Rønne

På en eller anden måde føles Rønne bare meget trygt. Måske fordi det er mit mellemnavn? Jeg har jo aldrig nogensinde boet på Bornholm eller i Rønne, men byen føles bare rar. 

På Store Torv ligger der en rigtig klassiker - William Dams boghandel! Det er min internetboghandel - de sender tingene hurtigt og har et kæmpe udvalg! Den kan kun anbefales!

Lige ved siden af ligger så denne her garnbutik, Henius Knitwear. Den er VILD! Den fortsætter bagud i butikken og der er virkelig meget lækkert garn og en masse modeller med mohair og glitter. Ikke noget jeg har set andre steder, men det er virkelig meget fint! Så hvis du kommer forbi må du være sød at støtte den. Man skal altid støtte de lokale garnbutikker!

Somehow Rønne just feels very safe. Maybe because it's my middle name? I've never ever lived in Bornholm or Rønne, but the city just feels so nice. 

On Store Torv (large square) there is a real classic - the William Dam bookstore! It's my internet bookstore - they send the stuff very quickly and have a huge selection! I highly recommend it!

Right next to it is this yarn shop, Henius Knitwear. It's WILD! It's very big, continuing inwards at the back of the shop, there is so much yummy yarn and a lot of models with mohair and glitter. Not like anything else I have seen, but it's really pretty! So if you happen to pass by, please support it. Always support the local yarn shops!

Så det gjorde jeg.... Jo. Kun fordi jeg er så flink! 

Et nøgle Arwetta i den fede orange farve jeg lige havde strikket med. Nogle nøgler bomulds flamé fordi - altså - hvorfor gik flamé garn nogensinde af mode? Og så var det billigt! Desuden et par meget fancy nøgler Isager boucle. 

So that's what I did..... Of course. Just because I'm a nice person!

A skein of Arwetta in the cool orange color I just used. A few skeins of cotton flamé because - you know - why did this yarn ever become non-trendy? And it was cheap! Furthermore a couple of very fancy Isager boucle. 

Til jul fik jeg nogle meget fine nøgler boucle garn fra min søsters søde børn. 4 nøgler, 4 farver. Jeg ville lave en pude, men 1) jeg vidste ikke om der var nok og 2) jeg anede ikke hvordan de skulle bliver til en pæn pude!

Da jeg var i Rønne fandt jeg ud af at der er RIGELIGT med garn (sagde damen i butikken) og da jeg kom hjem fandt jeg ud af at jeg selvfølgelig skal strikke en stjerne fra det her tæppe. Engang. Når jeg er færdig med en hel masse andet. 

For Christmas I had some very fancy skeins of boucle from my sister's sweet kids. 4 skeins, 4 colors. I wanted to make a pillow, but 1) I didn't know if there was enough yarn and 2) I had no idea how to turn these into a beautiful pillow!

When in Rønne, I learned that there is PLENTY of yarn (said the lady in the shop) and when I got home, I found this pattern and decided that of course I will make a star from this blanket. At some point. When I'm done with a lot of other stuff. 

Garn i Haderslev / Yarn in Haderslev

Denne uge har jeg været på campingferie ved Aarøsund med min kirke som mange gange før. Også som før har ugen budt på en tur til Haderslev. 

Der er kommet en ny garnbutik! Den tidligere garnbutik, som lå lige ved siden af domkirken, lukkede desværre for et par år siden, men den ny ligger meget tæt på. 

Rikke M har en vældigt fin butik hvor man også kan få en kop kaffe og sidde lidt for at hygge sig. Der er også strikkecafé hver uge, og der er god plads til folk! Så kig ind hvis du er i nærheden. Jeg synes det er vigtigt at støtte de fysiske butikker, nu hvor mere og mere købes på nettet!

This week I've been camping at Aarøsund with my church, as many times before. Also as usual, this week came with a trip to Haderslev. 

There is a new yarn shop in town! The old yarn shop, that was located right next to the cathedral, closed up a few years back, unfortunately, but the new one is close by.

Rikke M's shop is really nice - I do think you can even get a cup of coffee and hang out a bit. They have a knitting café every week, with plenty of space for people! So check it out if you are in the neighborhood. I do think it's important to support the physical yarn shops now that more and more can be bought online!

Jeg købte to nøgler strømpegarn som jeg ikke har prøvet før. I lidt mere maskuline farver. Altså - strømpegarn er næsten som at købe gulerødder, ikke? Jeg får det helt sikkert brugt!

I bought 2 skeins of sock yarn that I never tried before. The colors a bit more masculine. You know - buying sock yarn is almost as buying carrots! I'll definitely use this!

Lidt garn / A bit of yarn

Jeg fandt ikke nogen garnbutik i Milano, men jeg købte en lille smule i Doylestown, i den meget fine, dyre garnbutik Forever Yarn. I julegave fik jeg noget af det her garn. Jeg strikkede strømper i januar, og det var helt utroligt! Farverne klumpede overhovedet ikke! Det har jeg ikke rigtig prøvet før, så jeg købte faktisk fransk garn i USA. Dels den farve jeg fik i julegave (og strikkede af) som faktisk er opkaldt efter garnbutikken i Doylestown. Farven hedder "Toujours" som betyder det samme som Forever. Det andet nøgle er sådan grøn-gråt og jeg håber det er lige så fint når det bliver strikket! 

