Niecen / The niece

Mine 2 mindste nevøer har jo haft fornøjelsen af at farve deres strømpegarn fra sidste rejse til USA.
Nu var det så niecens tur. Hun inviterede nærmest sig selv sidste søndag - "Altså Moster! - hvornår skal jeg hjem til dig og flette julehjerter igen?" - så det måtte vi jo finde ud af!
I går var en god dag, eftersom jeg havde fri. Lillebroderen ville også med, men det var ikke lige hans tur. "Men hvornår henter du mig i børnehaven, Moster?" Desværre har jeg ikke så mange fridage i december, for jeg skal arbejde hele tiden. Han så meget bekymret ud! Indtil han pludselig kom til at tænke på noget - hans ansigt lyste helt op, da han sagde "Men når du skal hente MIG i børnehaven, SÅ skal du ikke arbejde!" (Hurra! Arbejdsproblemet løst!)
Tilbage til garn og julehjerter. Niecen valgte 5 farver, og hendes værk ses øverst. Ret velordnet, ikke?
Jeg skulle jo også farve mit garn-tæppe, og det kan du så se i midten. Det er - øhm - alternativt! Men med garanti for farvestrålende tæer, så nu er vi to der venter i spænding på, hvordan strømperne kommer til at se ud!

My 2 youngest nephews already had their fun with yarn dyeing. Now the niece had her turn. Actually, she invited herself last sunday. "Well, Moster! (aunt) - when am I going to visit you and make the Christmas-hearts?"
It turned out this monday was very good for that.
Her younger brother would like to come as well, but it wasn't really his turn right now. "But, when will you pick me up in kindergarten, Moster?" I told him I have to work a lot and don't really have time for that. He looked rather worried and must have been thinking, because suddenly his face lit up and he said "But when you pick me up - THEN you don't have to work!" (Problem solved! Hoorray!)
Back to the yarn and the hearts. The niece chose 5 colours, and her work can be seen at the top. Rather well done, don't you think?
But I had a yarn-blanket to dye as well, and my work can be seen in the middle picture. Pretty .... alternative, right? But with a guarantee for happy, colourfull toes!
So now we are 2 persons waiting very eagerly to see our finished socks....

Julehjerter blev det også til.
Vi hjalp hinanden med at tegne og klippe, men hun flettede faktisk det meste selv. Temmelig imponerende!
Mønstrene er fra en bog jeg engang købte i Netto, men flere julehjerte-mønstre kan du finde her.
(Dén med Betlehems-stjernen er usandsynligt svær!)

We also folded a few hearts.
We worked together drawing the lines and cutting the paper, but she did most of the folding herself.
I was rather impressed!
We found the patterns in a book I bought in a supermarket once, but you can find some patterns here.
(The heart with the Star of Bethlehem is extremely difficult!)