Bigger on the inside

I ved det godt, ikke? Jeg er tosset med dr. Who.....
Hans Tardis, som er rumfærgen han rejser i tid med, er større indeni end udenpå. Fantastisk!
Den er også levende og sårbar og bliver ind imellem ret fornærmet.
Vinteren nærmer sig jo, og et par vanter kan de fleste bruge. Dagens vanter er med Tardis-mønster. Næh.......

You know already, don't you? I'm crazy about dr. Who......
His Tardis, which is his spaceship taking him through time, is bigger on the inside compared to the outside. Amazing!
It's also very much alive and can be hurt and sometimes very unhappy about specific persons.
Winter is drawing near, and a pair of mittens are a necessity for most people. Today's mittens are with Tardis-pattern. Ooooooohhhhhhhh..........

Riga i sol / Sunny Riga

I går skinnede solen. Hele dagen! Det var en dejlig forandring efter regnen, og vi fik set en del i byen. Først lidt strikkegrafitti, der sådan umotiveret var ved en restaurant.
Yesterday, the sun was shining. All day! It was a nice chance after the rain, and we went to see most of the old town. First we met some yarn bombing, in a restaurant.




I de store markedshaller var der nok at se på. Slagtere, bagere, fiskehandler med videre. Bod efter bod efter bod efter bod.
Faktisk kunne vi have brugt resten af weekenden på at lave sylte!
I the great market halls there was plenty to see. Butchers, bakers, fish sellers and so on. Shop after shop after shop after shop.
We could have spent the rest of the weekend cooking!




Der var også frugt.
There was fruit as well.




Og marked. Med mange, mange boder. Bl.a. med garn!
There was a market on a town square. With many little shops. Some selling yarn!




Vi har fået købt nogle lækre ting (og ned - det er ikke kun mit!)
Husk forresten min give-away i posten under denne.
We bought some good stuff (and no - this is not all mine!)
Remember my give-away in the post below this.
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Riga give-away

I dag var vi i Hobbywool igen. De sælger fine sæt med garn og mønster til et par lettiske vanter, og da det er ved at være meget længe siden jeg sidst har lavet give-away, tænkte jeg, at jeg måtte dele lidt af Rigas glæder med jer.
Derfor har I chancen for at vinde vante-kit og en bonus-peberkage direkte fra Letland!
Læg en kommentar herunder senest d 14. oktober, så trækker jeg lod d. 15.

Today we went to visit Hobbywool again. They sell some very pretty kits with yarn and pattern for a pair of Latvian mittens, and since it's been a long time since I held a give-away last time, I though it would be nice to share some of the joys of Riga with you.
So now you have the chance of winning a mitten-kit and a bonus peppercake directly from Latvia!
Leave a comment for this post by October 14th, and I will find a winner on October 15.

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Regn i Riga / Raining Riga

Vi kom til Riga. Og landede i en kæmpestor, lækker lejlighed lige i centrum. Med stuk overalt og dette gipshovede på endevæggen.
Det regner. Nogle gange mere end andre, kan jeg så fortælle, men hele tiden.

We arrived in Riga. And landed in a giant, wonderful apartment in the center of the old town. With plaster decorations in all rooms, and this head on the end wall.
It's raining. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But constantly.


Ikke, at det skulle stoppe os! Vi var skam i garnbutikker! Først i Hobbywool. Min veninde, der var her sidste år, kan snildt finde rundt og kender butikkerne.

Not that a little rain would stop us! We went to the yarn shops! First Hobbywool. My friend, who was here last year, knows her way around the old town and knows where the shops are located.


Ved indgangen stod denne strikkede hest. Ret kendetegnende for resten af butikken, der er fyldt med lettiske vanter i flotte mønstre og farver, både som kits og færdigstrik, flotte, strikkede trøjer, tasker, dimser og smykker.
Men også med finurlige strikkede ting som hesten.

At the entrance, this knitted horse greeted us. Very typical for the rest of the shop, which was filled with Latvian gloves in amazing colors and designs, both knitted and as kits, beautiful, knitted sweaters, nice bags, jewelery and funny small things.


