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Nummer 2 pakke fra strømpegarnsklubben er kommet. Denne her hedder "Rainbow", og igen er farverne rigtig, rigtig fine. Så fine, at jeg faktisk har meldt mig til 3 måneder mere....

Sockyarn-club parcel number 2 has arrived. This color is called "Rainbow", and once more the colors are really, really pretty. So pretty, that I actually signed up for another 3 months....

Det første garn er igang med at blive til strømper. Noget forsinket af et hæklet tæppe, godt nok, men de bliver flotte! Det her garn skal da også blive til strømper! Måske til min søster? (Hun ville godt nok få fine fødder!)

The first yarn is becoming socks. Delayed by the crochet blanket, but they are going to be nice! This yarn is also for socks. Maybe for my sister? (She would get some very beautiful feet indeed!)

Hvad jeg så i dag / What I saw today

Næsten som et eventyr / Almost like a fairy tale

Næsten som i et eventyr var min plan, at tæppet skulle være færdigt inden solnedgang, så jeg kunne tage billeder. Og jeg nåede det! Lige i sidste øjeblik nærmest, for nu er det temmelig mørkt. Men her har I så det færdige tæppe på det kolde græs med is på.
Jeg lavede kanten herfra, men undlod altså en omgang stangmasker. Der var bare ikke tid......
Derudover er mønsteret ret nemt. Bedstemorfirkanter så langt øjet rækker, de fleste i en størrelse med 6 grupper stangmasker i yderste kant, enkelte store med 13 grupper stangmasker i yderste kant. Jeg er mægtig, mægtig tilfreds, selv om min højre hånd godt nok er øm nu, og det har været på kanten af rigtig stressende at skulle hækle så meget den sidste uge.

Almost like in the fairy tales, my plan was to finish the blanket before sunset, so it would be possible to take a few photos. And I made it! At the last minute, since it's already quite dark by now. But here it is: The finished blanket on the cold, icy grass.
I made this edge, but skipped a row of double crochet stitches. There wasn't enough time....
Apart from that, this blanket is easy-peasy. Granny-squares in bunches, most of them of a size with 6 groups of double crochet stitches in the outer row, a few with 13 groups of double crochet stitches.
I'm really, really happy, although my right hand feels sore, and I've almost stressed out, doing all this crochet the past week!

Ialt vejer tæppet 950 gram. Jeg har brugt 7 hele og rester fra et par strømper af 1 nøgle mere af Crazy Zauberball. Alle farverne er grønne-blå-grå-sorte-hvide, og det er fint, at der er noget variation i farven, synes jeg. Firkanterne er hæklet sammen med ca. 4,5 nøgle Arwetta Classic i den fineste turkis.
Nu mangler jeg bare at aflevere det! (Nå ja - og lige strikke det par strømper færdige som hun også skal have i morgen.....)

In total the blanket weighs 950 grams. I used 7 whole balls and some left-overs from a pair of socks, all in Crazy Zauberball in green-blue-grey-black and white colors. I really like the different colors together. The assembly was done with around 4.5 skeins of Arwetta Classic in a pretty turquoise.
All I need to do now is giving it away! (Oh well - and finish the pair of socks that should be part of her present tomorrow.....)

Kant / Edge

Kanten er på vej. Der er håb!

The edge is growing. There is hope!

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Næsten / Almost

Tæppet mangler bare at de turkise ender bliver hæftet og så en hæklet kant. Jeg er SÅ træt af at hækle efter den sidste uges maraton......

The blanket just need the turquoise ends to be weaved in and then the crochet edge. I'm SO fed up with crochet after this past weeks marathon......

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Stadig koldt / Still cold

Selv om de har lovet forår lige rundt om hjørnet, så er det stadig koldt.
Ikke helt så koldt som hos pingvinerne på Sydpolen, godt nok, men mon ikke de stakkels pingviner har nogle ideer til hvordan man holder sig varm? (Okay. Jeg ved det. De står bare i en stor klump hele vinteren og skiftes til at stå yderst. Sætter ens liv i perspektiv!)
Denne lille pingvin vil nyde at holde dine fødder (og sig selv) varm som betræk til en varmedunk. Mønsteret finder du nederst på siden.