I did not find a yarn shop in Milan, but I bought a bit in Doylestown, in the very posh, expensive yarn shop Forever Yarn. For Christmas I got some of this yarn. I knit socks in January, and it was incredible! The colors did not pool at all! I never tried yarn like that before, so I actually bought French yarn in the US. I bought the color that I got for Christmas (and used for socks). The color is actually named after the yarn shop in Doylestown. It's called "Toujours" which means the same as Forever. The other skein is green-gray and I do hope it will look as good when it's knit!

Genuina

Det var en rigtig god tur i garnbutikken i Brabrand. Vi fik kaffe og havde god tid til at kigge på garn!

Jeg fik en rigtig dejlig pose med hjem! Det gammelrosa Ito silke er jo bare for lækkert. Jeg skal have kigget på det sammen med andet garn som passer med det, og så har jeg en ide om en sommerbluse. Vi får se!

Et bundt strømpegarn fra Sysleriget blev det også til. Det gik jeg i gang med på vej hjem, fordi jeg havde strikket strømperne færdigt. Garnet har sådan nogle neongrønne striber (svært at se på billedet!). De her strømper bliver nok til min niece som ellers synes hun skal vælge selv. Jeg tror hun bliver glad for dem, selv om jeg har valgt!

De runde nøgler hedder "Make it tweed" - en tynd følgetråd som får garnet til at ligne tweed! Det er da sjovt, ikke? Den lyserøde ved jeg ikke hvad skal bruges til, men den var fin!

Så lidt mere til lageret......

It was such a nice trip to the Brabrand yarn store. We had coffee and had plenty of time to look at yarn!

This lovely bag of yarn went home with me! The dusty rose Ito silk is just too nice. I will be looking at my other yarns that can go with this yarn and then I am thinking about a summer top. We will see!

A skein of Sysleriget sock yarn also came with me. I started knitting on my way home, since I was done with the socks. The yarn has these neon green stripes (hard to spot on the photo!). These socks will probably be for my niece who normally get to pick the pattern. I do think she will love them, although I picked the yarn!

The round skeins are called "Make it tweed" - a very thin thread to make the other yarn look like tweed! That's really fun! I am not sure what I will use the pink skein for, but it was so pretty!

So now I have a bit more for my stash......

Lidt mere garn / A bit more yarn

Jeg har været i Aarhus 3 gange denne sommer. Første gang til bryllup, hvor jeg desværre lykkedes med at være der når garnbutikkerne IKKE havde åbent. Anden gang med min niece da vi havde afleveret de små piger. Jeg glædede mig til at kigge rundt i Aarhus med hende, men blev sådan ret overrasket (næsten rystet!) da hun syntes det var rigeligt at kigge i en enkelt garnbutik! (Hun boede jo i mit garnlager, så det var måske ikke så mærkeligt?)

Så - tredje gang skulle være lykkens gang! Da jeg kørte op med de sidste to børn, sørgede jeg for at have så meget tid deroppe at jeg kunne nå i Citystoffer som ligger lige ved stationen. Jeg havde endda tjekket åbningstider!

I've been to Aarhus 3 times this summer. The first time was for a wedding, when I unfortunately succeeded in being there outside of the opening hours of the yarn shops. The second time was with my niece, when we brought home the little girls. I had been looking forward to checking out Aarhus, but I was a bit surprised (almost shocked!) when she thought that a single yarn shop was more than enough! (To be honest, she was staying inside my yarn stash, so maybe that's why!)

Well - so the third time should be my chance! When I brought home the last two kids, I planned it so that I would have enough time to be able to visit Citystoffer which is located close to the station. I even checked their opening hours!

Jeg havde jo ligesom set så meget frem til det her at jeg også ville købe noget. Det blev mest til lageret, ikke noget til et større projekt, men kun lækre ting. 

Pima bomuld og Elise garn (bomuld og cashmere) i smukke, smukke blå og grønne farver. Jeg glæder mig til at se hvad det skal blive til!

I really had been looking so much forward to this that I wanted to buy something. I bought mostly for my stash, not for a bigger project, but only really good stuff. 

Pima cotton and Elise yarn (cotton and cashmere) in the most beautiful blue and green colors. I'm looking forward to seeing what this will end up as!

Garnudsalg.dk

Der er sket mange ting denne sommer, og en af de ting som jeg virkelig har nået, har været garnbutikker! Hos min bror og svigerinde havde de planlagt en kanotur, men det skulle regne hele dagen, så i stedet foreslog de en tur til byen. Og de nævnte Garnudsalg i Gug. 

Først sagde jeg nej. Altså - BEHØVER jeg mere garn? Men så tænkte jeg på hvor sjældent jeg er i nærheden og hvor vildt det altid er, og så tog vi derhen alligevel......

Det var vildt! Og kæmpestort! Altså - jeg kan ikke huske at der var så mange rum med garn før! 

Min bror mente vi var derinde så længe at han nåede at læse en artikel i et bil blad som sjovt nok lå derinde. JEG mente at jeg var virkelig hurtigt inde og ude! 

A lot of things happened this summer, and one thing that I've really been doing enough, is visiting yarn shops! At my brother and sister-in-law they planned a canoe trip, but since it was supposed to rain all day, instead they suggested going to town. And they mentioned Garnudsalg in Gug. 

