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Jeg er i fuld sving med den ganske vanskelige disciplin “at prøve at få livet til at gå op”. Nogle dage går det ganske godt – andre knap så heldigt. De fleste dage ligger heldigvis til den gode side, men der er godt nok meget lidt overskudsenergi på kontoen, når dagen lakker mod enden. Det kræver en del at køre familieliv, fuldtidsjob og designarbejde ud af et menneskes tid.
Jeg har nu ikke tænkt mig at brokke mig, for det er et sjovt liv, jeg lever – også når det er travlt. Den nyligt overståede weekend er et godt eksempel på, at der sker mange gode ting i højt tempo.
I am in full swing trying to master the difficult discipline “trying to make ends meet with regard to time management”. Some days I think, I have it – others I utterly fail. Most days are pretty good, but there is precious little energy left at the end of a day. It takes a hearty portion of my energy and time to run family life, full time work, and a design gig.
Don’t expect me to complain though! It is a fun life to lead – even when it’s a tad too busy. The past weekend is a good example of how many good things you can fit into a weekend.
Weekenden begyndte med besøg af min skønne teststrikker, Jannie, som jeg havde inviteret med til (min) workshop om “Balance i restestrik”, som blev afholdt i Garnvärk i Fredensborg (for øvrigt en ganske fantastisk butik, der har min varmeste anbefaling – også selvom de ikke havde hyret mig til workshop).
Der var 16 begejstrede strikkere med poserne fulde af rester og tre timer senere havde vi en flok gode begyndelser på et “Balance sjal”.
The weekend started off with welcoming my wonderful test knitter, Jannie, who I had invited to join a (mine) workshop in “Balance in scrap knitting”, which I held in Garnvärk in Fredensborg (a gem of a yarn shop – even if they hadn’t asked me to teach this workshop).
16 enthusiastic knitters, several piles of scrap yarn, and 3 hours later we could take the mandatory picture of the wee beginnings of a “Balance shawl”.
Søndagen var også booket op med strik. Jeg havde hyret Thea Rytter (bedre kendt i strikkekredse som Vaskavullaknit) til at kommer og fotografere en hel bunke nye (og gamle) design, som jeg har arbejdet på i den seneste tid.
Vejret var heldigvis med os (det sneede kun om lørdagen), så vi fik en masse gode billeder i kassen. Det var også en lærerig oplevelse for mig og jeg sluttede dagen med en sund og stor respekt for stylister, fotografer, og generelt folk der skal styre et sådan show til daglig.
Sunday was filled to the brim with knitting as well. I had asked Thea Rytter (better known in knit circles as Vaskavullaknit) to be my photographer for a series of new (and old) designs, which I have been working on lately.
We had the weather on our side (the snow on Saturday gave me quite a lot of nerves), so we got a lot of shots taken. It was a huge learning curve for me as well, and I ended the day with a healthy respect for people who do this daily!
Nu er slutspurten så gået ind for mig – jeg arbejder på at få færdiggjort opskrifterne til de nye design. Det første – som er med på billedet herover – er sjalet Nerven, som har en særlig og sej kvinde som inspiration. Men mere om det næste gang (som ikke er langt borte – lover!).
I have begun the finishing sprint and am working to finalise the patterns for the new designs. The first to be published (later this week) is the one in the picture above, the shawl “Nerven”, which is inspired by a special and strong woman. But that is a story for the next post.
Godt – om end lidt sent – nytår! Jeg håber, I alle fejrede det på præcis den måde, I ønskede det!
Den første tid i januar er for mig altid en tid, hvor jeg ser tilbage og tænker over det forgangne år, og 2018 var et vildt år for mig – med op og ned, skygger og sol.
Jeg ved, at jeg mest vil forbinde året med forøgelsen af familien – med vores lille frøken AM, men det var også året, hvor MM fyldte 10 (!), og hvor LB startede i skole og skulle forlade børnehavens tryghed. De store ryk i familien har ikke været uden bekymringer og udfordringer, det har været hårdt og til tider barskt, men året sluttede et bedre sted end jeg af og til turde håbe på.
Det var året, hvor jeg skiftede job tilbage til pensionsbranchen og til at arbejde med en skøn og fantastisk mængde data. Selvom jeg lidt frygter slutningen på barselstiden (det er utroligt, som jeg næsten er vokset sammen med min lille babypige), så glæder jeg mig også til en hverdag og arbejde igen.
Best wishes for the New Year – however late they may be! I hope you all celebrated in exactly the way you wished.
For me, the first part of January is always a time for retrospection, for looking back on the past year and thinking of what has happened and what I have experienced and learned. And oh my, 2018 was a wild year for me – with ups and downs, sunshine and shadow.
I know that I will forever remember 2018 as the year that brought AM into our family, but it was also the year where MM turned 10, where LB began in school and left the sanctuary of kindergarten. The big shifts in our family have not been without worries and challenges, bit has been hard and often rough, but the year ended in a better place for us all than I sometimes dared hope for.
It was a year where I changed job (again) back to a pension firm and to working with large quantities of wonderful data. Even though I fear the end of my maternity leave (it is staggering to realize how I have grown a symbiosis with my little girl), I also look forward to the regular days with work.
Jeg har strikket babyting og store sweatre, sokker og sjaler. Min favoritting er klart min Falla sweater, som jeg har brugt ganske flittigt siden den blev færdig.
Designmæssigt har det også været et ganske glimrende år – på trods af graviditetstræthed og barselshormoner har jeg selvudgivet 5 designs – haft et design på forsiden af Bladet Garn – og klarede også 4 designs for Filcolana.