Even though spring is supposed to be just around the corner, it's still cold.
Not as cold as were the penguins live on the South Pole, but maybe the poor penguins have some ideas on how to stay warm? (Okay. I know. They just stand in a huge lump all winter, taking turns on standing in the outer rim. Puts a little perspective to your life!)
This little penguin will love keeping your feet (and himself) warm as a water bottle cozy. The pattern is at the bottom of the page.

Nyt projekt / New project

I mit køkken har jeg da lys i loftet. 2 nøgne pærer har hængt og gloet i flere år. De lyser jo godt nok, så de har bare fået lov at hænge.
Men nu skal det være slut! I går var jeg i Malmö med min veninde, og i Lagerhaus (fantastisk butik!) havde de skeletter til lampeskærme. Derfor er et kommende projekt at strikke betræk til mine køkken-pærer.
Først skal jeg dog være færdig med tæppet. Det går fint fremad! Faktisk gør det præcis efter hvad jeg planlagde (og håbede på) at nå! Det bliver sandsynligvis færdigt tirsdag, så det også kan nå en vask inden jeg skal give det væk.

In my kitchen I do have some light up in the ceiling. Two naked bulbs have been hanging around for years. They give good light, so I didn't do anything to cover them.
But now it's going to change! Yesterday I went to Malmö with my friend, and in Lagerhaus (amazing store!) they had skeletons for lamp-shades. So a coming project will be to make the lampshades for my bulbs.
First I need to finish the blanket, though. The progress is excellent! Actually I'm sticking to the schedule I planned (and hoped for) regarding how many stripes to make a day! I think it will be done by Tuesday, and then I can wash it too, before giving it away.

 

I Lagerhaus så jeg også denne madkasse. "Dagens frokost - *kan indeholde spor af rester".... Fnis.

In Lagerhaus I also saw this lunch box. "Today's lunch - *may contain traces of meal-left-overs".....

Et brev / A letter

En dag lå der en seddel i postkassen, at der var kommet en pakke fra Sverige. Fra Sverige? Det satte gang i spekulationerne, de par dage der gik inden den kunne hentes!

One day there was a note in my postbox that a parcel had arrived from Sweden. From Sweden? I really started speculating what on earth it would be, in the few days before I could pick it up.


Det viste sig at være et strikkeblad. Fra USA. Bestilt en lille måned tidligere, men ting ta'r tid!
Det var spændende, for jeg kunne altså ikke lige huske den præcise grund til at jeg havde bestilt det her blad......

Turned out to be a knitting magazine. From the US. Ordered almost a month before.
Very exciting, since I had no idea of the exact reason why I had ordered it!


Så det måtte kigges igennem straks! Grunden var denne bluse, som jeg en sen aften på Ravelry var blevet vild med. Meget pæn, ikke? Har overhovedet ikke tid at strikke den lige nu, men altså.... Der var iøvrigt også andre fine modeller, så det var et udmærket køb!
Og hæklingen? Går fint fremad, tak.

Of course I had to look though the magazine. Right away! The reason I bought it was this pattern. Very nice, don't you think? There is absolutely NO time for knitting it right now, but still......
There are plenty of other nice models in this magazine, and I'm quite happy I bought it.
And my blanket? Coming along nicely, thank you.


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Turkis / Turquoise

I får lige et ipad-billede i det tidlige morgenlys af den turkise sammenhækling. I virkeligheden er den altså noget flottere!
Jeg har hæklet ca. halvdelen af striberne på den korte led, og mangler en hel del, som man nok kan regne ud. Men jeg klør på! Det gode er, at de store firkanter medfører nogle kortere rækker, hvilket sparer lidt tid.

This is a poor ipad-picture in the early mornings light of the turquoise crochet join of the squares. In reality, it looks much brighter!
I did half of the short stripes, and still have a long way to go, as you can imagine. But I'm working on it! The good thing about the big squares is that some of the rows will be shorter, saving time.

