Klar til lidt sol / Ready for a little sun

Den nye sommerbluse er færdig, og den er blevet rigtig fin, synes jeg! Det tog et par timer at sy det hele sammen, så jeg er sandelig glad for, at jeg ikke går i stå når jeg når til monteringen...... Pyha. Godt nok har jeg ikke noget imod at sy, men den var hård!
Ialt er der gået ca. 5,5 nøgle rødt og knap 1 nøgle af hvid, gul og grøn til blusen. Den passer på en prik, og jeg er ret glad. Man kan jo aldrig vide, hvordan en bluse i virkeligheden vil blive, før den er helt færdigsyet og på, vel? En overgang eller to havde jeg mine tvivl.....
Mønsteret er det her, og det kan anbefales. Hvis du ikke er bange for at sy!

My new summer top is done, and I really like it. It took me a few hours to sew everything together, and I'm really happy I don't freeze when I get as far as the finishing part...... Phew.
I don't mind sewing, but it did take some patience!
In total, I used about 5.5 skeins of the red and almost 1 skein of white, yellow and green for the top. It fits well, and I'm happy. You never really know, how something knitted really will turn out until its done and worn, do you? There were moments when I had my doubts......
The pattern is this one, and it's really nice and easy. If you're not afraid to do some sewing!

Monitering / Finishing

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Knitter's pride

Værsågod. Endnu en af de opskrifter, jeg ikke anede eksisterede!
Men hvorfor ikke? Et strikket betræk til reservehjulet.
Hvis du er god til at strikke, kan du ligesågodt prale af det!

Here you go. Another of those patterns I never dreamed existed!
But why not? A knitted cover for the spare tire.
If you are really good at knitting, you might as well show it to the world!

Sommer og silke / Summer and silk

I går lovede jeg at vise den kommende sommertop/bluse. Det er denne opskrift, som jeg fandt på Ravelry, da jeg lavede en søgning på pind 4,5 mm, top, kvinder og voksen. Der var selvfølgelig andre opskrifter, men denne så god ud.
Egentlig er den ret enkel - 4 stykker strik, der sys sammen og bliver til en top. Faktisk så enkel, at man tænker, det umuligt kan blive fint! Men på de færdigstrikkede modeller synes jeg det ser godt ud, så nu prøver jeg......
Der mangler lige et enkelt stykke, som jeg håber at få strikket i dag. For i dag skal jeg bare slappe af! Ingen artikler. Ingen arbejde. Ingen planer. (eller....... lejligheden trænger til lidt opmærksomhed!)
God søndag i solen!

Yesterday I promised to show my upcoming summer top. It is this pattern that I found on Ravelry, doing a pattern search for needles size 4.5 mm, top, female and adult. Of course there were other patterns as well, but this one looked good.
It's actually very simple - 4 pieces of knitted fabric sewn together to become a top. It is so simple that you think it can no way become something good! But on the finished models I think it looks really good, so now I go for it.......
I just need to make one more piece that will hopefully be knitted today. Today is a day for relaxation!
No articles. No work. No plans. (Or...... well. The apartment really needs a bit of time!)
Happy sunny Sunday to you!

Nuttet / Cute

Dette skulle faktisk have været et indlæg om mit sommerbluse-strikketøj. Model, garn osv. Men altså. Min mindste nevø var på besøg fra torsdag til fredag, og han var - som altid! - mega-nuttet. Så I får lige lidt om ham i stedet.
Det var en slem skuffelse, at alle butikker havde lukket fredag. Men heldigvis kunne vi gå på nationalmuseet! Dog med grimme bagtanker. Der er jo en museumsbutik, og TÆNK hvad der ville være af gave-potentialer!
Først havde vi dog lavet lys og farvet garn. Spist morgenmad og spillet. Leget med ænder i køkkenvasken. Og spist frokost. Det var så hyggeligt!

