Grå tirsdag / Grey Tuesday

Man kan altid gøre en grå tirsdag lidt bedre med lidt dejligt garn, ikke?

Men denne grå tirsdag går nu mest med at sende artiklen ind. Det bliver så SKØNT at få den ud af verden! Den er endt bedre, end jeg troede, men raketvidenskab er det ikke......

Desuden skal jeg klippes. Og på posthuset. 

Når artiklen er sendt ind? Så tror jeg, jeg skal snige mig til at se en lille film. Mens jeg strikker. Uuuuuuuhhhhhh.

A grey Tuesday can brighten up with a little lovely yarn, don't you think?

But this grey Tuesday will be spent submitting my article. It will be GREAT getting it out of my life!

It ended up way better than I thought, but it's not exactly rocket science......

Then I need a haircut. And I'll visit the post office.

After the article has been submitted? Then I may sneak in front of the tv, watching a little movie. While I'm knitting. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.

Grusomme mig / Despicable me

Har du set filmen(e)? De er sjove. Hr. Gru har en hel bunke små hjælpere, der hedder Minions.
De er ikke superskarpe, men de er faktisk meget søde. Vældigt arbejdsomme er de også!
Nu kan man så også få dem som halv-vanter.... God fornøjelse!

Did you watch the movie(s)? They are so funny. Mr. Gru has a whole bunch of helpers called Minions.
Not the brightest bunch, but very cute, actually. They are happy and busy workers too!
So now you can have minions as fingerless gloves..... Happy knitting!

Spild af tid / Waste of time

I dag har jeg lært, at det er totalt spild af tid omhyggeligt at rydde alt garnet væk fra bord, sofa og lænestol, når det viser sig, at den besøgende niece mangler et strikketøj.
Til gengæld fik jeg hende overtalt til en trøje! Efter engelsk opskrift!
Iøvrigt - dette er indlæg nr. 1990. Nr. 2000 nærmer sig!

Today I learned that it is a total waste of time being very thorough in clearing all yarn from the table, couch and chair, when it turns out the niece visiting actually needs something to knit.
I convinced her making a sweater. Using an English pattern! That's brightening things up a bit....
 By the way - this is post number 1990. Number 2000 is coming up!

Hvad jeg købte / What I bought

Julestue var et hit. Mange, mange mennesker. Boder overalt og næsten ikke til at mase sig frem. Men nevøerne elskede det og stiller gerne op igen! Jeg købte mig et fint, strikket iphone-etui. Med Marius-mønster. I Peruvian Highland/Cascade, føles det som.... (Sagde nørden)
Om aftenen blev jeg foreløbigt færdig med artiklen. I nat drømte jeg om arbejde på den trælse måde, og i dag kommer min ældste niece på besøg. Morgenen er gået med oprydning. For et minut siden skulle jeg have været ude af døren.
Jeg håber, hun vil være med på film, te og strikketøj, niecen. Jeg trænger......

The Christmas market was a hit. Lots and lots of people. Pupils selling stuff everywhere. Too crowded. The nephews loved it and would like to come along next time! I bought a pretty, knitted iphone-sock. With Marius-pattern. Made with Cascade. Or so it feels. (The nerd has spoken)
In the evening, I finished the article this far. During the night I dreamed of work in the bad way, and today my oldest niece will come visit. This morning I cleaned the place. A minute ago, I was late to go.
I hope she will be happy with films, tea and knitting, my niece. I really need it.......

Weekend

Det var altså lidt trist at sidde hjemme en fredag aften og skrive artikel uden et strikketøj....
Derfor kom jeg i går til at starte på hele 2! Dels robot-hundedækkenet til min kollegas hund, dels et par monkey-socks. Til mig selv!
Ingen af delene er nået særligt langt endnu.....
Foreløbig kommer sokken med på tur i dag med mig og 2 nevøer, når vi tager til Hillerød til julestue på min gamle skole.
Det bliver hyggeligt!
Der skal forresten også noget garn med til Johanne. Havde lige en lille krise over det. FOR JEG KUNNE IKKE FINDE DET I GÅR! Nåede at tænke, om jeg er nået det punkt, hvor der er for meget garn?
Faktisk var det en stor krise.
Men jeg fandt garnet og tankerne om for meget garn er fortrængt..... ;-)
Iøvrigt kan jeg fortælle, at det går meget bedre med artiklen. Heldigvis. Den skal sendes ind på mandag!