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Alle firkanterne / All the squares

Alle firkanterne er nu hæklet færdige og har fået hæftet ender, og jeg er så småt begyndt at hækle dem sammen med turkis garn. Efter dette billede er taget, altså.....
Det ser lovende ud, og jeg er spændt på det færdige resultat. Desuden er jeg blevet inviteret til fødselsdag på dagen, så der skal bare hækles igennem! (Håber, min veninde fra Odense der kommer i weekenden, udviser stor forståelse. Ellers går der nok et godt stykke tid inden hun kommer igen!)
Heldigvis kan min arm altså ikke klare at hækle mere end 4 timer om dagen, ca., så der bliver nok også tid til en shoppetur.

All the squares are finished and the ends sewn, and I've started crocheting them together using turquoise yarn. After taking this picture, you know.....
It looks good so far, and I'm quite eager to see it done. Furthermore, I've been invited for the birthday on Wednesday, so I really need to crochet non-stop! (I hope my friend from Odense who will come visiting this weekend, will be very understanding. Otherwise she might not visit me for a while!)
Fortunately, my arm starts aching if I crochet for more than around 4 hours a day, so I guess there will be time to go shopping too.....

Længes efter forår / Longing for spring

Suk / Sigh

Strikketøj eller ej - jeg er lidt træt af at læse artikler. Godt, det er den sidste i dag!

Knitting or not - I'm tired of reading articles. It's good this is the last one today!

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The end(s)

I går fik jeg hæftet alle ender på de 97 firkanter jeg har hæklet indtil videre. Eftersom nogle af firkanterne havde garnskift i midten, nåede det op på ca. 200 ender ialt. Hold op, det var kedeligt! Det tog et par timer, og jeg blev underholdt af mit tv imens. Det er rigtig dejligt, at det er overstået. 

Der er 1 uge til min nieces fødselsdag, og jeg mangler nu 9 firkanter plus sammenhæklingen, der - så vidt jeg husker - virkelig trækker tænder ud. Der skal hækles nogle timer om dagen fra nu af, hvis jeg skal nå det, men jeg VIL nå det. (Og jeg er stædig. Husk dét!)

Last night I sewed the ends of the 97 squares I crocheted this far. Since some of the squares had more than 2 ends, I ended op with a pile of around 200 ends in total. Man, was this boring! Took me a couple of hours, and I was entertained by my tv while doing it. I'm really happy it's done now.
My niece's birthday is in just 1 week, and I still need to make 9 squares plus crocheting everything together. As far as I remember, the crochet-together-thing is really tough and takes much more time than you would ever imagine. I need to crochet for some hours every single day all week, if I'm going to get ready. But I WANT to do it. (And I'm pretty stubborn.)

Ild i garnet? / Wool on fire?

Indimellem kan man tro at man strikker så hurtigt at pindene ryger...... (Jeg har engang sat ild til noget garn. Godt nok i mikrobølgeovnen, men alligevel!)
Dagens opskrift kan bruges til lidt af hver. Som ildslukker(model), måske til at hænge på en brandmands juletræ? Eller bare til at imponere folk med?
Mægtig nuttet er den, og mønsteret finder du her.

Sometimes you feel like you're knitting so fast the needles are smoking...... (I once set some yarn on fire. In the microwave, but still!)
Today's pattern can be used for different things. As a fire extinguisher(model), maybe for a fireman's Christmas tree? Or just to impress other people?
It's really cute, and the pattern can be found here.

Vildt garn / Wild yarn

Hvis man nogensinde har hørt om vildgarn - altså garn, der ikke er tæmmet - så må det være dette silkegarn fra Kina. En gave fra min veninde, der havde opgivet.
Jeg tænkte sådan lidt "hvor svært kan det være?" og prøvede at rulle op.
Så langt nåede jeg i bundtet før jeg nu har givet op. Er der nogen derude der kender en garn-hvisker? Eller skal man bare beslutte at strikke direkte fra garnvinden? Altså sat sammen med andet garn. Silkegarn som dette alene nægter garanteret at sidde pænt på en pind!

If you ever heard of wild-yarn - which would be untamed yarn - then this is it. Pure, Chinese silk. A gift from my friend who gave up!
I thought "well, how hard can it be?" and started winding. This is how far I got with the skein before I gave up. So - is there anyone out there who knows a yarn-whisperer? Or should I just decide to knit directly from the skein-holder? With another strand of yarn, of course. Silk like this would never behave properly when sitting alone on a needle!

