Domkirken i Lund / Lund Cathedral

Domkirken i Lund er et spændende sted! Som regel går jeg forbi udenfor, men i mandags var jeg indenfor. Domkirken var jo i allerhøjeste grad dansk da den blev bygget i 1100-tallet. Der er et meget fint, astronomisk ur fra 1300-tallet som viser tid, dato, månefase og stjernetegn. Vældigt kompliceret!

The Cathedral in Lund is a very exciting place! Usually I just walk past it, but on Monday I went inside. So the Cathedral was very much Danish when it was build in the around 1100 A.D. There is a very beautiful, astronomic clock that was build at the end of the 1300s showing time, date, moon-phase and zodiac signs. Very complex!

To gange om dagen løfter de to mænd deres trompet og spiller, og de vise mænd går forbi jomfru Maria og Jesusbarnet. Det fik jeg lige set og det er virkelig fint! Jeg forstår slet ikke hvordan man kan få sådan noget til at fungere! 

Twice a day the two men lift their trumpets and play, and the wise men pass the virgin Mary and baby Jesus. I got to see that and it's really an experience! I do not get how you can get things like this to work!

En gang jeg kom forbi var der koncert. Akustikken er fantastisk! Det er virkelig en smuk kirke. 

I kirkens nordlige tårn er biskoppen Peder Winstrup begravet. Han er en meget velbevaret mumie som først lå i krypten, men i 2014 kom op og blev undersøgt inden han blev genbegravet i tårnet. Da tårnene blev renoveret for et par år siden kom han ned fra tårnet men blev pænt sat på plads igen. Han var først dansk, så svensk biskop i sin levetid og var med til at starte Lunds universitet. 

Once I passed by there was a concert. The acoustics are amazing! It is such a beautiful church. 

In the Northern tower the bishop Peder Winstrup is buried. He is a very well-kept mummy that was first lying in the crypt, but in 2014 he was taken out and investigated before he was re-buried in the tower. When the towers were renovated a few years back he came down but was put back afterwards. He was first the Danish bishop, then the Swedish and he was part of building the Lund university. 

Men nu til cliffhangeren! Da jeg skulle til samtale i Lund for 11 år siden var jeg godt nok noget nervøs. Hvordan skulle det gå? Jeg gik en lille tur ind i domkirken og så det danske flag og tænkte at det føltes lidt tryggere! 

Men HVORFOR hænger Dannebrog der? Da Dannebrog i 1219 faldt ned fra himlen i Tallin så vi fik vores flag, var det ærkebiskop Andreas Sunesen som modtog det! Det er så længe siden at han overtog jobbet som ærkebiskop i Lund fra selveste Absalon! For, ja, det var dengang Lund var dansk og alt det her var en meget vigtig del af Danmark. 

Er det ikke vildt?

But now for the cliffhanger! When I was applying for the job in Lund 11 years ago, I was quite nervous. How would it be? I went into the cathedral and saw the Danish flag and actually thought it felt a bit more like home! 

But WHY is Dannebrog hanging there? When Dannebrog (our flag) fell from heaven in Tallin in 1219, giving us our flag, it was the archbishop Andreas Sunesen who received it! It is so many years ago that he actually got the job as archbishop from no other than Absalon! (The founder of Copenhagen.) Because, yeah, that was when Lund was Danish and all this was a very important part of Denmark. 

Isn't it mind-blowing?

Den tid på året / That time of the year

 

Lund uden arbejde / Lund without working

I går var første dag i min ferie. Jeg brugte den på at tage til Lund! Jeg skulle klippes og fik en dag ud af det! 

Det med frisøren begyndte under Covid da alle frisører i Danmark havde lukket og jeg til sidst bookede en tid i Sverige. Og nu er det bare nemmere. Det er tæt på stationen, og de klipper mig pænt! Jeg er bare ikke så god til at bestille tid i god tid, så nu blev det i ferien! Efter en god gang klipning gik jeg lige en tur i garnbutikken på vej over til Mui Gong hvor jeg fik Kung Pao Chicken. Det var SÅ lækkert, og det er nok første gang at nogen har taget billede af bomuldsgarn med maden.....

Derfra gik jeg i "Kulturen", et frilandsmuseum midt i Lund. Det ligger på begge sider af en gade jeg har gået på rigtig mange gange, og jeg har længe tænkt det ville være fint at se! Det er et rigtig fint museum. Det er altså vildt hvordan livet var for bare 200 år siden og hvor fattigt folk boede! Dagene gik mere eller mindre med at sikre sig at familien overlevede det næste år. Fremtidsudsigterne for unge mennesker er virkelig helt anderledes i dag! Jeg så også en udstilling om Slaget ved Lund i 1676. Det er helt umuligt at forestille sig 9000 dræbte på en enkelt dag i området der. 

