Fuglebluse / Bird top

Jeg ville sy i weekenden. Og det gjorde jeg! Første, store skridt var at få klippet af det fine stof. Jeg havde købt det stof de havde i butikken, sådan knap 3 meter, og faktisk vidste jeg ikke, om der var nok. Mønsteret er det her. Jeg har syet det før, og jeg synes det er så pænt. 
Men der var ikke sådan enorme mængder stof, så jeg måtte folde og flytte og klippe en del ad gangen. Da jeg var færdig, så resterne sådan her ud. Der var ikke meget tilbage!

I wanted to sew during the weekend. And I did! The first big step was to cut up the pretty fabric. I bought everything they had in the store, about 3 yards, and I wasn't sure if I had enough. The pattern is this one. I made it before, and I really do love it.
There wasn't an ocean of fabric, so I had to fold and move and cut one bit at a time. Once I was done, the leftovers looked like this. Not much left!

Da jeg sad og syede lørdag, ville jeg høre musik. Endte med "Tryllefløjten", og først temmelig langt inde i musikken gik det op for mig, at Papageno som fuglefænger jo faktisk var utroligt passende.....

As I was sitting there, sewing on Saturday, I put on some music. Ended out with "Magic Flute", and only far into the music I realized, that the bird catcher Papageno was perfect in every way.....

Den endte sådan her. Undulater OVERALT! Jeg glæder mig til at have den på, selv om det er lidt varmt til det lige nu.
Jeg snød med knapperne - det er tredje top jeg laver i det mønster, og de to andre gange har jeg omhyggeligt siddet og syet for små knaphuller som knapperne blev syet fast igennem. Denne gang kom der knapper på uden knaphuller. Jeg tror ikke, nogen lægger mærke til det.
Nå. Det var SJOVT at sy! Har masser af stof, så jeg må lige holde gejsten oppe.

It ended out like this. Budgerigars EVERYWHERE! I am looking forward to wearing it, although it is a bit hot for it right now.
I cheated with the buttons - it is my third Esme top, and with the first 2, I was very well-behaved, sitting there, sewing buttonholes that were too small, and sewing the buttons on through the buttonholes. This time? I just sewed on the buttons without the buttonholes. I don't think anyone will notice.
Well. It was FUN to sew! I have so much fabric, so I just need to keep the spirit up!

En bi mere / Another bee

Der bliver færre bier, som I jo nok ved.
Dagens opskrift er på en bi, der ikke lige sådan forsvinder.
Hækl en fin, gul rygsæk!
Opskriften finder du her.

The bees are disappearing, as you know.
Today's pattern is for a bee, which will not go away easily.
Make a pretty, yellow crochet backpack!
The pattern is found here.

Tante Grøn Cph

I går gik jeg en tur. Altså - jeg skulle over og aflevere flasker og gik en omvej. De der 10.000 skridt går ikke sig selv!
Ihvertfald - jeg gik over for at se Tante Grøns butik, efter den var flyttet. Der er fint!
Hun havde lige været i Portugal og fået noget meget, meget lækkert og spændende garn med hjem til butikken, Mondim. Lavet af uld fra portugisiske fåreracer og indfarvet i små partier. I strømpegarnstykkelse, men uden superwash og uden nylon. Jeg kan SLET ikke stå for sådan noget! Farverne er også rigtig fine og lidt melerede.

Yesterday, I went for a walk. Well - I was going with my bottles to the shop, and went for detour. Those 10,000 steps don't come by themselves!
Anyway - I went to see the new shop of Tante Grøn Cph, after she moved. It is pretty!
She just got back from Portugal and brought some really, really nice and interesting yarn back to her shop, Mondim. Made with wool from Portuguese sheep breeds and dyed in small lots. It is like sock yarn, but without the superwash and without nylon. I just LOVE stuff like that! The colors are also really pretty and a bit mottled.

Jeg fik ret hurtigt en ide - nemlig sømandsbobler i to farver, med det stribede som bobler. Jeg er såmænd allerede gået i gang, selv om jeg skulle strikke på alt muligt andet. Er virkelig spændt på hvordan det bliver!

