Hurtigt / Quickly

Mens jeg har strikket vest og vanter siden påskeferien startede, har jeg forsømt det, jeg i virkeligheden skulle have lavet.....
For jeg burde faktisk have strikket strømper. Konstant! På lørdag er det egentlig meningen, at jeg skal være færdig med hele 2 par, der skal gives væk....... Evt. på søndag, håber jeg!
Det ene par er i almindelig rib, mens det andet par er med mønster. Det bliver fint! Men der skal nok strikkes LIDT hurtigere! Mønsteret hedder "Marilinda" og er fra bogen "Knit.Sock.Love." Som Cookie A. mønster er det bare at komme ud over stepperne og følge opskriften. Der er tænkt på det hele.
Heldigvis byder i dag og i morgen på møder, så ribstrømperne kommer noget længere, regner jeg med!

While I have been knitting the vest and the mittens since my Easter break began, I've failed to make what I really should have been doing.....
Actually I should have been knitting socks. Constantly! This Saturday I'm supposed to have 2 pairs done and ready to give away....... Maybe Sunday, I hope!
One of the pairs is plain ribbing, and the other pair is patterned. Looks nice! But I guess I should speed up a bit! The pattern is called "Marilinda", and is from the book "Knit.Sock.Love." Like any Cookie A. pattern there isn't much to do except knitting along, following the pattern. Everything has been taken care of.
Fortunately, today and tomorrow comes with meetings, so I guess the ribbed socks will grow nicely!

København

Militær katte / Army cats

Vanterne til lillebror er færdige. Denne gang i drenge-farver. Jeg havde noget camouflage-garn tilbage fra babyvesten, og det passede faktisk ret godt til noget fint grønt.
Kattene kan ses lidt tydeligere på de her vanter, ikke?
Jeg må indrømme, at de lige var lidt sværere at strikke end de første. Det var ikke sådan helt så sjovt, og de tog da også lige et par dage mere......
Men fine er de blevet, synes jeg!

The mittens for my youngest nephew are done. This time in more masculine colors. I had some camouflage yarn left over from the baby vest, and the color went well with some green yarn.
The cats are a bit more clearly seen on these mittens, don't you think?
I have to admit, that these mittens were just a bit more difficult to knit than the first pair. Not as much fun, and it did take a couple of days more to make them!
The result is very good, I think.....

Denne gang er de strikket dels i wollmeise 100% uld, dels i wollmeise med nylon. De vejer lige lidt mere end de andre, 55 gram i alt. Tror, det er fordi strømpegarnet er lidt tungere.
De skal afleveres i dag. Modtageren bliver glad, ved jeg!
Og så kan jeg vist klare mig uden at strikke vanter et par måneder.......

This time they are made with not only wollmeise pure, but also wollmeise twin. The weigh a little bit more than the other pair, 55 grams in total. Probably because the sock yarn is a little bit heavier.
They will be delivered today. My nephew will be so happy!
And then I might add that I think I can manage the next few months without making more mittens......

Forår? / Spring?

Hvis man skal sige noget som helst godt om regn (jeg bryder mig ikke personligt enormt meget om det), så er det, at det hører til forår.
Nu har det sneet så længe - også selv om sneen smelter! - at det faktisk ville være rart med lidt regn.
Hjælper det, hvis alle strikker et par regndråber? Kommer foråret så?
Mønsteret er her.

If I am to say anything positive about rain (personally I don't like rain that much), it is a sign of spring.
It has been snowing for so long - even if the snow is melting! - that I actually long for a little rain.
Will it help, if everyone knits a few raindrops? Will spring come then?
The pattern is here.

Ballet

I aftes var jeg i Operaen. Der var gæste-optræden fra New York City Ballet, og da det jo ikke er længe siden jeg mødte en, der havde fulgtes med dem rundt, var jeg da selvfølgelig nødt til at se det, ikke?
Det var så fantastisk smukt. Programmet hed "Serenade" (Tschaikovsky), "The Four Temperaments" (Hindemith) og "Symphony in C" (Bizet). Især den første og den sidste del var utroligt smukke.
Den midterste var sådan lidt anderledes...... I den sidste del var dragterne pyntet med Swarovski krystaller, hvilket selvfølgelig også gav lidt bling, men så meget, meget fint ud.