It was a bit sad sitting at home on a Friday night, writing article without a knitting project.....
So I happened to start 2 new projects! A robot-dog-sweater for my colleagues dog, and a pair of monkey-socks. For me!
Neither has grown a lot yet.....
The sock will go on a trip today with me and 2 nephews, when we go to Hillerød for a Christmas market at my old school.
We are going to have fun!
I will bring some yarn for Johanne, which let to a small life crisis. I COULDN'T FIND IT YESTERDAY! I was so desperate I started thinking if I might have reach a point with too much yarn?
Actually a very big crisis.
But I found the yarn and forgot the thoughts about too much....... ;-)
By the way - the article and I are doing much better. Fortunately. Needs to be send in on Monday!

Deja vu

Jeg undskylder tusind gange at jeg bringer to indlæg lige i forlængelse af hinanden, der handler om præcis det samme.
Men jeg har altså strikket en æblehue mere......
Den er lige så fin og var lige så hurtig at strikke som den første, og de er fuldstændig ens. Så nu ved jeg, at der er brugt 30 gram garn til hver hue.
Mønsteret, jeg har brugt er dette her, selv om den nyligt viste æblehue vist er cirka det samme (og gratis).
Der skal ikke laves flere lige nu, men på et tidspunkt kan jeg godt se mig selv strikke en rød æblehue og en blå blåbærhue. Bare, så man kan vælge!
Den nye hue er iøvrigt til en anden lille dreng, der er endnu mindre end ham i går. Men hoveder vokser jo vildt hurtigt, så mon ikke han får brug for den snart?

I apologize a thousand times that I bring you 2 posts right after each other about the very same subject.
But I made another apple hat......
It is just as pretty and fast to knit as the first one, and they are identical. So now I know that I used 30 grams for each hat.
The pattern I used came from this magazine, although I guess the apple hat I showed you a few weeks back would give the same result (and it's for free, too.).
I'm not making any more right now, but some time in the future I think I will have to knit another, red apple hat and a blue blueberry hat. Then you can pick!
The new hat is for another little boy, by the way, much smaller than the boy yesterday. Heads grow incredibly fast, though, so I guess he will need it soon?

Golden Delicious

Det var ret effektivt at læse (og strikke) derhjemme i tirsdags. Om aftenen besøgte jeg mine venner, hvis nr. 3 skulle være den glade ejer.
Huen blev færdig! Han virkede glad for den. Han faldt ihvertfald straks i søvn.
Jeg aner ikke, hvad den vejer. Men jeg er straks gået igang med en nøjagtig magen til. Nogle andre venner har nemlig også fået en lille dreng, og de der æblehuer er da for nuttede, ikke?

It was quite efficient to do some reading (and knitting) at home this Tuesday. In the evening, I visited my friends, who had the baby the hat was intended for.
The hat was finished! He seemed very happy. And fell asleep immediately.
I have no idea how much yarn I used, but I cast on for another, identical hat right away. Some other friends also had a little boy, and these apple hats are just too cute!

Niece + sweater

Mens jeg læser / While I'm reading

I dag har jeg fri. Det er så dejligt! Efter en hel uge uden en eneste hel aften derhjemme var det godt nok dejligt at synke ned i sofaen i går med julethe, pebernødder og artikel.
I dag står den også på artikler. Både den, der skal være færdig og nogle andre, der skal læses. Imens kan jeg jo lige så godt strikke, ikke? En lille æblehue til mine venners baby. Han er nummer 3. De er vildt langsomme til at vælge navne. Derfor kalder jeg ham Svend Matthæus. Hvis jeg siger det nok gange, beslutter de sig måske for dét navn?

Today is my day off. It is so great! After an entire week without even one complete evening at home, it was wonderful landing in the couch last night with Christmas-tea, peppernuts (danish cake) and article.
Today is also a day for articles. Not only the one in need of finishing but a few more to read. While I'm reading, I might as well knit. Right? An apple-hat for a baby of my friends. He is the third child. They are incredibly slow when picking names. So I call him Svend Matthæus (Matthew). If I keep saying it, maybe they will pick this name?

