Baby i bobler / Baby in bubbles

Besøg / Visit

I går kom lille Frk. Kanin og hendes ejer, T1, på besøg. Hun vil så gerne besøge mig, hende på 4, men det er altså lidt svært når der ikke er så mange fridage.
Men nu lykkedes det! Frk. Kanin hjalp med kaffen, og bagefter var der et par 1 årige på legepladsen som tabte hjertet til den søde bamse (som ER meget blød), til ejerens store bekymring.

Yesterday, little Miss Rabbit and her owner, T1, is visiting. The 4-year-old often asks to visit me, but it is a bit difficult when I don't have that many days off.
But now we succeeded! Miss Rabbit helped making the coffee, and afterwards, a few toddlers at the playground lost their hearts to the cute bunny (who really IS so soft!), much to the owners worry.

I går var ikke dagen hvor vi behøvede at opleve så meget. Vi gik hen til "vandfaldet" ved biblioteket, og selv om hun ikke troede at hun turde, så turde hun alligevel godt. Så meget, at både ærmer og fødder blev rimeligt våde.

Yesterday wasn't a day where we needed a lot of activities. We went to see the "waterfall" by the library, and although she thought she wouldn't dare, she went under it anyway. And loved it so much that both sleeves and feet got quite wet.

Bagefter havde vi tydeligvis nået kvoten for, hvad hun orkede mere, så den stod på pizza og tegnefilm da vi kom hjem. Hun faldt da også i søvn allerede kl. 20, så jeg håber, hun er frisk i dag, hvor den står på Halloween i Tivoli. (Med HEKSE! Uha!)
Det er utroligt hyggeligt at vi fik aftalt et besøg, midt i alle andre aftaler.

Afterwards, we had clearly reached the maximum for what she could cope with, so we ended up with pizza and cartoons at home. She was asleep by 8 pm, so I do hope she is super rested and fit today, when we are going to see Halloween in Tivoli. (With WITCHES! Yikes!)
I just love that we got around planning a visit, in the middle of all other plans.

Snart Halloween / Halloween soon

Det er meget snart Halloween!
Så dagens opskrift er en flok små, strikkede spøgelser.
Jeg ved ikke, om heksen med katten lyser i mørke - det kunne være sejt, ikke? Men søde er de ihvertfald!
Mønsteret finder du her.

Halloween is coming up!
So today's pattern is a group of small, knitted ghosts.
I'm not sure if the witch with the cat glow in the dark - could be really cool, right? They are definitely very cute!
The pattern is right here.

Hillerød

Denne weekend er der kirkelejr. I Hillerød, hvor jeg har gået i skole altid. Så selv om jeg aldrig har boet der, har jeg utroligt mange minder fra den by, og særligt fra området omkring slottet og slotshaven. Jeg har sunget i slotskirken enormt mange gange - både til bryllupper og barnedåb. Jeg er såmænd også konfirmeret i slotskirken. Den store bakke i slotshaven var der, hvor vi fik lov at komme hen og kælke, hvis der var rigtig meget sne, og vi løb svedende og stønnende rundt om søen som teenagere, mens ænderne rappede. (Det lød som om de grinede. Mens jeg følte jeg var ved at dø.)
Jeg nåede en tur ned gennem haverne og slottet - mit yndlingsslot i hele verden! Det var så utroligt smukt med efterårsfarverne, og alligevel var det varmt og sol. Sådan en fin dag.

This weekend, we have church-camp. In Hillerød, the city were I went to school. Although I never lived there, I have so many memories from this town, and especially from the area around the castle and the castle garden. I sang in the castle church a lot of times - for weddings and baptism. And I had my confirmation in the castle church. The big hill in the garden was the place were we got to go sleigh riding if there was a lot of snow, and as teenagers, we ran, panting and sweating, around the lake while the ducks quacked. (Sounded like they were laughing. While I felt like I was dying.)
I had time to go for a walk through the gardens and castle - my favorite castle in the whole world! It was incredibly beautiful with all the fall colors, and yet warm and sunny. Such a beautiful day.

Pinligt / Embarrassing

I onsdags cyklede jeg ind til Hovedbanegården, og da jeg så skulle stå af cyklen, løftede jeg ikke benet højt nok. Så jeg væltede. Et af de der fuldstændigt umotiverede, langsomme, vildt åndssvage fald!
Der gik hul på bukserne. Mine nye bukser fra Gap! Så nu overvejer jeg seriøst om ikke jeg skal få hæklet en eller andet lille, kæk lap at sætte på. Bare fordi det er så ærgerligt....... Kender du det?

This Wednesday, I rode my bike to the station, and when I was climbing off my bike, I didn't lift my foot enough. So I fell over. One of those totally unreasonable, slow, really annoying falls!
I made a hole in my pants. My new pants from Gap! So now I'm seriously considering crocheting some small, pretty patch to sew on. Just because it's so stupid...... Do you know the feeling?