Very quickly, I got an idea - bubbles in 2 colors, using the striped as bubbles. Actually, I started already, although I have other stuff I should knit. I'm really excited about how this will turn out!

Og så kom jeg til at tænke på alt mit fine "crazy" garn fra Michigan. Hvis det bliver pænt i den lille trøje, så kunne man måske forestille sig at det kunne bliver bobler til mig? Engang......
Det er farligt at gå tur....
Men hvis du kommer forbi Frederiksberg, så kig ned til Tante Grøn og mærk på garnet selv!

And then I got to think of all my "crazy" yarn from Michigan. If the little cardigan turns out nice, one might imagine all this becoming bubbles for me? Sometime.......
Going for walks can be dangerous.....
But if you pass Frederiksberg, then pop by Tante Grøn and feel the yarn for yourself!

Weekend

Det er lørdag, og jeg har ikke alt for mange planer. Det er dejligt at være hjemme! Det skal bare nydes, og forhåbentlig får jeg syet af mit undulatstof. Glæder mig meget til at få den på.
Lille I fik jeg billede af i morges. I sin nye kjole fra USA. Jeg plejer at købe tøj med hjem til de små. Det er så hyggeligt! Jeg ELSKER at kigge på børnetøj, og jeg har jo ligesom aldrig haft nogen at købe til selv. Forældrene er glade for det, så jeg fortsætter! (Selv om jeg fik en lille smule angst første gang jeg lige skulle købe 5 sæt.)
Når der på et tidspunkt er endnu flere børn, må jeg vel bare dele det op, så ikke alle får på alle rejser. (Og hvis de bliver trætte af det, stopper jeg)

It is Saturday, and I don't have too many plans. I love being at home! I plan to enjoy it and hopefully, I get to sew from my parakeet fabric. I can't wait to wear that top!
I had the photo of little I this morning. Wearing her new dress from the US. Usually, I buy clothes back home for the little ones. It is so nice! I LOVE looking at all the kids clothes, and I never had anyone myself to buy for. The parents look happy, so I'll continue! (Although I was kind of anxious, the first time I needed to buy 5 sets of clothes.)
When at some point there are even more kids, I guess I just have to split it, so that not all kids will have something from every travel. (And if they are not happy with it, I'll stop)

Sommer / Summer

Sommer i Danmark er jo lidt som at spille i lotteriet. Det år jeg malede lejlighed, var det smeltende varmt, mens de sidste 2-3 år virkelig ikke har været noget at råbe hurra for.
Sidste år kan jeg egentlig kun huske at det regnede og var koldt. Det er sikkert derfor alle mine frys-selv is er sådan lidt til den gamle side, for hvem gider spise is når vejret er sådan?
Men i år! Ih, du godeste. Fordi jeg kan huske regn og kulde, har jeg virkelig nydt solen og varmen i år. Lige indtil onsdag aften, ihvertfald, hvor mit soveværelse var så ulideligt varmt!
Trods alt nyder jeg det. Mens jeg spiser halvgamle Sun Lolly is. For mon ikke næste sommer bliver anderledes?

Summer in Denmark is a bit like playing the lottery. The year I painted my apartment, it was melting hot, but during the last 2-3 years, it hasn't really been extraordinary.
All I remember from last summer is rain and cold. Which probably explains why all my ice pops are kind of a bit old, since I clearly didn't want to eat them in cold weather.
But this year! Oh my. Since I remember the rain and cold, I have just enjoyed the sun and heat this year. That is - until Wednesday evening, when my bedroom turned into a sauna!
In spite of this, I enjoy it. While eating my slightly old Sun Lolly Pops. Because there is every possibility that next summer will be very different from this.

Greenfield village

Mens jeg var i Michigan, var vi en dag i "Greenfield Village", som er en del af Ford Museum og er sådan en slags frilandsmuseum. Der var mange interessante huse hvor historiske personer havde boet, med ret meget fokus på del teknik, dels Henry Fords eget liv.
Man kunne komme ud og køre Ford T. Det var hyggeligt! Biler lavet efter de originale tegninger. Lidt som at komme i veteranbilerne i Tivoli, bare med rigtige biler og chauffør på!

