Knitting in two generations

Beundringsværdigt

Kære Randi

Du er den bedste strikker af os to :o) Jeg kan ikke regne ud, hvordan du kan nå at strikke så meget på så kort tid. Her i huset når jeg ikke ret meget lige for tiden. Det er kun blevet til en kjole til Barbie og et par nye sokker.

Men jeg er i gang med en trøje til far og et sjal ( endnu et ) til mig selv. Ellers går tiden med arbejde og læsning af "Luftkastellet der blev sprængt". Det er en af de bedste bøger, jeg har læst i år. Tak for lånet af den.

kærlig hilsen

mor

WIPs turned FOs

Dear Mum,

Oh my have I got a lot to show today...I've been knitting like crazy and here's what I've come up with.

A pair of Whitby's

Pattern: Whitby from Knitting on the Road by Nancy Bush
Yarn: Opal Handgefärbt
Needles: 3mm

A pair of Tessellating socks

Pattern: Tessellating Lace Socks by Kat (I'm test knitting it for her)
Yarn: Opal Uni Solid
Needles: 2.25mm

A cabled scarf

(picture was taken late at night last week...that's why I look so tired)

Pattern: 104-42 scarf with cable pattern in "Eskimo" by Drops Design
Yarn: Garnstudio Eskimo
Needles: 8mm

Dotty the Devil

Pattern: Halloween Dotty by Lis Tan-Chaong
Yarn: Mayflower Cotton 8
Hook: 3.5 mm

I haven't really got much else to tell you today...the weather is amazing...I just received  the holiday issue of Interweave Knits and am going to make a cup of tea and enjoy all the gorgeous patterns...what to make next? :o)

Have wonderful Monday,

~ Randi

WIPs

Dear Mum,

I've found my knitting mojo!

This is what I'm working on right now

Pattern: Whitby from Knitting on the Road by Nancy Bush
Yarn: Opal Handgefärbt
Needles: 3mm

Pattern: Tessellating Lace Socks by Kat (I'm test knitting it for her)
Yarn: Opal Uni Solid
Needles: 2.25mm

Pattern: 104-42 scarf with cable pattern in "Eskimo" by Drops Design
Yarn: Garnstudio Eskimo
Needles: 8mm

I bought the new book by Stieg Larsson yesterday and I've read just over 100 pages and it's amazing so far! I had plans to actually go to school today, but I think I'll just stay home and read instead. I hate Tuesdays at school, we've got 2 subjects, and it's something we've already had on earlier semesters! It's just such a waste of time showing up...on top of that the teacher is really not that inspiring...see how I'm trying to convince myself that it's okay to stay home *lol*

This weekend we experienced a bit of rioting in Vanløse. Squatters wanted to occupy a house on Grøndalsvænge Alle 13, but the police didn't quite agree to the plan so around 450 persons were arrested. Luckily the rioting wasn't half as bad as when Faderhuset evicted the squatters from Ungdomshuset in March 2007. I agree that the local council shouldn't have sold Ungdomshuset in the first place, but I seriously don't agree with the violent methods the squatters are using. Violence should never be rewarded! But it's a tricky situation...

Back to Stieg Larsson ;o)

~ Randi

 

Tagged

I have been tagged by Rikke

Rules:

• Link to the person who tagged you
• Tell seven truths about yourself
• Tag seven persons in the end of the post
• Leave a message on their blog telling them they've been tagged

My truths:

1. I love to read crime and horror books like those by Patricia Cornwell, though I often get horrible nightmares because of them
2. I can come across as being arrogant, but it's just because I'm often insecure when I'm around new people...bear with me, I'm really a very friendly person
3. I LOVE all kinds of animals! But I still scream when I see a spider...
4. I'm dead scared of syringes...I've only had one blood sample taken in all my life and I don't plan on getting any more done...
5. In continuation of my syringes phobia I hate my veins...I hate the whole idea of having veins and I can't stand looking at either my own or others...(yep, I'm a nut case)
6. I am not able to throw away books...no matter how bad it is, a book is not leaving my house once it's gotten in.
7. I'm left-handed and get very upset when people calls me "kejthåndet". Directly translated it means something like "awkward/wrong handed". The meaning being that left-handed people are not as clever or smart as right-handed people...I really really hate the word "kejthåndet"! Read more about lefties here.

I'm tagging:

My mum, Kimberly, Vivian, Trine, Jeanette, Brenda and I'll leave the last spot open to anybody who hasn't been tagged and wants to participate :o)