Regn i Riga / Raining Riga

Vi kom til Riga. Og landede i en kæmpestor, lækker lejlighed lige i centrum. Med stuk overalt og dette gipshovede på endevæggen.
Det regner. Nogle gange mere end andre, kan jeg så fortælle, men hele tiden.

We arrived in Riga. And landed in a giant, wonderful apartment in the center of the old town. With plaster decorations in all rooms, and this head on the end wall.
It's raining. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But constantly.


Ikke, at det skulle stoppe os! Vi var skam i garnbutikker! Først i Hobbywool. Min veninde, der var her sidste år, kan snildt finde rundt og kender butikkerne.

Not that a little rain would stop us! We went to the yarn shops! First Hobbywool. My friend, who was here last year, knows her way around the old town and knows where the shops are located.


Ved indgangen stod denne strikkede hest. Ret kendetegnende for resten af butikken, der er fyldt med lettiske vanter i flotte mønstre og farver, både som kits og færdigstrik, flotte, strikkede trøjer, tasker, dimser og smykker.
Men også med finurlige strikkede ting som hesten.

At the entrance, this knitted horse greeted us. Very typical for the rest of the shop, which was filled with Latvian gloves in amazing colors and designs, both knitted and as kits, beautiful, knitted sweaters, nice bags, jewelery and funny small things.


I det bagerste rum var garnet så. Spoler med alpaka, merino, lidt yak og en en masse Noro på spole! Meeeeeget lækkert. Vi nåede garanteret ikke at se det hele, og er desværre nok nødt til at tage tilbage i dag.....

The back room is were the yarn is. Cones filled with alpaca, merino, a bit of yak and lots of Noro on cones! Soooooo fantastic! Unfortunately, we didn't see everything, and so we are forced to come back today....../


Aftenen gik med strik, snak, rødvin, hygge og beundring af garn. Perfekt aften!
Jeg prøvede at starte kattevanter i tykkere garn på pind 3,5, men de blev enorme! Derfor måtte de pænt vente, til min strømpe var færdig, så de kunne komme på pind 2,5. Det ser bedre ud, men det føles jo sært kun at have to projekter med der endda skal deles om samme sæt pinde! De andre undrede sig også højlydt.

The evening was spent with knitting, chatting, redwine, hygge and admiration of our yarn. Perfect evening!
I tried starting cat mittens on 3.5 mm needles, but they turned out enormous! So they had to wait for the 2.5 mm needles to be empty of socks in order to start again, and this time they look better. It feels very weird only bringing 2 projects that need to share the same needles, and my friends expressed how puzzled they were.

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