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Og vanter / And mittens

Der er nye vanter i huset. Jeg elsker dem! Selv om de kun tog 3 dage at strikke, har de været længe undervejs. Er I klar til en vantehistorie?
Da vinteren startede, ville jeg finde mine tykke vanter frem. Men ak. Møllene havde været der! "Pyt", tænkte jeg. "Jeg kan jo bare strikke nogle nye!" Garnet havde jeg. Tyk, grå natur uld, vundet i en pakkeleg i efteråret. Varmt og superblødt!
Så nemt gik det bare ikke. Jeg havde alverdens samvittighedskvaler, for dels er der jo nogle ting, der bare SKAL være færdige. NU! Dels har jeg fået det fineste kit med vantemønster og garn fra Letland, og ville det overhovedet være fair at strikke tykke vanter i stedet for de fine?

New mittens are in da house. I love them! Even though they only took 3 days to knit, they had a long journey coming. Are you ready for a mitten-tale?
When the winter began, I found my thick mittens. But - oh no! The terrible moths had been around before me! "Oh, well", I thought. "I can make new mittens!" I had the yarn. Thick, gray wool that I won in a dice-game during fall. Warm and very soft!
But it wasn't so easy. I really had some trouble with my conscience. First of all, I had some things I REALLY needed to finish. NOW! And secondly, I had received the most wonderful kit with yarn and pattern for mittens from Latvia, and would it be nice to knit thick mittens instead of the pretty ones?

Da det begyndte at sne igen i starten af ugen, MÅTTE jeg dog bare i gang. Jeg ville have vanter mens det var vinter! Så jeg fandt dette mønster på Ravelry. Jeg har gjort borten noget kortere, men har ellers troligt fulgt mønsteret. De er rigtig dejlige, med et fast mønster indeni vanterne og snoninger ovenpå. Man skal lige koncentrere sig en del, og det var godt nok svært med en snakkende niece ved siden af, der kedede sig en lille smule hver gang jeg "bare" strikkede! (Hun ville iøvrigt mægtig gerne have vanterne og aede dem mange gange.) Men niecen tog hjem, og nu er de færdige. Jeg skal arbejde i dag, og jeg må nok indrømme, at det vist kan gøre morgenen lidt dejligere at kunne tage nye vanter med ud at cykle.
Jeg har brugt 125 gram "Natur uld". Mærket hedder GG. Kender det ikke, men garnet er dejligt!

When it started snowing again some days ago, I just HAD to start. I wanted mittens while winter was still here! So I found this pattern on Ravelry. I shortened the cuff, but otherwise followed the pattern faithfully. The mittens are really nice, with a heavy, firm pattern on the inside and cables on the top. You have to read the pattern carefully, and it sure was kind of difficult with a talking niece sitting next to me, getting a little bored whenever I did "nothing" but knit! (She really wanted the mittens for herself, by the way, and tried the first one on a few times.) But my niece went home, and now they're done. I am working today, and I must admit that it will brighten my morning considerably wearing these mittens while cycling to work.
I used 125 grams of "Natur uld". Never heard of the yarn company, but the wool is really nice!

Lidt mere / A little bit more

Her er sandelig lidt mere strikket! En lille babyhue fra Lene Holme Samsøes nye bog, og et par bittesmå, meget lange, babystrømper fra "Blød begyndelse".
De er strikket i 50 g Wollmeise, vistnok farven Zimtaphel. Meget smuk farve, og begge opskrifter kan kun anbefales. Virkeligt hyggelige at lave!
Jeg ved ikke rigtig, hvem der skal have tingene. Jeg troede, jeg vidste det, men mon ikke der kommer en anden baby forbi på et tidspunkt?

It is amazing, but some more knitted stuff turned up! A little baby's hat from the new patterns by Lene Holme Samsøe, and a pair of tiny, though very long, baby socks from "blød begyndelse".
I made them from 50 grams of Wollmeise, I guess the color was called Zimtaphel. Really pretty color, and both patterns have my warmest recommendations. Really nice to make!
I'm not quite sure who these things were made for. I thought I knew, but I guess another baby will pass by at some point.

Noget strikket! / Something knitted!

