Giftigt / Toxic

Så blev strømperne sandelig færdige! Det er sent, så vi tager det lige kort, ikke? 105 gram wollmeise i farven WD Klapperstorch. Jeg syntes, den lå og var så forfærdelig grim, at jeg bare måtte have den strikket væk. Når så det blev til strømper, blev det jo meget sjovt, mønsteret. Totalt giftige farver, lidt ligesom den dér slange I ved nok, der er stribet. Men farverne passer vel egentlig fint til sådan et par teenage-syrebasser, som de nok ender på. De bliver formentlig julekalender-strømper til niecen, der var heldig at få et år mere på efterskole.
Med disse strømper nåede jeg så op på 2390 gram wollmeise i år.

And then the socks were finished! It's late, so let's take the short version. A total of 105 grams of wollmeise, color named WD Klapperstorch. I really didn't like this color, so I decided to get rid of it by knitting socks. When turned into socks, it's kind of funny patterned. Totally toxic colors, a bit like this snake, that you probably read about at some point. The colors kind of fit the fact that these socks will end up on some stinking teenage-feet. I guess they will be a Christmas calendar gift for my niece who was lucky to go away on boarding-school for one more year.
With these socks, I've knitted a total of 2390 grams of wollmeise so far this year.

Næsten / Almost

Her skulle I have set et billede af et par færdige strømper. Det holder ikke helt, vel? (Og jeg kan nok ikke skyde skylden på møllene......)
Måske ser I dem igen senere i dag - det håber jeg. Først skal jeg sove efter min SIDSTE aften-nattevagt (YES!!!!!)
Fra i morgen hedder det tilkald. Jeg glæder mig!

This was supposed to be a photo of finished socks. Not quite, as you can see! (No idea in blaming the moth-invasion, I guess.....)
Maybe you'll see more of them later today - I hope you will. First I'll sleep after my LAST 17-hours evening-night shift. (Hooray!!!!)
Beginning tomorrow, I'll be on call from home at night. Can't wait!

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Ydrk! / Yikes!

Se denne fine orkide med dobbeltblomst! Jeg mødte den hjemme hos min mor. Ret sød, synes jeg.
Men tilbage til overskriften. Jeg fandt den rene familieidyl i min strikkekurv. Af møl! (AAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!)
Ting jeg lige har lært på 20 min:
1) Der er meget hurtige måder at få ryddet op i sin strikkekurv
2) Der er sådan set også en meget hurtig måde at komme af med sin strikkekurv
3) Møl er ikke så glade for bambus. Eller alpaca (heldigvis!)
4) Det er ikke alle typer garn, der kan lide mikrobølgeovn. Mælkegarn, f.eks. Og visse typer merceriseret bomuld. Det bliver mærkelig brunt, ryger og STINKER!
5) Jeg er meget, meget taknemmelig for, at det allermeste garn ligger i tætte plasticposer.
6) Min 2 år gamle strømpe på vej, der skulle væk fra min WIP liste i år? Det er sket. Ikke på den måde, jeg havde tænkt.....
Dumme dyr! Men det er så prisen for at lade garn ligge uberørt og sammenpakket i en åben kurv i lang tid.

Look at this pretty orchid with a double flower! I found it at one of my mothers orchids. Really nice!
Well, back to the headline. I found a very large family, living together in harmony in my knitting basket. Moth! (AAAARRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!)
Lessons I learned in 20 minutes:
1) There are very fast ways of cleaning up a knitting basket.
2) There is also a very fast way of getting rid of you knitting basket.
3) Moth don't like bamboo. Or alpaca (fortunately!)
4) Not all types of yarn like microwaves. Milk yarn, for instance. And certain types of mercerized cotton, that turns a weird shade of brown, starts smoking and STINKS!
5) I am very, very grateful that most of my yarn is stored in thick, closed plasticbags.
6) My 2 year old sock planned to be taken off my WIP list this year? Mission accomplished. Not the way I planned, though....
Stupid animals! But I guess that's the price you have to pay if you let a lot of yarn stay close and un-touched in an open basket for so long.