While I was in Michigan, we spent a day in "Greenfield Village", which is part of the Ford Museum and is a very nice outdoor museum with interesting houses where historical people livet, but with a lot of focus on technique and on Henry Ford's own life.
You could try riding a Ford T. It was so much fun! The cars were made from the original plans. A bit like the Tivoli veteran cars, only with real cars and a driver!

Der var også slavehytter. Det har jeg aldrig set før, og det var virkelig interessant at få lidt indblik i det triste kapitel af historien. Jeg ville gerne sige USA's historie, men Danmark var store slavehandlere, så det er vist ikke lige stedet at vaske hænder.
Tanken om at være ejet af et andet menneske kan jeg næsten ikke forholde mig til. Men jeg sætter jo også min frihed højt!

There were also slave huts. I never saw any of those before, and it was really interesting learning a bit about this sad chapter of history. I would love to say history of the US, but Denmark had quite a lot of slave trading, so I'll find some other day to wash my hands.
The thought of someone else owning you is so totally surreal to me. But I know I am a person who really values my personal freedom!

Vi var i en butik. Sådan en, hvor man kunne købe ALT! Værktøj, sko, køkkengrej, tøj, alt til håndarbejde osv. osv.
Der var også kataloger man kunne bestille fra. F.eks. uldne badedragter, som jeg desværre ikke tog et billede af. Jeg er jo en stor fan af alle "Laura"-bøgerne, og i nogle af de sidste købte de stof og ting i sådan en butik, hvorefter deres mor selv syede kjoler. Og så gik de så i deres kjoler til de var slidt op.
Der var også en reklame for den der slags medicin som kurerer alt. ALT! Om ikke andet, så lover navnet meget, ikke? Magic Oil!

We went to a shop. The kind of shop where you can buy EVERYTHING! Tools, shoes, kitchen-stuff, clothes, everything for crafts and so on and so forth.
They also had catalogs for ordering stuff. For instance woolen bathing suits which I didn't take a picture of (unfortunately). I love the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, and in some of the last ones, they bought fabric and other stuff in a shop like that, and then the mother sewed dresses. And then they wore their dresses until they were totally worn out.
They also had an advertisement for the kind of medicine that fixes anything. ANYTHING! At least the name is very promising, right? Magic Oil!

Henry Fords gamle skole var der også. Inklusiv en relativt skrap lærer. Hun havde mange gode historier, som jeg virkelig nød, selv om min niece nok syntes jeg spurgte liige lovlig meget og trak tiden meget ud!
På tavlen stod der vist altid disse kloge regler for at få et lykkeligt liv. 1: Sig sandheden. 2: Vær punktlig. 3: Vær ren(lig). 4: Vær venlig. 5: Vær ærlig.
De holder vist stadig....

The old school of Henry Ford was also there. Including a kind of tough teacher. She had a lot of great stories to tell, and I really enjoyed it, although I'm sure my niece thought I did ask kind of a LOT and really made them stay there a long time!
On the blackboard, these wise words were written. Advice to get a happy life. I'm quite sure they are still good advice.....

Husk at spise is! / Remember to eat ice cream!

Langsomt / Slowly

Jeg ved ikke helt, hvad jeg havde tænkt da jeg lige købte garn og planlagde at strikke TRE Viggo-bluser!
Den første går ikke sådan superhurtigt, ihvertfald. Men det andet ærme med overstykke er snart færdigt, og så tænker jeg, at kroppen bliver hurtig. Der skal man ikke tænke.....

I'm not sure what I thought when I bought yarn and planned to knit THREE Viggo-sweaters!
The first one is not growing super-quick, as you can see. But the second sleeve and it's top-part is soon done, and then I guess the body will be quick. Because then I won't have to think....

Tilbage på arbejde / Back to work

En temmelig træls bivirkning ved at have ferie tidligt, er, at man også kommer tilbage på arbejde tidligt.
Ferien er slut. Arbejdet kalder. Suk.
Dagens opskrift er et hæklet mundbind. Den er vist mest til at lege med, men den kan da få humøret op, ikke?

