Saving

So I joined another along...a savealong...so whenever I finish a ball of wool I will put some oney away in a piggy bank. I will show you my moneybanks when I get started, it's due to start tomorrow but no worried..still a while to go before I can put any pound coins in there..

I just I'd let you all know about the new cool project..I am already putting a pound away every week I lose weight, so why not with wool I use?

Well, better go do some stuff now, c u later!

new socks

My newsocks...i knitted them superfast..only 5 days! My fingers hurt tonight as I have been kn itting like mad to finish,. It's a sockknitting competition and I hope I get to round two!!!

Stop1

Well, so far....I went to Glasgow..and you'd think it was for shopping but no...justto do something different with my daughter. YES , I did buy something..but all can be explained...
1. keyrings, for the OslOve heart I have made, so it can come with me if I use the bag or the the rucksack
2. inkpad, or whatever it is called..so I can use my embossing powder on my letters and envelopes
3. Schoolshoes for my daugher, her previous ones were accidentally dropped in the sea while wading toghtether with Lisemors kids and husband. It was also nice to meet Lisemor for the first time! Hopefully nt thelast, and my Princess LOVED playing with their three kids.

Anyway, new shoes were needed!
I also had an icecoffe..but NO sweets and I saw some fabric..well...fleece..and I am going to sew a fleece dress for myself this autumn! *YAY*

Stop

And I have started..Project STOP is on it's way. Last time I kept it going for well over three weeks until Hallowe'en, but this time it will be a full year..atleast I will give it a shot! 

I am going to Glasgow today, and will see if there's any material I could maybe use...want to sew something for myself that I can maybe use. Must of course also bring some fruit that The Princess and I can munch as we are there. It can be a long day, as hubby doesn't finish work until 5.30 ish! 

Princess is having a shower, better go check all is well in there!!

Day 1 , I am HERE!!!!

Project STOP !

I have been utterly inspired...yes, I have been inspired before...but I am once again !

What is the danger of trying out something new?

In my eyes it can only be a good thing. I have three projects ongoing...and I will start tomorrow...August 3rd. 

Project 1. Lose the weight

Project 2. 12 months without sweeties

Project 3. Shop-stop

I can explain what these things mean...! 

The first one basically means that I am going to lose the 30 kilos I am overweight. This is all.

The second part is what I have mentioned before, sometime last year...No bought sweeties..if I want anything I will have to make or bake.

The third one is also very important..I am not going to buy anything that I don't need. If I want something I am allowed to buy wool and material for making myself stuff...but no..buy-throw...will change it to simplicity! 

I have more than enough stuff in my house, there is no need for more things. I am also of course allowed to get clothes and shoes for my daughter, and also shoes for myself, I walk alot and wear my shoes out in one year. 

BUT, this is a great project..and I will live with fruit and tea. Will also do my best to live a healthy natural life, and cut down on coffee consumption. 

I might even blog more often! Hurrah!

Wish me luck..!

Start ; 3. August 2011

Finish. 2. august. 2012

22*7*2011

I have been on holiday to Norway, my home! It started out very rainy but still ok...then..I heard on the tv that there had been a big explosion in the Government buildings in Oslo...then a little later there were shootings at a place called Utøya...where around 700 kids were attending a political summer camp.

The disasterous thing happened, a man shot at the kids..and killed many...many to many...shouldn't have been one life lost, but it was. This day will forever be remembered as the worst happening in Norway after The Second World war..!

All I want to say is. Rest in Peace everyone, you will not be forgotten!

Finally DONE

Now my dear people, I have been working on this for a while now, and I am so glad that I have finished it today, this morning I fastened the last end. 

 Bedspread for my Goddaughter Bella. I doubt that she is reading my blog, so Ican freely post pictures..

And if you DO see this Caroline Isabell, I hope you like it...but you're not getting it until August 28th!

Big hugs

I have joined Tour de France knitting challenge, So I will tell you that I plan to finish the crocheted blanket and the baby jacket I have had lying here since I started it in July 2010..It needs to be finished!!

I don't really have anypictures to show you just now., butI have roughly 25 squares left to finish and fasten...then of course I need to have an edge maybe a scalloped one, I do tend to like them. Well,I do have a while to make up my mind. 

I am excited to join in on something again..I know I have been writing alot of letters lately, and it feels as if I have ignored my knitting..BUt  I haven't, I have been focusing on this granny square blanket. Nearly done now!!

Oh Oh...

My blog has been unattended for months..andI HAVE felt bad for my beloved blog....But I haven't stopped knitting or crocheting..I have continued and I have some old photos to show you.

Here is my jumper knitted with Wendy Narvik, I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that wool!!

I love it so much that I made a cardigan for my daughter, and it fits perfectly! 

Have a look at those buttons,. I got them from my friend Nan, my LYS owner and for this cardigan they were just right, atleast that's what I think!

Also last but not least...I have knitted the Accidentally girly mitts

and I love them too, really warm and comfy ...so almost as if I can't wait for summer to be over...but than again..I wish it would start soon so I could enjoy some sunshine before Autumn DOES actually arrive!

I promise I will be updating more over the next weeks, I am trying to finish a blanket, a bedspread for my Goddaughter Bella...it MUST be finished by July and I am working hard every evening..I can't wait to start knitting again!!

more

More letters from me...this time it's for Mari in Finland and Jannicke in Norway. I can't believe it took me this long to write letters...! Next one to be written is for Camilla, also in Norway..by the way I ahve actually started writing it, what do you say for being eager!!

I have also been knitting, I started a jumper in Narvik wool on Monday, and I am nearly fiished with it. The front and back are done, and I have started with the sleeves. I am very inpressed with myself!

Pics will be up soon, when it's done I mean! 

Hobbies

I guess I ought to tell you about my other hobby, ot used to be my passion, the thing I lived and breathed for...

I started penpalling in 1990, when I was 12 years old, although the last few years I have had an unvoluntary break, I still consider myself as a letterwriter.

At the "worst" stage i had over 50 penpals, but now it has narrowed down to alot less then that number.
I wanted to tell you about he big thing for me this year, it is that I am challenging myself to write 52 letters in 52 weeks, and I have already managed to write the first one!

I am very happy, and proud to tell that I have finished a letter to the lovely Lisa from Germany. My lette is going in the mail tomorrow!!

Big hugs, Linn

Scrappy Granny Squares

 I finished the blanket for my daughter's bed

 The blanket was started in 18th April 2008

 I have used only scrap wool for the squares

 Some of the squares are not basic granny squares, this square is from a Garnstudio baby blanket (rav link)

 This is another Garnstudio square

 The cat Solveig has found her place on the blanket indeed!

 My two girls :)

 Edging, I am loving it.

Very happy with this one, so I have started another one:)

Linn

During the last...

 Little Solveig is sleeping on the blanket, she loves anything wooly! Very clever cat indeed!

 Thought I'd put up a photo og the last bit of work..another few days only...!

 

And here is the squares for my Goddaughter Bella! These will be a blanket by August:)

OT+ Matta, norwegian post

Hvil i fred Svein "Matta" Mathisen!!! Start og Kristiansand kommer til å savne deg!

Rest in Peace Svein "Matta" Mathisen,. earlier footballplayer in my local cloub Start. He was a good man,!!

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