Fnat / Scabies

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Igang igen / Exit summer

Så var det sandelig slut med feriestemning.... En enkelt uge tilbage i det sædvanlige program, og jeg er træt. Hvis der bare var sådan en simpel tag-en-pille-løsning i stedet for den kedelige med at kigge i kalenderen og planlægge nogle aftener med ingenting.
Det er blevet (meget) mørkt om aftenen - og jeg var slet ikke færdig med sommeren endnu, synes jeg!
Men altså. Så kan man bare tænke sig tilbage til varmen ved et kinesisk tempel med et strikketøj og godt selvskab. Og håbe på, at jeg lige får snøvlet mig sammen til snart at vise jer noget færdigt igen.

And so the summer and all the joy of vacation (or that special feeling of vacation) ended.... Just one week back on my usual program, and I'm tired. If only there was a simple solution like taking a pill or something, instead of the very boring solution of planning some evenings of nothingness. At home.
The evenings have grown (very) dark - and I wasn't even finished enjoying summer!
Anyway - I can imagine myself back at the Chinese temple, in the warm sun with good company and something good to knit. And then I'll hope to be able to show you something finished again soon.

Har du fundet ham? / Did you find him?

Kan du huske ham her? Han plejede ikke at være tehætte, men svømmede på eventyr og var ved at give sin meget nervøse far adskillige hjerteslag. Jeg har set filmen adskillige gange, men trænger måske snart til at se den igen. Måske med tilhørende te?
Nemo-tehætten kan du finde her. Præcis i rette tid, så du kan nå at lave den til efteråret!

Do you remember this little guy? He wasn't always a tea-cozy, but swam out for his own big adventure and nearly caused his very nervous dad several heart attacks. I've watched this movie several times, but I guess it's about time to watch it again. Maybe with a cup of tea?
The Nemo-tea cozy is right here. Just the right time for knitting it an getting ready for autumn!

Første gang / First time

For første gang nogensinde har jeg to orkideer i blomst samtidig. Altså - ikke købt med blomster, men de er har fået blomster igen her hos mig. Jeg er meget stolt!
Jeg nyder lidt søndag morgen uden gæster, inden jeg skal til barnedåb. Sikke dog meget jeg har set til familien de sidste uger! Mindstenevøens søster var MEGET jaloux, så nu er der aftalt besøg af hende også. MED Tivoli-tur, selv om jeg er den værste kylling at have med på sådan en. Det må hun bare leve med......
Først tager jeg lige et par ugers gæstepause.

For the first time ever, I have two orchids blooming simultaneously. I didn't buy them with the flowers, but they grew them while staying here at my place. I'm very proud!
Right now I'm enjoying Sunday morning alone, before I'll go to a child baptism celebration. I've seen so much of the family these past weeks! My youngest nephews sister was VERY jalous, so we had to find a day for her as well. Including going to Tivoli! Even though I don't have the courage to try very much that seems dangerous, but she'll have to cope and live with the 'boring' stuff.
But for now, I'll take a few weeks without visitors.....

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Bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla

For første gang hentede jeg min mindste nevø i SKOLEN! Ret vildt, at han ikke er en lille børnehavedreng mere... Jeg havde totalt glemt, hvor meget de snakker i den størrelse af børn! Han snakkede non-stop hele vejen hjem til mig, kun afbrudt af at vi mødte min overbo og jeg fortalte ham, at hun ville falde ned gennem loftet, hvis hun hoppede for meget. Det blev han vist alligevel lidt imponeret over!

For the first time ever, I picked up my youngest nephew at SCHOOL! I can't believe he's not a little kindergarten-kid anymore.... I totally forgot how much children this size talk! He talked non-stop all the way to my home, and only kept quiet when we met the lady living in the flat on top of mine. I explained to him, how she would fall through the ceiling if she jumped too much, and I guess he was rather impressed at the thought.

Der er leget med vand og badeænder. (Jeps - stadig en favorit!) Morgenmaden blev indkøbt i små pakker. Hans voksne fætter havde lige fortalt, hvordan det åbenbart var en essentiel del af at besøge mig som barn, og det skulle selvfølgelig ikke mangle....

He played with water and bathing-ducks. (Oh yeah - still a favorite!) Breakfast came in tiny packages. His adult cousin just told me how this kind of breakfast was an essential part of visiting me when he was a child, so we didn't want to miss these....

