Filtet / Felted

Jeg har en meget, meget sød kollega. Så sød, at hun ville tage mit arbejde d. 24. om dagen, så jeg kunne flyve til Aalborg til jul, selv om hun har vagt nytårsaften og nat.
Hun har også været meget optaget af nissehuerne til babyerne, og havde længe ønsket sig en strikket nytårshat. Jeg sagde nej, men ombestemte mig, da hun tog mit julearbejde.

I have a very, very sweet colleague. So sweet, that she offered to do my work on the 24th of December, making it possible for me to go to Aalborg for Christmas, even though she has the duty New Years evening and night.
She loved the baby Santa hats, and asked me several times to make her a knitted New Years hat. I said no, until she made the offer for the 24th.

Hun eeeeelsker Harry Potter, og har lige været i Universal Studios i Florida og købt sig en Ollivander-tryllestav (som hun ikke tør tage med på arbejde, af frygt for at ødelægge den) - så selvfølgelig skulle hun da have en troldmandshat! (Fandt jeg langt om længe ud af)
Jeg fandt en opskrift på Ravelry, købte naturuld i sort og strikkede derudaf.

She loooooves Harry Potter, and just went to Universal Studios in Florida, where she bought an Ollivander-wand (that she won't bring to work, since it might break) - so of course she was going to get a wizard's hat! (I finally decided...)
I found a pattern on Ravelry, bought wool and startet knitting.
Jeg brugte ialt 215 gram garn, strikkede på pind 6 mm, og den tog absolut ingen tid at lave. Den blev vasket til præcis den rigtige form, blev lagt til tørre under min bog-reols tungeste viden og mangler nu bare at få syet stiver i skyggen (og måske et bånd indeni. Den er lidt stor!) og få en form for pynt, så den er klar til at give væk i morgen.
Den er fin, synes jeg!

I used a total of 215 g wool, knitted with size 6 mm needles, and it was finished in no time. It was washed and shrunk to a perfect form, was put out to dry under the heaviest knowledge my bookcase held and now it just needs to have some wire sewed in the brim (and maybe some fabric inside, since it is a bit big!) and have some sort of decoration, making it ready to give to her tomorrow.
I think it worked out well!

Nå ja - og så fik jeg en sms i går. Min ældste niece havde strikket nr. 2 vante af sin julegave fra mig, og nu var de filtet. Fine, synes jeg! Strikket af 1 tråd Drops alpaca, 1 tråd Hjerte kunstgarn, opskrift fra Jorungarn. Niecen sang godt nok lidt for, at jeg lige kunne strikke dem, men næh nej... Man har godt af at kunne selv!

By the way - I received a picture yesterday. My oldest niece finished the second mitten from my gift for her, and they had been feltet, too. Pretty, I think! Made from alpaca and colour-changing sock yarn held together, and with a pattern from my LYS. The niece sang a pretty song to have me make it for her, but Oh no! It makes you feel so much better, when you can do stuff yourself!