This should have been a post about my summer-blouse-knitting. Model, yarn and so on. But you know what? My youngest nephew came to visit Thursday and Friday, and he was just as cute as he ever is. So here's a bit about him instead.
He was truly disappointed when he realized that all the shops where closed on Friday (National Holiday). But fortunately, we could visit the National Museum! He had his plans, though. They do have a museum shop, and just imagine, what gifts he could possibly get from there!
First we had been making a candle and dyed yarn. Had breakfast and played games. Played with the bathing ducks in the kitchen sink. And had lunch. We had such a nice time!

Før vi besøgte butikken, besøgte vi Danmarks oldtid. Det var sjovt! Vi gik gennem stenalder, bronzealder og vikinger (og sikkert lidt indimellem!). Der var en del gravfund, seje sværd, flotte økser og en masse småting. Bl.a. et skelet med hue på. Og flere skeletter begravet med perler, drikke glas mm. Vi blev ret enige om, at hvis jeg lå der som skelet, så havde de nok fundet et skelet i en kiste fyldt med garn!
I butikken havde de diverse seje ting (pyha!), og den unge mand endte med et træsværd og et træskjold. Han var ikke helt sikker på, hvornår han ville få brug for det, men det var flot! Som I kan se, kunne sværdet lige sidde i bæltestroppen.
Efter aflevering tog jeg hjem og så på at mit nyfarvede garn tørrede for langsomt. Mens jeg strikkede på glimmer-strømperne og rettede i min artikel. I dag skal jeg arbejde. I morgen skal jeg SLAPPE AF! Mere om sommerblusen i morgen.

Before we visited the shop, we went back in time in Denmark. It was fun! We passed through the stone age, bronze age, the age of the vikings (and probably some more ages in between!). They had a lot of burial stuff, cool swords, beautiful axes and a lot of bits and pieces. For instance a skeleton wearing a hat. And more skeletons buried with beads, drinking glasses and so on. We agreed that if I had been buried and was lying there as a skeleton, they would have found a coffin with a skeleton buried in yarn!
In the shop they had different cool things (phew!), and the young man ended up having a wooden sword and a wooden shield. He wasn't quite sure when he would need it, but it looked good! As you can see, the sword fitted perfectly in his pants.
After delivering him back home, I went back to my place and watched the newly dyed yarn dry too slowly. While I was knitting on the sparkly socks and revising my article. Today I'll work. Tomorrow I'll RELAX! More about the summer-blouse tomorrow.

Smukt! / Pretty!

Resten af farven blev til det her. Jeg glæder mig allerede til det er blevet til smukke strømper!

The rest of the dye turned into this. I'm already very excited for this to become beautiful socks!

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Mit tæppe / My blanket

Ikke bare striber.....

Not just stripes.....


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Striber / Stripes

Han har et helt garntæppe som han senere skal have strømper af. Han har 5 farver og kan lave lige de mønstre han vil. Og så laver han bare striber?????

He has a sock yarn blanket that will become socks for him later. He has 5 colors and any pattern he can imagine. And then he chooses stripes????

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Almindeligt besværligt / Ordinarily difficult

Disse strømper er ualmindeligt kedelige. Helt almindelige rib-strømper, str. 45 på pind 2,5. De har været ret længe undervejs, hvilket jeg ikke helt forstår, men færdige er de nu og sendt afsted til min nevø.
Der er gået 140 gram wollmeise til dem, i farven WD Mitternacht. Meget smuk farve.
Jeg skulle læse lidt mere, så der er slået op til flere ribstrømper. Denne gang i Opal glimmergarn. Hvorfor? Bare fordi jeg kunne......

These socks are incredibly boring. Totally plain rib-pattern, very long socks, made with 2.5 mm needles. They have come a long way, which I don't quite understand, but now they are done and have been posted for my nephew.
They took 140 grams of wollmeise, colorway WD Mitternacht. Very pretty color.
There were more articles to read, so I started another pair of rib socks. This time in Opal sparkly yarn. Why? Just because I could........

Fantastiske billeder fra NASA / Amazing pictures from NASA

Café hygge

For 3. gang på 4 dage har jeg været på café. Superhyggeligt!
Denne gang brunch med min søster. Vi tog til Vesterbro.

For the third time in 4 days I've visited a cafe. Pure hygge!
This time I had brunch with my sister. We went to Vesterbro.

