Starstruck

Nicola Susen er en helt vildt dygtig og anderledes designer - hendes mønstre (måske bortset fra strømperne, altså....) kan strikkes i lige det garn og på de pinde du har lyst til. Der er ingen fastlagt strikkefasthed. Jeg har strikket 2 af hendes sweatre og 3 af hendes strømper. Vist ikke nok til at kalde mig en kæmpe fan, men DET ER JEG! Så da hun var på strikkefestival var jeg totalt starstruck! Jeg nåede at sige til hende at jeg synes hun er genial og savle over alle de mønstre hun havde med på tysk. Derefter købte jeg nogle flere af hendes mønstre på Ravelry, og nu MÅ jeg altså i gang med at strikke mig en ny Hexagon!

Nicola Susen is an incredibly talented and different designer - her patterns (maybe except the socks, you know....) can be knit in just the yarn and the needles you feel like. There is no required gauge. I have knit 2 of her sweaters and 3 of her socks. I guess it's not enough to call myself a huge fan, but I AM! So when she was at the knit festival, I got totally starstruck! I managed to tell her that I think she is a genius and drool over all the patterns she brought in German. 

Afterwards, I bought a few more of her patterns on Ravelry, and now I really MUST start knitting another Hexagon for me!

Hamburg

Jeg havde ferie i sidste uge. En lidt knækket ferie fordi jeg skulle på arbejde onsdag, men stadig ferie! Hele ugen gik jeg og glædede mig til fredag hvor jeg skulle til Hamburg til strikkefestival. Der var lovet snestorm, så ingenting var sikkert! Men sne eller ej - fredag så udsigten sådan her ud. Den HELT forkerte bro!

I had a vacation last week. A bit broken because I had to work on Wednesday, but vacation anyway!

All week I was looking forward to Friday when I was going to Hamburg for a knitting festival. The forecast said snowstorm, so nothing was certain! But snow or not - on Friday my view looked like this. A VERY different bridge!

Ann Jeanet kan (også) godt lide Wollmeise og havde fundet festivallen "Farbenrausch" hvor Wollmeise skulle komme. Jeg fik lov at følge med! Eftersom Wollmeise jo er så fint startede vi rundturen hos - ja - Wollmeise. Se lige de fine farver!

Ann Jeanet (also) likes Wollmeise and found the festival "Farbenrausch" where Wollmeise would be coming. I got to come along! Since Wollmeise is so pretty, we started our trip around the room at - yes - Wollmeise. Just check out the beautiful colors!

Altså - jeg tør slet ikke prøve at fortælle HVOR meget lækkert garn, HVOR mange flotte designs og HVOR mange gode tilbud der var! Det var helt vildt! Vi fandt en god plads hvor vi kunne kigge på alles fine striktrøjer og sjaler mens vi selv slappede af. 

Efter et par ture rundt følte jeg mig ret meget som damen her. Meget ulden både i hjernen og øjnene!

Well - I don't dare just trying to tell you HOW much beautiful yarn, HOW many amazing designs and HOW many great offers there were! It was crazy! We found very good seats where we could look at everyone's knitted sweaters and shawls while we relaxed. 

After a few trips around the room I felt like this lady. Very woolen brain and eyes!

Tak for en dejlig tur, Ann Jeanet! Det var en fantastisk weekend!

Thank you for such a nice trip, Ann Jeanet! It was an amazing weekend!

Klar til en garn-dag! / Ready for a yarn day!

I går kom jeg tidligere fra arbejde end normalt og nåede faktisk til Esbjerg inden det blev mørkt. Det var dejligt! Udsigten til solnedgangen over Vesterhavet blev ikke helt som jeg havde håbet, dog, men lidt kan man godt se, ikke? 

Nu er jeg så her. På Fanø. Klar til en dejlig dag. Det bliver spændende at se hvor meget jeg når at købe......

Yesterday, I left work a bit earlier than normal and actually got to Esbjerg before it was dark. That was so nice!

The view of the sunset over Vesterhavet was not entirely as a hoped for, though, but it's possible to see just a little bit!

So now I'm here! On Fanø. Ready for a lovely day. I wonder how much I'll end up buying...... 

Den sidste Fanø / The last Fanø

Denne weekend er der for sidste gang strikkefestival på Fanø. Det er meget mærkeligt! Fra næste år skal det hele foregå i Thy, og der kommer jeg vist ikke hen. De seneste år har jeg været til møde i Göteborg lige denne fredag og er kommet helt vildt sent til Fanø. Lige i år passer det en hel del bedre, eftersom jeg IKKE skal til Göteborg i dag og forhåbentlig kan komme i ordentlig tid fra København!

Jeg har endda nået at forberede mig. I Prag købte jeg de her små, søde dukker, som nu er lavet til maskemarkører til mine to veninder. 

Jeg håber de kan lide dem! Og jeg håber det bliver en rigtig dejlig weekend. 

This weekend is the very last time of the knitting festival at Fanø. It's so strange! From next year, everything will be in Thy, and I don't think I'll go there. These past few years I have been at a meeting in Gothenburg this Friday, so I've arrived crazy late to Fanø at night. This year, everything's better, since I do NOT have to go to Gothenburg today, and hopefully I'll leave Copenhagen at a reasonable time!

I even had time for preparation. In Prague, I bought these cute, small dolls that are now transformed to stitch markers for my two friends. 

I do hope they will like them! And I hope it will be a really nice weekend. 