Der er lavet kaffe, og i dag (når han vist iøvrigt har snakket lidt af) skal vi bare hygge os. Mand - jeg har savnet at have ham på besøg!
Iøvrigt - bemærk lige skyderen. Totalt ny, men de fleste knaldperler er allerede skudt af. Lejligheden lugter af krudt. Herligt!

He took care of brewing coffee and today (after I think he almost has run out of words) we're just going to have a nice time. I really missed his visits!
By the way - did you see the gun? Bought yesterday, but already he used most of the shots. My apartment smells like gun-powder. I love it!

Fuglenyt / News on birds

Af alle fugle i Danmark har jeg nok de skøreste.... Måske kan I huske, at de blev dødeligt uvenner og flyttede fra hinanden. Så gik det lidt bedre, og de sad en del af tiden sammen.
Nu har de så muligvis skudt papegøjen (hedder det mon det, når det er undulater?) og scoret sig en 2-værelses billigt på Frederiksberg.
Lige nu hedder døgnrytmen nemlig, at de er sammen 80% af tiden. Om natten sover de i det lille bur. Om morgenen flyver han-undulaten ind i det store bur og kalder på konen, til hun kommer med. Så sidder de dér. Så - øh - suk. Jeg har aldrig hørt om fugle med de problemer før!
Nu er det så spørgsmålet, om de virkelig bliver helt glade for hinanden igen, så de kan gå tilbage til den 1-værelses.....
I dag kommer mindste-nevøen på besøg. Når jeg har sovet efter arbejde. Jeg glæder mig! (Det gør han nok også) Desuden bliver jeg sikkert drevet til vanvid. Men hyggeligt bliver det alligevel!

Of all the birds in Denmark, I probably own the craziest ones.... Maybe you can remember how they really got mad at each other and had to move apart. Then things went better and they spend some time together.
Now they really figured things out and got themselves a 2-room apartment here on Frederiksberg.
Right now they are spending 80% of the day together. During the night they sleep in the tiny cage. Then in the morning the male fly into the large cage and calls for his wife until she joins him. Then they just sit there. So - well..... I never heard of birds like this before!
So now I just wait to see if they really grow happy together again. Hopefully they can stay in just one cage....
Today - after I have slept after work - my youngest nephew will come visit. I can't wait! (He is excited too, I guess) He will probably drive me crazy. But in a very nice and enjoyable way!

Pesto hexagon

I starten af ugen skulle jeg på kursus. Sådan et med lange dage og tungt stof. En af mine kolleger skulle undervise, og da han opdagede, at jeg glædede mig til at strikke, så han noget forkert ud i hovedet.... Han havde ikke lyst til at undervise nogen der sad med næsen i et strikketøj, fordi der røg en maske.
Derfor tænkte jeg, at det nok ikke var en god idé at tage et af mine mange projekter med snoninger med. Ej heller hækling, som jeg trods alt ikke er helt stiv i. Strømper gad jeg ikke strikke. Hvad så? (Og ja - jeg er klar over, at svaret kan ses øverst i indlægget....)
Da min niece var her, fik hun mig til at finde ALT mit wollmeise frem. På én gang! Det var VILDT! Jeg havde faktisk aldrig set mine lace-bundter samlet før. Sikke nogle farver! Til min overraskelse havde jeg to ens bundter WD Pesto. Det burde da være helt sikkert nok til en bluse til mig!
Så kombinationen af alt det garn og så en ny, rigtig smart opskrift førte til det, I ser på billedet. Starten på ryggen af en bluse. Opskriften hedder "Hexagon" og kan købes på Ravelry. Jeg synes, den er genial. Man skal kende brystvidden, og alt det andet giver sig selv. Strikkefasthed er fuldstændig ligegyldig, og man kan strikke den i alle garntyper og tykkelser. Faktisk tænker jeg allerede, at den kunne være sjov i farveskiftegarn!