Caféen var denne her. Kan helt sikkert anbefales! Totalt uens møbler overalt, lækker mad og god betjening. Der var ingen andre end os da vi kom, og god plads i sofaen. Men inden vi gik var der helt fyldt.

The cafe was this one. Really nice place! All the furniture was different, the food was delicious and the service was great. We were the only ones when we came, and there was a lot of space on the couch. But before we left, the cafe was full.

Der var også plads til børn.......
Nå. Og hvordan går det så lige med strikketøjet, tænker I nok? Tjoh..... Strømperne til min nevø SKAL være færdige og sendes i dag. I gang med artikellæsningen!

Children are welcome as well......
Oh well. And I'm sure you are all thinking "And what about the knitting?" Well...... The socks for my nephew are going to be DONE and posted today. I'd better get started reading those articles!

Hurtigt og nemt / Quick and easy

Nu er det jo forår (det ER det!), og dagens opskrift er der garanteret ikke rigtig nogen, der har brug for.
Men hvis nu du mangler en lille blomst, så se alligevel her.
Var det noget med en lille garnblomst, måske?
Pom-pom blomsterne er meget hurtige og nemme at lave. Der er en smule strikning involveret i stilken, men det er godt nok ikke meget.....
Måske kan de endda bruges til at aktivere børn under den igangværende lock-out? Pom-pom'er er en glimrende børne-aktivator!

Now it is spring (it IS!), and I guess no-one really needs today's pattern.
But just in case you happened to be in need of a little flower, then check this out. How about a yarn-flower?
The Pom pom flowers and very quick and easily made. There is a tiny bit of knitting when making the stems, but it's not too much.....
Maybe you can even use them for activation of the children during the present teacher-lock-out? Pom poms are excellent for un-boring children!

Yarnshop crawl, Copenhagen

Min veninde fra Esbjerg er også hardcore strikkenørd. Vi havde ikke aftalt så meget for weekenden, andet end brunch lørdag og så skulle vi se en masse afsnit af TV-serien "Lykke" og besøge nogle garnbutikker. Jeg tænkte, at det kunne være sjovt at presse så mange så muligt ind i tidsplanen!
Vi startede med at bruge min julegave og fik "Brunch med bobler" på Metropolitan, lige midt på Frederiksberg og ret tæt på, hvor jeg bor. Det var virkelig et skønt sted!
Bagefter tog vi de nærmeste garnbutikker. Først Garn-iture, hvor jeg faktisk aldrig havde været inde før. Det er en fin, lille butik, der desværre snart lukker for at flytte. Der blev indkøbt nye børne-strikkepinde med katte. HVIS nu min mindste nevø vil lære at strikke igen.
Bagefter tog vi i Jorun garn. Som altid elsker jeg det store bord med garnspoler! Her købte jeg - meget omhyggeligt! - ingenting.

My friend from Esbjerg is also a hardcore knitter and yarn nerd. We didn't have many plans for the weekend, apart from brunch Saturday, and watching a lot of episodes from a Danish TV-show and then visit some yarn shops. I thought we might as well visit as many as possible!
We started by spending my Christmas present, having "Brunch with bubbles" at Metropolitan, right in the middle of Frederiksberg and pretty close to my place. It was a great brunch!
Afterwards, we visited the yarn shops closest by. First Garn-iture, which is a fine, little shop that is going to close down in order to move to another place. I have never been inside before, and I bought new kids-needles with cats on top. Just in case my youngest nephew wants to learn how to knit again.
Then we went to Jorun garn. As always, I just love the table with cones! Here I bought - very well-restrained! - nothing.