At first, I said no. You know - do I NEED more yarn? But then I started thinking about how rarely I get near that shop and how crazy it always is, and then we went there anyway......

It was crazy! And gigantic! Well - I can't remember that they used to have so many rooms with yarn!

My brother said we were in there so long that he managed to read an article in a car magazine that conveniently was laying they. In MY opinion, I was very quick!

Det var virkelig svært at vælge. Men jeg blev enig med mig selv om, at Højlandsuld jo bare er det man skal købe derinde, og så købte jeg to farver. Så altså - kun en lille smule garn! 

Det var godt vi tog derind.

Choosing was really hard. But I finally decided that Højlandsuld is the thing to buy in there, and so I bought 2 colors. So really - just a little bit of yarn!

I'm glad we went.

Mere garn! / More yarn!

Det var godt nok ikke mange uger siden jeg var i Aarhus til bryllup og syntes at jeg knap havde besøgt nogle garnbutikker i år! 

Det er der så lavet om på, kan jeg vist roligt sige. Først i Mariager, hvor jeg havde et 2 år gammelt gavekort jeg endelig kunne bruge! Strikkehjørnet er flyttet til andre lokaler og er lige vokset en hel del. Det er en rigtig hyggelig butik! Barnet på 6 år ville ikke med. Alligevel endte jeg med at finde garn til en sweater til ham. I Arwetta. Det bliver helt sikkert godt! Jeg valgte også selv en opskrift, når han nu ikke gad, så jeg håber han kan lide fossiler!

Not too many weeks ago, when I went to Aarhus for a wedding, I thought that I had hardly visited any yarn shops this year! 

Safe to say that this is not the case any more. First in Mariager, where I finally got the chance to use a 2 year old gift card! Strikkehjørnet moved to other rooms and grew quite a bit. It's a really nice shop! The 6-year old did not want to come. Still, I ended up finding yarn for a sweater for him. In Arwetta. I'm sure it will be great! I even picked a pattern myself, now that he did not want to, so i hope he likes fossils!

Nu, hvor jeg er i Sønderjylland, har jeg været i Haderslev en dag. Lige ved siden af Domkirken ligger garnbutikken Ganache, og DEN er fantastisk! Hvis jeg boede i nærheden ville jeg faktisk ikke turde gå derind. Ihvertfald ikke alt for ofte! 

Nu tog jeg derind og viste mit garn hvor det kommer fra. Der var udsalg, og jeg endte skam også med at få noget bomuld/hør garn med hjem. Man skal jo støtte de lokale garnbutikker, ikke? Jeg tror allerede helt sikkert jeg skal derind igen om et år. 

Now that I'm in Southern Jutland, I've been to Haderslev for a day. Right next to the cathedral, there is a really great yarn shop, Ganache, that is amazing! If i lived close by, I would not dare visiting it. At least not too often!

Now I went there and showed my yarn where it came from. They had a sale, and I did end up bringing home some cotton/linen yarn. You need to support the local yarn shops, right? I do think that I'll come back next year again. 

Garn i Prag / Yarn in Prague

Onsdag tog vi i en garnbutik mere. Vi tog sporvognen op til "Woolpoint" som ligger oppe bagved slottet. Det er en virkelig hyggelig butik! Men den havde samme problem som "Yarn Queen". SÅ meget dansk garn! De har Isager, Knitting for Olive, BC garn, Filcolana og Camarose. Det er selvfølgelig virkelig fedt at dansk garn er så populært, men en smule trist når man er på ferie og vil finde noget eksotisk garn.....

On Wednesday, we found another yarn shop. We took the tram to "Woolpoint" which is located beyond the castle. It is such a nice shop! But it had the same problem as "Yarn Queen". SO much Danish yarn! They have Isager, Knitting for Olive, BC garn, Filcolana and Camarose. Of course it's just great that Danish yarn is so popular right now, but it's a little bit sad when you are on vacation and want to find something exotic.....

Men jeg forlod ikke butikkerne tomhændet. Næh nej! 2 nøgler Opal garn blev det til (altså - det er jeg jo nødt til at have på lager!) og 3 bundter håndfarvet garn. De to fra Yarn Queen er med lidt yak, og virkelig, virkelig blødt! Det i midten fra Woolpoint er virkelig fint. Totalt enhjørningefarver som jeg helt sikkert tror kan blive til fine strømper!

But I did not leave the shops empty-handed. Oh no! I bought 2 skeins of Opal yarn (you know - I need to have this in my stash!) and 3 skeins of hand-dyed yarn. The two from Yarn Queen are with a bit of yak, and it's really, really soft! The middle one from Woolpoint is so pretty. Totally unicorn-colored and I'm sure it will become very pretty socks!

Jeg faldt i en garnbutik / I fell in a yarn shop

I går var jeg i Halmstad til de svenske børnelægers årlige møde. Det var virkelig hyggeligt! Det var kun lige en enkelt dag og jeg havde faktisk ikke taget så meget strikketøj med. Ikke nok, ihvertfald! 

Så på vej hjem gik jeg forbi en garnbutik med en vældigt entusiastisk sælger. Han var virkelig god til at lokke! 

Hvis du skulle havne i Halmstad af den ene eller anden grund, så kig forbi Anne's Boutique. Den ligger i nærheden af stationen og den er hyggelig!

Yesterday, I went to Halmstad for the Swedish Pediatricians yearly meeting. It was so nice! I went there for a day and I actually did not bring a lot of knitting. Not enough knitting, at least!