Nordby Wool Days

Det blev en meeeeeget lang dag i tog i fredags. Selv om alle tog kørte til tiden var jeg først i Esbjerg så jeg kom med færgen 00.15, så teknisk set kom jeg først til Fanø lørdag. 

Men hold op, hvor var det bare skønt at komme derover og være helt klar lørdag morgen!

Turned out Friday was a veeeeery long day on trains. Although all trains were on time, I was not in Esbjerg until 00.15 a.m., so technically, I wasn't on Fanø until Saturday. 

But you won't believe how great it was actually being there and being ready on Saturday morning!

Vi nåede meget lørdag. Først det store telt i Nordby, og så en tur til Sønderho, hvor vi ikke bare fandt teltet med Karen Noe design, men jeg købte garn og opskrift af selveste Karen Noe!!!!!! Hun var så utroligt sød, så da hun så at jeg ville snige mig til at tage et billede stod hun bare der og smilede så sødt. 

Sådan en dygtig og flittig designer! Jeg var starstruck!

We did a lot on Saturday. First, we went to the big tent in Norby, and then we went to Sønderho, where we didn't just find the Karen Noe design tent, but I bought yarn and a pattern from Karen Noe herself!!!!! She was so incredibly nice, and when she saw that I was taking a sneak-photo, she just stood there smiling. 

Such a clever and hard-working designer! I was so starstruck!

Inde i det store telt i Nordby var jeg helt betaget af denne væg med garn hos by Kiilerich. Altså - mage til farver! Der var godt nok et par garnnøgler som listede sig med mig hjem......

In the big tent in Nordby, I was so captivated by this wall of yarn at by Kiilerich. You know - all these beautiful colors! There were a few skeins who sneaked home with me......

I forhold til vejret regnede det en del. Men heldigvis faktisk kun da vi var indenfor! Det plejer jo at være godt vejr på Fanø, men efteråret er jo kommet og der var rig lejlighed til at vise sine uldne sweatre! Faktisk var det jo som at være midt i et modeshow. 

Da vi skulle tilbage med færgen søndag, hang denne kæmpe sorte sky inde over Fanø, og det føltes egentlig som om det var meget godt at tage afsted lige der. 

It was raining quite a bit this weekend. But fortunately mostly when we were indoor! Usually, the weather is nice at Fanø, but fall is really here, and there were plenty of opportunities for people to show off their woolen sweaters! It actually felt like being in the middle of a fashion show. 

When we were taking the ferry back on Sunday, this giant, black cloud hung over Fanø, and it actually felt like it was a very perfect time to leave right there. 

I kan sikkert læse mere og bedre om Fanø hos andre som var der. Det var sådan en dejlig weekend! Jeg havde glemt hvor mange tilbud der er og det var faktisk skønt bare at købe garn. Så jeg købte garn. 

En hel del, som I kan se! Jeg ved ikke hvad jeg er mest glad for, om det er de store nøgler Noro garn eller det regnbuefarvede strømpegarn med guldglimmer!

Jeg købte også den fineste vase med strikkemønster OG noget Fanø øl. Det var en dejlig festival. 

You can probably read more and better written stories about Fanø from other people who went. It was such a lovely weekend! I forgot how many great offers you can find, and how lovely it is to just buy yarn. So I bought yarn! Quite a lot, as you can see! I don't know what I love the most - if it's the giant Noro skeins or the rainbow colored sock yarn with golden sparckle!

I also bought the beautiful vase with knitted pattern AND some Fanø beer. It was lovely festival. 

Lige, hvad jeg trængte til / Just what I needed

Efter en meget, meget lang fredag, som startede kl. 04 og kom med helt absurd meget togkaos, hele dagen, kom jeg endelig til Esbjerg omkring midnat. 
Det var meget, meget dejligt at se skiltet til Fanø og vide, at jeg snart kunne sejle over og få det ventede glas rødvin. Jeg tror, sejlturen gik godt, fordi fredag teknisk set var slut da jeg kom så langt.

After a very, very long Friday, that started at 4 a.m. and came with a crazy amount of train chaos, all day, I finally arrived to Esbjerg around midnight. 
 It was very, very lovely seeing the sign to Fanø, knowing that I would soon be sailing over there to have the long awaited glass of redwine. I do think sailing went well, because technically, Friday was over at that time.

Og SÅ kan det da ellers nok være, at lørdag blev hyggelig! Mit vigtigste mål var at købe Wollmeise og iøvrigt ikke købe for meget.
HA HA HA HA!
Altså - Wollmeise fik jeg. Og alt muligt andet, selvfølgelig. Dette helt utroligt fine bundt garn faldt jeg pladask for. Der gik straks sport i at finde noget der kan strikkes sammen med, for 750 meter kommer man ellers ikke langt med til en sweater! Det bliver sjovt at komme hjem og eksperimentere.

But THEN Saturday turned out to be a very nice day! My main goal was to buy Wollmeise and apart from that, not buy too much.
HA HA HA!
Well - I got Wollmeise. And lots of other stuff, of course. I fell in love with this incredibly Beautiful skein of yarn, and soon everything was about finding something to knit together with this, since 750 meters won't make a very large sweater! It will be fun to come home to do experiments! 

I Fanø-hallen kunne man få sat et Fanø-tørklæde rigtigt på af disse smukke kvinder i Fanø-dragter.
Det så faktisk ikke helt nemt ud……
Det blev så historien for i dag. Der skal nok komme mere, når jeg er hjemme igen.

In the Fanø hall, you could have a Fanø scarf put on the right way by one of these beautiful women wearing Fanø dresses. It looked far from easy…..
So this is the story for today. There will be more, when I get back home again.