De næste butikker krævede metro. Først var vi i Nørkleriet i Vanløse, hvor jeg var yderst behjælpelig med at finde garn som Anette skulle købe! Der var et fantastisk tilbud på silkegarn udenfor, og det kriblede godt nok i fingrene! Men endnu engang røg der strikkepinde i kurven.
Rasmilla var altså også et besøg værd, når  man sådan kommer udenbys fra, og ligger jo meget, meget tæt på Amagerbro station. Vi nåede det, lige 15 min inden lukketid, og der kom jeg altså til at købe et lille nøgle neongult garn. Tænker, at jeg nok kan lave noget, som en af niecerne vil bruge!
Så var kl. 14, og vi tænkte jo egentlig, at det var det. 4 garnbutikker på en dag er ikke dårligt, vel? Eftersom der var "Lykke"-tema, tænkte jeg, at en tur på "Laundromat" ville være et hit. (Det var det også! I meget høj grad!) For at komme dertil, tog vi til Nørreport.
Der opdagede vi, at Uldstedet holder åbent til kl. 15! Hyggeligt at se den nye butik! Derinde fandt jeg ud af, hvad det gule garn skulle bruges til - og der røg også lidt strømpegarn samt noget neon-orange og grønt i tasken. Der var nogle flotte tørklæder og bluser strikket med 2 pinde kid-mohair og 2 pinde strømpegarn. Det så simpelthen fantastisk ud! Så der er lagt op til 2 tørklæder til 2 niecer. Afhængigt af, hvem der siger "ja tak" først.
Efter 5 butikker? Der var vi alligevel flade......

The next few shops were place close to the metro. First we took a ride to Vanløse, to visit Nørkleriet, where I was ever so helpful finding yarn for Anette to buy! They had a great offer on silk outside, and it was very tempting! But I just bought a few more needles.
Rasmilla is also worth a visit when you are from out of town, and the shop is located very close to Amagerbro station. We made it, just 15 minutes before closing time, and I just had to buy the bright, yellow yarn. I guess I could make something a niece would like!
By then, it was 2 p.m., and the shops were closing. We thought it had been a great day. Four shops in one day is not bad!
Since we were watching the TV-show, I thought a visit to "Laundromat" would be fun. One of the main characters is working in this cafe. (It was a hit! Very much!) To get there, we took the metro to Nørreport.
Arriving there, we discovered that Uldstedet was open until 3 p.m.! It was nice to see the new shop! Inside I discovered what the yellow yarn was for - and I bought a little sock yarn and some bright orange and green as well. They had some very pretty scarfs and blouses made with 2 rows of kid-mohair and 2 rows of self-striping sock yarn. It looked amazing! So now I have yarn for 2 scarfs for 2 nieces. Depending on which one of them shouting "ME" first.
After 5 shops? We were quite exhausted and went home to the couch and tv.....

Fristet / Tempted

SÅ kom der gang i strikkeriet! Min veninde kom, og vi nåede at besøge 2 garnbutikker på vej fra Hovedbanegården hjem til mig. Først den nye 'Wadil's', hvor jeg holdt mig i skindet og bare købte nogle strømpepinde. Uh, det er en dejlig butik! Jeg har endda aldrig været i den store butik i Valby, hvilket vist er godt. Det kunne nok godt blive dyrt.
Længere nede af Vesterbrogade ville jeg også vise 'Terese Garn' frem. Det er den garnbutik med mest garn på mindst plads, jeg nogensinde har set!
Her gik det galt. Helt galt! Fra tidligere vidste jeg, at de har Hjertegarns 'Roma', der er ganske godt til søsterens børn. Bomuld og acryl, ingen krads, og holdbart i vask. På et tidspunkt vil jeg gerne strikke en trøje til min nevø på 13, og det købte jeg så blåt garn til. Han er høj! Men der skulle være nok.
Imens jeg ventede på garn, så jeg så lige noget bomuld og silke. Tykt, så det gik hurtigt, og med et fint farvespil. Så der røg også lige garn med hjem til en sommerbluse!
Jeg er allerede godt på vej med den.......
I dag skal vi videre i garnbutikker. Uha, men Ih!

THEN I started knitting! My friend arrived, and walking from the Central Station to my apartment, we passed two yarnshops. On purpose, of course - which is why we chose walking!
First we visited the new 'Wadil's', where I really kept myself under control and only bought a set of double point needles. It's a wonderful shop! I never even visited the big main shop in Valby, which might be just as good. Would become very expensive!
Further down Vesterbrogade we visited 'Terese Garn' the yarnshop with the highest concentration of yarn ever. Everything is piled up in there!
Here everything went wrong. Terribly wrong! From earlier, I new they had Hjertegarn 'Roma', a nice blend of cotton and acrylics, totally non-scratchy and great for keeping shape and color after washing. Perfect for my sister's kids! I want to make a sweater for my 13 year old nephew some time, so I bought blue yarn for this. He is tall!
While I waited, I noticed some cotton and silk. Quite thick and with a wonderful colorplay from the two shades in the yarn. And suddenly I also brought home yarn for a summer top for me!
Already, I came quite a long way with it.......
Today we are going to visit more yarnshops. I'm scared! And excited!

