Godt nytår! / Happy New Year!

Lige inden det gamle år slutter, får I lige lov at se indkøbene fra garnudsalg i fredags. (Uh, det var lækkert!)
Må jeg lige starte med at understrege, at jeg KUN købte en posefuld!
Først noget rød silke/uld og noget brun mohair boucle (kun 10 kr for 100 gram!)

Just as the old year is about to end, I'll show you my shopping from last Friday in "garnudsalg". (It was a yummy shop!)
And let me start by making it clear that I bought JUST one bag of yarn!
First some red silk/wool and some brown mohair boucle (extremely cheap!).

Lidt pink højlandsuld blev det også til. Mest fordi jeg skulle hækle radise-skiver til tørklædet, men farven er altså også virkelig flot! Dernæst grøn uld/cashmere (SÅ blødt!). Et helt kilo! Henne ved kassen fik jeg så øje på babyalpaca/uld. Virkelig blødt! Det kom også med hjem.
Nu skal jeg så bare finde ud af, hvad det skal blive til!

A little pink highland-wool came in the bag. Mostly needed for slices of radish for the scarf, but the color is amazing! Then some green wool/cashmere (SO soft!). An entire kilo! By the counter I saw some baby-alpaca/wool. Really soft! It also came in the bag.
Now I just need to find out what to knit.....

Joakim von And / Uncle Scrooge

Er du lidt til den sparsommelige side, så er her en rigtig god idé til nytårsaften.
Strikkede knallerter!
De kan helt sikkert bruges år efter år efter år, eftersom de ikke kan gå i stykker når man hiver i dem......
Onkel Joakim ville garanteret lære at strikke, så han kunne lave dem til nytår!

If you are a very economical or frugal type, here is a great idea for New Years Eve.
Knitted crackers!
You can use them year in and year out, since they wont break even if you pull very hard......
I bet you, uncle Scrooge would learn how to knit and make them for New Year!

Ikke en julegave / Not a Christmas present

Det skulle det ellers have været. Salat-tørklædet til min søster. Juleferien er gået med at hækle tørklæde og kant (så meget som garnet rakte). Alle grøntsagerne er også hæklet og syet på den ene side af tørklædet. Den anden side er jeg også startet på, så der mangler faktisk ikke meget.......
Da jeg kom hjem i går aftes, lå det sidste bundt garn klar fra postkassen. Gæt, hvad jeg skal lave de næste par dage?
(P.S. Det er æg, radise, tomat og agurk I kan se på billedet. Der er også svampe på, og så mangler de revne gulerødder......)

It was meant to be, though. The salad scarf for my sister. These past Christmas days went by while crocheting the scarf and the edge (as far as I had yarn). All the vegetables are made and sewed unto one side of the scarf. I started sewing on the other side as well, so there isn't much left to do, actually.....
When I arrived back home last night, the last skein of yarn was ready in the mailbox. Guess, what I'll be doing for the next few days?
(P.S. It is egg, radish, tomato and cucumber on the photo. There are also slices of mushrooms, and then I need to add the shredded carrot......)

Strømper til mig / Socks for me

I løbet af juleferien er der blevet et par strømper mere færdige. I hjemmefarvet, noget kaotisk garn. Mønsteret er 'Monkey' af Cookie A (ligger gratis på knitty.com).
De er dejligt bløde og de er til mig :-)
De har været meget længe undervejs, men altså.....
Efter de blev færdige slog jeg selvfølgelig op til et par strømper mere. Mere om dem en anden gang. I morgen må jeg nok vise jer, hvad det meste af juleferien gik med!

During my days off, I finished another pair of socks. In home-dyed yarn in a tumble of colors. The pattern is 'Monkey' by Cookie A (it can be found for free on knitty.com). The socks are really nice and soft, and they are for me :-)
They took a very long time finishing, but now they're done...
After finishing them, I cast on for another pair. More about them some other time. Tomorrow I'll show what I did most of these days!