A rather annoying adverse effect of early vacation is that you also get to go back to work early.
The vacation is over. Work is calling. Sigh.
Today's pattern is for a crochet face mask. It is mostly to play with, but it does cheer you up, right?

9 år / 9 years

For 9 år siden begyndte min ældste nevø at snakke om at han virkelig gerne ville have et strikket elghoved til at hænge på væggen. For 7 år siden lavede jeg et Zelda-tæppe i stedet for. Men han snakkede videre om sit elghoved......
For knap 3 år siden opdagede han, at jeg havde havde købt denne bog og blev VILDT glad. Han sagde endda, at et rensdyrhoved også ville gøre ham glad, og at han ikke ville spørge om noget endnu værre hvis han fik det.
For et halvt år siden tænkte jeg, at hvis han nogensinde skulle have det hovede, var hans 30 års fødselsdag måske en god anledning.

About 9 years ago, my oldest nephew started talking about how he would really love to have a knitted moose head to hang on the wall. About 7 years ago, I made Zelda-blanket instead. But he just kept on talking about his moose head.....
A bit less than 3 years ago, he found out that I bought this book and got so HAPPY. He even said that the stag would make him happy, and that if he got one of those, he wouldn't start asking for something worse.
About 6 months ago I thought, that if he was ever to get that head, his 30 years birthday might be a good occasion.

Så i USA købte jeg tykt, billigt bomuldsgarn (som passede med løbelængden) og gik i gang. I al hemmelighed.
Det tog egentlig ikke så lang tid at hækle de forskellige dele, som jeg lavede lidt her og der i løbet af ferien.

So when in the US, I bought heavy, cheap cotton (the meterage was right) and started. In secrecy.
It didn't really take that long, making the different parts, and I crocheted them here and there during my vacation. 

Det var lidt svært at holde det hemmeligt! Jeg turde ikke skrive noget her, for han skulle NOK kende nogen, som lige ville sig det. Men jeg gik og hviskede med nogle få personer og glædede mig til at få den færdig.
I fredags sad jeg så og syede gevir sammen og syede de forskellige dele på. (Ja, jeg har ondt i fingrene!) Bagefter tog jeg det ned i haven for at tage et billede, mens jeg prøvede at se ud som om at det var den naturligste ting i verden at gå rundt med et hæklet trofæ under armen......

Keeping it secret was a bit difficult! I couldn't write anything here, since I feel sure he would know someone who would tell him. But I whispered about it with a few persons and was looking forward to getting it done.
This Friday was spend stitched together the antlers and sewing on the different parts. (Yes, my fingers hurt!) Afterwards, I took it to the garden to take a picture, while trying to look like it was the most natural thing to carry around a crochet stag head........

Og her er han så med sin gave! Han blev MEGET glad!

And here he is with his present! He got VERY happy!

Det kom op at hænge med det samme, og jeg må indrømme - det ser godt ud, der på væggen! Han holder fast i, at han ikke kommer til at ønske sig endnu værre ting, men mener på den anden side at han nu har vist sine søskende og fætre og kusiner at man godt kan få mig til at lave noget jeg ikke vil. Bare man plager længe nok.....
Hovedet er hæklet i "Sugar'n Cream", det billigste supermarkedsbomuld, og jeg har brugt 465 gram garn. Det er hæklet med 4,5 og 3 mm hæklenåle.
Og NU må jeg vist fordybe mig i strikning igen!

It was hung on the wall right away, and I have to admit - it looks good on the wall! He sticks to his promise of not starting to wish for even worse stuff, but on the other hand he says that he now showed his siblings and cousins that it is possible to convince me to make something I don't want to make. All they have to do is beg long enough......
I made the head in "Sugar'n Cream", the cheapest supermarket-cotton I could find, and I used 465 grams of yarn. I used crochet hooks size 4.5 and 3 mm.
And NOW back to focusing on my knitting!

16

Min ældste nevø fyldte 30 i tirsdags. I dag holder han fest. Han skal selvfølgelig have strømper! Jeg synes de er lige lovligt lilla, men det er jo nok bare mine øjne.....
De er strikket i selvstribende Opal garn på pind 2,5 og vejer 85 gram. Temmelig kedeligt ribmønster, men de sidder godt!

