En havfrue! / A mermaid!

Det har taget bare 9 dage at strikke denne her top og nederdel. Takket være ferien, nogle togture og en tidsfrist blev den færdig så hurtigt at jeg kunne nå at vaske den og sy pailletter på. 

Mønsteret fandt jeg i denne bog, garnet er billig bomuld fra supermarkedet, men herlighedsværdien er kæmpestor!!!!! Selve opskriften var helt ærligt ikke så fantastisk. Ihvertfald ikke til nederdelen, som skulle have en hel del flere striber end der stod. Opskriften på toppen var fin. 

It took just 9 days to knit this top and skirt. Thanks to the vacation, some train rides and a finish date it got done so fast that I had time to wash it and sew on the sequins. 

The pattern is from this book, the yarn is just cheap cotton from the supermarket, but the true value and wonder is priceless!!!!! The pattern was not that amazing, to be honest. At least not for the skirt, because it needed quite a few more stripes than the pattern said. The pattern for the top was fine. 

Jeg prøvede at finde de mest havfrue-agtige pailletter med de små muslingeskaller, og det er da blevet meget fint, ikke? Det tog en frygtelig tid at sy de ialt 70 pailletter på, men eftersom det er det der får det til at ligne noget med havfruer, skulle det jo gøres. 

I tried to find the most mermaid-like sequins with the tiny shells, and it does look pretty, don't you think? It took forever to sew on the 70 sequins in total, but since they are the very thing to make it look like something related to a mermaid, it had to be done. 

Oppe ved halsen skulle der også sys perler på. Her gik jeg efter at få det til at ligne noget med en skat. Og nogle muslinger. 

De er syet godt fast!

At the neck, some pearls needed to get sewn on. I wanted to make it look a bit like a treasure. With some shells. 

I did sew them on very thoroughly!

Den 5-årige blev så GLAD! Som I kan se er kjolen en smule stor, så hun kan såmænd også passe den næste år. Stropperne var lidt lange, så de skal lige laves lidt kortere denne sommer så de kan blive lange igen næste år. 

Det var klart besværet værd med al den syning, og ekstra dejligt at hun blev så glad! Hun kom nemlig med sin mor og satte sin storesøster af som skulle med i Disneyland. Det er virkelig ikke nemt når man bare er 5 år, selv om hun glæder sig meget til det er hendes tur! 

Kjolen er strikket af 270 gram bomuld på pind 3 og 3,5, og den er blevet meget pænere end jeg frygtede. (Og I må vente lidt med at høre om Disneyland. Computeren kommer ikke med.....)

The 5-year old was so HAPPY! As you can see, the dress is a bit big, so I'm sure it will fit next year as well. The straps were a bit long, so they need to be made a bit shorter this summer, but then they can get long again next year. 

It was so much worth all the sewing, and it was extra nice that she was so happy! She visited with her mum to leave her big sister here, because she was going to Disneyland. It's really not very easy when you're only 5, although she is looking forward to her turn!

The dress is knit from 270 grams of cotton on 3 and 3.5 mm needles. It looks a lot nicer than I feared. (And you will have to wait hearing about Disneyland. I'm not bringing the computer......)