On Monday and Tuesday I was going on a course. One with long days and difficult stuff. One of my colleagues were teaching some of the time, and when he heard that I was going to knit, he looked kind of funny..... He clearly didn't want to teach someone staring at a knitting project because a stitch fell off.
So I thought it might be better not to bring one of my many projects with cables. Nor to crochet, since I'm not yet that good at it. I didn't want to make socks. So what? (I am aware that you have seen the answer at the top of this post.....)
When my niece visited me last weekend, she made me take out ALL my wollmeise. In one place! It was CRAZY! I've never actually seen all my lace-skeins in one place before. Such beautiful colors! Much to my delight I had 2 skeins of WD Pesto, looking identical. Should be enough for a sweater for me!
Then the combination of this mental yarn overload and a new, fancy pattern led to what you see on the picture. The beginning of the back. The pattern is called "Hexagon" and can be bought on Ravelry. I think it's a stroke of genious! You have to know the width, and then everything else follows almost by magic. Gauge is irrelevant and you can make from all kinds of yarn in any weight. Even while knitting this one, I'm thinking about making another in color-changing yarn. Could be fun!

Malmö yarnbombing

Rockefeller

Mit "Rockefeller" sjal er endelig blevet færdigt..... Min niece tog det som en personlig sejr, at det blev færdigt mens hun var på besøg. Jeg blev da også mindet en del om at strikke videre!

My "Rockefeller" shawl is finally done..... My niece took it as her personal task to make me finish, and was quite certain it finished due to her reminding me to knit!

Det er såmænd blevet så fint! Efter billederne er taget, er det blevet vasket og ser endnu finere ud. Farverne er pæne, og størrelsen er ganske god. Det kan bruges som bindesjal, er dejligt blødt og varmt og med den rigtige tyngde. Jeg har ikke lavet ændringer i forhold til opskriften, og er faktisk godt tilfreds.
Desværre er det jo ligesom lovet ud, for det kunne da vist blive et fint "halstørklæde" til vinter!

It's a lovely scarf! After I took the photos, I washed it, and it's even nicer now. I love the colors and the size too. It has a size that makes binding it on the back possible, and it is really soft and warm and just the right kind of heavy. I didn't make any modifications but just followed the pattern, and I'm very happy with it.
Unfortunately, it has been promised to give away. I think, it would have been really nice for wearing during winter!

Det er (jo) strikket i Wollmeise, og ialt har jeg brugt 270 gram, ca. halvt af hver af den røde og den brune. Det bringer årets forbrug op på 2285 gram.

(Of course) It is made from Wollmeise. I used 270 grams, approximately equal amounts of the two colors.
And so I have knitted 2285 grams of wollmeise this year.

Selv en pirat / Even a pirate

Selv om man har sejlet på de syv have og røvet adskillige kister med guld, så nytter det ikke noget at være nok så sej, hvis man får kolde tæer.....
Disse strømper garanterer dejlig varme, også til pirater!
Mønsteret kan du finde her.

Even though you sailed the seven seas and captured several gold-chests, all the cool attitude won't help you if your feet get cold....
This socks will guarantee lovely warm feet, even for pirates!
The pattern is right here.

Malmø

Vi kom til Malmø i går. De har festival lige nu, ved egentlig ikke for hvad, men der var bunker af mennesker, og så var skiltene pyntet med strik.

We went to Malmø yesterday in time for a festival. Not sure why they held it, but there were loads of people and all the signs were made very pretty with yarn bombing.


Her er et jungle-signal.

This one's straight out of the jungle.


I supermarkedet var der - hø hø - JULi-skum. MED en sommer-julemand!

In the supermarket we found juli- candy. Funny, because Christmas is Jul, and July is called Juli. The bag even had a summer-Santa.


Der var INGEN balloner på rulletrappen! (Nogen, der kan gennemskue hvorfor det et forbudt?)

There were NO balloons on the escalator. (I have no idea why that was not allowed!)


Vel hjemme igen fik jeg også strikket. Sjalet er næsten færdigt og skønt at strikke, hvis man fryser lidt!

Back home again I knitted some more on my shawl. It's almost finished and really lovely to knit if it is a little cold!