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Garnudsalg.dk

Eftersom jeg befinder mig i nærheden af Aalborg, og det i dag var fredag, greb jeg chancen og fik det snørklet sådan, at jeg kom forbi 'Garnudsalg's butik i Gug.
Wauw. Garn overalt! Glade mennesker var der også overalt (billedet er lige snuppet inden der gik nogen ind foran).
Jeg købte også 'lidt'. Altså - man skulle være et skarn for ikke at gøre det! Desuden mødte jeg Strikkeforskeren fra Odense (kan desværre ikke linke). Så hyggeligt!
Eneste problem? Min bror har allerede luret at der nok vil være en særlig grund, hvis jeg fremover befinder mig i Aalborg en fredag eftermiddag......

Since I'm staying very close to Aalborg, and today is Friday, I took a chance and somehow managed to pass by 'garnudsalg's shop in Gug.
Wow. Yarn everywhere! Happy people everywhere as well (the photo was taken just before someone walked in front of me).
I bought a 'little'. Well - shame on me if I didn't take advantage of the situation! I also met 'Strikkeforskeren' (knitting researcher) from Odense. So nice!
My only problem? My brother already figured out the possible reason why I would happen to be in Aalborg on a Friday afternoon in the future.....

Bittesmå sokker / Tiny little socks

Jeg har strikket et par små strømper. Størrelse nyfødt, ca. De vil nå godt op om knæene, men enten kan man bukke dem om eller bare tænke, at så falder de ikke lige af.....
De vordende forældre var nået forundrede over at babyfødder skulle være SÅ små. Men det finder de ud af. (Også at strømperne faktisk er lange i foden!)
Strømperne er til en særlig baby. Jeg skal være grand-tante til maj, hvor min ældste nevø bliver far. De har sagt, at jeg ENDELIG må strikke alt, hvad jeg har lyst til. Pyt med, om andre i familien får børn senere - de skal nok give det videre.
Men jeg tænker nu, at de alle skal have ca det samme. Og jeg gider ikke udelukkende strikke babytøj (sig det ikke til nogen!). Derfor først strømperne. Der er også købt ind til et babytæppe. Et par veste og trøjer bliver det nok også til, men så heller ikke mere. Det er vel egentlig også en del?

I made a pair of small socks. Size newborn, I think. They are going up beyond the knee, but either you can fold them, or you can think that they won't fall off.......
They parents in waiting wondered if baby-feet were really that small, but they'll see in time. (The feet of the socks are quite long, actually)
The socks are for a special baby. In May, I'm going to be a great-aunt, when my oldest nephew will become a father. They told me, that I can knit ANYTHING I want! I don't have to think of the others having babies at some point, because they will pass on the clothes.
I'm thinking that I want to be fair. Every baby should have about the same amount of knitted stuff. And I don't want to knit baby-stuff only. (Don't tell anyone!) Thus, first these socks. I also bought yarn for a baby-blanket. A few vests and sweaters will probably get done as well. But that's it. Actually a lot, don't you think?

Strikkebøger / Knitting books

Fra en nevø fik jeg bogen med ting, man kan strikke på en halv time eller mindre. Der er mange sjove ting i.

From a nephew, I got the book of patterns that can be made in 30 minutes or less. There are some very interesting things.


Fra min bror og svigerinde den store bog om islandske sweatre. En guldgrube!

From my brother and sister-in-law I got the great book of Icelandic sweaters. A goldmine!


Fra min søster denne spændende bog om filtning. Der er nogle virkelig spændende metoder og fine ting!

From my sister this interesting book on felting. It has some very interesting methods and beautiful things!

Jul / Christmas

Endelig blev det jul. Glædelig jul! Juleaften blev tilbragt hos min søster. Vi gik om juletræet om eftermiddagen, hvilket fungerer rigtig godt. Man kan meget bedre nyde maden, nemlig, når der ikke er spændte børn. Man synger også meget bedre rundt om juletræet INDEN al maden!

Finally, Christmas came! Happy Christmas!
Christmas Eve was at my sister's this year. We walked around the Christmas tree and opened presents in the afternoon, which works really well. It is much easier to enjoy the Christmas dinner without very excited kids waiting for their gifts, and you sing way better, walking around the tree without all that food inside.