Last night I went to the Opera. New York City Ballet was visiting, and since it's not long since I met someone who had been traveling with them, I had to go see them, right?
It was amazingly pretty. The program was "Serenade" (Tschaikovsky), "The Four Temperaments" (Hindemith) and "Symphony in C" (Bizet). I liked the first and last parts best. They were unbelievably beautiful. The middle one was a bit - - - different..... In the last dance, the costumes were decorated with Swarovski crystals, which added to the bling-effect, but looked very, very pretty.

Dronningen var der - som I tydeligt kan gætte jer til fra dette billede, ikke? Hun fulgtes med Prinsesse Benedikte.

The Queen was there - as you can clearly imagine from this photo! She was there with her sister, Princess Benedikte.

Og jeg fik mig en ny vase! Indholdet smagte rigtig godt.
Da jeg kom ud af Operaen, var min cykel desværre pist væk. Cykelhjelmen var taget af og lå på jorden (på en eller anden tarvelig måde var det alligevel pænt gjort), men jeg måtte tage bussen hjem.
Pænt irriterende, synes jeg nok! Gider ikke rigtig skulle finde papirer, anmelde, købe ny cykel osv. Men på den anden side er det ca. 18 år siden jeg sidst fik stjålet en cykel, så det er jo ikke alt for galt. Og jeg klarer mig nok et par dage på gåben/bus.

And I had a new vase! The content tasted really good.
When I left the Opera, unfortunately my bike was gone. The helmet had been taken off and lay on the ground (in some very bothersome way it was a nice gesture), but I had to take the bus home.
Really annoying! I don't want to go through all the finding-paper, report-stolen, buy-new-bike stuff and so on. On the other hand it's around 18 years since I had a bike stolen last time, so it's not really too bad. And I guess I'll manage my life walking and taking the bus for a few days.

Påskeæg / Easter egg

Mit "påskeæg" er kommet! Lige i påsken "kom jeg til" at gå ind på Wollmeise-hjemmesiden midt i en update, og syntes bestemt godt, at en overraskelses-pose med strømpegarn ville kunne gøre det ud for at være påskeæg fra mig til mig.......
Sikke en dejlig pose jeg fik! Den multifarvede er en WD Raku Regenbogen (tæt på at være min yndlingsfarve), og den sorte er en ret sort forsøgskanin, men alligevel med forskellige nuancer. Mon ikke det kan blive til nogle fine strømper?

My "Easter egg" arrived! At Easter, I "happened" to visit the Wollmeise homepage in the middle of an update, and I really thought that a sock yarn surprise bag would be a wonderful Easter egg from me to me....
What a wonderful bag I received! The multicolored is WD Raku Regenbogen (I think this is my favorite color), and the black is a pretty black guinea pig, but still with different shades. These could become some very nice socks!

Øresund

Det ser ENDELIG ud til, at foråret er ved at bide sig fast. Det er bare skønt, at det er længe lyst, og jeg nyder hver eneste dag, hvor solen skinner fra en klar, blå himmel!
Af en eller anden grund trænger jeg til at se vand i øjeblikket. Så cykelture for at nyde det gode vejr, ender typisk ved en eller anden afkrog af vandet fra Øresund....

FINALLY it seems like spring is here to stay. I love the longer hours of light, and I really enjoy every single day with a clear, blue sky and sunshine!
I'm not sure why, but I really need to see some water right now. So any bike-trips to soak in the good weather, usually ends up close to some splash of water from Øresund......

Her er det fra Charlottenlund Strandfort, inden det blev helt så varmt. Det var skærtorsdag og blæsende. Tæskekoldt! Jeg har aldrig været på fortet før, men kun kørt forbi. Spændende sted, faktisk.

This picture is taken at Charlottenlund Strandfort, before it really got warm. It was the day before Good Friday, and very windy. Freezing! I never visited the fort before, but just passed it. Interesting place, actually.

Tirsdag cyklede jeg forbi "Fields", og kørte langs jernbanebroen tilbage fra Amager til Sjælland. Der var kajak-roere, der også nød vejret.

This Tuesday, I took a long ride to a shopping mall, and going home, I followed the bridge for the train-tracks from Amager to Sealand. There were some kayak-sailors also enjoying the sun.

Det er smukt, ikke?

Beautiful, don't you think?

Pleeeeaaaaassssseeeee????????

Lige siden min mindste niece så mig starte på mine vanter, har hun flere gange nævnt, at hun SÅ MEGET godt kunne tænke sig vanter også. Hun er en sart plante, og alt, hvad jeg ikke har strikket af bomuld, er lynhurtigt blevet til "Kradsuld". Jeg har fortalt hende mange, mange gange, at hun slet ikke ville kunne lide vanter af uld, og ligeså mange, mange gange har hun forsøgt at forklare at det kun er i ansigtet hun ikke kan lide uld. (Hvorefter hun 5 minutter senere aer mine dejlige, bløde trøjer med alpaca og siger "kradsuld"!
I søndags skruede hun virkelig op for charmen! Hun aede min (totalt bløde!) cumulus med alpaca og mohair og sagde "Ah - blød kradsuld"!