Movember

Nu er det jo november, og mændenes tur til lidt opmærksomhed.
I København har bybusserne fået overskæg på, og hvem siger, at vi så skal snydes?
Strik dit eget overskæg, få lidt opmærksomhed og spred nogle smil......
Opskriften er lige her.

Now it's November and time to focus a bit on male health.
In Copenhagen, the city-buses are wearing a moustache, so who are we to be cheated?
Knit your own moustache, get a little attention and spread some smiles......
The pattern is right here.

Fødselsdag / Birthday

Strømperne blev færdige - med hiv og sving! - under selve fødselsdagsfesten lørdag aften. Det føles som noget, jeg har prøvet før!
De er blevet rigtig flotte, synes jeg. Mønsteret er ret nemt at gennemskue og lære udenad, og kombinationen af snoninger og ret/vrang mønster kan jeg godt lide.

The socks were finished - barely! - during the birthday celebration on Saturday evening. Feels a bit like an experience I tried a few times!
They are very pretty, I think. The pattern is quite straight-forward and easily memorized, and I like the combination of cables and knit/purl very much.

Eftersom jeg også have strikket på dem fredag aften, til min nevø's release-koncert, kan man ikke ligefrem kalde dem en overraskelse..... Men de passede og han blev glad for dem (og gav mig straks kærestens skostørrelse også.......).
De er (selvfølgelig) strikket i wollmeise, i en grøn forsøgskanin, og jeg har brugt 120 gram.
Derudover kan jeg fortælle, at sweateren nu er nået frem til min ældste niece, og DEN PASSER! (Vild jubel på begge sider af Storebælt!) Hun er mægtig glad og tilfreds, og har lovet et billede som bevis.

Since I was knitting them on Friday night, when my nephew had his release-concert, they are anything but a surprise...... But they fitted well and he liked them (and immediately gave me the shoe-size of his girlfriend.......).
They are (obviously) made from wollmeise. The color is a green guinea-pig and I used 120 grams.
Furthermore, I can tell that the sweater reached my oldest niece, and IT FITS!
(Loud cheering on both sides of the Great Belt!) She is really happy with it and promised photographic evidence.

2000 give-away

I anledning af at indlæg nr. 2000 er på vej, er her en give-away for at fejre det. Du kan vinde 2 små hæfter med opskrifter på strømper og pulsvarmere, 1 bundt wollmeise twin i farven campari orange og 2 nøgler Waikiwi strømpegarn med bl.a. alpaka og possum.
Smid en kommentar for at deltage. Vinderen trækker jeg i indlæg nr. 2000......

In order to celebrate that post number 2000 is coming up, here is a give-away. You can win 2 little booklets with patterns for socks and wrist-warmers, 1 skein of wollmeise twin in the colorway campari orange and 2 balls of Waikiwi sock yarn with alpaca and possum.
Place a comment for participating. I'll find the winner in post number 2000......

Jeg vidste det godt / I knew it

Det var skønt at være på ferie, og det var skønt at komme hjem. Nu er den første uge snart gået, og jeg er flad..... Der har været meget at få tiden til at gå med, både på arbejde og derhjemme.
I aften skal jeg til release-koncert på Nørrebro, og i morgen skal jeg være hjemme. Ihvertfald om dagen. Jeg glæder mig!
Så skal der forberedes en give-away. Indlæg nr. 2000 nærmer sig hastigt, og det skal da fejres, ikke?

Vacation was really great, and it was wonderful coming home. The first week is almost over, and by now, I'm tired...... Time has really been flying, not only at work, but also at home.
Tonight I'll be at a release-concert on Nørrebro, and tomorrow I'll be at home. At least during the day. Can't wait!
I'm going to prepare a give-away. Post number 2000 is coming up fast, and we need to celebtrate that!

Grønne hoser / Green socks

Når man nu er på rejse. Når man er færdig med niecens bluse (langt om længe!). Når der lige om lidt er en nevø der fylder år (årets sidste af hankøn, iøvrigt....). Hvad strikker man så?
Jeg behøver ikke sige wollmeise og strømper mange gange, vel?
Denne gang er det et ganske gratis, men meget fint mønster, der tilfældigvis lå på min telefon i biblioteket. Glæder mig til at vise jer de færdige strømper, som jeg er ret begejstret for.
Der mangler en fod, men jeg tænker, den kan nå at blive færdig til lørdag aften......