I det bagerste rum var garnet så. Spoler med alpaka, merino, lidt yak og en en masse Noro på spole! Meeeeeget lækkert. Vi nåede garanteret ikke at se det hele, og er desværre nok nødt til at tage tilbage i dag.....

The back room is were the yarn is. Cones filled with alpaca, merino, a bit of yak and lots of Noro on cones! Soooooo fantastic! Unfortunately, we didn't see everything, and so we are forced to come back today....../


Aftenen gik med strik, snak, rødvin, hygge og beundring af garn. Perfekt aften!
Jeg prøvede at starte kattevanter i tykkere garn på pind 3,5, men de blev enorme! Derfor måtte de pænt vente, til min strømpe var færdig, så de kunne komme på pind 2,5. Det ser bedre ud, men det føles jo sært kun at have to projekter med der endda skal deles om samme sæt pinde! De andre undrede sig også højlydt.

The evening was spent with knitting, chatting, redwine, hygge and admiration of our yarn. Perfect evening!
I tried starting cat mittens on 3.5 mm needles, but they turned out enormous! So they had to wait for the 2.5 mm needles to be empty of socks in order to start again, and this time they look better. It feels very weird only bringing 2 projects that need to share the same needles, and my friends expressed how puzzled they were.

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På vej / On the way

Søde Rita i lufthavnen fixede alting, så om lidt er sykredsen (med blødt D) i luften. Vi bliver kun en time forsinket i den anden ende. Hurra!
Blogindlæg i weekenden afhænger af mulighed for internet. Men I skal nok høre mere!

Sweet Rita fixed everything for us at the airport. So in a little while we'll be airborne! Only an hour later in Riga. Hooray!
Blog posts during the weekend will depend on whether there is wifi. But you'll hear about it. Promise!


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Udflugt? / Field trip?

Sykredsen (med blødt D) skal til Riga i weekenden på udflugt. Satser vi på. I aftes blev jeg nemlig ringet op om 'et godt tilbud' fra Baltic Air, fordi vores fly var aflyst. Sagde de.
Men det var det! Så nu går turen til lufthavnen for at høre, hvad SAS SÅ kan finde på, siden det er dem, jeg har købt billetten igennem.....

The sewing circle (although we knit) is going to Riga for the weekend on a Field Trip. Or so we hope! Last night I received a phone call with 'a great offer' from Air Baltic, due to the cancellation of our flight. Or so they said.
But it WAS cancelled! And now we're in our way to the airport to see, what SAS can offer, since they sold our tickets......


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Min chili / My chili

Til min fødselsdag fik jeg en chili-plante. Med spiselige chilier! På et tidspunkt skulle jeg jo begynde at spise af dem, og i går gik starten så.....

For my birthday I had a chili-plant. With eatable chilies! At some point I had to start eating them, and yesterday I started harvesting......

Der var købt ind til suppe med butternutsquash, søde kartofler, diverse samt kokosmælk og chili. Ingredienserne var meget dekorative!

The ingredients were ready for soup made on butternut-squash, sweet potatoes, different vegetables/spices with coconut milk and chili. The ingredients looked very pretty!

Det gjorde det sådan set også i gryden. Men ikke, da jeg kom til at stikke min chili-saft-indsmurte finger i øjet. Fy da føj, hvor var det ubehageligt! Endda selv om den var vasket et par gange.

It looked the same way in the pot. But it wasn't very pretty when I put my chili-juice-filled finger in my eye. Yikes! It was really unpleasant! Even though the finger had been washed a few times.

Den færdige suppe var både meget flot i farven og smagte tæske-godt. Og ved I, hvad det bedste er? Der er rester til i aften!

The finished soup had a very nice color and tasted incredibly good. And do you know the best? I have enough for tonight as well!

Opskriften var herfra. Købt i Føtex engang i foråret. Nu har jeg prøvet 2 opskrifter, der begge var en succes, og jeg tror nok lige, jeg skal have bladret i den igen, for den chili har mange frugter! (Og selv om der kun kom 2 bette chilier i suppen smagte den skam som den skulle....)

The recipe was from this book. Bought in a supermarket this spring. I've tried 2 different recipes, and both were very nice, so I guess I need to look through it again. That chili thing sure has a lot of fruits! (And even though I only used 2 tiny chilies for the soup, it did taste very authentic.....)