22

Den næste nevø har snart fødselsdag, og hans strømper er færdige! (Faktisk mere end 2 uger for tidligt! Er meget stolt af mig selv.....)
Denne gang er de i mønster, og så alligevel ikke. Ikke sådan et officielt mønster, men jeg læste dette her, og tænkte, at det var da sandelig nogle pæne strømper. Dem kunne jeg vel nok lige lave.....
Så jeg slog 72 masker op og strikkede 6 ret, 6 vrang. Jeg strikkede 25 pinde inden jeg skiftede masker. Det virkede meget passende.

The next nephew's birthday is approaching, and his socks are done! (Actually, I'm more than 2 weeks early! Am very proud of myself.....)
This time, they are with a pattern, and then really not. Not an official pattern, at least, but I read this post and thought, that those were nice socks that I might as well make......
Then I cast on 72 stitches and did knit 6, purl 6. I made 25 rounds before changing the pattern. Seemed like it fit.

Garnet er Opal. Fint stribet! Det er så også cirka det sidste hele nøgle strømpegarn jeg havde i herrefarver. (Så det er en god undskyldning for snart at kigge ind på wollmeises hjemmeside, tænker jeg!) Mønsteret er rigtig fint, når strømpen strækkes lidt ud, synes jeg.
Ialt 70 gram garn på pind 2,5 som sædvanligt.

The yarn is Opal. Nicely colored! This was about the last unused skein of sock yarn in male colors in my stash. (Which is a nice excuse to check out the wollmeise webpage soon, I guess!) The pattern looks really nice when the sock is stretched a bit.
They weigh a total of 70 grams and are knitted using size 2.5 mm needles.

For længe siden / A long time ago

Dengang jeg var barn, var der også en strømpestrikker i familien - nemlig min fars moster, som ikke selv havde børn, og som var vores allesammens Moster.
Hun strikkede troligt strømper til os alle sammen, og vi var meget glade for dem. Det ses jo tydeligt på billedet! Mit yngre jeg i sandaler, sommerkjole og - ja - strikkede strømper. I blå og hvide striber. Præcis som jeg havde bestilt dem. (Jeg tror faktisk min kære søster ses UDEN strikkede strømper her på billedet. Klogt af hende.)
Min ældste bror fylder snart år. Han fortalte mig meget pænt, at han ønsker sig strikkede strømper. Fordi dem han fik fra vores Moster var ved at være noget slidt. Eftersom det er over 25 år siden hun døde, har han jo passet ualmindeligt godt på dem, og når han spørger så pænt, må han vel komme med i bunken af modtagere!

When I was a kid, we also had a sock-knitter in the family - my father's aunt, who didn't have kids herself, and who became everybody´s "Moster" (maternal aunt).
She just kept knitting socks for all of us, and we just loved them. It is quite obvious on this photo! A younger me in open shoes, summer dress and - well - knitted socks. With blue and white stripes. Exactly as I ordered them. (Actually, I do think me dear sister is WITHOUT knitted socks in this photo. Wise decision.)
My oldest brother's birthday is coming up. He told me quite nicely that he would really love to have knitted socks. Since those he got from our "Moster" were worn out. Since it is more than 25 years since she passed away, he must have taken very good care of them, and since he is asking so nicely, I guess he will get to be in the sock-recipient stack!

Efterårsfarver / Fall colors

Viggo 2

Den næste lille Viggo bluse er færdig. Den blev lige lidt længere end planlagt, sådan 2 striber, fordi jeg strikkede for langt. Og fordi en lidt længere bluse er meget bedre end en for kort bluse!
Jeg har strikket i str 2 år, men den er altså rigeligt stor! Bliver spændende, hvordan den passer ham - men igen: Hellere for stor end for lille! Børn vokser jo som bekendt. Meget.
Denne gang tog den kun lidt over en uge at strikke, hvilket var meget dejligt. Det hjalp med møder og lange togture!

The next little Viggo sweater is done. It is a bit longer than planned, about 2 stripes, since I kept going for too long. And since a longer sweater is better than a too short sweater!
I made size 2 years, but it is quite big! Will be interesting how it fits him - but again: Rather too big than too little! Kids grow, like you know. A lot.
This time, it only took a bit more than 1 week to knit, which was nice. Meetings and some long train rides really helped!

Den er strikket i Rasmillas yndlingsgarn som er blødt og lækkert. Den var nem at strikke, når man faktisk læste opskriften (ahem), og den er blevet rigtig rar.
Strikket på pind 3,5 og 4 og den vejer 170 gram. Der var VIRKELIG mange ender og det tog lang tid at sy!
Jeg købte jo garn til en mere til hans storesøster, og den har jeg faktisk slået op til allerede.