When you are traveling. When the niece's sweater is done (finally!). When there is a nephew with a birthday in a short while (this years last birthday of a nephew, by the way....) What do you knit then?
I don't really have to say wollmeise and socks, do I?
This time it's a very free, and very nice pattern that happened to be on my phone. Can't wait to show you the finished socks that I actually like a lot.
Still a foot to go, but I think they will be done by Saturday night......

Statuer / Statues

Vasket og klar / Washed and ready

Som I ved, synes jeg at der har været ret meget arbejde med denne bluse. Derfor får I den altså lige én gang til. I vasket, fin stand og klar til at sende til Aarhus.
Modellen hedder "Stilhed" og er fra Annette Danielsens bog, Strik en stund.
Bortset fra, at jeg ikke havde læst mønsteret og derfor lavede bærestykket om, var den faktisk fint skrevet (som hendes mønstre generelt er), og jeg har fulgt opskriften helt.
Den er strikket i Wollmeise lace garn, ca. 250 gram, og Drops alpaca, ca. 20 gram. Farven er en meget mørkeblå (vel egentlig blæk-blå) forsøgskanin. Strikkefastheden passede ikke, så den er lidt mindre end en str. small. Håber virkelig meget, at den passer!
Alt i alt er jeg mægtig tilfreds. Håber, jeg kan få et billede af niece iført bluse til bloggen, men vi får se.......
Forresten - det er nummer 3 model jeg strikker fra "strik en stund". Tror næsten, det er rekord for en enkelt strikkebog! (Bortset fra en strømpebog)

As you all know, I really feel this sweater took a lot of work. That is why you'll see in another time in this post. In the newly washed, pretty state - ready to send off to my niece.
The pattern is called "Stilhed" (silence) from the book by Annette Danielsen, Strik en stund. (Knit a moment)
Apart from the fact that I didn't really read the pattern and had to redo the yoke, it was a well-written pattern (her patterns are mostly like that), and I followed it completely.
It is made with Wollmeise lace-yarn, and took around 250 grams. For the pattern, I used Drops alpaca, around 20 grams. The color is very dark blue (like ink) and is a guinea pig. My gauge was way off, so it's a bit smaller than size small. I really do hope it fits!
All in all, I'm very satisfied with it. I hope, I can get a picture of niece in sweater for the blog, but we'll see.......
By the way - this is the third model I knit from "Strik en stund". It must be a record for a single book of knitting patterns! (Except a sock pattern book)

Be aware

Oktobers sidste mandag skal selvfølgelig også have en brystkræft-opskrift.
Med denne hue er man ihvertfald ikke i tvivl om, at det er noget med pink og bånd!
Den er sikkert også varm.....

The last Monday of October will have a breast cancer pattern too, of course.
This hat leaves no doubt about the meaning has something to do with pink and ribbons!
I bet it's nice and warm as well......

Mit hjem er mit slot / My home is my castle

Lige så lidt jeg havde lyst til at ferien skulle slutte, lige så dejligt er det at komme hjem. At pakke alle de lækre ting ud og bare slappe af.
I skal lige se de smarte sjals-holdere, jeg købte i La Casita. Jeg havde set dem i Letland, men der var de ikke til salg. Der er garanti for, at ikke noget løsner sig eller falder ud med de her! (Desuden kostede de ikke en bondegård.)
Flyet landede kl. 6 i morges, så lige nu har jeg mest lyst til at sove. Tror, det bliver nemt efter et glas rødvin i aften!

Just as much as I wanted the vacation to go on and on, just as lovely is it to return home. Unpacking all the goodies and just relax.
You need to see these very smart shawl-"needles" I bought in La Casita. I saw them in Latvia, but they were not for sale. They guarantee nothing gets loose or falls off! (They weren't very expensive either.)
My plane landed at 6 a.m. this morning, so right now I just want to sleep. Guess it will be very easy after a glass of red wine tonight!

