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For cirka et år siden var jeg på Fanø Strikkefestival fordi min bog, Sjaler Nordfra, lige var udkommet. Det var et absolut højdepunkt ovenpå en lang og hård, men også vildt sjov proces med at lave bogen.

Det år der er gået siden har været ret vildt. Nogle gange kan jeg blive lidt forundret, når jeg ser tilbage og tænker på alt, hvad der er er sket i mit liv.

Approximately a year ago I was at Fanø Knitting Festival as my book, Sjaler Nordfra (“Nordic Shawls”) was newly published. It was an absolute highlight after a long and hard, but also wildly wonderful and enriching process of making the book.

The year since then has been pretty wild. Sometimes I stop and wonder as I look back and think about all the things that have changed and happened in my life.

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Jeg har overvundet en stresssygemelding, en hjernerystelse og startet på et nyt og dejligt arbejde.

I have overcome being sick from stress, had and recovered from a concussion, and have started at a lovely new workplace.

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Jeg har haft flere design udgivet i blade og har endda haft et design på en forside.

I have had several designs published in a magazine and have even had a design on the cover.

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Jeg har groet et helt nyt menneske inde i mig og har fået ekstra hjerterum til at rumme hende sammen med familien. Og selv om hende den lille charmetrold tager meget tid og mange kræfter er det faktisk lykkedes at blive ved med at designe og udgive opskrifter – selvom tempoet er et andet end før.

I have grown a completely new human being inside me and have grown an extra heart size to accommodate the love for her in our family. And even though she takes up a lot of my time and attention, I have actually managed to keep on designing and publishing patterns, though the pace is somewhat slower (and rightly so).

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Jeg har holdt kurser og været ude og snakke strik. Jeg har fået mere selvtillid og tro på, at jeg sådan set både er god nok som designer, som mor, som menneske. At det er ok at tvivle på sig selv, bare jeg ikke begynder at slå mig selv i hovedet (og selv hvis jeg kommer til det, gør det ikke noget, for det er ok ikke at være perfekt hele tiden).

Alt i alt synes jeg faktisk, det er meget godt gået i løbet af et år.

I have teached and held workshops and talked about knitting. I have gained in confidence and belief in myself both as a designer, as a mother and as a person. I have begun believing that it is ok to doubt yourself and have blue moments, but there is no need to be self-punishing (and even if I am, that’s ok too, because you don’t have to be perfect).

All in all it’s a pretty good tally for a year.