her skal jeg fortælle om mine erfaringer med mit strik og indimellem også vise nogle billeder af det som bevis på at jeg virkelig får lavet noget!
lørdag, januar 31, 2009
Nu får det så altså være nok! / Enough is enough!
Der kommer löbende en update om hvordan det går mig - så kig ind imorgen, forhåbentlig kan jeg rapportere fremgang.
-In spite of good intentions and thorough plans about finishing up a few things before starting new projects, and besides that my next new project was going to be Sylvi - well, it´s all gone to the dogs. I´ve started multiple new things which were definitely not planned and now I´ve totally lost focus, it´s all a big mess in my head, not to mention my craftsroom - PHEW! you wouldn´t believe how it looks in there! Apart from that there are a few un-craft-related things that just have been hanging over my head waaaaayy too long. So, tomorrow morning the new projects will be packed away in a bag, the craft room will be cleaned up and organized, there are a few gifts I´ve been planning for a long time which have to be dealt with, there are some clothes that need repairing, and then I will sit down with the former WIPs and finish some of them before I can go on with any of the new ones. But tonight I´m going to sit down and watch Miss Marple on danish TV, and crochet on one of my new projects while I watch.
There will be regular updates on how it goes - so tune ind tomorrow, hopefully I can report progress.
Forsinket fremvisning af gaver og garn /Belated show of christmas gifts and yarn
-Disse to söde patchwork-hjerter fik jeg af min mor som förjulegaver sammen med den hæklede dug her forneden. Ikke gode fotos, men de giver da en idé.
-I got these cute patchwork-hearts from my mother as extra christmasgifts together with the crocheted table-doily below. Not good photos, but they give you an idea.
onsdag, januar 28, 2009
Elefant-lotteri / Elephant-lottery
søndag, januar 25, 2009
Strikkefremgang / Knitting progress
17 år! / 17 years!
søndag, januar 18, 2009
Nyt garn / New yarn
-Jeg har köbt garn! Nu er nemlig mit garnindköbsforbud forbi. Og som det förste har jeg köbt denne smukke, röde uld til en Sylvi. Den bliver mit næste store projekt, efter svigersöns-sweateren er færdig.
-I bought yarn! My yarnbuyingstop is now over. And the first I bought was this beautiful, red wool for a Sylvi. It will be my next big project, after I finish the soninlaw-sweater.
-Og så var der en af byens supermarkeder der holdt op med at före Sandnes garn og skulle til at bytte til et andet mærke. Så jeg fik köbt en masse ensfarvet Sisu strömpegarn på udsalg. Planen er at det skal bruges sammen med alt det selvmönstrede jeg har på lager, formodentlig til börnetröjer.
-And then one of town´s supermarkets was switching from Sandnes to another brand, so I got a lot of solid-coloured Sisu sockyarn on sale. The plan is to use it together with all the selfpatterning I have, probably for kiddy sweaters.
-Og Vivian hos Bendixgarn har lukket sin butik og til afslutning solgte hun overraskelseskasser med varer for DKK 1000 til kun DKK 330, så jeg bestilte fluks to kasser. Og jeg er lykkelig! Alt garnet er noget jeg kan bruge, undtagen måske et nögle effektgarn, men jeg kan nok finde nogen der vil overtage det. Og så er der også flere strikkepinde og knapper og andre ting, sjovt!
-And Vivian at Bendixgarn in Denmark has closed her shop and the last days she sold surprise packages for 1/3 of the prize, so I ordered two boxes. And I´m happy! All the yarn is stuff I can use, except maybe for one ball of fancy yarn, but I´m sure I can find someone who wants it. And then there´s some knitting needles, buttons and other stuff, fun!
-Men, nu bliver der heller ikke köbt mere garn indtil strikkefestivallen tror jeg, medmindre jeg kommer til udlandet i mellemtiden, hvilket i den ekonomi vi har for tiden ikke er sandsynligt.
-And now there won´t be any more yarnbuys until the knitting festival I think, unless I get to go abroad in the meantime, which with the current economy is not likely.
lørdag, januar 17, 2009
Award
-To dejlige kvinder har tildelt mig denne pris. Og tusind tak til både Dorthe og Siffe for det, synes jo selv kreativiteten ikke har været der på det sidste, men vender forhåbningsvis tilbage for fuld styrke. Jeg har kigget rundt i blogland og synes at der er så mange der har fået den og desuden læser jeg omkring 200 blogs og har rigtig svært ved at vælge nogen fra. Så jeg springer over udvalget og takker igen.
