Picknit in Glasgow

I was in Glasgow yesterday, meeting up with the Glasgow Picknitters, Jessica and Casey from Ravelry and Ysolda Teague.We were between 80 and 90 knitters I was told. I had a marvellous day!!

Here are some photos...! First we went for a little trip to The Clockwork Orange..(the Glasgow underground)

Gloria winding some wool on the Glasgow underground

The picknit boss Johanna and the "boy-knitter"..I have no idea what his name was...

We were 12-ish knitters on board..including my 6 years old daughter:)

The two "boy-knitters" as Johanna called them...

Back by the Kibble Palace, I met several people I knew..here's Alice:)

More knitters

Ravelry cake made by theYarn cake

Ever so yummy, these cakes...whenever she does open her cafeshop..I'll be in for a sitting

Ysolda , Jessica and Casey right behind Jessica..the only people standing up;)

Casey, Jessica, TheYarnCake and Johanna- the Picknit organiser

Casey dished out Pimms, Jessica Strawberries and we got lots of cake..!

And this is me...in among all the knitters..it was one of the warmest days in July, so I found it slightly difficult to knit a winter shawl...! Had fun though

My 6 years old daughter taking overYsolda's blanket;) and helping to hand out Ravelry badges

The rest of the park was full of non knitters too...!

Lovely bunch of Glasgow knitters

Daughter also taking pics..oh..-and there I am too

Her t-shirt says: I'm blogging this..well..so am I  and I loved her t-shirt-

And here they are..the people most the knitters were there to see..

Casey and Jessica from Ravelry and Ysolda Teague

I had a great day, a big thank you to Johanna and theyarncake that organised this event..

Thank you to Casey, Jessica and Ysolda for joining us here in Glasgow..

And a big thank you  to all my fellow knitters that were there, hope you enjoyed it much as I did:)

Solveig the kitten

I am sure I did say pomething about posting pictures of our kitten, she was born on June 5th,so by now she is nine weeks old, and we have had her over a week already. 

She is such a cutie, and she talks alot too...and her personality is getting bigger and bigger by the day, just as it should I guess. 

Here she is:

SOLVEIG

Here she is 8 weeks old, same day that we got her home

Here you can see her stripey body

 Solveig is attacking the toy kitten:) and could it be the daughters socks that has been dragged under the table too??

Who enjoys a litte sun? Yes, she is a sunloving cat, might have to buy one of those radioator cat beds;)

Ahhhh, our beautiful Solveig

Another one

I have been busy these last few weeks, trying to finish a couple of things that I have been working on for some time now. When will I learn to knit or crochet one thing at a time???

I am hoping that the last part of 2010 is when I will start on that partucular thing. Working on one thing at a time! 

Wish me luck!!

The first Christmas Present is finished...and here it is..I will not tell who it's for, but it's for a family member;)

I have used King Cole Mirage, and 4.0 mm circular needles. 

Fairly happy with it, but I wish I had enough patience to do one more repetition. Nevermind..it's finished now, and would like to make on for myself as well...But for now.....Finish what I am doing!!

Princess showing off the shawl

And her you can truly see the colours, I do love this one, we (Nan and I atleast)call it thew Noro coulored King Cole.

Did I evermentionthat King Cole has some new colours? I haven't had a proper look at them, but they looked NICE, so when school starts up again, I'll be down to my LYS to have a better look.

Can't wait!!

Oh...I guess I forgot to tell you  that we have a new family member

A little tortoise coloured kitten, her name is SOLVEIG and she is 8 weeks old. 

Pictures coming soon!

August

This summer has been absolutely fantastic, and also not so at all

Let me explain..the bad first:

.my best friend's mother died June 25th, after just over 6 weeks of learning she had cancer. 

Rest In Pearce Inger Karin

Then it was my cousins wedding, and it was great to see them finally getting married, I really really enjoyed it!

 I had been knitting like mad just before we left for Norway, and YES I finished the shawl that I wore at the wedding.It took me 11 days to finish..no wonder my hands needed 14 days of rest.

My 6 years old daughter showing off my silk shawl, made with Knitwitches 100% pure silk in colourway Bronzed cherries

Remember, I bought it in London in May?

 

Here the Princess is posing with my shawl in our garden, I love the shawl, the daughter and the garden ;)

And here's the garden, with new fence and even some flowers, which are still alive by the way;)

AND at last, some very happy news....

We are getting a kitten

 

The picture is really bad, taken with my mobile phone and a 7 weeks old kitten that was moving alot. 

Anyway, we might well be able to pick her up om Monday, so expect some more pics next week, and also a name for this little lady. 

Anyone has any good ideas??? 

Lots of love Linn

Summer

I have been a busy bee, well not really a bee although I do have thousands of them in my garden...

Last month I finished something that I call the Helping Cardi, knitted with wool that a sweet lady gave me for helping out.

 

I have used oh...what is it called now.....? Oh yes

Wendy Pampas chunky, and I used needlesize 10mm...

