Reception for “Ti Trøjer” – and giveaway…

Det har været en dejlig dag i dag, og en af årsagerne er så særdeles strikkerelateret. Jeg har nemlig været til reception for Rachel Søgaard ude hos Rasmilla i anledningen af udgivelsen af Rachels fine nye bog “Ti Trøjer“. Det var virkelig hyggeligt, og der var rigtig mange mennesker. Nu var jeg så heldig, at jeg var den første, der ankom, så jeg fik et par gode billeder inden menneskemylderet satte ind.

It has been a lovely day today, and one of the reasons for that is absolutely knit-related. It so happens that I have been at the reception for Rachel Søgaard at Rasmilla to celebrate the publication of Rachel’s new, rather wonderful, book “Ti Trøjer” (Ten Cardigans). It was a lovely gathering of a truckload of people. I was lucky enough to have arrived before the crowd, so I got a couple of good pictures before the shop was packed tight with people.

Jeg kender Rachel fra mit strikkenetværk (Copenhagen Knitwork), og hun er en af de mest arbejdssomme mennesker, jeg kender. Jeg er dybt imponeret over hele hendes tilgang og proces med udgivelsen af denne bog, og jeg håber (og er egentlig ret sikker) på, at det bliver en stor succes. Bogen indeholder, nok ikke så overraskende, ti smukke cardigans, af den slags som Rachel selv ville have lyst til at strikke og tage på – det er altså nærmest ti yndlingstrøjer. Bogen er allerede lagt ind på Ravelry, så dem, der måtte have adgang kan se nærmere på dem via dette link. Jeg håber, at Rachel har lyst til at fortsætte selvudgivelserne, for det kan da vist kun blive godt.

I know Rachel from my network of knitting designers (Copenhagen Knitwork), and she is one of the most diligent persons, I know. I am in awe over her work ethic and her approach and proces in making this book, and I hope (actually, I’m pretty certain) that it will be a succes for her. The book contains ten beautiful cardigans (not that much of a surprise, given the name), of the kind that Rachel would want to knit and wear herself – in point of fact you could call it ten favorite cardigans. The book is already in Ravelry’s library, so you can get a better look at all ten via this link. I hope, Rachel will want to continue in this venture of self-publication, because I’m certain she’s got at least a couple of good books in her yet.

Som en lille nytårgave til læsere af bloggen købte jeg en ekstra bog i dag og fik Rachel til at skrive en lille hilsen i den. Den kan vindes ved at lægge en kommentar til denne blogpost inden midnat på fredag (d. 24. januar), så trækker jeg lod blandt kommentarerne på lørdag. Held og lykke 🙂 Lodtrækningen er forbi, og vinderen er blevet trukket. Tak for deltagelsen.

As a little New Year gift to the readers of this blog I bought an extra book today and got Rachel to sign it for one of you. You can win it by writing a comment on this blog post before midnight on Friday (January 24th). I’ll draw a winner among the comments on Saturday. Before any of you English speaking readers put your comment in the pot, you should know that the book is only in Danish, but if that doesn’t scare you, you are more than welcome to leave a comment too 🙂 Good luck! Contest is closed and the winner has been announced.