Som min niece så tørt bemærkede i tirsdags, så er det da ikke lige strikketøj, der har fyldt denne strikkeblog mest..... (Lige inden hun vendte sig væk fordi vi nåede til billedet af edderkoppen!)
Det må jeg selvfølgelig rette op på, så her er et billede af lidt færdigt. Til selvsamme niece. Et halsrør!

As my niece very dryly commented this Tuesday, most posts on this knitting blog is not exactly related to knitting...... (Just moments later she had to turn away because we found the spider photo!)
I have to do something about this problem, so here comes a picture of something finished. For the very niece. A cowl!

Det er en "Turbulence cowl", fundet på Ravelry. Den var rigtig, rigtig sjov at strikke i vendestrik, og det gik rimeligt hurtigt. Den er meget bestemt blevet bestilt i bomuld, så jeg har strikket i ganske almindeligt bomuld nr. 8 på pind 3,5 mm, hvilket betød at jeg lige måtte ændre lidt i mønsteret der er til pind 5.
I stedet for 100 masker slog jeg 120 masker op og strikkede hver "bølge" over 30 masker i stedet for 25. Den er blevet god, synes jeg, og modtageren er tilfreds. I virkelighedens skarpe lys er den rigtig turkis og lilla, men det må I gætte jer til..... 50 gram garn gik der til den.

It is a "Turbulence cowl", found on Ravelry. It was really fun to knit with wrap-and-turns, and was quite fast, too.  I was clearly informed that it should be made from cotton, so I used plain, thin cotton, knitting on 3.5 mm needles. Since the pattern called for worsted weight yarn and 5 mm needles, I had to change it a little.
I cast on 120 stitches instead of 100, and made each "wave" over 30 stitches instead of 25. I think it turned out fine, and the recipient is happy. In the clear light of reality it is very brightly turquoise and purple, but you will have to guess the colors...... I used a total of 50 grams of yarn.

Smuk sne / Pretty snow

Børnearbejde / Child labour

I dag har jeg fri og besøg af min niece på 10, der har vinterferie. Vi holder mini-ferie på 1 dag, og det er overdrevet hyggeligt.
Hun er blevet hjernevasket med boybands og jeg fik tjekket, at jeg stadig kan navnene på alle medlemmerne af Backstreet Boys og (næsten) alle fra Westlife. Hun kan nu 3 ord af en sang udenad (succes) og overlevede med nød og næppe at se en del inderlige musikvideoer......
Desuden laves der en større produktion af lys - det er meget længe siden sidst, så der var rigelig stearin at tage af!
Højdepunktet i går var dog, da jeg smed yatzy-terningerne i min tekop i stedet for i raflebægeret.....

Today is my day off, and my 10 year old niece who has a weeks vacation, is visiting. We have a mini-vacation, and it is ever so nice.
She has been brainwashed with boybands and I discovered that I still remember all the names of the Backstreet Boys members and (almost) all the Westlife names. She memorized 3 words of a song (success!) and barely survived watching a few - very intense and tender - music videos....
We have a large production of candles going on - it has been a while so I have plenty of wax!
The highlight of yesterday, however, was when I threw the yatzy-dices into my cup of tea instead of the dice-container......

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Keltisk - øh - kærlighed / Celtic - ehm - love

Om bare 3 dage er det Valentins dag. Selv her i Danmark kan man finde det lyserøde hjørne i butikkerne, hvor det bugner med "romantiske" gaveidéer.
På en måde meget hyggeligt, og på en måde pænt irriterende......
Nå. Men det er der råd for. Du kan stadig lave hjerter, bare på en rigtig fin måde, med disse keltiske knude-hjerter.
(Bemærk - linket fører til Ravelry-siden, og når du trykker dig videre til opskriften, kommer du direkte til pdf-filen.)
Jeg synes, de er rigtig fine - og de behøver selvfølgelig ikke være grønne!

In just 3 days it is Valentines Day. Even here in Denmark, you can find the "pink corner" in every shop, filled with "romantic" gift ideas.
In a way very, very nice and funny, but still in a way kind of annoying.....
Anyway. Today's pattern is somewhere in between. You can make hearts, in a really awesome way, using the pattern for these celtic hearts. (Please be aware that the link will take you to the Ravelry-page, and when you use the link for the pattern, you will be taken straight to the pdf.)
I think they are really nice, and they don't have to be green!