Der var såmænd rigeligt med spænding i luften! Uh, som det er spændende med gaverne, når man er barn! Alle fik gode gaver og var mægtig glade. Jeg fik endda et rigtigt knus af min nevø på 14, fordi han var glad for sin gave! Det er meget stort fra en teenager.....

Excitement was palpable anyway, though. How can you not be so excited about the gifts when you are a child? Everybody were happy with their gifts. I even received a real hug from my 14 year old nephew because he was happy with his present! That's huge from a teenager......


Jeg fik også dejlige gaver. Aftenens overraskelser var nok robot-glaskuglen og vækkeuret med indbygget frisbee som man skal sætte på for at slukke det igen......
En ny tepotte stod højt på listen! Denne her er stor og har indbygget tesi. Den skal nok blive brugt!

I also had some wonderful presents. The biggest surprises were the robot ornament and the alarmclock with a frisbee that flies off. You have to find it and put it back on for the alarm to stop......
The new teapot is something I really wanted. It is big and holds a tea strainer. I'm going to use this a lot!


Der var også lækkert garn. Uld fra Letland og minkgarn fra - øh - Esbjerg. Der var strikkebøger! Hele 3 dejlige bøger fik jeg! Lige nu ligger de i min kuffert fordi de skal med til Jylland, men I kommer til at se dem senere.
Aftenens hit fra mig blev nok gaven til niecen. En Rainbow Loom importeret fra USA. Til at lave armbånd mm af små elastikker. Hun var oppe på 4 armbånd inden jeg tog hjem....
Nu er der bare tilbage at nyde hele 5 fridage og hygge med familien. Glædelige juledage til alle jer derude!

There was yarn, too. Yummy yarn! Wool from Latvia and mink from - ehm - Esbjerg. There were knitting books! I got on less than 3 books! Right now they are in my suitcase, going with me to Jutland. You are going to see them later!
The best gift from me was the one for my niece. A Rainbow Loom, bought in the US. For making bracelets and stuff from little rubberbands. Before I left, she had made 4 already......
Now all I have to do is enjoying 5 days off from work, spending time with the family.
Happy days of Christmas to all of you!

Glædelig jul! / Merry Christmas!

Du kan lige præcis nå det / You can just about make it

Nogle gange har man bare ikke tid til at strikke et helt flaske-etui!
Specielt ikke, når det er d. 23. december, og julen er lige rundt om hjørnet.
Men fortvivl ikke! Find en god flaske vin, et par små bjælder og sæt noget god musik på. Det kan umuligt tage lang tid at strikke Rudolf, sætte ham på flasken og være klar til at give en rigtig god gave!
Mønsteret er det her.

Sometimes you just don't have time to knit an entire bottle-cover!
Especially when it is the 23rd of December and Christmas is just around the corner.
But don't despair! Find a good bottle of wine, a few small jingle bells and put on some nice music. It can't possibly take long to knit Rudolph, put him on top of the bottle and get ready to give a great gift!
The pattern is this one.

Julekjole! / Christmas dress!

Min julekjole er færdig! På en dag med blæsevejr og gråvejr kan det godt være lidt svært at få et godt billede. Med den brune baggrund ude ved tørresnoren ser den ret bleg ud..... Men faconen og mønsteret ses til gengæld ret godt!

My Christmas dress is finished! On a windy, overcast day it can be quite difficult having a great picture. With the brown wall out by the clothesline it looks rather pale....... But the shape and the pattern can be seen well!