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Film

Sikken en hyggelig aften i går! Niecen kom, og vi tog på Riz-Raz og spiste, så vi nærmest trillede hjem! (jeg følte mig nemlig stadig en smule snydt over at jeg måtte tage på arbejde i søndags og efterlade mine gæster til en hyggelig frokost der.....)
Senere var der Zulu sommerbio i Fælledparken. 'En kongelig affære'. Vi gik derhen, over Åboulevard-broen, gennem Assistens Kirkegård og det sidste stykke gennem Nørrebro og gennem Rigshospitalet. Meget, meget hyggelig tur! (og meget praktisk at få tisset af på 'civiliserede' toiletter inden film)
Jeg var forberedt på polar-aftenkulde. Med strikkede strømper, jakke og min nye hættetrøje. Vi havde også te med. Hold da op, som jeg hurtigt fik det for varmt!
Filmen var god, og det var ren hygge. Mærkværdigvis var der 20 min pause i visningen sådan 20 min inden filmen stoppede. Der gik vi så hjem, mens jeg fik slutningen fortalt. Gad altså ikke sidde der SÅ længe!
I dag tror jeg, vi tager til Malmø. Længe siden! Der er vist også hygge-garanti.....
Last night was wonderful. My niece arrived, and we went to 'Riz-Raz', a very nice Mediteranian restaurant with a large buffet. (I still felt very disappointed about last Sunday when I had to go to work instead of staying there with my guests.)
Later, there was open-air film in a large park. They showed 'A Royal Affair'. We walked there, crossing the graveyard/park, 'Assistens kirkegård', and ended up walking through 'Rigshospitalet', using some civilized restrooms before entering the park. It was really nice.
I was dressed for arctic cold with woollen socks, a coat and my new hoodie. We also brought tea. Didn't take me long to feel extremely warm!
The film was great, and it was just so nice being there. Very weirdly, honecker, they took a 20 minutes break just about 20 minutes before the film ended. We left for home at that point. Didn't want to sit there all night!
Today I think we'll go to Malmø. It's been a while since last time. I think it will be a nice day too!
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Familie / Family

Den sidste uge har budt på masser af familie-halløj, startende med en aften på Jensens Bøfhus med mindste-nevøen som bordherre og tag-selv softice til dessert. Vi var 8 og det var vildt hyggeligt.

Last week has been filled with family-stuff, beginning with a steakhouse dinner sitting next to my youngest nephew, with all-you-can-eat icecream for desert. Very nice evening for all of us!




Dernæst fik jeg jo gæster sidste weekend og besøgte iøvrigt en anden nevø - og hans nuttede kamæleon.
Denne weekend kommer min ældste niece. Jeg er kommet til at fortælle hende, at hylden med striktrøjer i mit skab efterhånden er fyldt. Det tog hende 7 min at svare på den SMS (der nok var længe ventet!) så mon ikke vi også skal kigge på, hvad damen evt kunne tænke sig af noget strikket?

Then I had guests last weekend and visited another nephew and his very cute chameleon.
This weekend my oldest niece visits me. I happened to tell her how my shelf with knitted sweaters is filled. Took her 7 minutes to text back (she has been waiting for a message like that!) and I guess we will spend some time looking at what she would like me to make.


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Odense

Måske har jeg sagt det før, men jeg har stadig tandlæge i Odense. Så ind imellem kommer jeg forbi (ca. hvert halve år. Mindst!), og i går var én af de dage.

You might have heard this before, but I still visit my dentist in Odense. Sometimes (about every 6 months. At least!) I drop by the city in the middle of Denmark, and yesterday was one of those days.

Der var kommet tid til kontrol. Tilfældigvis på min fridag! Først tirsdag aften gik det op for mig, at for at være der kl. 9 skulle jeg med toget kl. 7. SUK og STØN - det er tidligt!!!!!! Men da var det ligesom for sent at ændre....
Normalt sørger jeg for at besøge venner og blive længe, men oveni opdagede jeg, at koret startede igen, så jeg var nødt til at være nogenlunde tidligt tilbage på Sjælland. Og alle vennerne (+ børn, ikke at forglemme!) var jo startet arbejde og skole, så der var nok ikke lige den store tiltro til at jeg kunne dumpe ind hos friske mennesker.

I had received an appointment. Happened to be on my day off! Not until Tuesday night did I realise that in order to make it for my appoinment at 9 a.m., I had to catch a train at 7 a.m. S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y. - that's really early! But too late to change, unfortunately....
Normally I visit some friends and hang around all day when going to Odense, but then I discovered that my choir started again on Wednesday evening, so I had to get back to Zealand quite early. Furthermore, all of my friends (and their children!) had started work and school again after the vacation, so I couldn't really hope to crash-visit anyone very energetic.