Mens Dorina og jeg var i Brooklyn General Store, mødte vi Owen på 4 år. Han kedede sig vist lidt derinde i butikken, og var god for et par historier. Imens tog Dorina åbenbart et billede.
Jeg elsker det billede! Er der ikke bare en god historie i selve billedet? Nå ja. Og så elsker jeg børn, der fortæller historier om dit og dat. Og at lave passende ansigtsudtryk.....

While Dorina and I visited Brooklyn General Store, we met Owen who is 4 years old. Apparently, he was a bit bored in the shop, and had a story or two to share. While we talked, it seems like Dorina took a picture.
I love this photo! Don't you think the photo in itself has a good story? Oh well. And I love kids telling stories about this and that. And making faces appropriate for this specific story!

På gensyn / See you later

Om bare et par timer skal jeg tage i lufthavnen. Gider ikke! Det har været en dejlig ferie. (Men det synes jeg jo efter hver ferie. Heldigvis.)
I går blev en smule anderledes. Min telefon besluttede pludselig at den ikke ville modtage sms'er fra Dorina. Så i stedet for at mødes, ventede hun på mig og jeg på hende, inden jeg endelig fik ringet.
Mens jeg ventede, tog jeg en tur rundt i nabolaget og var oppe på "High Line Park", hvor jeg mødte den lille fætter på billedet. Den vimsede rundt, helt uanfægtet af alle fodgængerne. Man kan godt blive lidt bekymret for sådan en lille, uansvarlig mus alene i New York......

In just a few hours I'll be going to the airport. Don't want to go! It was a wonderful vacation. (But that's how I feel after every vacation. Fortunately.)
Yesterday was a bit different. My phone suddenly made up its mind that it didn't want to receive text messages from Dorina. So instead of meeting her, she was waiting for me and I for her, until I finally called her.
While I was waiting, I went for a walk around the neighborhood and visited the "High Line Park" where I met the little guy on the picture. He was running around, without caring about all the pedestrians. You could really worry about a little, irresponsible mouse alone in New York......

Parken ligger på et gammelt jernbanespor og er mægtig hyggelig.

The park was made on an old railway track and is a really nice place.

Eftersom jeg stadig ventede, besluttede jeg at gå over forbi Purl Soho. På vejen kom jeg forbi det hus, som "Venner" skulle have foregået i. (Og en flok turister, der stod og tog billeder....)

Since I was still waiting, I decided to walk past Purl Soho. On my way there, I passed this house, where "Friends" was supposed to take place. (And a bunch of tourists taking pictures.....)'

I Purl Soho har de mange lækre ting. Som de tager en ret god pris for! Jeg nøjedes mest med at kigge. Hvad siger I til det her neonpink garn? Lækker, blød uld.....

In Purl Soho they have so many nice things. And the prices are high! Mostly, I looked. What do you think of this very pink yarn? Nice, soft wool......

Endelig fandt Dorina og jeg hinanden og tog i Brooklyn General Store. De havde udstilling af høner i vinduet, som mit nyindkøbte billede passede perfekt til!
Butikken var lige så dejlig og hyggelig som sidst. Jeg fik 20% rabat. Dejligt sted!

Finally Dorina and I found each other and went to Brooklyn General Store. The window display was hens and chicken, which was perfect with my new picture bought on the High Line!
The shop was as nice and cozy as ever. I got 20% off. Lovely place!

Bagefter gik vi over i "La Casita". Udenfor stod denne fine bænk! Det var også totalt hyggeligt. Jeg havde været der en gang før, mens det var Dorina's første gang.

Afterwards we walked to "La Casita". Outside was this pretty bench! It was such a nice place too. I've been there once before, but it was Dorina's first time to visit.

I vinduet var der en strikket version af gaden. Kunne man ikke tænke sig noget lignende med Nyhavn? Det var flot lavet.
Vi kiggede og købte lidt. Bagefter drak vi rødvin og strikkede. Konceptet med garnbutik og bar i et holder hele vejen!

In the window was a knitted version of their street. We should do something like that with Nyhavn in Copenhagen! It was really well done.
We looked and bought a little. Afterwards we had redwine and knitted a bit. The yarn-shop/bar combo is a total winner!

På vej hjem så jeg en Tardis mere! Med lys i! Den var dog ikke landet helt efter planen......
Nu skal jeg så hjem. Der er vist ikke så meget at sige, andet end at jeg nok bliver nødt til at tage herover igen på et tidspunkt! Jeg elsker New York......