Med gul baggrund er farven mere rigtig.
Kjolen er dejlig og lige tilpas. Mønsteret er designet af Ellen Holm for Hjelholt. Jeg købte mønster og garn i september på Fanø (for mit gavekort). Det var en god ide!
Der er kun brugt 375 gram garn, selv om forventningen var 450 gram. Kjolen er strikket på pind 3,5 mm, og det gik jo over stok og sten. Bare 20 dage tog det! (Mest takket være kurset i starten af december, må jeg nok indrømme)

With a yellow background, the color looks more authentic.
The dress is lovely and just right. The pattern is designed by Ellen Holm for a company called Hjelholt. I bought the pattern and yarn in September while at Fanø (using my gift card). It was a great idea!
The dress only took 375 grams of yarn, although the pattern said 450 grams. It is knitted using needles size 3.5 mm, and it went really fast. Just 20 days to knit this! (Of course mostly due to the course in the beginning of December)

Mønsteret er rigtig fint. Den er strikket oppefra og ned, og mønsteret i nederdelen bliver så bredere nedad, så der kommer noget vidde. Faconen er virkelig, virkelig god!
Eneste problem er, at den også er temmelig gennemsigtig, så jeg skal lige på jagt efter noget at have under....... (Ellers må jeg vel lige få syet et eller andet?)

The pattern is beautiful. The dress was made top-down, and the pattern in the skirt will get wider while going down, making an A-shape. It gives a wonderful shape!
The only problem is that it is quite transparent, so I have to go find something to wear underneath..... (Or sew something?)

Der er også lige lidt mønster på ærmerne, hvilket jeg synes er en rigtig fin detalje.
Jeg er meget, meget tilfreds, og jeg tror faktisk, den bliver en favorit der bliver brugt rigtig meget i julen! (Især, hvis jeg finder noget at have på indenuder.......) Også i nytåret.
Den er faktisk så fin, at jeg nu har fået 2 bestillinger på kjoler til andre. (Som om! Men jeg er stadig smigret)
Hvad kan man sige? Ellen Holm er en rigtig god designer.

The sleeves have a bit of pattern as well, which is a really nice detail.
I'm very, very happy with it, and I think it will become a favorite for the Christmas days! (Especially if I find something to wear underneath......) Also for New Year.
It is so pretty, actually, that I had 2 people asking me to make a dress for them as well. (As if! But I'm still flattered.)
What else can I say? Ellen Holm is a great designer.

Jeg mangler stadig at gøre noget / I still need to do something

For godt 2 år siden fik jeg en strikkebog i fødselsdagsgave. Fra min søster med familie. Og ret hurtigt med et ønske om et salattørklæde! (Det er da også fantastisk, ikke?)
Når nu jeg har haft min kampagne om at gøre ting færdige til andre, så skal tørklædet selvfølgelig også laves. Desværre havde jeg bestilt et nøgle garn for lidt og kunne iøvrigt ikke nå at få det færdigt til jul, men mon ikke det kan blive færdigt til nytår? (Skal bare lige starte, altså.)
Julekjolen skulle meget gerne komme på her i morgen. I dag er det så usandsynligt gråt og mørkt. Men fra i morgen bliver det lysere og lysere. (I dag er årets korteste dag.) Så bliver det selvfølgelig nemmere at tage billeder også!

A bit more than 2 years ago I had a knitting book for my birthday. From my sister and her family. Followed rather quickly by a wish of a salad scarf! (It is pretty amazing!)
Now that I had my own, private campaign of finishing stuff for others, I had to put the scarf on the list. Of course I had to! Unfortunately, I ordered one skein short of the needed amount and couldn't manage to finish it in time for Christmas, but maybe it will get done by New Year? (Just need to start, though.)
Hopefully, the Christmas dress will be on the blog tomorrow. Today is incredibly gray and dark. But from tomorrow, the light will return. (Today is the shortest day of the year.) Then taking photos will be easier, of course!

Hjemmefarvet / Homedyed

Det var hyggeligt at se film med spejderne i går. Man kunne også strikke! Derfor er julekjolen nu færdig (Hurra!) og hænger til tørre. Den må I lige vente med at se.....
Til gengæld må I se de strømper jeg er i gang med at strikke. Til mig. Farverne er totalt kaos, for det er sådan et hjemmefarvet "tæppe" som jeg farvede med forskellige pletter. Sjovt nok synes folk de er flotte, selv om jeg bare ser kaos. Sådan er vi så forskellige!
Måske bliver de snart færdige. Måske!