It is made with the Rasmilla favorite yarn (cotton and wool) which is nice and soft. It was easy to knit once you read the pattern (ahem), and it looks really nice and comfortable.
I used 3.5 and 4 mm needles, and it weighs 170 grams. There were SO many ends to weave and it took forever to sew!
I bought yarn for yet another one, this time for his big sister, and I cast on already.....

Svampetid / Time for mushrooms

Det er efterår og svampetid.
Da jeg var barn var vi ude at plukke lækre svampe som vi spiste.
Men nu? Ved ikke helt om jeg ville turde stole på min egen dømmekraft.....
Men så kan man da strikke sig en svampehat som man kan have på når man går ned og køber ind!

It is fall and time for mushrooms.
When I was a kid, we went picking mushrooms that we ate.
But now? I'm not sure I would trust my ability to pick the right ones.......
But at least you can knit a mushroom hat that you can wear while grocery shopping!

Knitting for Olive

Knitting for Olive har jo åbnet en lille butik på Frederiksberg. I starten var der næsten aldrig åbent, men nu har de udvidet! Så i går var jeg derinde.
Og kom til at købe noget. Men det er lækkert!
Hvis du ikke kender deres design, så kig forbi siden. Det er så fint!

Knitting for Olive opened a tiny shop here at Frederiksberg. In the beginning, they were very rarely open, but now it's more frequent! So yesterday, I went inside.
And happened to buy some stuff. But it's soft and beautiful!
If you don't know their design, then check out the webpage. It is so pretty!

Oktober / October

Ja, oktobers bog er allerede læst. Jeg blev RET hurtigt færdig med Journal 64. Mand, hvor er den god! Temmelig anderledes end filmen, som jo også er god, men har en anden vinkel på temaet.
Jeg må se at have læst de andre af de der "Afdeling Q" bøger. Der er vist ingen vej tilbage!
I har jo allerede hørt rigeligt, så jeg skal nok stoppe. Men se den. Eller læs den. Både film og bog er virkelig tankevækkende og hos mig satte den en del tanker i gang om vores jagt på "perfekte" liv. Jeg møder rigtig mange uperfekte liv i kraft af mit arbejde, men det gør sandelig ikke de liv mindre værd!

Well, the October book is read already. I finished "Journal 64" REALLY fast. Man, it's amazing! Very different from the movie, which is also great, but looks at the theme from a different angle.
I want to read the other "Department Q" books. There is no turning back now!
You have heard too much about this already, so I'll stop here. But watch it. Or read it. Both the movie and the book is very thought provoking and I started wondering again about how we try to hunt down "perfect" lives. I meet a lot of imperfect lives at work, but those lives are also valuable!

I dag er det så lørdag. Eller ikke bare lørdag. En lørdag HJEMME! Med tid til at lave mad i stegeso. Tid til at kigge på garn, hvis jeg skulle få lyst. Tid til at vaske tøj og afkalke kaffemaskine.
Det bliver en weekend proppet med nevøcer, men nogle stykker af gangen.
Uh, som jeg nyder det!

Today it's Saturday. Or, not just Saturday. A Saturday AT HOME! With time to cook in the Römertopf. Time to look at yarn, if I feel like it. Time to wash clothes and for descaling the coffee machine.
It will be a weekend filled with nephews and nieces, but not all at once.
Oh, how I'm enjoying myself!

Hurtigt / Fast

Nummer 2 Viggo er slet ikke så langsom som den første. Overhovedet. Faktisk er jeg allerede færdig med begge ærmerne og skal i gang med kroppen.
Det er mærkeligt, som det samme mønster pludselig kan være hurtigt at strikke!
Det bliver ihvertfald endnu en fin sweater, og hvis den tredje Viggo bliver lige så hurtig, er jeg snart færdig.....

The second Viggo is by no means as slow as the first one. At all. I'm actually done with both the sleeves already, and am going on to the body.
It is strange, how the same pattern can suddenly be a quick knit!
It is looking like another beautiful sweater, and if the third Viggo will be as quick, I will be done very soon.........

Strikkebio / Knitting at the movies

Jeg havde jo lovet min niece at hun skulle med i strikkebio. Så det gjorde vi i mandags! Jeg havde nået at læse ca. 2/3 af bogen, som virkelig er god, og havde set traileren med mumierne, så jeg var vel relativt forberedt.
Det var så hyggeligt! (Midt i uhyggen, altså.) Filmen var virkelig god og sjov og spændende, og niecen med mand var hyggelige at følges med.
Så jeg tror nok lige jeg skal af sted igen......

I promised my niece that she should come to the knitting movies with me. So we went on Monday! I had read about 2/3 of the book, which is really good, and watched the trailer with the mummies, so I guess I was well prepared.
We had such a great time! (In the midst of the scares, you know.) The movie was great and fun and exciting, and my niece and her husband were great company.
So I'm quite convinced I will be going again......