So on my way home I went past a yarn shop with a very enthusiastic salesman. He was so good at convincing!

If you should ever end up in Halmstad for some reason, then check out Anne's Boutique. It's very close to the station and it's nice!

Jeg købte Scarlet print fra Permin. Det er så FINT! Jeg endte dog med at købe 4 forskellige farver fordi der kun var 1 eller 2 nøgler af dem. Og fordi han lokkede temmelig meget. 

Det er jo helt håbløst!!!!!! Men altså. FINT! Jeg ved ikke lige hvordan det skal ende med noget pænt. Til mig selv. Tiden må vise det!

I bought Scarlet print from Permin. It is so PRETTY! I ended up buying 4 different colors, though, because there were just 1 or 2 skeins of each. And because he was so convincing. 

It's completely hopeless!!!!! But, you know. PRETTY! I have no idea how this will end up looking good. For me. Time will show!

Det fine gule strømpegarn havde jeg bestemt mig for, fordi det passer til pind 3 som jeg havde med. Jeg nåede skam også at slå op! OG sno omgangen og trevle det hele op. Så det var virkelig skønne spildte kræfter! Men altså - det var så hyggeligt at kigge på garn!

The pretty, yellow sock yarn was what I had decided for, since it's perfect for 3 mm needles, which was what I brought. I did cast on, actually! AND then I twisted the round and unravelled everything. So that was really a waste of time! But, you know - it was so nice looking at the yarn!

Garn / Yarn

Min søde veninde havde helt selv fundet en garnbutik vi skulle i - Freistingasjoppan i Sellfoss. En meget, meget hyggelig butik med meget garn og en hel masse tilbehør! Ovenikøbet havde de udsalg, så det var ikke dårligt. 

De havde meget Drops garn, og jeg købte noget lækkert Drops Air til hendes datter som lånte mig sit værelse. Tænker, hun kan lokkes til at strikke, nemlig, og jeg gør gerne hvad jeg kan for at puste til ilden!

My very sweet friend had found a yarn shop for me to visit - Freistingasjoppan in Sellfoss. A very, very nice shop with a lot of yarn and quite a lot of other stuff you can use with yarn! They even had a sale, which wasn't bad at all. 

They have a lot of Drops yarn, and I bought some very nice Drops Air for her daughter who lend me her room. I think she might be lured into knitting stuff, and I would of course be more than happy to lure her!

Og så røg der så luksus med i kurven til mig selv! Tibetansk yak-okse garn. På tilbud! Det er jo nok ikke så islandsk, men det er GODT nok lækkert! Jeg fik endda en hue med af det lyserøde garn, bare fordi de var søde. Hvis jeg nu manglede, kunne jeg så trevle op. 

Skal vi bare sige, at jeg ved ikke om jeg kommer til at mangle, men den ER trevlet op!

Jeg ved ikke hvad jeg skal strikke af det, men nu kan det jo så få lov at ligge og spekulere, og på et tidspunkt så fortælle mig hvad det vil blive til. Så spændende!

And then there was som luxury stuff happening to end in my basket. Tibetan yak! On sale! It's not very Icelandic, but this yarn is SO yummy! I was even given a hood in the pink yarn, just because they were so nice. In case I need more, I can unravel. 

Let's just say, that I don't know if I don't have enough, but it IS unraveled already!

I don't know what I'll make from it, but now it can lie around wondering, and then at some point it can tell me what it will become. So exciting!

Enhjørninger! / Unicorns!

Det er virkelig meget længe siden jeg har strikket noget til de to tøser her. Deres mor, min niece, strikker virkelig mange smukke ting, så det er jo ikke sådan at de mangler tøj på kroppen. Alligevel synes jeg jo ikke de skal snydes. Jeg ved at de begge to har MEGET bestemte meninger om tøj, og jeg ved også at jeg strikker anderledes ting end deres mor (det er sjovt som strikkere har deres egen stil, ikke?), så jeg spurgte dem bare. Måske var det lidt ledende spørgsmål at sige til hende på 4 år, at jeg jo godt kan strikke en enhjørning? Hun var ihvertfald med på ideen, men da jeg viste hende hvilken opskrift jeg har, var hun ikke imponeret. Vi kiggede på Ravelry og fandt denne her i stedet. Godt nok en grydelap, men nu er det jo billedet der er det vigtige!

Da jeg spurgte hendes lillesøster hvad jeg skulle strikke til hende, sagde hun bare GRØN! Men enhjørninger kan hun også lide. 

It's been a very long time since I knit stuff for these two girls. Their mother, my niece, is knitting som many really beautiful things, so it's not like they are freezing or anything. Still I feel like I don't want to not knit for them. I know that both of them have VERY strong opinions about clothes, and I also know that I knit things completely different from what their mum knits (funny how knitters have their own styles!), so I just asked them. Maybe it was kind of a leading question telling the 4 year old that I could knit a unicorn? She really liked the idea, but when I showed her what pattern I have at home, she was not impressed. We checked out Ravelry and found this one instead. I know it's really a dish cloth pattern, but it's the picture that is the important thing here!

When I asked her little sister what she wanted me to knit, she just answered GREEN! But she also likes unicorns. 