Helt nyt for mig / Completely new to me

Min nevø syntes vi skulle lave noget sammen. Derfor havde han medbragt en Warhammer æske, og jeg fik lov at prøve noget, jeg aldrig nogensinde har prøvet før.
At male en Warhammer-ork!
Der var ikke mange detaljer der skulle males, men det var alligevel småt. Og svært.
Køn er den ikke, men her er den alligevel. Den minder lidt om Quasimodo i Disney-udgaven, ikke?
(Jeg strikkede forresten også, mens vi så film.....)

My nephew thought we should do something together. So he had brought a Warhammer box, and I tried something I never, ever tried before.
Painting a Warhammer orc!
There were not many details to paint on this one, but it still was very tiny. And difficult.
It's not very pretty, but here it is anyway. Reminds me of the Disney version of Quasimodo.
(By the way - I knitted too! While we watched the movie.)

Forbrydelsen / The killing

Se lige, hvad jeg har fået fingre i! Helt sikkert en guldgrube af nyttig information om danskere og "Forbrydelsen". Og en vis sweater.
I dag byder på nevø-besøg og planer om "Ringenes Herre 3", måske lidt "Legend of Zelda" og en smule Dr. Who?
Jeg kan næsten ikke fortælle, hvor meget jeg glæder mit til afslapning efter en meget lang arbejdsdag i går! (Nevøen glæder sig også.)

Look, what I bought! Definitely a treasury of useful information about Danish people and "The killing". And a certain sweater.
Today will bring a visit from a nephew and plans of "Lord of the rings 3", maybe a little "Legend of Zelda" and a drop of Dr. Who?
I can hardly tell you how much I'm looking forward to relaxing after a very long day at work yesterday! (My nephew is excited, too.)

Nu vi taler om niecen / Speaking of my niece

Det hæklede evighedstæppe mangler faktisk ikke mere end 26 firkanter (OG en sammenhækling, altså!). Eftersom jeg vistnok har lovet det til min niece, og eftersom hun fylder 19 år her sidst i februar, så kunne det jo godt være, jeg skulle speede lidt op.......

The this-will-take-me-forever crochet blanket is just short of 26 squares before it's finished (AND short of crocheting all squares together, you know!). Since I might have promised that this would be for my niece, and since her birthday is coming up in just 3 weeks, maybe I should try working a little faster.......

Min dygtige niece / My skilled niece

Engang i oktober sad min niece i stuen og fortalte at hun desværre ikke havde noget strikketøj! Netop som vi skulle i Disneyland! Det kunne jeg selvfølgelig ikke leve med (hvilket hun sikkert nok havde regnet med i et eller andet omfang!), så turen gik direkte i lageret for at finde garn.
Hun ville strikke sig et stort halsrør, helst med hætte, og det måtte gerne være grønt.
Der blev fundet uld og mohair fra garnudsalg, og vi blev enige om striber. Derefter sjussede jeg mig frem til maskeantal, og så gik det ellers over stok og sten!

At some point in October, my niece was sitting here in my livingroom, telling me she didn't have a knitting project! Just as we were leaving for Disneyland! Of course I couldn't live with that knowledge (I guess this was actually part of her calculations!), so I took a good look at my stash.
She wanted to make a big cowl, if possible with a hood, and the color should be green.
I found some wool and mohair from garnudsalg, and we agreed on stripes. I took a wild guess about the number of stitches, and then it just started growing!

Forrige søndag kom hun på besøg til strik og Disneyfilm. Herlig kombo, forresten! Da var hun nået til hætten, og det tog altså ikke alt for lang tid at få den færdig. Den blev også vasket og tørret, og da hun tog hjem, var det med varme til hovede og hals. Hun var meget tilfreds og stolt, og det kan jeg godt forstå! Magen til blødhed og lethed finder man ikke lige hvorsomhelst. Ialt brugte hun næsten 3 hele nøgler á 100 gram, 2 med supersoft uld, 1 med mohair.
Nu vil den kvikke læser så nok spekulere over, hvad niecen så brugte tiden på, når nu strikketøjet var færdigt? I har gættet det, ikke? Hun fik da bare et nyt fra lageret.......