Ulla var heller ikke lige hjemme....

Ulla wasn't at home either......

Men i virkeligheden gjorde alt det ingenting, for jeg opdagede, at Odense blomsterfestival skulle åbne i går. Det betød heftig aktivitet i gågaden med at få det sidste på plads, ufatteligt mange smukke blomster overalt og et mylder af småbørn, der traskede rundt og gjorde sig klar til at møde Kronprinsesse Mary, der vistnok skulle åbne begivenheden.
Oveni var vejret helt utroligt med sol og høj, blå himmel. Jo - der var nok at nyde!
Temaet i år var eventyr, som I måske kan fornemme. Jeg har aldrig før været der den allerførste dag, men hold op, som det var smukt!

As it happened, none of this mattered, since I discovered that the flower festival of Odense was opening yesterday. This meant a lot of activity in the shopping streets making everything ready, loads and loads of beautiful flowers everywhere and hoards of small kids walking around, preparing mentally to meet Crown Princess Mary, who was supposed to open the festival.
If this wasn't enough, the weather was just amazing. Sunshine and a blue sky. Plenty to enjoy!
The theme this year was fairy tales, as you might have guessed. Never before have I visited the festival on the very first day. It was so pretty!

Tante Grøn havde skam også åbent, og blev kigget godt igennem. (Jeg købte kun GODE ting!) Der blev også købt gave til barnedåb, og jeg brugte mit kort med stempler på en (gratis) bøf til frokost hos Jensens Bøfhus. I solskin.
Til sidst nåede jeg lige at drikke kaffe med en veninde, inden jeg vendte næsen hjem igen.

Tante Grøn was open for a visit, and I looked through everything. (And only bought the GOOD stuff!) I bought a present for a baptism, and I had a free steak for lunch, using my little card with a lot of stamps from another visit with guests. I was eating outside. In the sunshine.
At the very end I had coffee with friend, before taking the train back home.

Odense er bare sådan en dejlig by! Endnu engang oplevede jeg, at puls og blodtryk faldt efter et par timer dér. Jeg tror ikke, jeg skifter tandlæge......

Odense is such a nice place! Once more I felt my pulse and blood pressure going down after spending a few hours there. I don't think I'll get another dentist......

Familietøj / Family outfit

1 vinge / One wing

Det er "bare" en lille sjals-ting, men med meget andet at strikke (især de sidste 14 dage!), på pind 3½ og med bare ret-masker går det altså ikke overdrevet hurtigt med sidste del af mit Rockefeller sjal.
Men lidt sker der da..... Og nu er - TA-DAAA! - den ene vinge færdig! Så  mangler jeg bare den anden.....
Forhåbentlig går den lidt hurtigere!
Der er allerede lagt beslag på sjalet, men først til starten af oktober, så der er god tid. Til gengæld kan man være med i en konkurrence i KAL-en, hvis det bliver færdigt inden 31. august! Mon ikke jeg når det?

It's "just" a little shawlette-thing, but with other things to knit (especially during the last 2 weeks!), using US needlesize 4 and with (boring) garter-stitch, it's not really growing lightning-fast, the last part of my Rockefeller shawl.
But it grows steadily. And now the first wing has finished! Then I just need to make the other one..... Hopefully a bit faster!
The shawl has been claimed already, but can stay with me until the beginning of October, which gives me plenty of time. On the other hand, there is a contest in the KAL-group, if you finish before August 31st. I guess I can make it!

Snooze

I dag skal jeg sove. Hvis I vil se en, der sover på en mere nuttet måde end mig, så se lige her: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/snoozing-ned

Today I'll sleep. If you want to see someone sleeping in a cuter way Thrane, check this: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/snoozing-ned

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Amalienborg etc.