It was really nice watching the movie with the scouts last night. You could knit too! So that is why the Christmas dress is now finished (Hoorray!) and is drying. You will have to wait a bit to see it......
But you can see the socks I'm knitting. For me. The colors are utter chaos, since it is a homedyed "blanket" that I decorated with different spots. Strangely enough, other people tell me they look very nice, although I see nothing but chaos. We humans are very different!
Maybe they will be done soon. Maybe!

Næsten et ærme / Almost a sleeve

Det går ikke fantastisk hurtigt her. Men halskanten og det første ærme er næsten færdige, og så mangler der jo bare nummer 2 ærme. Julekjolen er næsten klar!
I aften byder på film med spejderne. Mon jeg kan strikke lidt mere der? Det bliver nok hyggeligt (selv om jeg ikke er spejder......)

Things are not very speedy here. But the neck and the first sleeve is almost done, and then I just need to make the second sleeve. The Christmas dress is almost done!
Tonight I'll watch a movie with the scouts. Maybe that will give me time to knit a bit more? It will surely be nice (although I'm not a scout.....)

Der er så smukt i Tivoli lige nu / Tivoli is oh, so pretty right now

En slags kærlighed / Love, sort of

Kan I huske blusen til min nevø? Den, der startede tour-de-hold-familien-varm.....
Han holder meget af den. Så meget, at han har brugt den næsten hele tiden, og der er gået hul i sammensyningerne!
Han holder faktisk også så meget af den, at jeg aldrig fik lov at lave ærmerne længere. Men det gør jeg så nu!
Man kan jo næsten blive rørt så meget, at man får lyst til at strikke noget mere til ham. Det behøver jeg dog ikke. Han er nemlig gået i gang med en hættetrøje til sig selv! (Garn sponsoreret herfra. Selvfølgelig.)

Can you remember the sweater for my nephew? The one that kicked off the year of keeping-the-family-warm......
He really likes it. He likes it so much that he uses it constantly, and wore the seeming out.
He likes it so much that I never got to have it back and make the sleeves longer. But I guess I'll do that now!
You may get very touched by such love for a sweater and may feel like knitting something more for him. I don't have to do that. He started a hoodie for himself! (Yarn sponsored by yours truly. Of course.)

Monkey ball!

I dag er opskriften en julekugle, som du garanteret ikke har på dit træ endnu!
Et sødt lille abehovede.
Mønsteret er dette.

Today the pattern is for a Christmas ornament that I'm quite sure is new for your tree!
A cute little monkey's head.
The pattern is this.

Den vokser faktisk / It actually grows

Ifølge opskriften er min julekjole nu lang nok. Fantastisk! I virkeligheden mangler den lige 5 cm..... Så jeg strikker lidt videre. Da den kom på 2 rundpinde, kunne jeg prøve den på og se, hvor lang den i virkeligheden var. Den bliver rigtig flot, og der er da gode chancer for at den bliver færdig, så hurtigt det går!
Nu skal jeg bare lige bage æbleskiver til mine gæster, inden jeg strikker videre. Måske bliver der lidt strikketid i løbet af dagen? Det håber jeg!

According to the pattern, my Christmas dress reached its final length. Amazing! In reality, it needs another 2 inches...... So I'm knitting on for a bit. When I put it on 2 long needles, I could try it on and see, how long it really is. It is becoming very pretty, and there should be a great chance of the dress finishing in time, when it grows this fast!
Now I'll just go and make "æbleskiver" (sort of round pancakes) for my guests before knitting on. Maybe I will have a little time for knitting during the day? I hope so!

Lucia

I går, efter arbejde, skulle jeg lige i supermarkedet og købe mælk. Men se, hvad der var i Frederiksbergcenteret! Det største, smukkeste Lucia-optog!

Yesterday, after work, I popped by the supermarket to buy some milk. But just look, who were in the shopping center! A long line of Lucia-girls!

Det tog godt nok sin tid at få dem helt ned..... Men vel nede stod de og sang de fineste julesange i et godt stykke tid. Det var en rigtig smuk oplevelse sådan en fredag på vej efter mælk!