Almost 2 weeks ago she came for a visit with knitting and Disney movies. Great combination, by the way! When she arrived, she was ready to make the hood, and it didn't take her too long to finish. It got a wash and dryed before she left, so she went home with a warm head and neck. She was very happy with it and proud, too, and I understand why! It is very soft and light and warm. In total she used almost 3 skeins of 100 grams each, 2 skeins of wool, one skein of thin mohair.
And now - my bright reader - you wonder what she did visiting me, after her knitting was done? You guessed already, didn't you? She had a new project from my stash......

Imponerende edderkop! / Impressive spider!

Café Obelix

I aftes mødtes jeg med en veninde, der var på kursus i København og havde den første aften fri. Det var vildt hyggeligt! Vi spiste på Lê Lê, der jo bare er et skønt sted. Spændende, vietnamesisk mad, uden at man føler sig ruineret efter en dejlig aften.
Bagefter var klokken ikke alt for mange, og vi stod der på Vesterbro torv og kunne godt bruge en bar eller café. Og så var det lige, vi fik øje på Obelix's favoritsted........
Jeg har aldrig været der før, men kan kun anbefale det. Varmt. Der var super hyggeligt, med en masse billeder fra tegneserierne, dejlig lædersofa og utroligt god betjening.

Last night I met with one of my friends who had come to Copenhagen for a course and had the first night off. It was so nice! We ate at Lê Lê, which is a wonderful place. Really interesting, Vietnamese food, without the feeling of spending every penny in your wallet.
Afterwards, it wasn't too late, and we were standing at Vesterbro torv (square), in need of a bar or a café. And then we noticed Obelix's special place......
I've never been there before, but will give my warmest recommendations. It was so very cozy with lots of pictures from the cartoons, a great leather couch and really good service.

Der var endda et vildsvinehoved! Nu serverede de ikke helstegt vildsvin, hvilket nok ville have været toppen, men istedet burgere. Eller morgenmad. Vi nøjedes med lidt at drikke og nød bare stedet og at få snakket om alt og ingenting. Mest om alt.
Jeg tror godt, jeg kunne finde på at komme tilbage igen - bare for lidt hygge og en god gang strik?

They even had a wild boar's head! They didn't serve roasted wild boar, though, which would have been great, but instead they served burgers. Or breakfast. We only had something to drink and enjoyed the place and talking about everything.
I do believe I will come back sometime - just to hang out and knit?

Varm på en cool måde / Warm in a cool fashion

Når det er vinter og temmelig koldt (især når man cykler!) kan det godt føles som om næsen og hagen er ved at falde af.
Men det er der råd for! Er du bange for frostbid, og har du iøvrigt bare en stor længsel efter ridder-tiden, så må denne hue lige være noget for dig.
Den virker også til fastelavn!

When it's winter and really cold (especially if you go by bike!) it may feel like your nose and chin are falling off your face.
But fear not - help is here! If you're afraid of frost bite, and if you have a constant longing for the old days with knights and dragons, then this hat would be perfect for you.
It works with Halloween as well!

Håndarbejdsmesse / Craft fair

En del af lørdagen gik med udflugt med sykredsen til håndarbejdsmessen i Rødovre. Sikken fest! Selv om jeg faktisk havde forventet at der ville være sort af mennesker, og selv om man skulle stå i kø for at komme ind, så var der faktisk ikke overfyldt. Det føltes ikke sådan! Der var mange slags håndarbejde, bl.a. filtning, hvor disse fine figurer fra Angry Birds stod.

Part of yesterday was spent on an outing with my knitting circle for the craft fair in Rødovre. It was amazing! Even though I expected lots and lots of people, and even though we had to wait in a line to buy tickets, it still wasn't too crowded. Didn't feel like it, anyway. A lot of crafts were represented, and these sweet figures from Angry Birds was in a little shop with things for felting.

 

Der var også en strikket cykel! Helt fantastisk, som den var næsten helt dækket af strik! Jeg tror nu godt nok ikke, man kan cykle på den.....

Der var mange stande med mange fine ting. Jeg havde pudset al min standhaftighed af ved synet af de store mængder garn.

There was a knitted bicycle! Totally awesome the way it was almost completely covered with knitting! I don't think you can ride it, though.....

There were so many shops with so many great things, and I had done my very, very best to remain steadfast looking at all these piles of wonderful yarn.