On the way home I saw another Tardis! With lights and all! The landing had been somewhat sudden, it seems......
Now I'm going home. Not much to say than I really have to come back some time! I love New York...

Lady Liberty & ballet

Det her bliver lige et billed-tungt indlæg.... Så er I advaret! I går var jeg på besøg hos Frihedsgudinden. Startede med den smukke tur ind langs Hudson River med dette kig til det nye tårn ved World Trade Center. Smukt!

This blog post will have a lot of pictures..... Don't say I didn't warn you! Yesterday I went to visit the Statue of Liberty. The trip began with this beautiful walk along the Hudson River with this view of the new tower at World Trade Center. Beautiful!

Denne gang havde jeg billet til kronen, men startede selvfølgelig med museet og basen. Museet var hurtigt overstået (da jeg var der sidst, læste jeg ALT!) men jeg fik da lige dette billede af mig og ladyen..... (Weeping angel?)
Vi var 2, der var gode til at stirre!

This time I had a ticket for the crown, but of course I started with the museum and the base. The museum was quickly done (last time I was there, I read EVERYTHING!) but I did get this picture of me and the lady...... (Weeping angel?)
We were good at staring, both of us!

Vi sejlede derud, hvilket er en fin lille tur. Både på båden og ude på øen kan man virkelig nyde udsigten til New Yorks skyline! Det er virkelig flot.

You take a boat there, which is a nice little trip. On the boat and on the island you can really enjoy the view of the New York skyline. Amazing!

Trehundredesyvoghalvtreds trin oppe så der sådan her ud. Der var en rigtig god udsigt! Hun står jo og kigger væk fra byen, så deroppe var det ikke den der skyline man kunne se.....

Threehundredfiftyseven steps above the ground things looked like this. The view was great! She is standing there, looking away from the city, so this time it wasn't the skyline as a view......

Her er kigget op til hendes højre arm med faklen. Man har vist nok engang kunnet komme op i faklen, men det må VIRKELIG have været en snæver tur!

Here is her right arm with the torch. At some point it has been possible to go all the way into the torch, but must have been a very narrow trip!

Her ser i indersiden af hendes hovede. Og frisuren, der altid sidder perfekt.

This is the inside of her head. And the hair-do which is always perfect!

Sådan ser trappen ud der går op til kronen. Det er faktisk en dobbelt-trappe. En, der går op, og en, der går ned. Der er ikke meget plads, og der er kun én vej. Opad. Man kan ikke altid se så meget pga. varierende belysning. Men når det så er sagt, så tog det ikke lang tid at gå derop.
I dag har jeg til gengæld virkelig ondt i benene!

This is what the staircase for the crown looks like. It is actually a double staircase. One going up and one going down. It was very narrow, and there was just one way. Up. The lighting is not very good all the way. But with all this said, it didn't really take long to get there.
Today my legs really hurt!

I aftes havde Dorina inviteret mig til ballet i Lincoln center. Det var San Francisco Ballet Company der opførte "Cinderella". Det var så fantastisk!
Opsætningen var helt utrolig og historien meget, meget sjov. Disney kan faktisk gå hjem og skamme sig...... Det var en utroligt stor oplevelse!
Nå ja, og så var der simpelthen så mange mennesker, der så helt utroligt rige ud. Det var de også..... Vildt!

Last night Dorina invited me for a ballet in Lincoln center. The San Francisco Ballet Company performed "Cinderella". It was so fantastic!
The costumes and the choreography was amazing the story was so funny. Actually, the Disney version is nothing compared to this. It was an amazing evening!
Oh well - and then there were so many people looking so extremely rich. Which they were.....

På vej videre / Travelling on

I går så jeg julepynt, jeg faktisk ikke ville hænge på mit juletræ, fordi det var for grimt. (Det siger ikke så lidt!) Burgeren kunne måske få lov at hænge nederst på træet, men x-box controlleren ville altså være forbudt. Jeg siger det bare!

Yesterday I saw Christmas tree decorations so horrible that I wouldn't hang them on my own tree. (Now THAT's ugly!) The burger may have been allowed near the bottom of the tree, but the x-box controller? No way!

