the left front of my cross over cardigan:)

have a lovely day!!

tagged with a challenge

Solveig gave me a challenge:
Pick up the nearest book.
Open on page 123.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the next three sentences.Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

the Government decides in the budget every year the amount of money that will be given towards the running of childrens nurseries, and special amounts for children with handicaps and nurseries that have language- and cultural minorities, and they give supplements to reasearch, and developement work.

the Sami-goverment has been ackknowledged together with the law about the sami-governmentand other laws..(the Sami-law) from 1987. the government(sami) worktask is all cases from what the govement itself thinks especially matters to the sami-people



"this was from the norwegian"rammeplan for barnehager" and it is about the law for childrens nurseries..and it was very difficult to translate.....

i will tag some prople next tim ei am in with some more time at hand!

have a lovely day

fish

hello everyone, i hope you all have had a nice weekend. we have been busy with our new aquarium and trying to keep the last goldfish alive during this cycling of the filter. and talking about fish...

i have been knitting fish for Catriona's fishblanket, and now i have only 15 left until i am finished. i am hoping that in another week or so i will start to sew on a few things on it...i do have a plan and i am sure it will end up pretty cool.

i will not be back here until i have finished it, i am not knitting anything else right now..everything is waiting until i am done.
when i am done, my first project will be to knit a pair of socks and then a summertop for myself. i will also finish the scarf for merethe.

by the time i have come that far i am sure we'll be in the middle of july and we'll hopefully go to Norway for a holiday:) can't wait.

oh i forgot to mention that next Saturday we'll be in Edingburgh to take part in the celebration on 17th of May, the norwegian constitutional day! now THAT i can't wait for. our car is at the garage to get fixed so i hope we'll have it back by then!

now have a good week eveyone and i hope you have some good weather!

secret friend for april

i am so ashamed:( i have forgotten to show you the picture of the pressie i got from my secret friend at hobbyboden. haven't decided how i will use the wool, the tea is looong gone, and my oh my was it fab!!! will knit some winter hats after the summer..now that i have such lovely patterns...and as i am trying to lose weight..i have only had 2 squares of the chocolate...

i was supposed to be the the "spring fling" with glasgow knit and stitch this weekend, but i couldn't make it(hubby working, and needing to get stuff for the aquarium the wee one was given to her 4th b-day by her granny)...so i missed it:( and i had a flower ready and all..well nevermind...maybe next year??

hoping to get on with my knitting soon, have not really been doing anything for a week..but tonight i hope to get a couple of fish ready:) i want to finish this fish blankie...it's for the wall really. so hopefully i'll have something to show you in a few weeks:)

love from me

la fantasien raade 6

this is the fantasy-along at hobbyboden. we had to make something inspired by a fairytale called "kong trosteskjegg" i think it was. (king "some-kind-of-bird-and -i don't -know-the-english-word" beard).

and it's my daughters 4th bday in the end of this week, so i got her name on it too,. there is also a butterfly on the bottom, but i couldn't get in on the picture. she seems happy, eh?

UFO

DEAR people,
here is my UFO, i said i would post about it. i started this at some time ago when i went to university( agder universitet)and i think i graduated in 2001 ..and i think i started this in year 2..so that makes this cross stitch 8 years old. it takes absolutely ages to do, but maybe i will finish it in 2009...i try to do a bit inbetween all my knitting.
it will end up as AMOR, but sorry i have no picture of it as finished anymore, but one day i will show you the finished picture. will update you on how this turns out in maybe a month or so..depending on how much a get done of course.

so this is all from me today..i have absolutely tons of stuff to do! so have a lovely day everyone!

sunny hugs from me