My oldest nephew turned 30 this Tuesday. Today, he is celebrating. Of course, he is getting socks! I do find them quite purple, but I guess it's my eyes that are the problem.....
They are made with self-striping Opal yarn using 2.5 mm needles, and they weigh 85 grams. Quite boring rib pattern, but they fit really well!

Garnfarvning i Jylland / Dyeing yarn in Jylland

Da jeg skulle til Jylland, skrev jeg til min niece på 21 om ikke vi skulle ses. Vi ses ikke så tit, men hun havde allerede planlagt at besøge sine forældre mens jeg var der. 
Så spurgte jeg om hun havde lyst til at farve garn? Heldigvis sagde hun ja........

When I was packing for Jylland, I wrote my 21 year old niece if we by any chance could meet? We don't get to see each other that often, but fortunately, she already planned to come by.
Then I asked if she felt like dyeing yarn? Fortunately, she said yes!

Vi brugte mikrobølgeovn til fiksering, så garnet blev duppe-farvet på en masse aviser og vitawrap. Hun farvede noget lidt tykkere garn, 3 bundter. Desværre opløste jeg farven temmelig meget på slump, så hendes bundter blev ikke ens. Men de blev flotte!

We used the micro-wave to fix the dye, so the dye was applied on a lot of newspapers and vitawrap. She dyed 3 skeins of yarn that was a bit thicker than sock yarn. Unfortunately, I didn't measure anything when mixing the color, so the skeins didn't end up identical. But they turned out pretty!

Efter en tur i mikroovnen lå det og kølede af udenfor. Det er altid så spændende når man skal åbne og skylle overskudsfarven ud, og man ser, hvordan det virkelig bliver!

After the micro-wave, the yarn was cooling outside. It is so exciting once you're ready to open and wash out the extra color, being able to see how it really looks!

Jeg farvede et strømpegarnstæppe. Der var ihvertfald rigeligt med farve i det!

I dyed a sock blanket. Plenty of color in that one!

Min niece farvede også et og planlagde stribede strømper. Når hun har lært at strikke dem.....

My niece also dyed one and planned on striped socks. Once she learned how to knit them.....

Jeg tænkte strømper med grøn kant øverst, så en blanding af de andre farver, og så grøn hæl (med lidt held!), derefter et mix på foden og grøn tå. Samt lidt ekstra grøn. Bliver interessant!

I thought of socks with a green stripe at the top, then a mix of colors, then a green heel (with a bit of luck!), then a mix on the foot and a green toe. Plus some extra green. Will be interesting!

Fyrkat

Min nevø og familie er flyttet til Mariager. Endnu en by, hvor jeg aldrig har været før!
De bor ikke så langt fra vikingeborgen Fyrkat, der ligger lige på den anden side af Hobro, så i går tog vi en tur derud for at se det.
Tror aldrig, jeg har set en af de der rigtige vikingeborge før, og forventede ikke så meget.

My nephew and his family moved to Mariager. Another city that I never visited before!
They live quite close to the viking fortress Fyrkat, located right on the other side of Hobro, so yesterday, we went to see it.
I don't think I ever saw one of those real viking fortresses before, and my expectations weren't too high.

Men det var virkelig spændende og hyggeligt! Et lille center med forskellige huse og aktiviteter fra vikingetiden var det første vi så. Der var familier som var vikinger i ferien, og de lavede forskellige ting. F.eks. nogle, der syede, og gjorde klar til at farve garn.

But it was really exciting and nice! A small center with different houses and activities from the viking period was what we saw first. They had families who spend their holiday as vikings, and they did different things. For instance, some were sewing and preparing to dye yarn.

Man kunne også prøve rigtigt vikingetøj! Så børnene blev fanget ind og under protest iklædt tøjet. (Eller. Den lille protesterede ikke meget. Han stak bare af!) Vi blev da en ret fin vikingefamilie, ikke?

You could try real viking clothes! So we caught the kids and while they protested, they were dressed as vikings. (Well. The small one didn't protest. He just ran off!) We turned out to be a really pretty viking family!