-Two lovely ladies have given me this award. And big thanks to both Dorthe and Siffe for that, I don´t feel the creativity has been at it´s best in here lately, but will hopefully return for full power. I´ve looked around in blogland and it seems that most people have already got it and apart from that I read around 200 blogs and have a really hard time choosing. So I´ll just take the easy way out and thanks again.
fredag, januar 16, 2009
Endelig! / At last!
fredag, januar 09, 2009
Hvordan sluger man en elefant? / How to swallow an elephant?
onsdag, januar 07, 2009
Den går ikke. / It doesn´t work.
-Jeg har en hel masse af dette smukke garn, bomuld/silkeblanding, i forskellige farver. Og nu har jeg for förste gang prövet at strikke af det.
-I´ve got a lot of this beautiful yarn, cotton/silk blend, in various colours. And now I have tried out knitting with it for the first time.
-Det er, kort sagt, ikke godt at strikke med! Garnet deler sig hele tiden så det er umuligt at nå en rytme i strikningen. Jeg må holde nöje öje med hver eneste maske jeg strikker så jeg ikke undlader en tråd. Så det skal i hvert fald ikke bruges til noget med mönster, det går alt for langsomt, jeg bliver gråhåret för tid. Så nu går jeg i tankeboks igen, måske ville det være bedre til noget helt enkelt glat eller retstrikket. Og nu kan jeg gå tilbage til det jeg egentlig bör strikke på.
-It´s, to say it simply, not good to knit with! The yarn splits like h... so it´s impossible to get a rhythm in the knitting. I have to keep my eyes closely on each stitch so as not to drop a ply. So at least this will not be used for anything in pattern, that´s far too slowgoing, I would be grayhaired long before my time. So now I´ll have to go back to thinking, maybe it would be better for something simple knit in the round or garterstitched. And now I can go back to what I ought to be knitting on.
lørdag, januar 03, 2009
Strikkekontoet for 2008 / Knitting account for 2008
-5 par strömper i voksenstörrelse
-5 börnetröjer
-5 sjaler/halstörklæder/halsvarmere
-1 damekjole
-1 damejakke
-4 huer
-9 par vanter/halvvanter/pulsvarmere
-5 grydelapper
-3 kökkenhåndklæder
-11 hagesmækker
-5 hæklede tasker
-1 broderet billede
-1 herresweater tog jeg for min mands niece og trævlede op og ændrede hals og ribkanter
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-3 blankets
-5 pairs adult sized socks
-5 children´s sweaters
-5 shawls/scarves/neckwarmers
-1 lady´s dress
-1 lady´s jacket
-4 hats
-9 pairs mittens/fingerless mitts/wristwarmers
-5 potholders
-3 kitchen towels
-11 bibs
-5 crocheted bags
-1 stitched picture
-1 genleman´s sweater I took for my husband´s niece and ripped and changed the neck and ribbings
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-Hm, ikke så meget som jeg troede, men alligevel en del færdige projekter. Så er det vel bare med at sætte mål for en större produktion i det nyere år.
-Hm, not as much as I thought, but still some finished things. So I´ll just have to set goal for a bigger production in the new year.
fredag, januar 02, 2009
Status for 2008
(Strikkestatus lige om lidt.)
-And so we are safely into 2009. This morning I awoke at an ungodly early hour even if I had gone to bed late, think I didn´t sleep more than 3 hours. And the reason; simply because I was not tired or sleepy at all! And that can only mean that I´ve had a good rest during my vacation, which is a good thing, don´t you agree? I´m happy about the new year and have high hopes for it to be a good one. 2008 was for multiple reasons a difficult one for me. My 16 year old daughter fell victim to a severe depression and as a result dropped out of school, but now she is decidedly on the mend and with joy looks forward to the new year where she will, with the help of her psychologist and us in the family, build up a new, happier existence. I myself had a very had period of working out my grief after my brother´s death the year before. Now I feel I am getting over this and can think back and remember him with joy instead of pain. I hope for a good year also for you, my readers, and thank you for everything in the year gone by.
(Knitting status in just a short while.)