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Ikke strikning, men..... / Not knitting, but.......

Det er altså ikke meget, jeg har fået strikket de sidste par dage. Ikke én eneste maske på nevøens strømper, og det er ikke så godt! Det betyder nemlig, at jeg heller ikke har fået læst nogle artikler.....
Hvad jeg HAR fået læst, er til gengæld starten af denne bog! Jeg fik den af min ældste niece i gave på et tidspunkt (vistnok fødselsdagsgave), og da jeg besøgte hende fik jeg en lille smule skæld-ud over ikke at have læst den.......

There hasn't been much done in the knitting department over the last few days. Not a single stitch have been made on the socks for my nephew, and that is not very good! It means that I haven't read any articles.......
What I DID read, was the beginning of this book! (Cathedral of the sea) My oldest niece gave it to me at some point (I think it was for my birthday), and when I visited her, she was a little angry with me for not reading it......

Især, fordi vi besøgte den katedral, som bogen handler om. Meget, meget imponerende, må jeg nok sige! Nu er jeg startet, og det første kapitel tog både nr. 2 og 3. Den er virkelig god!
I dag kommer så min veninde fra Esbjerg, og så regner jeg da bestemt med, at de næste par dage byder på en hel del strik..... Hvis jeg så skal læse artikler, må jeg vel starte på noget nyt efter det!

Especially since we visited the cathedral that the book is named after. Very, very impressive! I've started the book by now, and had to read the second and third chapter too, after reading the first. It's really good!
Today my fried from Esbjerg will come, and I do think that the next few days will bring a lot of knitting....... When I will read articles after she left, I guess I'll just have to start a new project!

Nye øreringe / New earrings

Det var ikke den helt store shoppetur i Barcelona (til gengæld fik jeg en vabel på størrelse med min lilletå. Under tåen.), men lidt fik jeg da købt.
På den helt store travetur om søndagen kom vi forbi et marked, hvor der var en bod med de flotteste øreringe. Det var svært at vælge!
Pac-man og spøgelset måtte dog komme med hjem.

My Barcelona-weekend didn't leave time for a lot of shopping (but I got a blister the same size as my little toe. Under the toe.), but I did buy a little.
On our long walk on Sunday, we passed a market with a little shop selling the most wonderful earrings. It was very difficult to pick just a few!
Pac-man and the ghost had to come home with me.

Det endte kaffen og croissanten også med, selv om de er noget større. Er de ikke fine?
De er håndlavede i fimoler, og du kan se lidt flere eksempler på kunstnerens blog. Der er ihvertfald nogle på side 2!

The coffee and croissant also came home with me, even though they are a little bigger. Pretty, huh?
They are hand-made from cernit, and you can see a few more examples on the artist's blog. There are some on page 2, at least.

Pink!

Den nye cykel blev hentet i går. Den er SÅ FED! Let og føles hurtigere end den gamle.
Og så er den pink...... Jeg tror faktisk ikke, det kan blive meget bedre!

I picked up my new bike yesterday. It is SO COOL! Very light, and it feels faster than the old one.
And it's pink...... I can hardly imagine things getting much better!

Barcelona

Marilinda

Efter nogle dybe indåndinger og et år har jeg fået udvidet kredsen af strømpe-modtagere (det er jo ikke, fordi der bliver færre, efterhånden som de yngre i familien finder partnere og på et tidspunkt får børn, vel?).
Disse strømper skulle have været færdige i lørdags, men pind 2,25 mm og mange kilometers gang kombineret med snoninger var bare ikke hurtigt nok......
De er til min nevøs kone, og hun har allerede godkendt dem. Jeg er selv aldeles vild med den lyserøde farve, og lige præcis lyserødt Cascade Heritage Paint er noget garn der bør ligge klar til at strikke af!