It did take a while for them to go all the way down...... But then they stayed for a while, singing the prettiest Christmas carols for quite some time. It was so beautiful seeing them, when I went for milk!

Senere fik nevøen lavet sit store krølhår om til dreadlocks. En drøm, han har haft meget, meget længe. Det var ikke svært, men tog en del tid. Heldigvis var vi 3 om det!
Vi hyggede os, og drengen strålede som en sol bagefter. Bestemt en fredag aften værd!

Later on, my nephew had his huge stack of curls turned into dreadlocks. His dream for a long, long time. It wasn't difficult, but took some time. Fortunately, we were 3 persons working on him!
We had a nice time, and the boy was beaming afterwards (in his controlled teenage-style). Great way to spend a Friday night!

Præmie / Prize

Jeg har fået oktober-præmien fra Webstrikkernes blog med strømper.
Præmien er sponsoreret af Uldgården.

I received the October prize from the web-knitting groups sock-blog.
The prize was sponsored by Uldgården.

Indeni var der et smukt, grønt bundt pelsuld og opskriften på et halstørklæde.
Tusind tak!

Inside was a skein of lovely, green wool and a pattern for a scarf.
Thank you!

Saint Nicolas

I aftes var jeg til koncert. Min nevøs kone skulle spille til Benjamin Brittens "Saint Nicolas Oratorium" i Grundtvigskirken. Det var så flot og hyggeligt at høre. Historien om den "rigtige" julemand blev både fortalt og sunget, selv om jeg godt nok undrede mig over det stykke, der hed "the pickled boys". Hvad kunne det være?
Det viste sig at være en legende om 3 drenge, der under hungersnød blev slagtet, saltet og stegt, men lige inden de blev spist, blev de vækket til live af Sankt Nicolas. Aha!

Last night I went to a concert. My nephews wife was playing for the Benjamin Brittens "Saint Nicolas Oratorium" in a big church close to my place. It was awesome and very nice at the same time. The story of the "real" Santa was told and sung, although I was wondering about the piece called "the pickled boys". What could it mean?
Turned out it was a legend of 3 boys, who got butchered, salted and roasted under a famine. Right before they were eaten, Saint Nicolas brought them back to life! Aha!

Herhjemme fandt jeg noget dejligt garn. Lækre pastelfarver og guldtråd. Kunne blive en flot hue!
Men det kunne også blive en flot gave...... Til en, der bedre kan bære pastelfarver end jeg kan.
Kunne også være det skulle blive her hos mig. Det er svært!

At home I found some lovely yarn. Nice, soft colors and a golden thread. Could become a very nice hat! But it could also become a nice present..... For someone happier about pastel colors than I am.
Could stay with me too, though. So tough!

Hospitals juletræ / Christmas tree on a hospital

Giraf

Se lige, hvad jeg fik i pakkekalenderen i går! En pose med løsdele og kun et billede af det færdige produkt gjorde det ikke ligefrem nemt at samle den, men den er blevet SÅ fin. Nu tørrer limen bare, og så er jeg klar med en ny nøglering!
I går var jeg til jobsamtale. Totalt mærkelig oplevelse. Mens jeg ventede på at komme ind, kom en tidligere kollega som jeg respekterer meget og har talt meget med. Han sagde, at han i mit sted ville tage en halv stilling der, hvor jeg er nu, og så tage løst arbejde ved siden af. Bare for at kunne blive der! Det gad jeg virkelig godt, så 5 minutter efter og et par telefonopkald var jeg ret sikker på, at det var muligt og at det var det, jeg i virkeligheden brændte efter. (Det har nemlig været rigtig svært at finde ud af, mens jeg har gået og spekuleret som en gal over, hvad jeg nu skulle gøre, når jeg ikke kunne få en fuldtidsstilling! Jeg vil nemlig også gerne bestemme lidt selv, og ikke bare få løn for noget projektarbejde som de andre bestemte over.)
Så gik jeg så til samtale om et job, som jeg alligevel ikke rigtig gad have. Den blev selvfølgelig nok lidt præget af det. Men også af, at jeg ikke interesserer mig det fjerneste for "De 7 lægeroller", så længe jeg kan arbejde og være glad for det.
Bagefter fik jeg vished for, at det virkelig kan lade sig gøre med halvtidsarbejde, og at der også vil være arbejde ved siden af til mig. Da jeg så fik afslag på det job jeg havde været til samtale om, blev jeg glad. Så slipper jeg for at vælge! (Og jeg ved, at nogle rigtig gode kolleger får lov at få de jobs der var. Jeg glæder mig virkelig på deres vegne!)
Nu glæder jeg mig til foråret. Glæder mig til lidt mere fri, men også til tid til de artikler, jeg skal have skrevet. I MIT tempo!
Måske skulle jeg strikke et par strømper mere til Ole som tak for hjælpen?

