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 :-)