Ever since my youngest niece saw me start the mittens, she has mentioned several times that she REALLY BADLY would like some mittens too. She is quite sensitive, skin-wise, and everything I knitted from anything apart from cotton is now officially called "Itchy wool". I told her many, many times, that she wouldn't like woolen mittens, and just as many, many times she did her best at explaining, that it is only her face that doesn't like wool. (And in another 5 minutes she will pet one of my wonderful, soft sweaters with alpaca and proclaim "Itchy wool"!)
This Sunday she really did her best to convince me to make her mittens. She petted my (totally soft!) cumulus made with alpaca and mohair and said "Ah - soft itchy wool"!

Selvfølgelig kunne jeg ikke stå for hende. Så turen gik lige hjem i wollmeise-lageret for at finde 2 farver til et par katte-vanter. Wollmeise blev det, for de skal gerne kunne maskinvaskes, og desuden er det blødt. Og uld varmer altså nu engang lidt mere end bomuld!
Der har været god tid til at strikke, så de blev færdige på nærmest bare 2 dage. Der er kun brugt 50 gram. Til gengæld er de altså noget små, men jeg tror godt, hun kan passe dem nu her. Og hvem ved? Næste vinter gider hun garanteret ikke katte, men vil hellere have nogle andre!
Det største problem er, at hendes lillebror, der har brugt et år af sit liv på at lege kat, også vil have kattevanter nu. Der er slået op til et par mere.......

Of course I couldn't say no. So I went straight home in my wollmeise-stash to find 2 colors suitable for cat mittens. I chose wollmeise, since it is machine washable, and it's soft. And you know - wool is just so much warmer than cotton!
I had plenty of time for knitting during my Easter break, and finished them in just about 2 days. I only used 50 grams of yarn. They are quite small, but I think they will fit her nicely now. And who knows? Next winter I'm sure she won't wear anything with cats, but would like to have a different pair!
The biggest problem right now is that her younger brother, who already spent a year of his life playing cat, is desperate to have cat mittens as well. I already cast on.......

Lige nu er hus-skulpturen i dammen beboet / Right now the house-sculpture in the pond is inhabitated

Snowdrop look-a-like

Min påskevest blev færdig, og jeg er meget, meget glad for resultatet. Det er meningen, at den skal ligne en Snowdrop, men jeg havde ikke mønsteret. Til gengæld havde jeg bogen "Strikketøj", og jeg satsede på, at "Kjole med perlebesat bærestykke" var stort set som Snowdrop. Designere har det jo med at genbruge gode idéer.......
Desuden havde jeg 2 grønne farver, der var geniale sammen, og en ustyrlig lyst til at komme i gang og blive færdig på ingen tid! Af den grønne fra Garnudsalg.dk var der kun 100 gram, så det skulle ikke være en vest på små pinde med snoninger!

My Easter-vest is done, and I'm very, very happy with the result. It is supposed to look like a "Snowdrop", but I didn't have the pattern. What I had was the book "Strikketøj" by Helga Isager, and I thought the dress with pearls would be almost identically patterned compared to Snowdrop. Designers usually use their ideas several times......
I also had 2 green colors that were brilliant together, and a need for getting started and finishing in no time! One of the greens was thin wool, and I only had 100 grams, so I didn't want to make a vest on small needles, with cable-pattern!

Der er mange, der har strikket denne top, og der er gode råd rundt omkring i blogland. Jeg digtede en del.
Toppen er strikket på pind 4 og 6 mm. Jeg startede bærestykket med masker sv.t. str. medium. Første gang jeg tog ud, gjorde jeg som beskrevet, og de næste 2 gange tog jeg 2 masker ud pr. rapport omkring den første maske. Kan godt lide, at det bliver symmetrisk. Jeg tog ialt 5 masker ud pr. rapport, hvilket er 2 masker mere end i mønsteret, men det gjorde bærestykket mere rundt, så det sidder pænere.
På kroppen tog jeg 4 masker ud pr. omgang ialt 2 gange. Dels for at få en anelse A-facon, dels for at få et maskeantal, der kunne deles med 7, hvilket var en mønster-rapport. Da det så ud til at passe, strikkede jeg hulmønster til der kun var garn til 2 retriller og en aflukning. (Det var der så ikke engang. De sidste 7 cm er lukket af med en anden nuance højlandsuld.)
Ialt har jeg brugt godt 100 gram højlandsuld og 3 nøgler drops alpaca. Vesten er blød og varm, og jeg er stadig helt vild med farven......

