Winding Weekend

Borrowed my mother in law's yarn winder and skein holder for some of my wonderful Las Vegas yarns. Was really looking forward to wind up all my new skeins... and wupsi daisy it was all over in 5 minutes.... Hmpf!!! I love the winder... but... I wanted the experience to last longer...

No just kidding. But I couldn't believe how fast a skein of 100 grams winds up to a itsy bitsy ball. Great invention.

Buuut we also had time to do some Halloween pumpkins.



Oh - and by the way.... they also let me knit on the way home in the plane... 5 knitting needles and all.....

Gail Knits in Las Vegas and so do I..........

Ja, selv om vi er kommet hjem fra Vegas mangler jeg lige nogle opdateringer - internet forbindelsen i det lejede hus var SIMPELTHEN for langsom.

Nå, men i min jagt på lækkert garn fandt jeg Gail Knits. Super hyggelig butik, med an masse strikkeglade damer der sad og hyggede med kaffe og snacks. Derudover havde de også en super lækker garnsamling.

Her er et par billeder af høsten. Mmmmmm. Jeg er især begejstret for farvespillet i Fame trend fra Marks & Kattens



I know I already came home from Vegas, but I have a lot of updating to do. I gave up in the rented house 'cause the Internet connection was SO slow.... On my yarn hunt I found Gail Knits which is a really cosy store with a lot of knitting happy ladies having a super time knitting and drinking coffe. They also had a load of beautiful, gorgeous yarns. I'm really excited about the colorway of Fame trend from Marks and Kattens.



When I wasn't shopping, I found time to do some knitting by the pool (with a margarita by my side - yummy)

Wooly Wonders in Vegas

Kan man købe godt garn i Vegas? - Er der overhovedet nogen i denne ørken/forlystelsesby der strikker.

Jeg fandt ihvertfald Wooly wonders som er en super hyggelig lille garnbutik med god betjening. Der sad et par strikkere ved et langt bord i midten af butikken og hyggede sig med hver deres strikketøj. Butikken er ikke kun en butik, men også et mødested - og så har de de lækreste garner.

Is there anywhere in Las Vegas where you can buy great yarn? - Does anyone in this desert town knit at all???

I found this knitting store Wooly wonders that had all these beautiful, gorgeous yarns. The store was really cosy and the service excellent. It had a long table where people can sit and knit. It actually seemed like both a nice knitting meeting place as well as a great yarn store.






Indtil videre er det blå garn fra Misti Alpacca min favorit. Alpacca og silke i super flotte farver. blødt og lækkert.

So far the blue yarn from Misti Alpacca is my favourite. Alpacca and silk in the most beautiful colours. Amazingly soft....

Knitting in the air

Så er vi taget på ferie i Las Vegas og er kommet godt frem. Jeg læste op på SAS' politikker omkring håndbagage, og hos SAS står strikkepinde på listen over ting der er godkendt i håndbagagen - så var det bare lige om Sikkerhedskontrollen er af samme holdning.

Jeg slap ombord med strikketøj og strikkede det meste af turen - også uden henvendelser fra stewardesser....




We left for vacation in Las Vegas - and I was eager to find out if the airline would let me knit in the air. I checked out SAS' homepage and knitting needles is actually on the list of approved items in carry-on luggage - but I also had to go through security and maybe they didn't share the SAS policy.

But I was let on the plane and knitted almost the entire trip :-)

no name bags

Har syet flere tasker, nogle er allerede solgt, så dem er der ingen billeder af. Iøvrigt er disse tasker bare umulige at tage et elegant billede af!

Tasken er syet i sort let hør og super lækkert multifarvet bomuld.

Her er et lille kig nedi.

Stitched up some more bags, several has already been sold - before I even got around to take pictures......

The red fabric inside is just gorgeous...

....og så krydser man lige fingre for at Obamas fly ikke laver alt for meget rod i flytrafikken fredag - husbonden, Isabel og jeg rejser til USA på ferie i 3 uger - og det er virkelig øv, hvis vi ikke når vores connecting flight til Washington - vi kan selvfølgelig prøve at få et lift med Air Force One - den skal samme vej 20 min. efter planlagt afgang på vores fly. Hmmm det lugter lidt af forsinkelse.

.... and we cross our fingers that Obamas landing in Copenhagen doesn't mess up airtraffic over Denmark too much, since hubby, Isabel and I are leaving for a 3 week vacation friday -it would sooooo annoying if we don't catch our connecting flight in Washington - well we can always try and catch a lift with Air Force One since it's going the same way 20 min. later than planned departure of our flight. hmmmm already smells like delay!

Små vidundere....

Jeg er lige nødt til at fremvise dette loppemarkedsfund som min mor gjorde... Har længe klaget over ikke at have en ordentlig te-potte, og så dukker min mor op med denne engelske sag. Den er da ikke til at stå for... Problemet er nu, at den rent faktisk er så fin at man næsten ikke nænner at bruge den.

I have complained for a long time, that I didn't have a decent tea pot, but then my mother showed up with this wonderful English tea pot, that she found at a flea market. The problem nowis that is actually too fine to take into use......

Og så har jeg her til aften rent faktisk færdiggjort et projekt. En lille vest til min lille nevø. Den skal lige skylles op, men så er den også på vej med posten. Det er efter en opskrift i Hendes Verden af ukendt udgave og strikket i bomuld fra Hjertegarn.

I did actually manage to finish a project this evening. A vest for my nephew. I have to wash it and press it, but it will hopefully be mailed tomorrow. The pattern is from Hendes Verden (issue???) and the yarn is pure cotton from Hjertegarn.

Super Size Me Scarf

Jeg købte for længe siden et meg nøgle (200 g) New York fra Hjertegarn - har kastet 12 masker på pind nr. 20 og suser derudaf. Min datter mener at det tørklæde må være til hende...... vi må se om det bliver for stort til hende....



A long time ago I bought just one mega skein (200 gr) of New York from Hjertegarn. I cast on 12 stiches on needle no. 20 and rush through a mega scarf. My daughter is absolutely certain that the scarf is for her - we'll have to see how it fits....

Pang sokker

Det bliver ikke til frygtelig meget blogging for tiden, men det bliver heller ikke til så mange færdige projekter - så det går vel hånd i hånd. Der er bare så meget håndarbejde i hænderne der gerne vil ud.....

Jeg er startet på et par vinter sokker til Isabel - men da jeg ikke har tålmodighed til at strikke sokker på pinde 2½ - er de i dobbelt garn på pind 3½ - et par rigtig lune sokker i pang farver. Garnet er sokkegarn af en herkomst jeg ikke lige husker.....




Haven't had the opportunity to blog much the past weeks, haven't had time to finish any projects either - probably goes hand in hand.

I did cast on these neon winter socks for Isabel and since I hate knitting with size 2½ needles, it is double threaded sock yarn on needles 3½. Thick, warm socks....