I går besluttede jeg mig for ikke at sove, men holde mig vågen. For at holde døgnrytmen og fordi, at 'nu skulle jeg jo ikke have vagt før om 2 uger.......'
I nat sov jeg som en sten, og i dag ville vi tage på sight-seeing, så jyderne kunne se lidt mere af København.
Men under morgenmaden ringede telefonen, og jeg er nu den heldige vinder af en aften-nattevagt. I dag. Mens der er afslutnings-ceremoni til OL. Derfor har jeg så haft besøg, hvor gæsterne både kom og rejser mens jeg ikke er hjemme. Fantastisk, ikke?
Turen rundt i København var dog utroligt hyggelig, og vi fik set vagtskifte på Amalienborg. Desuden er mine gæster jo nygifte, og jeg har på fornemmelsen, at de fint klarer deres frokost på Riz-Raz uden mig ;-)
I morgen skal jeg sove......

Yesterday I decided to stay awake, in order to not disturb my diurnal rythm. And because I knew that I didn't have any night-time work in the next two weeks..... Last night I slept like a rock, and today we decided to go sight-seeing and show the guests from Jutland a bit of Copenhagen.
Then - in the middle of breakfast - my phone rang and made me the lucky owner of an evening-night job. Tonight. During the Olympic Games closing ceremony. Resulting in my guests not only arriving, but also leaving while I'm not at home. Amazing life!
We had a very lovely walk around Copenhagen, though, and we even saw the change of guards at the queen's castle. And you know - my guests are newlyweds, so I had this feeling that they might be okay during lunch, even without me ;-)
Tomorrow I'll sleep!

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Blomster-vitaminer / Flower vitamins

Det er ikke så ofte, jeg køber blomster. Men i går fik jeg lige lyst, da disse smukke georginer stod hos blomsterhandleren på hjørnet. Fine, ikke?
At der er georginer betyder selvfølgelig, at sommeren snart pakker sammen. (Ikke at lige præcis denne sommer vil blive savnet for det gode vejr, altså!) Det er selvfølgelig lidt trist, men sådan er det jo....

I don't buy flowers very often. But yesterday these dahlias were calling my name when I passed the corner flower shop. Very pretty, don't you think?
The presence of dahlias is a sign of summer packing up, getting ready to move on. (Well, this summer in particular didn't do a lot in the sunshine-department!) It's a little sad, but that's the way it is.

Mens jeg var på arbejde i aftes og i nat, fik jeg gæster. Den nygifte nevø med frue (Ha! Hun slår mig sikkert ihjel hvis hun ved, jeg kalder hende "Frue"!). De kom ind via naboen.
I nat var en usædvanligt nat på arbejde. Jeg blev ringet op efter 2 timers søvn, og resten af natten gik så med nogle opkald, lidt spil på telefonen samt en HEL DEL "Sov nu! Du har gæster. Du skal være frisk! SOV!"-tanker. Der sjovt nok ikke hjalp meget..... I morges var det vildt hyggeligt at komme hjem til frisklavet kaffe og et dækket bord. På vej hjem kom jeg forbi en meget fin københavner-nordisk-autentisk bager. Der var ET brød i butikken og nogle boller af den samme dej (men de var i gang med at bage mere, vil jeg lige sige!), og det smagte meget sundt.... Til gengæld duftede butikken af rigtigt mel og dej, hvilket var en fornøjelse!

While I was working this evening and night, I had visitors. My newly-wed nephew and his Missus (she would probably kill me if she knew I was calling her that!) got the key at my neighbor's and slept here.
This night was unusually quiet at work. I had a phone call after 2 hours of sleep, and the rest of the night was spent answering a few phone calls, playing "Bejewelled" on my cellphone and spending a LOT of time thinking "now - go to sleep! You have visitors at home. You should be well rested. Now SLEEP!"... Strangely enough, I didn't get very sleepy.....
It was extremely nice going home in the morning to see the coffee brewed and the table set. On the way home I passed a very Copenhagen-authentic-Nordic-like bakery. They had ONE bread in the shop and some buns made from the same dough (but they were busy making more bread). It tasted very healthy..... The shop was really nice, though, smelling like flour and dough, which was a real pleasure.

