onsdag, oktober 31, 2007
jul/christmas
Lov/ vacation
Ikväll är det stickkafé hos Nystvindan. Tänkte mig dit. Ska bli trevligt att träffa de andra. Var inte iväg i lördags.
Now we have som days of from work. It will be nice. Today we shall do boring work: cleaning, cleaning. You need that sometimes when there are three cats in the house;-). But tomorrow we will go for a trip to Helsinki. It's nice to do something different a couple of days. The vacation seems much longer then. Do hope the weather stays as it is. Not like last year when we were to Riga. Real autumn storms. It can be as it is today. The sun is shining but it was cold when I got up, minus 5 degrees Celsius. Report on the trip will come in the weekend.
Tonight I'm going to Nystvindan on the knitting café. Will be nice to see the others. I wasn't there last Saturday.
Bara för att uppmutra er inför kommande vintern ska jag visa detta:
And just as an encouragement before winter I will show you this:Kan vara skönt att komma ihåg varmare dagar. Även om jag gillar vintern också. I alla fall om det är snö, sol och ungefär minus 10 grader.
Can be nice to remember warmer days. Even though I like winter to. At least if it's snow, sunshine and about minus 10 degrees Celsius.
tisdag, oktober 23, 2007
snabb uppdatering och tack/fast uppdate and a thank you
Here's fast update. Much to do at work right now so I'm rather tired when I get home. Don't do much more than knit and watch TV. At times like this it's real nice to come home and find a package from my Secret Pal in the mailbox. And what a package. Yarn, chocolate and some nice smelling Roobibos. Then there whas some pattern suggestions for the yarn. For example Monkey socks from Knitty witch I've already had in mind. Many, many thanks is all I can say.
Så måste jag få säga tack för alla snälla kommentarer på sjalen. Jag blir så glad.
And I must say thank for all comlpimenst on my shawl to. They made me happy.
söndag, oktober 21, 2007
Mountain Peak Shawl
torsdag, oktober 18, 2007
Recension/Review
måndag, oktober 15, 2007
Vilken helg.../What a weekend...
I have had. Went to Malmö on friday and came home yesterday evening. Sticka had a meeting. It has been an intense but fun weekend. Everything started when I got to Malmö. It was a tour to Copenhagen and yarn shops planned. Uldstedet, Bette Design and Sommerfuglen got visists. And ooops it got expensive;-). Above you can see what I bought there an at Yllet were we went on Saturday.
Mina vantar:
My mittens.
Det blev annat stickat också inte bara vantar. Jag hann en bra bit på dotterns tröja och mössan som sonen har beställt är färdig.
There were other knitting to not only mittens. I came quite far on my daughters sweater and the cap my son has ordered is finished.
Tack Stick Opp för ett superjobb och tack Sticka också för att möjligheten till denna träff gavs.
Thank you Stick Opp for a work well done and thank you Sticka for giving us this opportunity.
Flwer bilder kan ni hitta hos bland annat En till Stickblogg och Queen Mudd.
More pictures at En till Stickblogg and Queen Mudd.
söndag, oktober 07, 2007
förälskad/in love
Jag stickar den i Grignasco merinosilke (lila)och stickor nr 2,5mm. Egentligen ska det vara tjockare garn och stickor men jag tycker min ser ut att bli fin. Inte så stor kanske men det gör inget. Ett fint mönster är det också än så länge.
I'm in love. Don't take it that I'm going to leave DH. No I've at last tested the Addi Lace needles I bought at Garnhärvan. And wow what at difference in knitting lace. I've heard people talk about it but didn't think it should be such a big differnce. I couldn't stop knitting so I've finished the first clue in Secret of the Stole.
Här kommer även den utlovade bilden på mina stapplande försök i virkning.
Here is the promised picture of my first stumbling tries in crocheting.
Idag var det en vacker dag så vi tog bilen till Sundbyholm och tog en promenad runt udden. Och vi hade sådan tur att vi fick se en stor flock av Kanadagäss som vilade sig lite innan fortsatt färd söderut.
Today it was a beautiful day so we drove to Sundbyholm and took a walk around. And we were lucky to see a big flock of geese taking a pause on there travel south.
Detta är bara en liten del av flocken.
This is only a small part of the flock.
Till sist vill jag visa en bild av vårt olivträd. Det växer oliver för första gången. Vi trodde inte att det skulle kunna bli några alls i vårt klimat med det blev det. Många små men det är ett par som växer. Kanske de hinner växa färdigt innan det blir för kallt.
Last of all I want to show you our olive tree. It's growing olives for the first time. We didn't think it could do that in our climate but it did. Many small olives but there are one or two that are growing. Maybe they will have time to finish growing before it's getting to cold.lördag, oktober 06, 2007
elev/student
Men en av de som är med på stickkaféet på Nystvindan, K, har en så fin virkad sjal med bara stolpar och luftmaskor. En sådan ville jag försöka mig på. Det borde jag kunna klara eller hur. Sagt och gjort idag tog jag med mig garn och virknål till stickkaféet och fick instruktioner i hur sjalen är gjord. Så nu är den på gång. Det var inte så svårt.Hur man virkar finns kvar som tur är. Ska nog ge mig på något annat längre fram. Jag använder Ullcentrums entrådiga garn och virknål nr 3. Bild i morgon. Mina batterier är urladdade tyvärr.
Today I've been student instead of teacher. Don't know if I told you before but I'm lousy on crocheting. Hardly know what single crochet is. Mix them with double crochet. I've been tought to crochet a long time ago in school as everybody, but after that I haven't done much crocheting.
But one of the persons that visit Nystvindans knitting café, K, has a very beautiful crocheted shawl with just double crochet and chain stitch. I really wanted to try to crochet one for myself. I should manage that don't you think. So today I grabbed hold of some yarn and a crochet hook. Went to Nystvindan and got the instructions. So know I'm on the move with it. It wasn't that hard. How to crocheting was there in my mind luckily. I think I will try something else later on. I'm using Ullcentrums one-stranded and hook nr 3. Pictures in the morning. Don't have any batteries in my camera.