Til sidst var jeg lige forbi domkirken og fandt ud af hvorfor det danske flag hænger der. Det må I høre mere om en anden gang!

Yesterday was the first day of my vacation. I spent it going to Lund! I was getting a haircut and decided to make it a day!

The haircutting thing started during Covid, when all hairdressers in Denmark were closed and I ended up booking an appointment in Sweden. And now it's just the easy thing to do. It's very close to the railway station and it looks nice! I'm just not very good booking an appointment weeks before I need it, so now I did it during my vacation! After my haircut I visited the yarn shop on the way to Mui Gong where I had Kung Pao Chicken. SO yummy, and I guess it was the first time ever anyone took a photo of cotton with the food.....

Then I went to "Kulturen", an open-air museum in the middle of Lund. There is a street going through it with walls on both sides, and I walked that street and wanted to visit! It's a really nice museum. It's crazy how life was just 200 years ago and how poor people were living. They spend their days making sure their family would survive the next year. The future looks really different for young people our days! I also saw an exhibition about the Battle of Lund in 1676. It's impossible imagining 9000 people killed in just one day in that area. 

I ended up visiting the cathedral and found out why the Danish flag is hanging there. More about that subject some other time!

 

Vand giver liv / Water gives life

Den sidste uges tid tror jeg at alle vi europæere er blevet mindet om hvor vigtigt det er med vand! Vand at drikke, vand at blive afkølet i, vand at vaske sveden af med. Dagens opskrift handler også om vand. Flasker. En virkelig fin havfruehaleflaskeholder! Hækl den før de andre. Mønsteret finder du her. 
 

During this past week, all we Europeans have been reminded of how important water is! Water for drinking, to cool off in, water to wash away the sweat. Today's pattern is also about water. Bottles. A really pretty mermaid-tail-bottle-cozy! Crochet it before everybody else. The pattern can be found here. 

Ferie! / Vacation!

I dag starter min "rigtige" ferie - den lange! I går var jeg på arbejde. Det var VARMT! Men jeg gik en dejlig tur og duftede til alle roserne. Der er rigtig fint i Lund!

Mens jeg svedte var alle tog til Danmark aflyste hele aftenen, så selv om det var smeltende varmt på patienthotellet i nat var jeg nu glad nok for først at skulle hjem nu til morgen når togene kørte igen. 

Det regner og tordner, men det gør mig ingenting. Det er så dejligt at have fri! 

Today my "real" vacation starts - the long part! Yesterday I was working. It was HOT! But I took a nice walk and smelled all the roses. Lund is really pretty!

While I was sweating, all the trains to Denmark were cancelled all evening, so although it felt like melting at the patient hotel during the night, I was happy that I was only going home today when the trains were on track (so to speak!) again. 

It's rain and thunder, but it doesn't bother me. It's nice not having to do stuff!

Work in Progress

De strømper jeg er startet på er virkelig fine! De er sjove med restegarn. Designeren hedder StoneKnits og tjek hende lige - hun har virkelig mange flotte strømpemønstre! 

Jeg plejer ikke at strikke strømper med flerfarvestrik, men de her er altså fine. Og nu skal der være et godt stykke med den grønne bundfarve. 

The socks I started are really pretty! The are fun to make with scraps. The designer is called StoneKnits and just check her out - she has sos many really beautiful sock patterns!

Usually I don't make socks with patterns like this, but these are so nice. And now I will knit quite a bit using the green main color. 

Stadig mystisk / Still strange

Mine "stribede" tomater ser sådan ud nu. Det er altså spændende om de ender med at være gule og brune som dem jeg tog frø fra! Lige nu aner jeg det ikke!

De store gule tomater er godt på vej og der er også nogle bittesmå bøftomater. Jeg håber det bliver en god høst!

My "striped" tomatoes look like this right now. It's so exciting if they end up being yellow and brown like the ones I got the seeds from! Right now I have no idea!

The big yellow tomatoes are coming along nicely and there are even some tiny little beef tomatoes. I do hope the harvest will be good!

Meget stor / Very big

Jeg har jo lovet at strikke en sweater til min yngste niece. Hun har omhyggeligt fundet et mønster som både er på store pinde (så det går hurtigt) og er interessant (så jeg ikke keder mig!), jeg har købt garn og jeg har endda lavet strikkeprøve! Mønsteret er også også printet ud, så der var ligesom ikke så meget andet at gøre end bare at gå i gang! 

Den strikkes på pind 7. Jeg har kun lavet en enkelt snoning, men den er GIGANTISK! Det går forholdsvist hurtigt (bortset fra at det er svært at tage med i byen og derfor kun kan strikkes på sofaen) og det skal nok blive spændende!