Men jeg købte lidt. Kun lidt. Garn til hue og vanter, strømpegarn til mine nye kul-strikkepinde str. 3 mm og så dette fantastiske refleksgarn! Glæder mig til at strikke det med i hue og vanter!
Nå ja - og så købte jeg lidt opskrifter. Lidt nyt må man jo have!

But I bought a little. Just a tiny amount. Yarn for hat and mittens, sock yarn for my new carbon double pointed needles size 3 mm and then this amazing yarn, reflecting light. It will be fun to use this as part of the hat and mittens!
Oh well - and then I bought a few patterns. You need something new every now and then!

Amalienborg

Her står min nevø. Tror jeg nok..... Det er jo ikke til at se, vel? Min søster og co. var også derinde, og min søster og jeg stod og vinkede til soldaterne, mens børnene krummede tæer. Men det var jo vigtigt, at ham soldaten kunne se, at vi var derinde! Desværre var han ikke på det hold, der gik rundt og afløste, så dette var det tætteste, jeg kom på ham.

Here is my nephew. I think...... It's hard to tell, right? My sister and her family came too, and my sister and myself were waving at the soldiers, while the kids where terribly embarrassed. But I think it's important that our soldier could see we were there to support him! This time he wasn't on the team walking around, releasing those standing guard, so this was as close as I got.

De havde faner med i dag, og gik lidt mere rundt.

They brought the flags today, and marched a bit more than usual.

Flot så det ud, og jeg VED at han var der!

It looked very beautiful, and I KNOW he was there!

Rasende fjer / Furious feathers

I går blev en begivenhedsrig dag, og jeg lærte en masse.
1) Man skal ikke tro, at undulater er lige så nuttede indeni som de er udenpå
2) Min lørdags program havde jeg åbenbart ikke helt styr på
3) Man kan godt have det hyggeligt med en børnefamilie fredag aften UDEN at se Disney sjov
For det første kan I jo se, at der stadig sker noget mellem den gamle han og den unge hun. De snakker gennem tremmerne og jeg tænkte, at jeg da kunne lukke dem ud sammen. Måske ville de være glade for at se hinanden?
Stor fejl! Indenfor få sekunder røg de i fjerene på hinanden og var bare en bunke flagrende vinger. Hvis ikke jeg havde skilt dem ad, tror jeg de havde sloges, til den ene var død. Det er så slut med at de får kvalitetstid sammen!
M.h.t. lørdag, så skal jeg VIRKELIG til messe i dag! Men inden skal jeg ind og se Livgardens vagtskifte. Det viste sig, at det er sidste gang, min nevø skal stå vagt, mens Dronningen er hjemme, hvilket indebærer en hel del mere parade og sådan end normalt. Selvfølgelig vil jeg gerne se ham! (Og alle de andre.....)
I aftes var jeg hos min søster og børn. SÅ hyggeligt! Vi så mærkelige skabninger i havdybet på DR2, og det var vildt hyggeligt og interessant! Der blev afleveret gaver fra Zanzibar, og min mindste nevø blev vildt glad for sin sweater, der passede ham fint. Perfekt fredag aften!

Yesterday was a busy day, and I learned a lot.
1) Never think budgerigars are as cute on the inside as they look on the outside
2) My program for this Saturday was wrong. Apparently
3) You can have a really nice time with kids on Friday night WITHOUT watching the Disney Show
First of all, as you can see, something is still happening between the old male and the young female. They talk through the bars and I thought that maybe they should be let out together. They might be happy to meet?
Big mistake! Within a few seconds they attacked each other and became a ball of swirling wings. If I hadn't separated them, I think they would have continued fighting until one of them was dead. So that was the end of bird-come-together-events!
About Saturday, I'm actually going to the crafts fair today! But before that, I'm going to see the change of guards at the queens castle. Turned out it will be the last time my nephew is on guard while her majesty is at home. They will have more parading and stuff, and of course I would love to come see him! (And all the rest of them....)
Last night I went to my sister's place. SUCH a nice time! We watched strange creatures in the deep sea on TV, and it was really nice and interesting. They had their gifts from Zanzibar, and my youngest nephew was really happy to have his sweater that fit him nicely. Perfect Friday night!