After some very deep breaths and about a year, I increased the group of sock recipients (there wont be fewer when the younger members of the family find their partners and at some point start having children of there own!).
These socks should have been done by Saturday, but 2.25 mm needles and many miles of walking combined with cables just didn't do the job.....
They are for my nephews wife, and she approved of them already. I'm totally crazy about the pink color, and pink Cascade Heritage Paint is something I want to always have ready in my stash for immediate cast-on, if necessary....... 

Mønsteret er "Marilinda" af Cookie A. Rigtig fint mønster, der er interessant, men ikke så kompliceret at man skal sidde med bogen hele tiden. Jeg lavede et par små ændringer, dels en linje i diagrammet, dels hvor man skulle begynde i mønsteret efter hælen. Jeg har virkelig svært ved at forestille mig at Cookie A. skulle lave fejl i et mønster, men det lignede...... Godt, man har lov at ændre!
Ialt vejer de 75 gram, og så snart strømperne til min nevø også er færdige, skal de sendes afsted.

The pattern is "Marilinda" by Cookie A. Really nice pattern, that is very interesting, but not so complicated that you have to sit with the pattern all the time. I did a few changes, one was a line of the chart, the other was were to begin in the pattern after the heel. I have a hard time thinking that Cookie A. would be capable of making a mistake, but it looked like it..... I'm glad we are allowed to improvise!
The weigh a total of 75 grams, and as soon as the socks for my nephew are done as well, they will be posted.

Flat Rat Pack

Det er forår! HURRA! Det betyder, at du skal lægge et mærke i din bog, lukke den og gå ud i den friske luft......
Dagens opskrift er det sjoveste bogmærke, jeg nogensinde har set! Flade rotter i bunker, så du endda kan have flere bogmærker i samme bog og se forskel, fordi de har forskellige farver ører og hale.
Genialt, ikke? Opskriften er denne her.

Spring has come! HOORAY! It means it is time for you to put a mark in your boom, close it and go outside into the fresh air......
Today's pattern is the funniest bookmark I ever saw! Flat rats in piles, so you can have more than one bookmark in your book and still tell them apart, since the ears and tails have different colors.
Pure genius! The pattern is this one.

Senere / Later

Appelsintræerne duftede..... Og mærkelig mandag indlægget kommer senere.

The orange trees had the most wonderful scent........ And the wird Monday post will be up later today.

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Niece visit

Lige nu bor min ældste niece i Barcelona for at få lektioner hos en særlig fløjtelærer. Så det har været for ca 7-8 måneder, hvor hun ind imellem har været alle mulige andre steder. Hun kommer snart hjem igen.
I denne weekend besøger jeg hende.
Det er meget hyggeligt og fantastisk afslappende!
I går gik vi mirakuløst forbi en garnbutik (der godt nok var lukket), hvor de havde denne fine pude i vinduet. Man får næsten lyst til at brodere, ikke?

Right now, my oldest niece is living in Barcelona in order to have lessons by a certain flute trancher. It is for 7-8 months, and while here, she has also been travelling all over Europe. She will be coming home soon.
This weekend I'm visiting her.
It is so nice and very relaxing!
Yesterday, we happened to pass a yarn store! It was closed, but look at the nice pillow in the window! Almost makes me want to embroider.......


I aftes skulle vi ud at spise tapas, og på vejen mødte vi nogle grupper, der optrådte overfor hinanden med at slå på pinde på forskellige måder til musik. Lyder fjollet, men det var meget flot. De slog hårdt! Der holdt en ambulance klar og ventede i tilfælde af buler eller klemte fingre.....

Last night we went for Tapas, and on the way we met some groups performing by hitting each others sticks in different ways to music. Sounds silly, but it was amazing how they danced around doing it!
They were hitting the sticks very hard, and an ambulance was waiting on the side, in case of bumped heads or hurt fingers.


Maden var rigtig lækker, og de små fisk smagte også godt, til min overraskelse! Vejret er sommer-agtigt og det eneste dårlige er at jeg skal hjem i aften.....