Bagefter gik vi op til der hvor vikingeborgen rigtigt lå. Harald Blåtand skulle have boet der, og udsigten var ihvertfald virkelig flot. Jeg kan godt forstå, de ville bo der!

Afterwards, we went to where the remains of the fortress were. Harald Bluetooth is supposed to have lived there, and the view was really nice. I understand why he chose this spot!

Selve borgen var enorm! Der var en model af et langhus, og når man forestillede sig dem allesammen ligge der, må det næsten have været lidt overfyldt. Især, hvis man sad derinde og ventede på at fjenderne skulle komme.....
Bortset fra Fyrkat, er Mariager en virkelig smuk lille by. Glæder mig til at komme tilbage hertil!

The fortress itself was huge! They had a model of a long-house, and if you imagine all the houses in there, it must have been a bit crowded. Especially, if you were sitting there, waiting for the enemy to come.....
Apart from Fyrkat, Mariager is a very pretty little town. I'm looking forward to coming back here!

Hatte / Hats

Ny fugl / New bird

Min tilbageværende undulat havde været i pasning hos min bror i 3 uger, og det meste af tiden havde hun bare siddet og kigget på undulaten i spejlet. Da hun kom hjem i vindueskarmen, begyndte hun at pippe, men der var nu ikke meget tvivl om at hun følte sig ret alene.
Så søndag tog jeg i Amagercenteret for at købe en kammerat. Det er lidt mærkeligt sådan at have en ny fugl i tasken på vej hjem!

My left-over bird had been looked after by my brother for 3 weeks, and most of the time, she had just been sitting and staring at the other bird in the mirror. Once she got home in the window sill, she started talking, but I had no doubt that she really felt very lonely.
So on Sunday, I went to Amagercenteret to buy a buddy. It is kind of strange going home with a bird in the bag!

Hun-undulater er temmelig territoriebevidste, så de fik lov at sidde i hver sit bur lige i starten. Den gamle var ikke specielt interesseret i den nye, hvilket jeg tolkede positivt. Hvis hun havde været meget sur, havde hun nok kigget lidt mere! Så ret hurtigt kom de sammen.

Female budgerigars are quite territory conscious, so in the beginning, they stayed in separate cages. The old bird was not very interested in the new one, which I took as a good sign. If she had been very mad, she would have stared some more! So they got together rather quickly. 

Indtil videre går det meget godt. Jeg har haft 2 blå undulater i 5-6 år, så det er hyggeligt med en grøn. Det bliver sjovt at se, hvordan den nye er, og om det virkelig er en han?
Nå ja - og så er der det med navnet. Ret svært.

So far, they are getting along fine! I had 2 blue birds for the past 5-6 years, so I like the new green one. It will be fun to see how the new bird behaves and whether it is really a male?
Oh well - and then there is all the fuss about the name. Quite difficult.

Vandmænd / Jellyfish

Der var virkelig mange vandmænd (og brandmænd!) hvor jeg var på camping. Nogle af de modige som gik i det kolde vand, blev belønnet med at blive brændt af brandmænd.
Nå. Men dagens opskrift er på en gople. Hvis du har mødt brandmænd denne sommer, kan du evt. strikke den i passende, naturtro farver, og bagefter brænde den. Så kan den lære det!

There were a lot of jellyfish (and poison ones, too!) when I was camping. Some of the few brave who went swimming in the cold water, got a surprise from the poison jellyfish.
Well. Today's pattern is for a jellyfish. If you met the poison type out there, you might make it in natural colors, and then burn it after you're done. That would teach the stupid poison jellyfish a lesson!

Aarø

Hele sidste uge har jeg været på camping med min kirke. Nede ved Haderslev, med udsigt til Aarø. Det plejer at være utroligt hyggeligt, og det var det også i år. På trods af, at jeg de første dage havde jetlag.
I år var vejret utroligt godt, og de fleste dage var der ikke mange skyer. Det er så skønt at være væk fra alting, i nærheden af vandet og i selskab med gode venner. Vandet var godt nok helt utroligt koldt - vistnok det koldeste i Danmark! - men der var nogle tapre sjæle som (vinter)badede hver morgen.