Fanø

Bulede strømper / Bumpy socks

I går var min ældste nieces fødselsdag, og selvfølgelig skulle hun da have et par strømper med sin gave...... Altså.
På et eller andet tidspunkt skulle jeg skynde mig til noget og greb et nøgle krydsnøglet Wollmeise. Tror nok, det skulle have heddet Pfauenage. Mønsteret skulle have været Mojo, men jeg må jo indrømme at jeg alligevel er ret doven. Gider ikke skulle lære at strikke strømper fra tåen og op, når nu det andet fungerer så godt. Derfor kopierede jeg og strikkede oppefra.
Mønsteret sidder forskelligt på de to strømper, og de ser dejligt forkrøblede ud! Under foden blev der ikke kopieret rigtigt, men i stedet strikkede jeg glat. Det er nok også rarere at gå på, tænker jeg.
Ialt brugte jeg 120 gram dejligt garn, der blev sendt af sted med gaven i går, så det kan ankomme bare en dag for sent....
Hvilke strømper skal jeg dog så i gang med?

Yesterday was my oldest niece's birthday, and of course she was having a pair of socks with her gift...... What else?
One day I had to hurry up going somewhere and just caught a caked skein of Wollmeise. I think it should have become Pfauenauge. The pattern should have been Mojo, but I have to admit I'm kind of lazy. Really don't want to trouble myself knitting socks from the toe up, when the other way around is working so well. So I copied the idea and started from the top.
The pattern is placed differently on the two socks, and they really look nicely crippled! Under the foot I didn't copy the pattern completely, but used stockinette instead. I guess it's nicer to walk on.
In total, I used 120 grams of lovely yarn that was mailed with the present yesterday. Then it can arrive just a day late....
So - what socks should I start now?

EXTERMINATE LACE!!!!!!

I ny og næ ævler jeg om Daleks. De der robotter fra dr. Who, der vil udrydde alt og alle.
På en måde er de søde på en meget arrig måde. De er utroligt forudsigelige men alligevel skræmmende.
At de så også nu kan pynte på et sjal havde jeg ikke sådan tænkt, men det er da fint!
Strik det, hvis du kender en dr. Who fan. Hun vil være dig dybt taknemmelig!

Every now and then I'm talking about Daleks. Those robots from dr. Who, wanting to exterminate everything and everyone.
In a way they are cute but in a very aggressive way. They are highly predictable, but still scary.
That these guys can look pretty on a lace shawl what not something I saw coming, but it sure is pretty!
Knit if you know a fan of dr. Who. She will be so very grateful to you forever!

De sidste gaver / The last presents

De allersidste fødselsdagsgaver er i hus. Først skal I lige se, hvad jeg fik for gavekortet, der har brændt i tasken i nogle dage, inden det endelig blev indløst i morges. Dermed slap mine veninder så for at høre mere om gavekortet....
Vi var hos uldsnedkeren lige så snart de åbnede, og via en lille omvej i form af en anden kjole, var det faktisk ikke svært at vælge det her mønster og "min" farve garn.
Jeg har lovet min søster, at den er færdig til jul, så jeg kan have den på, og dermed er der lige sat lidt skub i at få alle de andre ting færdige.... Det er vist godt nok!

The very last birthday presents have been given to me. First you need to see what I got from the gift card, that really burned inside my bag until I used it this morning. After that my friends were happy not to hear me babbling about the gift card any more.....
We were at the yarn shop as soon as it opened, and although I had to take a turn around another dress, I went straight to this pattern and "my" color of yarn.
I have promised my sister that it will be done by Christmas so I can wear it, and so I do need to hurry up finishing all the other things..... I think that is a good decision!

Af Johanne fik jeg denne fantastiske vase, der ligner en kegle med garn. Ih men altså - den er sej, ikke? Jeg glæder mig til at bruge den!

From Johanne I got this amazing vase looking like a cone of yarn. It is so cool! I can´t wait to use it!

Af Anette fik jeg lækkert, økologisk garn og nogle klude med strikkemønstre. Meget nørdet og lækkert og brugbart!