Many people knitted this top, and surfing around the blog-sphere, there is plenty of advice on how to make it. I made up a lot of the pattern.
I used needles size 4 and 6 mm. I started the yoke with stitch-number according to size medium. For the first increase, I followed the instructions, but for the next 2 increases, I increased 2 stitches for each pattern-repeat, to make it symmetrical. I increased a total of 5 stitches per repeat, which is 2 more than the pattern calls for, but it makes the yoke more round, which I like.
Doing the main part, I increased 4 stitches a round a total of 2 time. Partly to make it just a little A-shaped, partly to end up with a stitch-number that could be divided by 7 (the number of stitches in a repeat). When I thought it fitting, I did the lace-pattern until I only had yarn left for 2 garter-stitch ridges and cast-off. (Didn't really have enough. Had to use a different shade of green for the last 2-3 inches.)
In total, I used 100 grams of thin wool, and 3 skeins of Drops alpaca. The vest is really soft and warm, and I'm still crazy about the color......

Nar! / Fool!

I dag er det 1. april - og der har vist allerede været en del aprilsnarre i medierne. (At de så også skynder sig at afsløre de andre mediers aprilsnarre gør, at lidt af det sjove forsvinder. Synes jeg. Kunne de ikke vente til i aften?)
Nå. Denne narre-hat kan du enten turbostrikke og bruge i dag, eller tage den med ro og gemme den til næste år. God fornøjelse!

Today is the first of april, and here in Denmark, a lot of false news have been published in the media already. (They are in a hurry to reveal other media's Aprils fool, and that takes some of the fun away. In my opinion. Couldn't they just wait until tonight?)
Anyway. This Fools hat is something you could speed-knit and use today or take it slowly and save it for next year. Happy knitting!

Glædelig påske! / Happy Easter!

Så blev det påskedag. Den største fest i kirkeåret!
Dejligt med lidt sol og antydning af varme.
Der blev strikket lidt og hygget meget i går, og da Linda kom, fik jeg så også strikket. Er nu faktisk færdig, og kan forhåbentlig få vesten på i morgen!

Easter Sunday has come - the biggest reason for celebration in the church-year!
It's really nice with the sun shining and a little bit of warmth.
I knitted a little and had a huge dose of 'hygge' yesterday. When Linda arrived, it was my turn to knit a lot. The vest is done by now, and hopefully I can wear it tomorrow.


Der var gaver til mig i går! Jeg fik disse smukke fyrfadsstager. Er meget glad for dem! Den sidste julegave kom også. Marioparty til wii. Blev straks indviet....

There were presents for me yesterday! I got these tea-light holders, that I really love! The very last Christmas present also arrived. Mario party for wii. We tried it right away....

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Gamle mure / Old walls

Det sidste bundt garn i den første pakke af Flamboyance Yarn's strømpegarnsklub er kommet. Denne gang er det noget ganske glat og blødt strømpegarn, farvet i nuancer der er inspireret af gamle mure langs engelske veje. Ganske fint, ligesom de andre jeg har fået!
Det har været dejligt at være med, og jeg har faktisk betalt for 3 måneder mere. Det er lækkert garn, og det er dejligt at kunne være med uden mønstre.
Næste gang man kan skrive sig på, er vistnok sidst i maj.

The last skein of the first package from Flamboyance Yarn's sock yarn club has arrived. This time it's some really smooth and soft sock yarn, dyed in shades inspired by the old walls along English roads. Really pretty, like the other 2 I received!
It's been fun joining, and I paid for another 3 months. The yarn is great, and it is nice that you can join without receiving any patterns.
The next sign-up will be in the last week of May, I think.

Der strikkes stadig grønt. Jeg er da over halvvejs nu, og glæder mig stadig. Det er spændende, hvor meget jeg får strikket i dag - der kommer gæster det meste af eftermiddagen! Nevøer, en niece og nogle venner/kærester. Måske 6 ialt. Måske 4. Til strikning og rødvin (konceptet er, at de, der ikke vil eller kan strikke, har lovet at drikke rødvin.....). Når de så er taget hjem, kommer Linda. Til strikning og rødvin. For mig denne gang. Glæder mig!

