Saved by the yarn pusher...........

Just as I had almost given up on finishing the cute baby cardi for rmy colleagues 3 weeks old baby girl - a phone call to Garnstuen, on Østerbro in Copenhagen, revealed that the missing ball of Muskat was just around the corner from my workplace - I know, I kniw it was my own fault. I started a project even though I knew I might be short on yarn, I was too stubborn to pay double the price of the yarn to have it sent to my door step from an on-line store. But - I got the one skein I was short - finished the project in 15 minutes - just in time to hand it over to the new owner.

And before the needles got cold, I cast on a new project...... no pictures yet - but it starts with Cascade 220 :-)

I got an award :-)

Jeg har fået en award, "Stylish blogger", fra Christunte . Tusind tak!
Reglerne er:
1) tak og link til den person, der har givet dig awarden.
2) del 8 ting om dig selv
3) giv den videre til 8 bloggere, du for nylig har opdaget
4) kontakte bloggerne og informér dem om awarden

I received an award, "Stylish blogger", from Christunte. Thanks a million!
The rules are:
1) say thank you and put a link on your blog for the person who gave the award to you
2) share 8 things about yourself
3) give the award to 8 bloggers you recently discovered
4) contact those 8 persons and tell them about the award

De 8 ting:
1) Jeg strikker gerne på 5-6-7-8 projekter ad gangen!
2) Jeg går tit sur i et projektet når det er tid til at sy sammen og hæfte ender!
3) Jeg ELSKER Las Vegas - har boet der i 3 år og rejser gerne derover 1-2 gange om året.
4) Jeg elsker at løse kryds og tværs!
5) Min yndlings drik er portvin - meget mormor agtigt.
6) Marathon og Bikram yoga (i 42 grader) er mine 2 andre yndlingshobbyer - til at opveje min andre mormor-hobbyer ;-)
7) Jeg kan ikke gå forbi en garnforretning uden liiiige at skulle snige et nøgle eller 2 med hjem.
8) Strikker alt for lidt til min datter!

The 8 things about me:
1) I usually knit on 5-6-7-8 projects at a time!
2) I often go dead in a project when it is time to do seams and weave in ends!
3) I LOVE Las Vegas. I lived there for 3 years and like to go there 1-2 times a year.
4) I love crossword puzzles!
5) My favorite drink is Port - very grandma!
6) Marathon and Bikram yoga (in 42 degrees celsius) are my 2 other favorite hobbies - as a balance to the grandma hobbies.
7) I can barely pass a yarn store without coming out of there with just one tiny ball of yarn. 
8) I don't knit any way near enough for my daughter.

Så til de 8 nye blogs - er stødt på de fleste gennem Ravelry:

And now for the 8 new blogs - discovered most of them through Ravelry:

1) Mettetations

2) Aalerusen

3) Anita Kvz

4) Anette

5) Henriette

6) Nadia

7) Galadriel

8) Bentemor

February ChallengeS......

Before throwing my self at the newly purchased yarn - I finished up some 22,5 degrees. Blocking the project over the weekend left me with an absolutely gorgeous shawl - I am delighted it's still cold outside so I get to wear it for a month or more :-)

The pattern is another Ravelry stroke of genious and the pattern is available here.

I used just under 2 skeins of Aslan Trends Bariloche. The border is actually knitte scallops - I never did scallops knitted before - only chrochet - so this became my February challenge to my self. I used the designers own video tutorial on the You Tube to get the border right - it was surprisingly easy and I love the look of it :-)

Then for another challenge - I'm knitting a birthday gift for a colleague who had a baby 3 weeks ago. I fell in love with the Little Coffe Bean Dream and decided to knit it in leftover Drops Muskat on dusty rose and brown - and then.... I ran out of Brown (22) when the only thin left to knit is the buttonhole ribbing - arghhh. So I went on line and looked for it - found it on several on-line stores - so whats the big problem? you might want to ask - let me tell you: the problem is that I am cheap! The one skein of yarn i need costs DKK 26 (app. USD 4,25) but the postage is going to cost me DKK 56 (app. USD 10) - more than the doubls the price of the yarn to have it brought to my doorstep! No way - Jose! So now I have to roam the streets of Copenhagen looking for just that one skein that will make my little Coffe Bean Dream perfect - before Baby grows out of it - Now that's a challenge!

Here's a sneak peak at the Muskat missing cardi.

Yarn lovers weekend

The mail man blessed my weekend with no less than 2 packages - now the weekend can only be too short.....

Wonderful yarn from Handknitting by Slavi Cascade 220 Heathers in blue - Mallard - and purple - Purple Jewel and Colinette Jitterbug - Morocco, which is on sale for only DKK 80.- (normal price is 130.-)

Handknitting by Slavi delivered really fast - I placed the order monday in the evening and saturday morning I could unpack 600 grams of delish yarns.

I am looking so forward to cast on both the Cascade and the Jitterbug - there is not enough hours in the day and definately not enough in a weekend - fortunately there's only one weeks work left before winter holiday - guess what I'm doing that weekend :-)

I fell so in love with the Periwinkle Turtleneck Tube Vest on Ravelry that I just had to buy Stefanie Japel's book Fitted Knits - now the Cascade 220 is just staring at me - longing to be cast on for this gorgeous project - just promised my self that I had to finish 2 of the projects I have already cast on..... Thank God that the mail man also delivered the final season of 24 - I'm soooo gonna be chained to the TV with my sticks today.....

May you all have just as wonderful a weekend as I am having

January Challenges

Have decided to challenge my self each month in a knitting project.

In January it was "Judy's Magic Cast on"

The projects is Vestpa by Samantha Roshak. I use Tapestry in grey tones that I stashed 4-5 years ago......

Magic cast on is truly magical, so magical that I couldn't believe how easy it was - I looked up 3-4 instructional videos to make sure I did it right - it just seemed so simple! and it is! Really looking forward to try and knit socks toe - up - maybe a later challenge to my self??? :-)

Here is the instruction that was actually the one I started with and explained so simple. Go for it - try :-)

And it looks like this:

Another great thing in January - I discovered Handknitting by Slavi. A Danish on-line yarn store that has ALL my favorite yarns - without me having to fly to the States or pay 3 times the price in customs - I can get it right here..... Cascade 220, Malabrigo, Heaven's Hand, Misti Alpaca Handpaint sock yarn....... Have already ordered first batch - just waiting for the post man!

Better make them needles burn - have so many projects lined up - so many delightful challenges :-)