I tog godt imod både Perlesøstre og Eiri Baby, og jeg kan se, at af de lidt ældre opskrifter er Six’es tæppet stadig populær hele året (det er også et godt resteprojekt).
I have knit a lot of baby items, some big sweaters, socks and shawls. My favorite knit is my Falla sweater, which I have used pretty often since I finished it.
Looking at the year as a designer, it has also been pretty good – even though a new job and a pregnancy sapped a lot of energy (and lately the wee baby girl has stolen my time in the most charming way) I have managed to self-publish 5 designs – had a design on the cover of a magazine – and also managed 4 designs for Filcolana.
You really blew me away with the reception of Pearl Sisters and Eiri Baby, and I can see that you still all love the Six’es blanket (one of my older patterns and an exceptionally good scrap yarn project).
Og så var der jo lige den Kickstarter – er stadig vildt glad for, at det lykkedes, og at min bog nu kommer på engelsk! Det var en ret god måde at slutte 2018 på.
Jeg har nu flere planer end den engelske bog – heldigvis – mange af dem omhandler nye designs og spændende samarbejder, men det må vente til en anden post.
Tak for 2018 og for jeres støtte til mig og mine designs, strikketanker og almindelige skriverier.
And then I can’t forget about the Kickstarter – I am still beyond happy that it got funded, and that my book now will be published in English. It was a pretty good way to end the year.
I have more plans than the English book – a lot of them are related to new designs and exiting co-operations, but all of those will have to wait to the next post.
Thank you for 2018 for your support both of me and my designs, knitting thoughts and everyday writings.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
I starten af juni gik turen til Madrid (det er faktisk første gang jeg er “rigtigt” i Spanien – Lanzarote tæller på en eller anden måde ikke helt). Jeg deltog i en konference om kvalitet i offentlige statistikker (jo jo, jeg er nørdet på mange måder).
Konferencen var spændende, hvilket også var godt, for det er godt nok nogle lange dage (der er dog bonus strikketid at hente sig, når man skal holde koncentrationen på foredragene). De lange dage betød til gengæld, at der ikke var særlig meget tid til at udforske byen og bare nyde stemningen.
At the beginning of June, I went on a trip to Madrid (actually my first time in Spain “proper” – somehow a jaunt on Lanzarote doesn’t really count). I participated in a conference on quality in official statistics (yup, I’m geeky in more ways than one).
The conference was very good and interesting, which was a good thing, because it’s some seriously long days (on the plus side that means quite a bit of knitting time as you keep you hands busy and your head clear to concentrate on the presentations). The long days unfortunately meant that there was little time to explore the city.
På en eller anden måde er det ikke helt så eksotisk at være i syden, når man kigger ud fra mørke konferencelokaler.
Somehow it’s not as exciting to be visiting a foreign capital, when you mostly get to look at it out the windows of a dark conference room.
Det lykkedes dog at se lidt – bl.a. fordi spanierne er sent ude og der er liv i byen til langt ud på aftenen. Der var en god spadseretur fra hotellet til konferencen, så med et par omveje lykkedes det at få lidt af stemningen ind under huden og få set nogle seværdigheder. Jeg havde en lidt blandet fornemmelse af byen til at starte med, men den vandt absolut et par dage inde i turen – og nu har jeg det sådan, at jeg godt kunne tænke mig, at turen gik dertil igen snart.
I did manage to squeeze in some sightseeing – among other things because the city was alive until late in the evening. There was a good walk from my hotel to the conference, so by the simple tool of meandering a bit off the straight line I got to experience some of the mood and see some of the sights. To begin with, I must admit that the city wasn’t my favorite, but after a day or two I found that I had change my opinion – and now I’d quite like to get a chance to visit again soon.
Kæmper mig igennem den første akademiske artikel siden MM kom til verden… prøver at minde mig selv om, hvorfor det lige er, jeg gør det… Det er vist noget med, at et speciale er meget godt at have. Og måske også noget med, at jeg egentlig meget godt kan lide dette fag… i hvert fald nogle gange.
Måske er “The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity” af Marc Melitz måske ikke lige den blideste start… men jeg kæmper, og jeg kommer igennem, gør jeg!
Am fumbling and fighting my way through the first academic article since the birth of MM… and I’m trying to remind me why it is that I do this… I believe it was something about having a finished thesis would be good. And maybe something related to the fact that I actually enjoy this subject… at least sometimes.
Perhaps “The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity” by Marc Melitz wasn’t the easiest way to start… but I’m still here and fighting, and I’ll get through (and maybe even understand it… a bit)!
Der var modvind på cykelstien i morges… det var ligesom om verden prøvede at fortælle mig, at jeg burde blive hjemme ved min lille søn og Magen. Men ak, jeg stred mig videre og sidder nu atter på min pind og prøver at huske, hvad det var jeg havde gang i dengang for længe siden, da jeg sidst var på kontoret. Det er lidt hårdt, men også lidt godt. Mon ikke det går!
Jeg er forresten i gang med den sidste af spolerne, så forhåbentlig vil jeg kunne annoncere vinderne af konkurrencen meget snart.
I had the most grueling headwind this morning on my bike trip into town… It was almost as if the weather tried to tell me that I’d better stay home with my little son and the Mate. But no, I soldiered on and am now sitting in my office and trying to remember what it was I was doing the last time I was here (it seems like ages ago). It is hard, but also good. Perhaps I’ll survive!
On another note, I’m plying the last of the bobbins (when I’m home of course), so I hope to be able to announce the winners from the contest soon.
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