Just look, what I got in my advent calendar yesterday! A little bag of wooden beads and elastic and nothing but a photo of the finished product didn't make it exactly a piece of cake to collect, but I really love the result! Now it's waiting for the glue to dry, and then I have a new keyring!
Yesterday I went to a job interview. It was the strangest experience. While I was waiting for my turn, one of my former colleagues, that I really respect and talked to a lot, came and sat with me. He told me that in my place he would choose to take a half-time job and do some other job on the side. Just to be able to stay there! What a great idea! After 5 minutes and a few phone-calls, I felt quite convinced that it would be possible and that this was, what I  really longed to do. (It has been very difficult deciding what to do, since I can't have a full-time job at my current place! I want to decide a bit for myself, and not just get paid to do some projects that belong to someone else.)
There I went to the interview about a job that I suddenly didn't want, anyway. Of course the interview was a bit colored by that. But also by the fact that I'm really, truly not interested in "the 7 roles of a medical expert", as long as I'm able to work and happy to do it!
Afterwards I got assured that a half-time job is certainly possible and that I will be able to work on the side as well. When they called me and told me I didn't get the job, I was happy. Then I don't have to choose! (And I know that some of my really nice and great colleagues got to get the jobs the interview was for. I'm so happy for them!)
Now I'm looking forward to spring-time. To having a few more off days, but also more time for the articles I'll be writing. As fast as I decide!
Maybe I should make another pair of socks for Ole just to say thank you?

Til en gave / For a gift

Kender du det? Man er inviteret til middag og vil gerne have en lille ting med. F.eks. en flaske vin. Men hvad skal den pakkes ind i? Nu her op til jul?
Eller scenarie 2. Du kan bare ikke få julepynt nok! Hvad har de stakkels flasker gjort, at de ikke må være med til at pynte?
Uanset hvad. Lav din flaske om til noget nisse-agtigt eller juletræ-agtigt, og alle bliver garanteret glade. Kunne man dog forestille sig andet?
Mønsteret er her.

Do you recognize this? You are invited for dinner and really want to bring something. A bottle of wine, for example. But how are you going to wrap it? Close to Christmas?
Or imagine something else. You are CRAZY about Christmas decorations! Why shouldn't the poor bottles be part of the fun as well?
No matter what. Transform your bottles into something elf-like of Christmas tree-like, and everybody will be so happy. Could you imagine anything else?
The pattern is right here.

December!

Der kom lige en smule mere pynt på bordet. Sidste år fik jeg det lysegrønne Kähler juletræ og i år kom jeg selv til at købe et.....
Men se, hvor fint de passer med arve-stagerne! Den lille engel (som min far købte til min mor og gemte i radioen for at den ikke skulle blive opdaget. For mange, mange år siden....) og kongen/drengen.
Meget smukt, synes jeg.

A bit more decorative stuff landed on my table. Last year I had the light green Kähler Christmas tree as a present, and this year I happened to buy one myself......
But just look, how pretty they look with the heritage-stuff! The little angel (bought for my mother by my father. He hid it inside the radio so she would not discover it. Many, many years ago....) and the king/boy.
Very pretty in my opinion!