Derfor havde vi så en meget hyggelig tur til den meget lokale garnbutik, Genuina, hvor de valgte garn. Lilla til storesøster, og GRØN til lillesøster! Jeg gik i gang på stedet, faktisk. Ingen grund til at spilde tiden, vel? Da først jeg var forbi kanten kunne jeg strikke ærme og læse højt samtidig. Det var super hyggeligt. Denne her garnbutik handler nemlig ikke kun om garn! Der er børnebøger og Duplo, og man kan købe kaffe. 

Så her er garnet. Den ene sweater bliver meleret lilla med en hvid enhjørning, den anden grøn med håndfarvet enhjørning. Jeg starter med ærmerne. Tror de bliver helt vildt flotte, og virkelig forskellige!

So that's why we had a very nice trip to the very local yarn shop, Genuina, where they got to pick yarn. 

Purple for the big sister, and GREEN for the smaller one! I started right away, actually. No need to waste time! Once I made the edge, I could knit and read a story simultaneously. It was so nice. This yarn shop is not just about yarn, you know! They have kid's books and Duplo, and you can even buy coffee. 

So this is the yarn. One sweater will be multi-color purple with a white unicorn, the other one green with hand dyed unicorn. I start with the sleeves. They will be so pretty, and very different!

Shopping

Det var virkelig fedt at være i USA på ferie, og jeg nød rigtig meget at shoppe! Jeg havde virkelig savnet alle mulige butikker. F.eks. bare amerikanske supermarkeder. Eller JoAnn, den kæmpestore krea-butik hvor jeg altid plejer at købe noget virkelig underligt stof. 

Denne gang var ingen undtagelse! Jeg fandt stof med HØNS! Altså - hvor sejt er det lige? Sommerfugle-stoffet er også virkelig fint. 

I really loved being in the US on vacation and I really enjoyed shopping! I just missed all the different kinds of shops. For instance just the American supermarkets. Or JoAnn, the giant craft store where I always buy some really weird fabric. 

This time was no exception! I found fabric with CHICKEN! How cool is that?

The butterfly-fabric is also really nice. 

Om mandagen skulle jeg med min niece i garnbutik. Den i Doylestown var lukket den dag, så i stedet fandt vi denne her, og hvilken hyggelig butik! 

Selv om niecen bagefter påpegede at hun var 30 år yngre end alle andre, og at "Det var virkelig en butik for Moster", så tror jeg også hun hyggede sig. Og hun fandt noget rigtig fint garn til sin næste sweater!

On Monday I was going to a yarn shop with my niece. The one in Doylestown was closed that day, so instead, we find this one, and what a nice shop!

Although my niece afterwards told her parents that she was like 30 years younger than anyone else, and that "this was really a shop for auntie", I do think she also had fun. And she found some really nice yarn for her next sweater!

Jeg fandt det her vildt fine, selvstribende garn i "enhjørningefarver", som tøserne i Brabrand kalder det. Jeg fandt også lidt lækkert tilbudsgarn. 

Det var så hyggeligt at købe garn...... (Og ja. Har også købt for meget i år. Jeg lærer det aldrig!)

I found this insanely pretty, self-striping yarn in "unicorn colors", like the girls in Brabrand calls it. 

I also found a few skeins of lovely discount yarn. 

It was so nice buying yarn..... (And yeah. Also bought too much this year. I'll never learn!)

Tante Grøn

Sidste år til min fødselsdag fik jeg et gavekort. Til Tante Grøn i Odense. 

Med Corona og alting er det begrænset hvor meget jeg har været i Odense. Eller andre steder, egentligt, så da jeg var til møde, brændte gavekortet i lommen. 

Det var så herligt at gå i garnbutik!!!!!!! 

Last year, I got a giftcard for my birthday. For Tante Grøn in Odense. 

Due to Corona and restrictions, I haven’t been much in Odense. Or anywhere, to be honest, so when I went for my meeting, the giftcard sort of burned in my pocket. 

I just loved visiting a yarn shop!

Det var MEGET svært at vælge. Men jeg endte med deres eget bomuldsgarn til deres egen opskrift. Hvis jeg ikke er alt for langsom, skulle dette gerne blive til et par pigekjoler. Vi får se!

It was VERY hard choosing. But I ended up buying their own cotton for their own pattern. If I’m not too slow, this should end up as a pair of girls dresses. We’ll see!

Fredensborg

Sidste år fyldte min veninde 50, og hun ønskede sig oplevelser i gave. Sammen med en anden veninde gav jeg hende en tur, og for et par måneder siden fik vi så forslag om hvilken tur hun kunne ønske sig, så søndag tog vi til Fredensborg for at få en rundtur på slottet og i haven samt en dejlig frokost på kroen. 

Det er godt nok sjældent jeg kommer til Fredensborg. Som i stort set aldrig. Altså - slottet ser jo så velkendt ud, men jeg tror bare det er anden eller tredje gang jeg har set det rigtigt. Det var meget nemmere at komme derop med tog og bus end jeg troede. Heldigvis! 

Last year, my friend turned 50, and she asked for adventures as gifts. With another friend, I gave her a trip, and a few months back, we had suggestions on what kind of trip she would like, so on Sunday, we went to Fredensborg to have a guided tour of the castle and the gardens, and a lovely lunch at the inn that's closest to the castle and almost royal. 