With lots of differnt colours, as that is what my friend had. This cardi is almost too warm, so hoping to get some us of it this autumn. Unfortunately I don't have a closeup of the buttons, I say unfortunately because they MAKE this Cardi what it is. 

Even if you might find it a bit strange and unusual, it's actually just perfect for me. It kind if mirrors me a bit if you understand;)

Now I'm going back to my knitting, oh sorry my mistake..I'm going to enjoy my morning coffee and THEN back to my knitting..!

Jumping sun

I am alive...Yes indeed, I have been busy knitting and writing letters. I have knitted a big cardigan for myself, but no picture yet. I am waiting for a good picture day. 

My Botanica Medallion Cardigan is slowly coming along, it's unfortunately slightly boring to knit the everlasting long edge round the medallion bit.

So, I decided I needed a easy quick knit, So I went for the Jumping Sun dress. It was really simple to knit, but I had to change the decreasing a bit. My 6 years old Princess is tall and slim, so I decreased every 2 round about 6 or 7 times..until I felt it was enough. 

The pattern is really easy to follow and I love it. It was a bit difficult to make sure all the triangles were the right way though/

 

Front of dress

 

Back of dress

 

And the little bows with a bead in the middle, these bows really "make" the dress a little extra.

Wool: Stylecraft Special dk

Needles:: 4mm

Mood: Very very happy!!!

Tomorrow

I will try to have a decent update tomorrow...

Chicks

Yes, there was a birthday...a princess that turned 6

There were cake as you can see, and also 11 partybags....

In these partybages I decided I wanted to make chicks...easterchicks, as it was the last day of the Easter Holiday...And so be it. I made chicks...12 chicks...And they were all gone and given away before I remembered to take a photo!!!

Luckily for me...One girl didn't come to the party, so I have one chick left at home...And this is it 

Theother chicks had sewn on eyes, but this last got another kind..special eyes for the last chick. To remember how special birthday number six is. 

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Big hugs, Linn

Wip Wrestling

Oh, I have not forgotten....This month I am fighting WIP's..so the first thing on my list was the Spring forward socks...and yes...they are finished..! I started them in January, and they have been the thing I have been knitting when I was not at home...I was a Weight Watchers, Rosebuds and danceschool.

Very happy with the result, they are so comfortable, and I will probably make another pair of these socks. The wool was Elle sockwool

Needles .2.5 mm

Next project finishing are the easter chicks....they will be given away on Sunday April 18th. 

I have only one more chick to knit, and then I need to get the beak and eyes on and some stuffing..then the pics will be on! 

Hopefullt in the weekend:)

Linn xxx

What I bought...

A few weeks ago I went across the city, on the other side of Glasgow to a place called Gourock...there thay have the loveliest woolshop...it's called Once a sheep, and I came home with these things......

 

The knit pro knitting needles are the best needles I have ever had.  I love them, and I have of course started knitting a new pair of socks using my new Fyberspates wool. 

I am using a pattern from Vis2Vas's sockbook called Angels Wear Socks...because they're worth it.the

  The pattern is called Shells.

Linn xxx

Frk. Snupp

Frk. Snupp's blog with a competition ... WIP wrestling month is APRIL....I will be back with more....!

Linn xx

Baby Idun Serine

Happy Easter to YOU!!

I hope you are having a really nice weekend with your loved ones. Here we started our holiday yesterday when the husbond took the day off work. We decided to go and check out David Livingstone's birth house. It was really interesting learning a bit more about him. 

I have also been busy knitting, and last week I finished this little baby cardigan for my step sister's newborn daughter Idun Serine.

 

I have used Stylecraft Life dk

Needles .4. mm

Mood: happy

And Once again , big congratulations to Astrid and Oeyvind , hope to see little Idun in the summer!

xxx

Delta paa giveaway hos EllenSandDesign

22.5 degrees

Oh I  do wish it was 22.5 degrees outside, but far from it these last few days. It has been snow and freezing cold wind and today the hail was upon us:(

So I had good use of my new scarf called 22.5 degrees and the designer is Martina Behm.

I have used King Cole Mirage, red and blue, and 4.00 mm knitting needles.

I love this scarf and will probably make more of these during 2010!
It's easter holiday, and I hope you have a really good easter weekend!!

March

It's March already, could someone please tell me where the two first months went??

Ok, I know that I have been watching the olympics for 16 days or so, but still....!

This is what I have been working on lately, Bitterroot by Rosemary Hill. It was a bit fiddly with those tiny beads, as they were slightly too big for my wool.

I do like the result, mind you, it's still drying om my blocking board. I also used SOAK to wash my shawl in before blocking it.

I have used :

Wool: Araucania ranco multy

Needle: 2.5 mm

Mood: very happy

I have also been making another baby blanket, this one is going to Finland.

The pattern is crochet shell stitch blanket by lion brand

Hook: 7mm

Wool: Stylecraft Special Dk used double

Mood: Allright

Now that I am finished with these projects, I will continue on some other things I started in the beginning of January, and will be back with an update later this month!

Take care and have a great March!!

xxx