The green is still growing. I'm more than halfway by now, and still in love with the color! I'm not sure how much I will be knitting today - most of the afternoon I will have guests! Nephews, a niece and some friends. Maybe a total of 6. Maybe 4. For knitting and red wine (those who will not or cannot knit will drink red wine.....). After they have left, Linda will come tonight. For knitting and red wine. For me, this time! Will be a great day!

Sundhedsdage

I søndags var jeg jo til sundhedsdage i Øksnehallen og lege læge. Desværre fik jeg ikke en tur i helikopteren (hvorfor gjorde jeg egentlig ikke det????), men stod i børnehjørnet.
Det var sjovt! Vi legede behandling af børn med lungebetændelse. Den første times tid gik med at være meget pædagogisk og forklarende, men så blev jeg ligesom træt af det...... Da jeg skiftede til en anden seng med en ny sygeplejerske, der bestemt heller ikke var til det meget forklarende og pædagogiske, fik den rigtig gas!
Der blev givet isbjørneblod og benzin i droppet, og børnene så utroligt syge ud inden de fik medicin! De skulle også gå hjem og spise påskeæg for at blive raske, hvilket de var ret tilfredse med..... Det var nu meget sjovt. Og de vidste jo godt, at vi legede. Hvor meget lærer man alligevel om at være indlagt på 10 minutter i en hal proppet med mennesker?

Last Sunday I went to the big health exhibition here in Copenhagen, playing a doctor. Unfortunately that didn't mean I was given a ride in the helicopter (WHY couldn't I try the helicopter????), but instead I was in the children's corner.
It was fun! We played treatment of children with pneumonia. I was very nice and explaining and careful for the first hour, but you sort of grow tired of explaining so much after a while..... I changed bed and teamed up with a new nurse, who also had a vivid imagination, and so we started our new treatments!
We gave blood from an ice-bear and gasoline, and the children looked so very sick before they received our amazing treatment! They were told to go home and eat chocolate eggs to get well, which they seemed fairly happy about. It was fun! (And they knew we were just playing.) How much will you learn anyway from spending 10 minutes playing in a giant hall filled with people?

Herhjemme nyder jeg fridagene. Maden var skøn i går, også selv om lammekødet var lilla inden stegning. Jeg strikker på livet løs - den skal bare være færdig i løbet af påsken! Det er stadig en fantastisk farve.....

Here at home I'm really enjoying my days off. The dinner tasted great last night, even though the lamb turned purple from the marinade before cooking. I'm knitting like crazy - I want this done before Easter has ended! I'm still in love with the color.....

Bare fordi jeg havde lyst / Just because I felt like it

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Men jeg prøver / But I'm trying

Madlavning er ikke lige min spidskompetence. Jeg kan godt følge en opskrift, men laver faktisk sjældent mad, og ind imellem er det mindre heldigt......
Faktisk er mit bedste madlavningsråd, at man skal huske at tjekke udløbsdatoen på krydderierne!
Men når nu det er ferie, og påske, og jeg har tid, skal det alligevel være lidt særligt. Så i aften skal jeg have provence-lam. Dette er marinaden til kødet. Det bliver spændende! (og forhåbentligt godt)
En anden spidskompetence jeg mangler, er at invitere gæster. Men de kommer alligevel. Så det gør ikke så meget...... I aften kommer der dog ikke gæster til mad, men til et lille visit på vej fra Bornholm til Fyn. Bliver hyggeligt!

Cooking is not one of my best abilities. I can follow a recipe, but to be honest, I don't cook that often, and sometimes the taste is not amazing......
Actually, my best cooking advice is to check if the spices are too old!
But since it is Easter, and I'm off work and have time, I want to make something special. Tonight I'm having provence-lamb. This is the marinade for the meat. Exciting! (and hopefully good)
Another thing I'm not very good at, is inviting guests. But they show up anyway. So I guess it doesn't matter much..... Tonight I won't have guests for dinner, but for a small visit, going from Bornholm to Funen. Will be nice!

Amaryllis

Frisk luft / Fresh air

Det er koldt! Men flot med is på vandet.

It is very cold! But the ice-flakes look pretty.


Kanalrundfarten sejler, så foråret er her godt nok i kalenderen.

The harbour tour is sailing, so I guess spring is here. At least that is what the date says.


Og der er knopper på vej!

And the buds are coming!


Havfruen ser kold ud.

The mermaid looks very cold.


Båden er lige sejlet. Til Norge eller Polen.

The boat just left. For Norway or Poland.

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