Desværre måtte man ikke tage billeder indenfor. Det var så smukt at se de forskellige rum, og sjovt at høre historier om de konger som har boet der. Det var vildt at se de store malerier rigtigt som jeg ellers bare har set billeder af, og så var det virkelig sjovt at se den "enhjørning" som stod i slottets entre og som Prins Henrik engang havde fået som gave. (Jeg gad altså også godt bo sådan et sted.... MED folk til at gøre rent!)

Udenfor måtte vi dog godt tage billeder, og her er så et af slottet fra siden, nede fra den mere private del af haven, hvor man kun må komme ind nu om sommeren. 

Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photos inside. It was beautiful seeing the different rooms, and fun to hear the stories of the kings who lived there. It was amazing seeing the big paintings for real that I've only seen photos off, and it was so much fun seeing the "unicorn" standing in the hallway of the castle, that Prince Henrik had had as a gift from his friends. (I would love to live in a place like that... WITH people to do the cleaning!)

Outside, though, we could take photos, and here is a picture from the side of the castle, taken in the more private part of the garden, where you're only allowed inside in the summer. 

Haven var virkelig sjov at se - den er så kæmpestor og der er så mange fine små haver i den store. F.eks. kål-beddet. Altså - bare tanken om at lave mønster med de forskellige slags!

Jeg gik og forestillede mig alle de fine ting i forhold til min lillebitte have. Bare det her kål-bed ville vist tage al pladsen! Det er sjovt at forestille mig hvordan min have kan blive. Eller ikke. Der er mange ting som kan være her, men kun en ad gangen!

The garden was really fun to see - it is so huge and there are so many beautiful small gardens in the big one. For instance this cabbage garden. Can you imagine making patterns like that with the different types?

I walked around, imagining all the beautiful things compared to my tiny garden. These cabbages would fill my entire garden! It's fun imagining what my garden could be like. Or not. I have room for so many different things, but only one at a time!

Da jeg kom til Fredensborg, skulle jeg virkelig tisse, og gik derfor og kiggede efter et toilet. Sådan fandt jeg ud af, at Garnvärk faktisk har åbent om søndagen! Hvis ikke DET var et heldigt sammentræf?

Det er altså en virkelig fin butik. Sådan en med et kæmpe bord hvor man kan sidde og strikke, og hvor de kan holde kurser. 

Kig ind, hvis du kommer forbi! For min pengepungs skyld tror jeg det er meget heldigt at jeg ikke bor i nærheden.....

When I arrived in Fredensborg, I really needed to pee, so I was trying to find a restroom. Which is how I discovered that Garnvärk actually is open on Sundays! Talk about a lucky coincidence!

It is such a nice shop. The kind of yarn shop with a giant table where you can sit knitting, and where they can have classes. 

So stop by if you happen to be in Fredensborg! For the well-being of my wallet, I do think it's lucky that I don't live nearby......

Aalborg

Inden denne uges ferie var slut nåede jeg lige at besøge min bror og svigerinde som bor udenfor Aalborg. Det var SÅ hyggeligt!
Jeg fik grillmad som var let at tygge (med den fjerdedel af min mund som faktisk godt kan tygge lidt nu) og fik også lige set den fineste solnedgang over markerne.

Before this week of vacation was over, I found time to visit my brother and sister-in-law, who lives outside of Aalborg. We had SUCH a nice time!
They turned on the barbecue with stuff that was easy to chew (a quarter of my mouth can actually chew a little bit now) and there was the most amazing sunset over the fields. 

Til jul havde jeg fået  gavekort til "Designværkstedet" i Aalborg, og det fik jeg også brugt. Det er en virkelig fin garnbutik! Hel proppet med lækkert garn (faktisk lidt ligesom den i Ho) og gode ideer, og jeg havde tid til at kigge mig godt om.

For Christmas, I had a gift card for "Designværkstedet" in Aalborg, and I got to use it. It is such a fine yarn shop! Completely stuffed with beautiful yarn (actually a bit like the one in Ho) and good ideas, and I had time to look at everything.

Det her kom med hjem. Mandarin Petit til den smukke Pæon bluse, og desuden noget af det fine Pima bomuld til lageret. Sådan noget er godt at have.....
Tænker, det her skal være min sommerbluse i år, så jeg må bare komme i gang!

This came home with me. Mandarin Petit for the pretty Peon top, and also a bit of the nice Pima cotton for my stash. Stuff like that is good to have.....
I guess this will be my summer top this year, so I'll have to get started!

Vi var også helt oppe på toppen af Salling og drikke kaffe, med den vildeste udsigt over byen og fjorden! Der er en af de der glasplader deroppe, med udsigt helt ned til jorden. Jeg er altså bare ikke så modig at jeg går ud på dem, og mine nevøer og niecer var heldigvis ikke med, for de plejer at HOPPE på dem.

We also went to the very top of Salling and had coffee, enjoying the most amazing view over the city and the fjord! They have one of those glass things in the floor, with a view all the way down to the ground. I'm not brave enough to stand on one of them, and fortunately, my nephews and nieces weren't there, since they would just JUMP on it!

Da jeg så kom hjem, havde min kaktus været så venlig at vente med at blomstre. Det er bare de fineste blomster og så mærkeligt, at de bare er åbne 1 nat!
Der er også en blomst til i aften. Det vil jeg glæde mig til.

When I got back home, my cactus had been kind enough to wait with the blooming. These flowers are so pretty, and it's so strange that they just bloom for 1 night!
There is another flower for tonight. I will look forward to that.