So I promised to knit a sweater for my youngest niece. She has carefully found a pattern that is made on huge needles (to make it fast) and is interesting (so I will not get bored!), I bought the yarn and I even made a swatch and checked my gauge! The pattern is printet so there was really nothing left to do but start knitting!

It's on 7 mm needles. I have only made one cable so far, but it is GIGANTIC! It's really fast, actually, (apart from the fact that it's hard to bring with me so it can be made sitting on my couch) and it will be really interesting!

Så fin! / So pretty!

 

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Om præcis en uge har min svoger fødselsdag. I USA. Hans strømper er klar til at komme med min søster over Atlanterhavet og være klar til at blive åbnet på dagen! 

De her strømper var noget af en mundfuld. Jeg syntes mønsteret var fint med små snoninger over det hele, men det var VIRKELIG mange snoninger! Over det HELE! Det var totalt en fejl at tage dem med på kongres, især da de slukkede lyset i salen den første aften. Men selv med lyset tændt skulle jeg kigge ret meget. 

In exactly one week it's my brother-in-law's birthday. In the US. His socks are ready to go with my sister across the Atlantic ocean and be ready for the right day!

These socks were somewhat of a mouth full. I did think the pattern with small cables all over looked really pretty, but there were LOT'S of cables! ALL OVER! It was such a mistake bringing them to the congress, especially when the light was turned off on the first evening. But even with the lights on I had to look at what I did. 

Men altså - resultatet er rigtig godt! De er fine og elastiske, OG de er faktisk blevet helt ens! 

Mønsteret hedder Ric-Rac og skulle egentlig strikkes på noget større pinde, hvilket selvfølgelig havde betydet færre masker og snoninger. Så langt tænkte jeg ikke. 

Garnet er Opal, pindene er 2,5 mm og vægten er 70 gram. Jeg håber han kan lide dem! 

But who cares when the result is really good! They are pretty and elastic and actually identical!

The pattern is called Ric-Rac and is supposed to be made on bigger needles, which of course would have meant fewer stitches and cables. I did not think that far.

The yarn is Opal, the needles 2.5 mm and the weight 70 grams. I do hope he will like them! 

Havesnegle / Garden snails

Der er ikke så mange snegle i haven i år. Men der ER nogle! Hvad der vokser i min have er til dels noget sneglene bestemmer. Sneglene spiser peberplanter, men ikke tomatplanter. Så gæt, hvad der vokser bedst i min have! Dagens opskrift er på babystrømper. Du bestemmer selv om de mest ligner pebre eller tomater. Opskriften er her. 
 

This year, there are not that many snails in my garden. But some are there! What grows in my garden is partly decided by the snails. The snails loves pepper-plants, but not tomato-plants. Today's pattern is for baby socks. You decide whether they look like peppers or tomatoes. The pattern is this one.  

Næste par / Next pair

Min yngste niece har fødselsdag om en måned. Hun ELSKER sine strikkede strømper! Og hun elsker også når jeg gør noget ud af dem. Så i går fandt jeg mønster og garn til nogle strømper jeg håber hun kan lide! Fortsættelse følger.....

My youngest niece's birthday is in a month. She LOVES her knitted socks! And she loves when I do something special with them. So yesterday I found pattern and yarn for socks that I do hope she likes! To be continued......

Nederdel / Skirt

I går fik jeg lyst til at sy en nederdel. En lidt pænere, længere nederdel. Så jeg gik på jagt i stofskabet og fandt det her fine stof som er lavet i Ghana, men købt på udsalg i JoAnn. (Jeg SAVNER den butik!)

Jeg bestemte mig for en ret enkel model med elastik og lommer. 

Yesterday, I suddenly felt like sewing a skirt. A longer, a bit more formal skirt. So I went on fabric hunt in my stash and found this pretty fabric that was made in Ghana but bought on sale in JoAnn. ( I MISS that shop!) I decided on a simple model with elastic waistband and pockets. 

Sådan ser den ud! Den går næsten ned til anklerne og kan bruges med en del forskellige farver. Stoffet er så pænt og ikke helt så vildt som en del af det andet stof jeg har. Den skal nok blive brugt!

This is what it looks like! Almost down to the ankles and it can be used with quite a lot of colors. The fabric is so pretty and not as wild as a lot of the other fabric I have. This will be used!

Midsommer! / Midsummer!

I dag fejrer svenskerne midsommar, og jeg har fri! Det er dejligt vejr og føles endelig som sommer, så det er virkelig skønt. 

Toppen til mig er nu blevet samlet så jeg strikker rundt. Den er så fin!

Today the Swedes celebrate midsommar and I'm off from work! The weather is lovely and finally it feels like summer, so that's just great. 

The top for me is so far that I'm knitting in the round now. It's very pretty!