From Anette I got delicious, organic yarn and some cloths with knitting patters. Very nerdy and nice and useful!

Af Johanne fik jeg også nye flag-øreringe, som hun havde hæklet selv. Jeg glæder mig til at have dem på i morgen, hvor min ældste niece har fødselsdag!

From Johanne I also got new flag-earrings that she crocheted herself. I can´t wait until tomorrow when it´s my oldest niece´s birthday!

Workshops og nye bøger / and new books

I går var der workshops. Først med Annette Danielsen om hendes nye bog, strik inspireret af Asien. Selvfølgelig var der også noget strikketeknik med, og jeg lærte både at strikkehæfte og at strikke biser.
Om eftermiddagen lærte jeg at designe min egen sweater, og fik taget et billede af ovenviste sweater fra et 25 år gammelt, hollandsk strikkeblad. Den er da fin, ikke?

Yesterday was workshop-day. First with Annette Danielsen talking of her new pattern-book inspired by the far East. Of course there were some technical stuff as well, and I tried 2 new techniques.
In the afternoon I learned how to design my own sweater from a designer/technical writer working at Rowan, and I took a photo of the sweater above that was found in a 25 year old, Dutch knitting magazine. Doesn't it look nice?


Der er kommet mange nye strikkebøger på det sidste, og jeg har ventet til Fanø med at købe. NU er de så i hus! Med autografer fra både Annette Danielsen og Christel Seyfarth. De vejer godt til, men var da nødt til at komme med hjem!
I dag venter alle Sønderho's herligheder mens alle andre er til workshops. Forhåbentlig kan vi så rent faktisk komme ind i forsamlingshuset og se boder! For her er GODT nok mange mennesker..... 10.000, har jeg hørt.
Gavekortet skal også bruges. Uuuh, jeg glæder mig!

In the last weeks, a lot of new pattern books came out. I have been waiting for Fanø before buying any, but now they are MINE! Two of them even signed by Annette Danielsen and Christel Seyfarth. They are quite heavy, but I had to bring them home, you know!
Today awaits the glories of Sønderho, while everyone else are at their workshops. Hopefully that will give us the possibility of actually entering the market Hall. This island is so stuffed with people! I heard it's 10,000 participants or visitors......
I'm also going to use my gift card for the yarn shop.
Uuuuuuu - I can't wait!

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Fanø!

Efter arbejde, efter en dejlig togtur med strik og snak (i år var det Johannes og min tur til at være 'de pinlige strikkedamer'. Fnis.) kom vi med færgen til dette skilt. Mon ikke vi havde taget den rigtige færge?

After work, and after a nice train ride with knitting and talking (this year, Johanne and I were 'the embarassing knitting Ladies'. Very funny.), the boat took us to this sign (saying 'Fanø knitting festival'). Did we take the right ferry?


På havnen så huset nu sådan ud - det fineste strikke-graffiti!

On the harbor, this house suddenly looked like this. Yarn-bombed in the prettiest way!


Sommerhuset ligger så fint, lige ved stranden.

The summer house is located right next to the beach and is very pretty.


Og vi havde pakkeleg. Den BEDSTE pakkeleg. Med irish coffee. Mums!
Om halvanden time starter workshops. Jeg er så klar!

And we held the gift game. The BEST ever. With Irish coffee. Yum!
In 90 minutes, the workshops starts. I'm so ready for this!

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En lille smule panik / A touch of panic

I aftes var der lige lidt panik til pakketid. Mine workshop-tilmeldinger var printet ud (men den ene var ikke om at designe lace-mønstre, men bare designe mønstre. Øv.), papirerne med de praktiske ting var fundet, tasken pakket, men HVOR VAR MIT BADGE, SOM MAN HELE TIDEN SKAL HAVE PÅ??????

Jeg ledte og ledte, inden jeg endelig fandt det på den (selvfølgelig meget logiske) plads hvor det var sikret mod at blive væk.

Pyha!

Nu skal arbejdet bare gennemføres i dag, og så venter FANØ! Jubii!

Last night there was a bit of panic as I was packing. My workshop-confirmations were printed (but one of them happened not to be about designing lace-patterns, but just designing patterns. Too bad.), the papers with all the practical stuff were found and the bag packed. But WHERE WAS MY BADGE THAT NEEDS TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES?????