The food was delicious and even the tiny fish tasted great, much to my surprise! The weather is summer-like, and the only bad thing is that I will be going back home tonight.....

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Weekend

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Præmie / Prize

Der er kommet en præmie fra webstrikkernes strømpe-blog, hvor jeg var heldig at vinde i marts.
Det er en fed præmie! Ikke bare strømpegarn, men også en opskrift-bog OG kulfiber-strikkepinde!
Alt sammen sponsoreret af Rasmilla.
Hvis du ikke har været der endnu, så tag og kig forbi hendes butik - både på nettet og i den virkelige verden! Der er lækkert garn til gode prise og hendes egne, helt originale og meget klædelige opskrifter. Du bliver ikke snydt!

I received a prize from the webknitter's sock-blog, where I was lucky enough to win a prize in March.
It's a great gift! Not just sock yarn, but even a pattern-book AND carbon-needles!
Everything sponsored by Rasmilla.
If you don't know her yet, then do yourself the favor of visiting her shop - on the internet or in the real world! You will find really nice yarn with some great prices and her own, original, very beautiful patterns. You won't be disappointed!

Torsdag / Thursday

I går var ikke helt almindelig, så I får lige et par snapshots. Først fra formiddagens arbejde. Fordi jeg skulle til et møde omkring frokost og resten af dagen, var listen kun på 2 patienter. Da jeg startede. Indenfor 1 time stod der 6 patienter på listen. Til gengæld var der de vildeste lagkager, fordi bioanalytikerne fyldte 30!

Yesterday was a day out of the ordinary, so I'll give you a few snapshots. First from the morning's work. Since I was supposed to leave for a meeting around lunch-time, lasting the rest of the day, my list of patients only held 2 names. When I started. After 1 hour it had grown to 6 patients. But then we had the most awesome cakes because the lab technician turned 30!

Mødet var på et hotel inde i byen. Meeeeeeeget kedeligt (sorry, men det var det). Jeg klamrede mig til strikketøjet og det lykkedes mig nogenlunde at følge med. Strømpen blev ikke færdig, men jeg vil forsøge med det sidste af den (første i et par!) i dag.
Hotellet var til gengæld flot, med "træer" i receptionen!

The meeting was at a hotel in the middle of town. Veeeerrrrrryyyyy boring (sorry, it was). I clang to my knitting and succeeded in paying attention most of the time. The sock wasn't finished, but I'll try knitting the rest of the sock (first of a pair) today.
The hotel, on the other hand, was nice, with "trees" in the reception.

Eftersom jeg ikke har nogen cykel, gik jeg hjem, og kom forbi disse flotte vinduer i Sct. Thomas Kirke på Frederiksberg.

Jeg har en plan for cykel - er nødt til at få en ny i løbet af næste uge (inden jeg skal have vagt), og i cykelhandlerens vindue hænger den flotteste, pink cykel. Den flotteste! EVER! 

Jeg spurgte godt nok vores vært fra et medicinal-firma, om ikke de ville sponsorere en cykel? Jeg ville da gladeligt cykle rundt på en reklame for Creon - endda med en cykelhjelm der ligner kapsler, om det skulle være! - hvis den blev sponsoreret. Den ville nok heller ikke være så nem at stjæle.....

Hun ville vist også gerne have sådan en cykel (og bruge den!), men det går nok ikke! 

I stedet satser jeg på den pink.

Since I don't have a bike right now, I walked home, and passed these pretty windows in Sct. Thomas Church on Frederiksberg.

I do have a bike-plan, though. I will have to get a new one within the next week (before my next on-call duty), and in the bike-store they have the prettiest, pink bike hanging in the window display. The prettiest! EVER!

I did ask our host from the medical company, though, if they would sponsor a bike? I would be more than happy to pedal around on an commercial Creon-bike - I would even be willing to wear a helmet looking like capsules, if necessary! - if they would sponsor it. Probably it would prevent it from being stolen as well.......

She looked like she would love to have a bike like that too (and use it!), but I guess it will never happen.

I'll just go with the pink.