Målstregen / Finish line

Min Noro-hættetrøje er færdig. Tro det eller ej - de ekstra 6 pinde var lige præcis det, der skulle til, for at det hele faldt i hak. Den blev et par cm længere, ærmerne fik bedre plads og halskanten kom til at passe.
Der er en del små ændringer i forhold til mønsteret. Mest, fordi jeg ville have rib-kanterne lidt smallere og ikke gad sy så meget.
Ialt har jeg brugt 740 gram Noro Kureyon, og det tæller jo godt på årets forbrug!
Takket være Birthe fra Garngalleriet fik jeg nok garn, og det er jeg rigtig, rigtig glad for. For hold fast, hvor jeg allerede elsker denne trøje. Sjalskraven er så dejligt varm, at jeg tænker, sweateren skal med en tur i jule-Tivoli på en frost-aften. Det må være det, den er skabt for!

The Noro-hoodie is finished. Believe it or not - the extra 6 rows were just the thing for making everything perfect. The sweater was an inch longer, the sleeves had a bit more space and the neckline got perfect.
I made quite a few small modifications of the pattern. Mostly because I wanted the rib-edges a bit tighter and because I didn't want to do so much sewing.
In total, I used 740 grams of Noro Kureyon, and that's quite an addition to the amount I knitted this year!
Thanks to Birthe from the shop "Garngalleriet" I had enough yarn, and I'm so very happy about this. Because - you know - I just LOVE this sweater so much already! The shawl-collar is so warm that I think this sweater was meant for wearing on a frosty December night in Tivoli.....

De sidste 2 uger har budt på så meget tv, at jeg nærmest er bims. Aldrig før har jeg set så meget OL, og jeg kan ikke lige huske, hvornår jeg i det hele taget sidst har set så meget tv på 2 uger..... (Okay. Der var engang en uge med feber, hvor jeg så 1½ sæson af "Venner" på 1 uge.)
Faktisk holdt jeg i går helt tv-fri. Kunne bare ikke bære at tænde, og havde da også rigeligt af andre ting at finde på. Nå ja - og for at være helt ærlig, så syr man ikke så godt sammen mens man ser tv, vel?
Men nu er OL snart slut. I dag skal "De Sorte Spejdere" kommentere synkronsvømning. Desværre lige når jeg møder på arbejde (kunne de ikke have taget hensyn til det?). Øv bøv. Men derudover håber jeg meget at se slut-ceremonien, når jeg nu ikke rigtig så åbningen......

The past 2 weeks have been filled with so much TV-watching that I'm half crazy. Never in my life have I watched so much from the Olympic Games, and I can't really remember when was the last time I watched so much TV in 2 weeks...... (Well. Some years ago I had a week with fever, and I saw 1.5 seasons of "Friends" in just one week.)
Yesterday was TV-free. Just couldn't bear watching more TV, and I had plenty of other things to do. And - well - you know, sewing is not the thing to do if you want to watch TV!
So now the Olympic Games are almost over. I hope I can watch the closing ceremony, since I didn't see the opening!

Hætte / Hood

Nu er hætten til min hættetrøje færdig! Jeg sad til alt for sent for at strikke den færdig og strikke den sidste aflukning sammen (så jeg slap for at sy den) så i dag kunne blive dagen, hvor trøjen blev færdig.

I finished the hood for my hoodie! I stayed up far too late last night to finish it and do a 3-needles bind-off (so I didn't have to sew) to make it ready for today, which I thought would be the day it would finish.

Men altså.... Halskanten var lige kort nok til ribkanten, og faktisk havde jeg tænkt på det allerede med ærmegabene, at den godt kunne have været lidt højere. På det tidspunkt havde jeg lige syet skulderkant og ærmer i  og gad ikke rigtig lave det om......
Det gad jeg til gengæld nu, så derfor ser trøjen sådan ud igen. Puslespil! Der skal lige strikkes 6 pinde mere i længden på ryg og forstykker. (Nu jeg er i gang, så kunne den der sammenstrikning af hætten vist også gøres lidt pænere. Skulle helt klart have prioriteret nattesøvn frem for strikning!)

But really..... The neck was a bit short for the hood's ribbing, and actually I had been thinking how the openings for the sleeves were a bit small. At that time I just finished sewing and didn't want to redo it....
Today I think it needs a little more knitting, so right now the sweater looks like this. Jigsaw puzzle once more! I want to do 6 more rows on the back and fronts, and then I can start sewing again. (Looking closely at it, I believe the 3 needle bind-off could have been prettier. Should have chosen to sleep last night instead of to knit so late.)