Enhjørninger / Unicorns

Det sidste af min friuge gik med at tage til Aarhus og se familie. Og den nye garnbutik som er åbnet i Brabrand. Genuina, hedder den, og er en virkelig fin lille butik med café, garn og keramik. Meget hyggelig!

The last days of my week off were used for going to Aarhus, visiting family. And the new yarn shop that opened in Brabrand. It's called Genuina and is a really nice little shop with café, yarn and ceramics. Very cozy!

Vi fik både kigget på garn og drak kaffe, og min niece nød en time uden børn. Man har bare mere tid til at kigge uden små børn!
Jeg købte de to nye babystrik hæfter af Lene Holme Samsøe, hvilket jeg havde planlagt hjemmefra. Desuden var der det fineste, håndfarvede mohairgarn, OG en strikket model hvor det var sat sammen med noget lyserødt garn til en pigebluse i enhjørningefarver.

We got around looking at yarn and had coffee, and my niece really enjoyed an hour without kids. Looking at stuff is better without little kids!
I bought the 2 new baby knit booklets by Lene Holme Samsøe, as planned from home.
Furthermore, they had the prettiest, hand-dyed mohair, AND a knit model combining it with rose-colored yarn for a girl's sweater in unicorn-colors. 

Så det købte jeg lidt af! Det blev straks godkendt af pigerne (som er godt opdraget).
Udover garn nåede vi at hoppe trampolin, spise kaj-kager, spise pizza og gå på eventyr. Det var så hyggeligt!

So I bought a bit of that! It was approved directly by the girls (who are well-behaved).
Apart from the yarn, we jumped on the trampoline, ate frog-cakes, had pizza and were out on adventures. It was so nice!

I dag gik jeg så på jagt i skabene og fandt det garn jeg vidste jeg havde. (Jeg fandt også en hel masse andet som ikke skulle ligge i kælderen. Det er herligt med garn!) Fint, rosa uld, som er PERFEKT til en enhjørningesweater! Eller to. Uh, det er fint.......

So today I went hunting in my closets and found the yarn I knew was there. (I even found a lot of other skeins that shouldn't lie in the basement. I love yarn!) Pretty, rose wool, which is PERFECT for a unicorn sweater! Or two. Oh, it's so pretty.......

Overraskelse i Stockholm / Surprise in Stockholm

I torsdags var jeg i Stockholm til et møde. Som sluttede tidligere end forventet. Så jeg fik en dejlig gåtur ind til stationen og fandt en garnbutik, som jeg ikke har set før.
Den ligger ret tæt på stationen og hedder Klara Tyg och Garn.
Rigtig fin butik med bl.a. hjemmedesignede mønstre og fint garn.
Ja, jeg kom til at købe en lille smule. Så fint! Hvis du kommer til Stockholm, så kig indenfor.

This Thursday, I was in Stockholm for a meeting. That ended earlier than expected. So I had a really nice walk to the station and found a yarn shop that I haven't seen before.
It's located quite close to the main station and is called Klara Tyg och Garn.
Really nice shop with a few home made designs and really nice yarn.
Yes, I happened to buy a little bit. So pretty! If you are ever in Stockholm, then take a look.

Garnbutikker / Yarn shops

Jeg har også været i garnbutikker i løbet af ugen. Endda helt nye butikker for mig! Og mere end 1......
Da vi var i Philadelphia i mandags, min søster og jeg, kom min mindste nevø med. Det var SÅ hyggeligt. (Han lød endda nærmest som om han var blevet lidt skuffet, hvis ikke han var blevet hevet med ind og kigge på garn!)
Jeg skulle have resten af min fødselsdagsgave, og min søster havde fundet "Yarnphoria" på 1020 Pine Street.

I also went to yarn shops this week. Actually, totally new shops to me! And more than one......
When my sister and I went to Philadelphia this Monday, my youngest nephew came along. We had SUCH a nice time. (He actually almost sounded like he would be disappointed if he wasn't forced to look at yarn!)
I was going to get the last of my birthday present, and my sister found "Yarnphoria" on 1020 Pine Street.

Det var den fineste lille butik! Der var flotte hæklede og strikkede ting, f.eks. denne tallerken med vin og ost som stod i butikken. Det ser ret flot og ægte ud.

The shop is so nice! There were beautiful crochet and knit stuff, for instance this plate with wine and cheese, displayed in the shop. It looked amazing and quite real. 

Jeg fik lov at vælge rigtig dejligt garn som passer med noget jeg har derhjemme, og faktisk kom der lige lidt ekstra med, da min nevø ville vælge garn til strømper.
Ud over de mere almindelige mærker i garn, var der en del tyrkisk garn i butikken. Min viden om tyrkisk garn begrænser sig til folk der køber billigt garn på nettet. (Ofte med varierende mængder acryl) Men det her garn var håndfarvet og virkelig, virkelig fint! Kan desværre ikke huske, hvad mærket hed.

I got to pick really lovely yarn that goes with something I have at home, and I actually got a bit extra, since my nephew wanted to pick yarn for socks.
Apart from the more standard brands of yarn, there was quite a lot of Turkish yarn in the shop. My knowledge on Turkish yarn is limited to people buying cheap yarn on the internet. (Often with varying degrees of acrylics in it) But this yarn was hand-dyed and really, really pretty! Unfortunately, I can't remember the name. 

