Afslutninger / Endings

Jeg har læst en bog! Eller. Den læste næsten sig selv. Mage til spændende, overraskende bog skal man lede længe efter! 

Sarah bruger sit liv på at afslutte andre menneskers ufærdige projekter når de dør. Ganske langsomt finder man ud af hvorfor hun er som hun er. Det er en rigtig god bog som det ville være synd at afsløre handlingen i. Bare find den og kom i gang!

I've read a book! Or to be honest - it almost read itself. Such a surprising, intense book is hard to find!

Sarah is spending her life finishing other peoples unfinished projects when they die. Ever so slowly you discover why she is the way she is. It's a really good book and it would be a shame to reveal the action. Just find it and start reading! 

New York

I går var vi en tur med toget i New York City. Det er altid en meget stor ting at komme derind, men for en gangs skyld var der ikke helt overfyldt med mennesker. Og vi prøvede nogle nye steder og ting. 

På W 30th Street ligger butikken Blikis hvor man kan købe afrikansk stof. Som jeg jo elsker! Det var VIRKELIG ikke let at bestemme sig, men jeg gjorde mit bedste og tog 4 stykker stof med hjem. Så bliver det sjovt at se hvad det ender som!

Yesterday, we took the train to New York City. It's always a very big thing to go there, but for once it wasn't totally crowded. And we tried some new places and stuff. 

On W 30th Street, a shop called Bilkis sells African fabric. Which I love, as you know! It was extremely difficult making up my mind, but I did my best and took 4 pieces of fabric home with me. It will be fun to see what it ends like! 

Vi kom også i garnbutik. Ikke en jeg havde besøgt tidligere. Min søster fandt "Downtown yarns", en hyggelig lille butik på Lower East Side. Jeg købte lidt souvenirgarn - noget fin bomuld. 

We also visited a yarn shop. Not a shop I've been to earlier on. My sister found "Downtown yarns", a cozy little shop on Lower East Side. I bought a bit of souvenir yarn - some pretty cotton.  

Derefter tog vi kabelvognen til Roosevelt Island - det koster sølle 4 dollars hver vej, og der er den smukkeste udsigt. Det kan virkelig anbefales!

Then we took the cable car to Roosevelt Island. It only cost 4 dollars for a one-way ticket, and the view is amazing. It is highly recommended!

Hvad byen manglede i mennesker, gjorde den op for med varme. SOM vi svedte! Varmt og fugtigt er det her (som I kan se nåede det også at blive RIGTIG fugtigt senere på aftenen!), men dejligt er det selvfølgelig. 

I dag skal vi mod nord og lidt koldere vejr. Det ser jeg virkelig frem imod!

What the city lacked in crowds, it had concerning the heat. We were sweating like crazy! It is hot and a bit wet here (as you can see, it became REALLY wet later in the evening!), but of course it's mostly nice. 

Today we will be going further North to temperatures a bit cooler. I'm looking forward to that!

Ikke magisk / Not magical

Min sommertop er vokset virkelig fint og jeg var nået godt over midten. Sidste gang jeg strikkede den var romberne helt symmetriske, og jeg ved ikke helt hvad jeg havde tænkt denne gang. 

Altså - hvis man strikker efter et diagram og skal finde midten af en top ved at måle i centimeter, så BURDE jeg kunne have sagt mig selv at det ikke gik! Ihvertfald blev det helt asymmetrisk, og jeg kunne ret hurtigt mærke at det kunne jeg ikke leve med. 

My summer top grew really nicely and I was way across the middle. Last time I knit this, the pattern was totally symmetrical and I'm not quite sure how I was thinking this time. 

You know - if you knit using a chart and is going to find the middle of a top by measuring in centimeters, then I OUGHT to be able to figure out it was no good! So it was totally asymmetrical, and I felt immediately that I didn't want it to look like that. 

Så derfor trevlede jeg op forbi halsåbningen, talte pinde i diagrammet, og begyndte på halsen så det ville blive symmetrisk. Det er længe siden jeg strikkede den sidste gang, men MON ikke jeg havde gang i noget af det samme? Jeg tror det!

So that's why I unravelled it past the neck, counted the rows in the chart and started the neck differently to make sure it would be symmetrical. It's several years ago when I made this last time, but I GUESS I was doing something like that back then as well!

Doylestown

Jeg nyder virkelig min ferie og at slappe af. Vi går ture (hunde er virkelig effektive i forhold til at gå tur!) rundt om i byen, får shoppet og bare hygger os. Om nogle dage skal vi på roadtrip op nordpå, og vi har været en smut i Philadelphia en dag. Jeg har været i alle de butikker jeg kan tænke mig, faktisk.

Her i Doylestown er der nogle fine fuglehuse, og på en tur så jeg et nyt et - altså, hvilken fugl ville ikke gerne bo så fint her?

I'm really enjoying my vacation and relaxing. We go for walks (dogs are great for making people walk!) around the town, shop and just hang out. In a few days we will be going on a roadtrip up north, and we have been in Philadelphia one day. I think I've seen every shop that I wished for, actually. 

Here in Doylestown they have some very pretty bird houses, and a few days ago I saw a new one - which bird would not love living as pretty as this?

Vi var også ude at plukke bær - de her hedder wineberries og er en invasiv plante fra Asien. De er noget anderledes end hindbær, selv om de ligner. Vi fik til en dejlig gang bærkompot (kan det vist bedst beskrives som!) som kan bruges til is. 

We also went berry-picking - these are called wineberries, an invasive species from Asia. They are different from raspberries, although they look a bit like them. They ended up becoming a jar filled with compote (I guess that's the best word) that can be used with ice cream. 

Og så kom min niece også hjem på ferie. Alle blev glade for at se hende, og det er hyggeligt at hun også kan være her. 

Nå ja - og så spekulere jeg over mit strikketøj. Mønsteret bliver ikke helt symmetrisk omkring midten hvis jeg ikke gør et eller andet som inkluderer at pille op. Gider ikke rigtig..... Men gider heller ikke lade være......

And then my niece came home for her vacation. Everybody was happy to see her, and it's really nice that she is also here. 

Oh well - and then I'm wondering about my knitting. The pattern is not turning out symmetrical across the middle if I will not do something including unraveling. Don't feel like it... But don't want to do nothing.....

Daisy

 

Den bedste slags ferie / The best kind of vacation

Den bedste slags ferie er i fuld gang. Meget langt fra arbejdet, sammen med nogle af mine yndlingsmennesker, og med tid til bare at slappe af. 

Jeg elsker det! Og ferie-projektet vokser godt. 

The best kind of vacation has started. Very far from work, with some of my favorite people, and with time for relaxation. 

I love it! And my vacation-project is growing really well. 

Fjerde juli / Fourth of July

Det er meget snart fjerde juli, den amerikanske uafhænghedsdag, så det skal vel fejres her? Der er ret meget guld at finde på Ravelry, som jo er amerikansk, og i år skal vi fejre det ved at kombinere en lille, uskyldig baby med det amerikanske flag. Den virkelig unikke opskrift kan du finde lige her. 
 

Fourth of July, the American Independence Day, is coming up very soon, so of course we will celebrate it here! There are lots of gold if you search on Ravelry, which is American, and this year we will celebrate by combining a tiny, innocent baby with the American flag. The clearly very unique pattern can be found here.