Der var også lidt mere natur fra et udsigtspunkt over Troy og Albany. Man kunne se helt til nabo-staterne.  Det var altså supersmukt, selv om det bare blev til et par minutters kig, fordi jeg skulle nå toget!

I also saw a bit more scenic nature from a high view over Troy and Albany. You could see all the way to the neighboring states. It was so pretty, even though we only stayed for a few minutes, since I had a train to catch.

Inden toget skulle vi have frokost. Det blev på universitetet i Troy. I kantinen ved deres musikhal. Og tænk - den ligner simpelthen Operaen i København til forveskling! Den er designet af ingeniører for at få den bedste akustik. Det er da sjovt at vide, hvor inspirationen til Operaen kom fra!

Before the train we had lunch. We ate at the university of Troy. In the cafe next to their music hall. And can you believe it? It's identical to the Opera in Copenhagen! It was designed by engineers to get the best acoustics. Really funny to know where the inspiration for the Danish Opera came from!

Togturen var fin. Lige ved siden af floden med smuk udsigt. Jeg syede og syede og syede, for nu SKULLE den bluse bare være færdig!

The train ride was great. Right next to the river with a beautiful view. I sewed and sewed and sewed. Now I REALLY wanted that sweater done!

Gæt engang. Den blev færdig! Den er så fin og blød og smuk at jeg helt er holdt op med at hade den...... Dorina's datter Chanda ville gerne være model, så jeg kunne se, at den rent faktisk kunne passe et menneske.
Så nu er jeg i New York. Stadig blandt venner. Det er mægtigt hyggeligt! (Og jeg fik nogle flere, sagesløse børn til at spise larver. He he)

Guess what. It's finished! It is so pretty and soft and wonderful that I actually stopped hating it..... Dorina's daughter Chanda agreed to be a model so that I could see how it could actually fit a human being.
So now I'm in New York. Still among friends. It is so nice! (And I had some more, innocent kids eating larvae.....)

:-)

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Blå / Blue

I går skete der nogle fantastiske ting med blå. Det første billede har dog ikke noget med blå at gøre. Det er et billede af den bedste salat, jeg nogensinde har smagt. Købt i et pizzeria i Troy, der hedder Defazio's. Det er eneste levn af det nu uddøde "Little Italy", men skal såmænd nok overleve. Pizzaerne var også fantastiske, og der var hele SYV typer bund at vælge imellem! Til gengæld måtte man så lige vente på, at maden blev lavet fra bunden..... (Hvis du kommer forbi Troy, er adressen 266 4th Street)

Yesterday, some amazing things happened with blue. The first picture is not blue at all, though. It is a picture of the best salad, I ever had! Bought in a pizzeria in Troy, called Defazio's. It is the only remnant of "Little Italy", but I'm sure it will survive. The pizzas were amazing, and there was a total of SEVEN crusts to pick! You did have to wait for the food to be freshly prepared, though..... (If you happen to pass Troy, the address is 266 4th Street)

Vi gik lidt rundt i går. Først i en lille skov på en ø, derefter i Troy. Og hvad ser jeg så pludselig? En TARDIS! Det var da for sejt!
Godt nok en ikke helt færdig model, som jeg ikke aner, hvad de skal bruge til, men alligevel. En Tardis!

We walk a bit yesterday. First a walk in a little forest on an island, afterwards in Troy. And what do I suddenly see? A TARDIS! It was so cool!
It isn't quite done yet, and I have no idea what they will use it for, but still. A Tardis!

I en butik med ting og sager fra hele verden (hvor jeg iøvrigt købte nogle vældig fine øreringe) så vi så pludselig danske juleplatter. Man hensmelter helt i tårer over fædrelandet..... (Eller noget)
Men ved I, hvad den største blå ting var i går? Niecens bluse er strikket færdig! Nu skal den sys sammen, og det kan jeg nok bruge en togtur til New York på, tænker jeg.... Det er kæmpestort!

In a shop with stuff from all over the world (where I bought some very nice earrings), we suddenly found these Danish Christmas plates for decoration. We almost cried thinking of our home country..... (Or. Well. You get the idea)
But the biggest blue thing yesterday? The sweater for my niece is finally knitted! I just need to sew it together now, and I guess a train-ride to New York City will be helpful for that. This is huge!