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Jeg har ganske mange projekter i gang på samme tid… nogle af dem helt sprit-nye, men de fleste rangerende i kategorien mellemlagret til gamle ole. Nogle gange fatter jeg ikke, at jeg ikke bare kan tage mig sammen og få dem færdige, men sådan fungerer jeg åbenbart ikke.
I have a lot of projects on the needles at any point in time… some of them are brand new, but most range from the mature to the really old. Some times I really don’t get, why I can’t just get a grip and finish them. But seemingly that’s not the way I work.
Et nyt projekt kan komme mange steder fra. Nogle gange bliver jeg tacklet af et bestemt, lækkert garn, der lokker tvinger mig til at strikke noget i det. Andre gange kommer fristelsen helt uventede steder fra. Som for eksempel da jeg var oppe og købe knapper til en trøje i min gode venindes butik. Da jeg egentlig var på vej ud af døren (uden garn til mig selv), kommer hun så lige med tacklingen “har du ikke lyst til at hjælpe mig og strikket noget til mit vindue?”… Tjo, tja, bum bum… en, to, tre… “Selvfølgelig”.
A new project can come from many places. Sometimes I get tacked by a certain, gorgeous yarn, which will entice force me to knit something with it. But sometimes the temptation comes from unexpected places. Like for example when I had been up at a friend’s shop to buy buttons for a pullover. As I was going (without yarn for myself), she delivers the tackle “please, would you knit something for my window?”… well, ehmm, see… one, two, three… “Off course”.
- Mønster/Pattern: Alfred’s Raglan (Ravelry link) by Britta Wilfert, 4/5 year
- Garn/Yarn: 275 g Wilfert’s tweed
- Pinde/Needles: 4,5 mm
- Noter/Notes: Den var overraskende hurtig at strikke og garnet ganske dejligt. Jeg er ret betaget af mønsteret og kunne sagtens finde på at bruge det i for eksempel et halstørklæde. / It was a surprisingly quick knit and the yarn is lovely. I am pretty smitten by the stitch pattern and might well use it in a scarf for example (speaking of new projects)
Det var ganske rigtigt Oslo, som jeg har muntret mig i i sidste uge. Min mor og jeg fangede et cruise+opera tilbud med DFDS for et par måneder siden og glædede os siden da helt vildt til en hyggelig mor-datter tur. At jeg så også fik lidt mig-tid på den konto gjorde det jo kun endnu bedre.
As some guessed, Oslo was the city that I enjoyed a couple of days last week. My mother and I caught a cruise-opera offer with DFDS a couple of months ago and had since then looked forward with glee to a mother-daugher trip. As a bonus I got some me-time at the same time, but that only made things better.
Vi vandrede byen tynd den første dag, sådan føltes det i hvert fald næsten, og så både operahus, Vigelandsparken, Bygdøy og Folkemuseet. Alt sammen i smukt, klart solskinsvejr med en god stærk brise der gav blus i kinden og appetit på lidt varm mad. Aftenen var helliget operaen, og vi havde fine pladser med godt udkik, omend benpladsen var ganske trang. Jeg kunne rigtig godt lide forstillingen, især på grund af den vellykkede opdatering.
We walked around the city the first day, quite a long walk if you asked my feet. We saw the new opera house, Vigelandsparken, Bygdøy and the Folk Museum. The sun shone from a clear though windy sky, which made the cheeks glow and the appetite ready for some hot food. The evening was spent in the opera. We had good seats and though the space for long legs was rather restricted, it was a good experience. I liked the performance and especially the way the opera had been updated.
Dagen efter var mere shoppingpræget, skønt kultursjælen blev nurset med et kig ind i rådhusets forhal og en gennemgang af Nationalgalleriet, hvor visakortet så også kom i sving… der er altså noget med museumsbutikker. Dernæst gik den vilde jagt på en strikkebutik, for jeg ville åh så gerne have “Selbuvotter” bogen med hjem. Efter et par fejlskud fandt vi endelig Husflidens håndarbejdsafdeling, hvor de både havde ganske meget garn (jeg købte faktisk ikke noget), og også den ønskede bog. Inden da havde jeg dog været så heldig at få en anden smuk og lækker strikkebog af min mor. Så hjembringelsen er ren inspiration i denne omgang.
The next day was rather more for shopping, though the artistic soul had its food in a glimpse of the townhall and a walkthrough at the National Gallery. Here the visa card had its debut too… something always gets to me in museum shops. After this the wild chase for a yarn shop began. The reason was that I really really wanted to buy a copy of the “Selbu mittens” book. A couple of missleads didn’t affect us and finally we found the craft section of the Husflid shop. They had rather a lot of yarn (I didn’t buy anything.. I know, shocking) and also the wished for book. Before that my mother had gifted me with another beautiful knitting book, so the haul this time was pure inspirational.
Gæt, hvor sokken og jeg har været henne?
Guess, where the sock and I have been at?
Der er gang i opskriftsafprøvningen. Nogle afprøvninger er dog længere undervejs end andre. Som for eksempel denne flertakkede hue, som jeg strikkede den første version af for mere end et år siden. Nu er den anden version endelig færdig, opskriften er også færdig, men skal lige godkendes før den kommer ud i det fri.
Det er nu sjovt med sådan nogle filtede ting… man ved aldrig rigtig, hvad størrelse man ender med… nogle gange for små, andre gange for store. Men heldigvis er der oftest en, som godt kan passe det endelige resultat. Jeg kunne godt med den her.
Opdatering: Mønsteret er godkendt, og Starz kan nu findes gratis både på dansk og engelsk her (det er et Ravelry link)
More than one pattern is being tested at the moment. But some pattern testings take longer than others. A good example is the multi spiked hat I’ve just finished. The first version was finished more than a year ago. Now the second is finally done, and the pattern is also written, but needs the final proofing before I released it.
It is a fun thing, those felted knits… you never really know what you’ll end up with… sometimes too small, sometimes too big. Luckily, there’s often somebody out there who the thing will fit. I was rightly sized for this one.
Update: The pattern is approved, and Starz can now be found free in both English and Danish from this link (it’s a Ravelry link)
lykkefanten.com 