Det ER jo december / It is December, after all

I dag må jeg hellere få pyntet lidt op. Julehjerterne er nu på plads i glasdøren, og julestjernen må da også op i vinduet, så den kan lyse hyggeligt i aften og i nat.
Kaldenderlyset er også på vej dernedaf - jeg tror da, jeg er nået til nr. 4 nu!
Senere skal jeg bage småkager og hygge med mine veninder. Inden bør jeg nok også lige finde nogle gaver der skal sendes. Dejlig lørdag!

Today I'd better decorate a bit. The paper hearts have found their place on my glass door, and the Christmas star needs to hang in the window, so it can spread some nice light this evening and night.
My count-down candle is going down well - I do think it's down to number 4 by now!
Later I'm going to make cookies and have a nice time with my friends, but before that I should find a few gifts and send them. Lovely Saturday!

Fire dage / Four days

Det der kursus i mavesygdomme hos børn føltes næsten som en ferie. Altså. Jeg sad og strikkede hele dagen! Om aftenen så jeg fjernsyn. HVER aften! Om natten sov jeg 8 timer. Resten af tiden var der kolleger at tale med. (Jeg blev godt nok kaldt "Mulle". Håber, det var første og sidste gang i mit liv!)
Kjolen fik selvfølgelig noget af en turbostart på den måde. Jeg er lige startet på 3. nøgle, og skulle være godt halvvejs. Det føles ihvertfald sådan, selvom der er mange, mange pinde endnu med et  stigende antal masker!

The course on pediatric gastrointestinal diseases almost felt like a vacation. Really. I was knitting all day! In the evening I watched TV. EVERY evening! At night I slept for 8 hours. The rest of the time was filled with colleagues.
The dress was really kicked off this way. I just started the third skein, and I should be just about halfway there. Feels like it, although there are many, many more rounds of an ever increasing number of stitches!

Mønsteret er ret flot, som I måske kan ane på dette ret mørke billede. Faktisk så flot, at en af de andre gerne ville have en kjole også. (Man kan jo altid håbe!)
Ærgeligt, at det var mit absolut sidste kursus i uddannelsen! Jeg har godt nok strikket så dejligt til dem alle sammen......
Efter feriestemningen har natten så været præget af skraldespander, der løb forvildet rundt i baggården, indtil de endte med at stå og banke ind i en garagedør. Så meget for rolig nattesøvn!

The pattern is actually very pretty. Maybe you can guess it from this dark photo. It is so pretty that one of the others asked for a dress for herself. (Everyone can hope!)
Too bad that this was my very last course in my education. I really had a lot of great knitting time during all of them......
After all this relaxation and sense of vacation, the night has been filled with noises from the trash bins in the back yard, moving around crazily, ending up bumping into a garage door. All due to the storm. Welcome home!

Fred & George - niece version

Nummer to par Fred & George strømper var til min niece, der fylder 17 lige om lidt. Denne gang i lidt "sjovere" farver end det første par.
Garnet er - selvfølgelig - igen wollmeise, denne gang i pink og blå (jeg kan absolut ikke huske navnet på farverne). Ialt 105 gram på pind 2,5 mm.

The second pair of Fred & George socks were for my niece who will turn 17 in a short while. This time made in more "fun" colors than the first pair.
The yarn is - of course - wollmeise once more. This time pink and blue (I absolutely cannot remember the names of the shades). A total of 105 grams using 2.5 mm needles.

Fordi jeg var på besøg, fik hun strømperne. Før sin fødselsdag. Mon ikke det går? De passede fint, og dermed er jeg så færdig med årets sidste bestillings-strømper. Er i gang med et par til mig selv, og det kunne da være, de skulle være færdige, så...... (Når julekjolen bliver for stor at putte i tasken kan strømperne komme med på tur!)

Since I was visiting, she received the socks. Before her birthday. I hope it will work out. The fit her nicely, and now I'm done with this years socks-planned-for-others. I'm making a pair for me, and maybe they should get done, then........ (When the dress gets too bit to put in the bag, the socks can join me for outings!)

Uld / Wool

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