Beads cast on and cookied......

Enjoying the first day of my first vacation with the, a good book (The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown), and a new project cast on.

Have been wanting for a long time to cast on "Odessa" by Grumperina but I had a hard time finding just the right beads and yarn. At Gail Knits in Las Vegas I found the most gorgeous beads and then I just had to go with one of my absolute favourites in yarns: Mille Colori from Lang.

The pattern is fairly easy and easy to remember - I think the hardest and most time consuming part was to get all the beads on to the yarn.




This afternoon Isabel and I decided to make another batch of cookies since teh ones we made last week and were meant for Christmas has somehow already vanished....... Just to stay in the beads "spirit" we choose to do some rally good lemon-cookies with lime frosting and silver sugar-beads. And here is the result - yummy!

Damson on needles while King Winter drops by

I have really spent a lot of time trying to get the hang of Ravelry. To start with I don't think I really got the idea, but think I'm getting there....

We had a really warm November here in Denmark, but then all of a sudden the weather changed and King Winter and Jack Frost came hand in hand and snow fell from the skies like we hadn't seen for years. 65 cm in one night - traffic chaos and schools closed. Usually when it snows here, it melts away in a couple of days or it turns in to a brown, disgusting "molassis" - well, now 4 days later, the landscape is stille white and very "Christmasy". Hope it stays that way next week. Would be cool to actually experience a white Christmas.



In between all the work, I also had time to knit a bit. I checked out Ravelry for cool patterns to some of the great yarns that I bought in Vegas. It's really cool to just browse between hundreds of really nice projects for patterns.
I found the Damson that would go really great with my Misti Alpaca yarn.



And this is how it turned out.

Socks Rock

Autumn just flies by. It's windy, it's rainy.... it's perfect weather to stay in and knit..... just don't have the time. Too much work, too many conferences, too many seminars, too many parent meetings at my daughter's school - AND too much flu.

In between all this i did however find time to keep my daughter's and better half's feet warm.

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....

Pattern for circular needle holders

Så har jeg forsøgt mig med en mønster for rundpinde-poserne. Jeg ved ikke rigtig om det blev forståeligt, men jeg kunne ikke tilføje små tegninger til uddybende forklaring..... Så hvis I har lyst til at forsøge Jer med disse og ikke kan hitte ud af mønsteret - så skriv endelig til mig.



I have tried making a pattern for the Circular Needle Holders - and I don't know if anyone can understand a thing I wrote. I would have loved to add little drawings to make it easier to understand, but I didn't know how..... If you want to have a go at it, but don't understand the pattern, let me know

IT'S ALIIIIVE!

Yep - der er stadig liv i symaskinen. Fik den endelig hevet ud af skabet. Kunne næsten ikke finde den for støv og spindelvæv, men den var der og den virker!

The Beast from the closet was brought out. Underneath all the dust and spiderwebs there was a machine - a machine that still works...... The last week of my vacation was spent making this dress for Isabel:

Sidste uge af ferien blev det til : En lille sommernederdel til Isabel



En lille taske til moi:
A bag for me:




Og en bunke rundpinde-poser - nu er det lige før der er styr på alle rundpindene. Strikkekurven er ikke til at kende....:

And a pile of bags for circular knitting needles. My knitting basket is all neat and very not-a-mess right now.....



Skulle måske få taget mig sammen og lagt et mønster ud på disse..... Der har været et par efterspørgsler på dem tidligere.....

Maybe I really should try and get a pattern togehter for these......

Ud i det blå....

Har været ved vandet med bettepigen.... dejligt, selvom vejret ikke helt var til at hoppe i.



Went to the sea with Isabel - it was wonderful even though it was too cold to jump in.

Se lige nogle vidunderlige efterårsfarver man kan finde ved vandet om sommeren.




Look at the beautiful autumn colours you can find by the water in the middle of summer :-)

Tunikaaaahhh!

Wam bam thank you cotton balls..... Njah det er vist ikke lige så fængende, men den her tunika tog bare lige et par aftner og wupti dupti - ny sommerbluse til bettepigen. Nu mangler vi bare noget sommer......



Wam bam thank you cotton balls - doesn't sound just as catchy, but this tunic knits up in no time - and voila a new summer blouse for the girl. Now all that is missing is a little sunshine......

Wam bam thank you lamb!

This piece really is Wam bam - thank you, lamb! Knits up in no time and is a perfect neck warmer. Loving these fats knit projects.

Emma on the loose....

Så er jeg endt med løse ender på Emma Peel..... Pga. fejlen i bogen fik jeg jo købt forkert antal nøgler og står nu med en næsten færdig kjole og ikke mere garn......



Emma Peel now has loose ends because I ran out of yarn right before the dress was finished - due to the error in the book I purchased wrong amount of skeins!!!!

Min lokale garn forretning holder ferielukket, så jeg kan ikke engang lige løbe ned og hente et ekstra nøgle. Men takket være mit store garnlager behøver jeg ikke kede mig i det fantastiske danske sommer vejr......



Så der er straks kastet nyt på pindene. Tunika med hulmønster til datteren i Muskat - begge dele fra Granstudio.

But thanks to my extensive yarn stash and the wonderful Danish summer there is no rason to get bored. New project is cast on right away. Tunic from Garnstudio in Muskat for my daughter Isabel.

Viva la Bam og Emma

Emma Peel gik ligesom lidt i hi, men så blev det ferie-tid og pindene er samlet op





















Emma Peel kinda went into hibernation, but it's vacation time and the needles have been picked up....

... og så kunne jeg ikke nære mig. Jeg var nødt til at slå noget nyt op. Ikke just et sommer projekt, men jeg har længe haft lyst til at strikke Insaknitty's Wham bam thank you lamb! Og med mit strikke tempo, når jeg det måske lige inden sneen falder!

I have long wanted to knit Insaknitty's Wam bam thank you lamb! Not really a summer project.... but with the pace I'm keeping, I might just finish before the first snow falls....

And months passed by.....

Endnu en gang gik bloggen i hi.....

Og hvad fik jeg så de mange måneder til at gå med når jeg nu ikke fattede pindene?

Jeg fik løbet en del kilometer - løb et par kvindeløb med Den Fynske Mafia:

Godt løbet - piger.











Tøsetur til berlin:




















Været til polterabend, efterfølgende bryllup, fødselsdage, hawaiifest og meget andet.....

I Berlin faldt jeg over en kunstner der hedder Johan Potma og blev forelsket på stedet....