I looked and looked, until I finally found it in the (obviously very logical) place where it was safe from disappearing. 

Whew!

Now I just need to finish work today, and then FANØ awaits. Yahoo!

Ret kedeligt / Pretty boring

Mit strikketøj lige nu er langt fra særlig kompliceret eller super spændende. Blusen til min niece i glat (der lige nu er læse-artikler-strikketøj) og et par strømper til den samme niece, som er tag-med-strikketøj.
Især blusen er ventet med længsel, mens strømperne gerne skulle være klar til hendes fødselsdag mandag, så der er ikke meget andet at gøre end at få læst noget mere.....

My knitting projects right now are far from being very complicated or extremely exciting. The sweater for my niece in stocking stitch (right now my reading-articles-project) and a pair of socks for the very same niece, right now my bring-along-project.
Especially the sweater is eagerly awaited, and the socks should be finished by Monday, since that is her birthday. I guess the only thing to do is reading more articles.....

Retro frokost / Retro lunch

Arbejde på en mandag / Work on a Monday

I går var en meget underholdende dag på arbejde. Mine venner på facebook har allerede fået fornøjelsen af disse billeder, og nu er I så også tvangsindlagt til at høre om min dag......
Det startede sådan set, så snart jeg mødte på arbejde. Hvem sagde, at børnearbejde var forbudt i Danmark? Det ser ud til, at man starter tidligt, hvis man skal have en god karriere på Rigshospitalet!

Yesterday was a very entertaining day at work. My facebook-friends already had the pleasure of seeing these pictures, and now you are forced to hearing about my day too.......
It kind of started as soon as I arrived at work. Who said child labor is forbidden in Denmark? It looks like you have to start at a very young age in order to get a great career at Rigshospitalet!

Dagen gik (som sædvanligt) med ambulatoriet. Denne gang med besøg af en meget, meget sur 6-årig, der IHVERTFALD ikke gad noget som helst og kunne komme med sure nej-lyde.
Vores ide om en priktest for allergi blev også straks skudt ned, selv om jeg ikke gav op. Forsøgte på bedste vis at vise barnet hvad en priktest er ved at lave en på mig selv. For kat, som jeg vidste, jeg reagerer på.
Hvad der kom ud af det? Min arm kløede helt sindssygt og barnet gad STADIG ikke have lavet priktest. Totalt loose-loose situation.......
Senere på dagen ville jeg alligevel lave en rigtig priktest. På mig selv. Fik bekræftet alle mine allergier og tilføjet en ny (hund), og fik alle sygeplejerskerne til at snakke om mit garn og dets indvirkning på støvmideallergi. Ha! "Heldigvis" er alt garnet i poser og kasser af frygt for møl!

The day was spent in the outpatient clinic (as usual). This special day had a very, very angry 6 year old visiting me, who DEFINITELY didn't want to do anything and only uttered angry "no"-sounds.
Our idea of making a skin prick test for allergies was shot down immediately, but I didn't give in so easily. I tried my best to show the child what a skin prick test is by making one on my own arm. I tested cat, that I know I have a reaction to.
So what came out of this? My arm was itchy like crazy, and the child STILL didn't want a prick test done. Total loose-loose situation......
Later that day I wanted to make a full skin prick test. On me. All my known allergies were confirmed, and I had a new one (dog)! All the nurses started talking of my yarn stash and what it would do to my dust mite allergy. Ha! "Fortunately" my entire stash is in plastic bags and boxes out of fear for moths!

Elsker æbler / Loves apples

Det er tid til æbler. Store æbler, små æbler, grønne, røde og gule æbler. Saftige æbler. Søde æbler og æbler med mere smag end sødme.
Måske finder du ham her i et æble?
(Det værste er at finde en halv.....)
Han er klart sødere i den strikkede udgave, synes jeg! Mønsteret er dette.

It is time for apples. Large apples, small apples, green, red and yellow apples. Juicy apples. Sweet apples and apples with more taste than sweetness.
Maybe you will find this guy in an apple?
(It's worse finding half a worm.....)
He is definitely much cuter in the knitted version, if you ask me! The pattern is this one.