This past week, I've been camping with my church. Close to Haderslev, with a view to Aarø.
Usually, it is such a nice week, and so it was this year as well. In spite of my jetlag during the first few days.
This year, the weather has been incredibly nice, and most days, we didn't see a lot of clouds. It is great being away from home, close to the water and in the company of good friends. The water was incredibly cold, though - I think it's the coldest place in Denmark! - but a few brave souls (winter)bathed every morning.

En af dagene tog vi færgen til Aarø og gik en tur rundt på øen med slut-destination på øens vingård. Det er så hyggeligt med de små færger, selv om jeg er meget glad for, at jeg ikke selv er afhængig af sådan en!
På havnen på Aarø kunne man fornøje sig med krabbevæddeløb. Både vinder og taber havnede i vandet igen, og så må man håbe, de kunne holde sig væk fra fiskerne.....

One of the days, we went by ferry to Aarø and walked around the island, ending at the winery.
I just love the little ferries, although I'm very happy that I don't depend on one of those to leave home and go to work!
At the Aarø harbor, one thing to do was crab-race. Both the winner and the losers ended up back in the water, and then you could only hope for them to stay away from fishing rods........

I havnen så vi også - som sædvanligt - den lille båd med Malteserkorset. Jeg tror nok, det er søfartens redningstjeneste som har den og jeg forstår stadig ikke sammenhængen med dem og Malteserkorset, som i mit hovedet hænger sammen med gær...... (Og nej. Jeg vil ikke vide den rigtige forklaring. Jeg kan godt lide at koble det sammen med gær.)
En eftermiddag brugte vi også i Haderslev, hvilket var hyggeligt. Vi kom i garnbutikker og jeg fik købt et nyt opskrifthæfte. Nu er jeg hjemme igen for en kort bemærkning. Om et par timer skal jeg ud og udvide familien, så min tilbageværende undulat ikke skal føle sig så ensom.

In the harbor we also saw the usual little boat carrying the Maltese cross. I do think it's the sea rescue service that has this boat, and I still don't get the connection between them and the Maltese cross, which in my mind is connected to packets of yeast...... (No. I don't want to know the right explanation. I do like connecting it to yeast.)
One afternoon was spent in Haderslev, which was nice. We went to yarn shops, and I bought a new pattern booklet. So now I'm back home for a few days. In a few hours, I'll go to expand the family, making my leftover budgerigar feeling less lonely.

De bøger jeg købte / Books I bought

Den absolut bedste bog jeg købte med hjem fra USA, var denne her. En bog om kvaksalveri og hvad man har brugt som alternativ behandling siden middelalderen. Faktisk går den helt tilbage til Hippocrates.
Den er SÅ sjov!
Der er illustrationer af de forskellige behandlinger, og ret detaljerede beskrivelser. Det værste er, at mange behandlinger faktisk stadig bruges. F.eks. har tarmskylninger været populære i århundreder.....

The ultimative best book that I bought home from the US, was this. A book about quackery and all the stuff that has been used as alternative therapies since the Middle Age. It actually goes all the way back to Hippocrates.
It is SO much fun!
The book shows illustrations of the different treatments, and rather detailed descriptions. The worst thing is how many treatments are still used. For instance deep enemas which have been used for centuries.....

Denne her lille guide til at spinde tænkte jeg var nyttig, hvis jeg nogensinde skal komme i gang....

This little guide for spinning was bought because I thought I need it if I'll ever get started.....

Baby-botanik bogen købte jeg, fordi jeg har de to tidligere bøger i samme serie. De er så fine, og jeg tænkte jo nok, at det ville være mindst lige så fint til småbørn!

The baby botanicals was bought, because I have the other 2 books by the same author. Those books are great, and I figured it would be just as pretty for little children!

Pompom hæftet havde jeg hørt om. Det er nogle sjove og anderledes opskrifter.

I had heard about the pompom book. It holds some fun and different patterns.

Og Agatha Christie? I min rundtur i lydbøger er jeg ikke lige stødt på denne her. Jeg må have læst den! Helst ikke lige inden en flyvetur.....

And Agatha Christie? Moving around the audible books, I haven't run into this one. I've got to read it! Preferably not right before flying......