Hvad jeg købte / What I bought

Når jeg er på ferie hos min søster, så er det vigtigste at være sammen med familien. Også selv om det nogen gange kræver at man ser Junglebogen 2 dage i træk med 2 forskellige børn.....
Men det ER altså så hyggeligt at komme i en garnbutik også! Især, når Ann Arbor nu har fået den der nye, fantastiske (eneste) garnbutik, Spun.
Jamen - ser det ikke dejligt ud? Garn overalt!

When staying with my sister's, the most important thing is to spend time with the family. Even if it means having to watch the Jungle Book 2 days in a row with 2 different kids.....
But it IS så nice to get to visit a yarn-shop too! Especially since Ann Arbor now has this new, amazing (only) yarn-shop, Spun.
Doesn't it look just great? Yarn everywhere!

De har en masse lokalt garn også. Det er det her jo så ikke lige, da det er Manos del Uruguay, men det er nogle vildt fede farver!
Der var virkelig meget uld, men da det nu snart er sommer, ville jeg finde noget bomuld. Det lykkedes da også.

They hold a lot of local yarn, too. This wasn't exactly local, since it's Manos del Uruguay, but the colors really rock!
There was so much wool, but since summer is coming, I wanted to find cotton, and I did succeed in the end.

Det blev det fine, grønne, håndfarvede garn som ligger nederst. Jeg tog alle de 6 bundter der var (GYS, hvis jeg havde for lidt!) og glæder mig til at finde mønster!
Der røg også lidt strømpegarn med. Bi-farvet garn, så niecen kan få humlebi-strømper til sin fødselsdag, og lidt "fuzzy sock yarn" som jeg nu har strikket 2 par strømper af, og som både er flot, er farvet lokalt og er helt utroligt blødt.

It ended up with the pretty, green, hand-dyed yarn lying below. I took all the 6 skeins they had (HORROR if I ran out of this yarn!) and am looking forward to finding a pattern!
I also bought a little sock yarn. Bee-dyed yarn, to make bumble-bee socks for my nieces birthday and a skein of "fuzzy sock yarn" which I used twice before, and which is pretty, dyed locally and just incredibly soft.

Hos Barnes & Nobles fik jeg også lige kigget igennem strikkebøgerne, mens nevøen byggede lego ovenpå. Denne her kom med hjem. Ikke bare på grund af modellerne, men også på grund af farver og bogen i det hele taget.

At Barnes & Nobles, I looked through the knitting books while my nephew built lego upstairs. This one came home with me. Not just because of the models, but also because of the colors and because it's just a pretty book.

Før jeg tog afsted havde jeg bestilt et par bøger hos Schoolhouse Press. Denne her havde jeg haft kig på meget længe! Den er spændende, og det bliver sjovt at prøve teknikken af.

Before I left for the US, I ordered a few books at Schoolhouse Press. This is a book I have been looking at for a long time! It's very interesting, and I can't wait to test the techniques.

Denne er en KLAssiker! Man kan lave mange fine mønster, og lur mig, om man ikke kunne få noget sjov ud af det her!
Man skal så lige vælge mønstre med omhu. Hagekorset er jo et gammelt soltegn, og som sådan er det med i bogen. Jeg tror dog, at nybagte forældre ville være minimalt begejstrede for at få et babytæppe med det i......

This one is an all time classic! You can make all kinds of pretty patterns, and I feel quite sure it could lead to a lot of fun!
You just have to pick the patterns carefully. The swastika is an old sun-sign, and like that it's included in the book. I do think that new parents would be ever so NON-happy receiving a baby blanket with that in it.......

Så var der det med stoffet. Denne gang havde de det fine Zelda-stof! Nu spiller jeg ikke andet Nintendo end når jeg har gæster, men Legend of Zelda var bare nogle fantastiske spil.
Kellogg's stof var for sjovt, og det med super Mario kunne jeg heller ikke lade ligge. Suk. Jeg har en håbløs smag i stof! Selv damen i butikken spurgte, hvad jeg skulle bruge det til..... Det er vist meget heldigt jeg ikke bor i nærheden af Jo-Ann's.

Then there was the fabric! This time, they had the pretty Zelda-fabric! I don't play a lot of Nintendo anymore, except when I have visitors, but Legend of Zelda are just the most amazing games.
Kellogg's fabric was just so funny, and the super Mario fabric had to come as well. Sigh. I have a hopeless taste in fabric! Even the lady selling the fabric asked me what I was going to make from it.... I guess it's good I don't live next to Jo-Ann's.