I går kom jeg så også i garnbutikken i Doylestown. Den ser lille ud udefra, men det skulle jeg ikke lade mig narre af! Den gik nemlig et par rum ind i bygningen, og der var masser af lækkert garn. Jeg fik det nøgle strømpegarn som passede til nevøens garn købt i Philadelphia, og fik kigget på Noro garn og andet lækkert.
Det bliver hyggeligt at skulle derind igen når jeg kommer forbi på et tidspunkt......

Yesterday, I even visited the yarn shop in Doylestown. It looks tiny from the outside, but I shouldn't be fooled by that! It is a few rooms deep and has plenty of beautiful yarn. I found the skein of sock yarn I needed to go with my nephew's yarn from Philadelphia, and I got to look on Noro yarn and other nice stuff.
It will be nice to come back there some time when I pass by again......

Glemsom / Forgetful

Jeg havde jo pakket fint garn til at strikke af til kongressen. Men da jeg kom til Madrid? Så var det ikke med i kufferten.....
Så i går aftes gik jeg i garnbutik. Heldigvis havde jeg stadig adressen på en fra da jeg var i Madrid på kursus for nogle år siden, "Lanas El Gato Negro" som ligger på Calle de la Sal 2, lige i centrum.

I did pack some nice yarn for knitting at the congress. But once I got to Madrid? It wasn't there in my suitcase.....
So last night, I went for a yarn shop. Fortunately, I still had the address from when I went on a course in Madrid a few years back, "Lanas El Gato Negro", located on Calle de la Sal 2, in the city center.

Butikken var som jeg huskede. Dejligt garn, og man kunne se hele farvekortet og derefter købe bundterne bag disken.
Jeg fandt noget superwash (hvilket jo er mest praktisk til en baby!) som endda var på tilbud, og købte lidt lyseblåt og brunt. Så skulle der vel nok kunne blive til en vest eller to!

The shop was as I remembered. Lovely yarn, and the entire color collection was on display for you to pick and then buy the skeins from behind the desk.
I found some superwash wool (the most practical for a baby!), that was on sale, and bought a bit of light blue and brown. Should be enough for a vest or two!

Sådan ser det ud. En god dunte garn i alle farver, så man både kan se og mærke. Det fungerer faktisk meget godt!
Jeg købte også en rundpind. (Det er så upraktisk at strikke en babyvest på 5 strømpepinde!)
Så nu må jeg lige strikke lidt mere på nummer 2 medbragte strømpe, og så gemmer jeg den del der er med mønster til flyet, mens jeg i stedet strikker spansk uld.

The shop looks like this. A nice chunk of yarn in all colors, to let you look and feel. It actually works very well!
I also bought a circular needle. (It is difficult knitting a baby vest on 5 double pointed needles!)
So now I just need to knit a bit more on the second sock that I brought, and then I will save the pattern bit for the plane, and instead knitting some Spanish wool.

Det blev rullet op efter aftensmaden. Det var nok lidt trangt, men det fungerede at have bundtet på knæene....
Glæder mig allerede til at komme i gang! (Og jeg KAN ikke høre efter uden et strikketøj. Ellers sidder jeg bare og dimser med telefonen eller falder i søvn!)

I rolled it to a ball after dinner. I didn't have that much space, but it worked well having the skein on my knees.......
I can't wait to get started! (And I just CAN'T concentrate without knitting. Otherwise, I just meddle with my phone or nod off!)

Dejlige overraskelser / Nice surprises

Mens jeg havde ferie, fik jeg lige et par overraskelser.
Den første var at opdage, at der faktisk ligger en garnbutik i Tårnby! Den gør ikke meget væsen af sig, men indenfor er der et ret stort udvalg af dejligt garn. Jeg kom tilfældigt forbi og blev (meget) positivt overrasket, faktisk. Man skal nok lige tjekke åbningstiderne inden man tager derhen, men ellers er det et besøg værd.

While I had my vacation, I had a few surprises.
The first one was to find a yarn shop in Tårnby! It's not screaming out that it's there, but once you're inside, you'll find a really large selection of lovely yarn. I happened to pass by and had a (very) positive surprise, actually. You will need to check out the opening hours, though, before you go, but otherwise, it's worth a visit!

Den anden overraskelse fandt jeg i Glostrup. Jeg havde en Kaffe Fassett bog for meget på svensk (den til højre. Den første jeg købte af ham, og jeg strikkede faktisk en del fra den!), som jeg var ret sikker på, at Ellen, som har Strikkegarnet, skulle have.
Det viste sig, at HUN havde en på svensk som hun mente JEG skulle have! For hun havde også allerede den anden.
Det var helt vildt hyggeligt at besøge hende, og jeg endte selvfølgelig med at få en smule garn med hjem, ud over de TO bøger jeg nu havde!
Det var en dejlig tur.

The second surprise was found in Glostrup. I had an extra Kaffe Fassett book in Swedish (the one on the right. The first of his books that I bought, and I actually knit quite some stuff from it!), which I felt very sure that Ellen, who is the owner of Strikkegarnet, would be having.
Turned out that SHE had a book in Swedish that she meant I needed! And she already had the other one.
It was so nice visiting her, and of course I ended up bringing home a little yarn, besides from the now TWO books!
It was a lovely trip.