Delte gener / Shared genes

For et par uger siden havde jeg fornøjelsen af at hjælpe min mindste nevø med matematik-lektier. Han var ved at drive mig til vanvid! Det var utroligt, så mange ting han liiiiige skulle lave inden han lavede den næste opgave. Eller bare skrev resultatet ned som han faktisk havde fundet ud af. Det tog en krig og et par voksne (vi var nødt til at skiftes!) inden han blev færdig.
Kan I gætte, hvor det fører hen? Jeg skal skrive en oversigtsartikel. Skal lige læse nogle artikler om emnet først. Det er utroligt, så mange ting jeg liiiiige skal lave inden jeg læser den næste. Eller bare finder strikketøjet frem, så jeg kan sidde og hygge imens jeg læser!
Nu har jeg købt sådan et stativ her i Netto så det faktisk burde blive endnu nemmere. Især det med at strikke til. Efterhånden er der 3,5 uger til jeg skal aflevere, så det begynder at stramme til. Mon ikke jeg så kan tage mig sammen?

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of helping my youngest nephew with his math homework. He was driving me crazy! It was amazing how many things he just needed to do before calculating the next equation. Or just writing down the result of the previous one he calculated. It took like forever and a few adults (we had to take turns!) before he was done.
Can you guess were this post is going? I'm writing a review article. Have to read some articles on the subject first. It's amazing how many things I just need to do before reading the next one. Or just before finding my knitting project so that I can have a nice time while reading!
Now I bought this. A book-stand to make things even simpler. Especially the knitting-while-reading part. By now I just have 3.5 weeks to deadline, so things are tightening up. Hopefully I can get started soon, then!

Glemte de her / Forgot these

Også fra nevø og niece - dem med teen.....

Also from nephew and niece - the tea guys.

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Flere gaver / More gifts

Det gode ved fødselsdage er, at de nogle gange varer længe. (Så tager det også længere tid at blive et år ældre, ikke?)
Derfor har jeg fået lidt flere gaver (og jeg ved, at der også er et par stykker næste weekend!). Den første er fra min kollega, der var på kongres i Barcelona og købte en gave med hjem til mig. En lille tallerken, der er til at rive hvidløg på. Ret smart, synes jeg, og mægtig fin.

The good thing about birthdays is that they sometime last for days. (That means that you will spread out the getting a year older, right?)
So I've received a few more gifts (and I even know that there will be more next weekend!) The first one is from my colleague, who went to Barcelona for a congress and brought home a gift for me. A tiny plate, made for crushing garlic by sliding them on the plate. Very pretty and handy.

Min ældste niece gav mig mere end sjalet, for jeg fik også 4 nøgler viscose/hør. Ville sikkert være flot til f.eks. et hæklet tørklæde eller halvhandsker.

My oldest niece gave me more than the scarf. I got 4 skeins of rayon/linen too. Would look nice for a crocheted scarf or wristwarmers, I think.

Hendes bror og søster havde også købt gave til mig, som jeg hentede i går. Te, te-æg, caramel-sirup og 2 slags lakrids. Lækkert!
I dag nyder jeg bare min langsomme lørdag. Så dejlig og afslappende...... Om 10 minutter tager jeg afsted til strikkecafé. Også dejligt!

Her brother and sister also bought me a gift that I picked up at the post office yesterday. Tea, a tea-egg, caramel-syrup and 2 kinds of licorice. Yummy!
Today I just enjoy my very slow Saturday. It is so nice and relaxing..... In 10 minutes I'll be leaving for knitting-cafe. Also very nice!

I dag har jeg lært.... / Today I learned........

 

Det er stort set umuligt at tale alvorligt med en far, hvis hans datter med astma sidder ved siden af og ser sådan her ud.....

It is practically impossible to have a serious talk with a dad, if his daughter with asthma is sitting next to him, looking like this......

Min ældste niece er rigtig god til at strikke! Dette sjal/tørklæde fik jeg i fødselsdagsgave af hende. Det er vildt flot! Hun har selv fundet på det.

My oldest niece has gotten really good at knitting! This scarf was my birthday gift from her. It's amazing! She designed it herself.