tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37071792011-11-20T22:23:32.073+01:00Knitting, spinning, and lifeMalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736288458471413277noreply@blogger.comBlogger1241100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707179.post-21664885031337123742011-11-14T12:48:00.001+01:002011-11-14T12:56:34.099+01:00

I have started a new blog: Hillevi Handmade. Please check it out! For a new start maybe, and for publishing my patterns. I have designed patterns for the classes I teach and I'm putting them up for sale on Ravelry. One pattern is already up, Klara, the classic sock (in Swedish only at this time) more are on their way.

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I am missing the blog, so here goes! On the needles I have no intentions of reeling off everything I have knit since my last post in February... As usual I have about a million WIPs on Ravelry (see sidebar!) but I'm just working on a few at the time. First out is my Casual Cardigan in Zauberball Stärke 6, the colour is called Pause in Blau. It is a light sportweight and I'm using a 3.5 mm

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Yesterday I finished my Hermione socks. Happy as a clam I bound off and fastened the ends on both socks and held them up to admire them. Hang on, isn't the second one awfully short...? Yes... for some unfathomable reason I had started the ribbing on the second sock a full inch before I did on the first one. Ack! I know that I checked my notes to see how long I made the first one (6") but for some

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Hello? Anyone there? Oh well... I'm happy to report that I am finishing things! I had a period before my winter vacation when I felt like I never finished anything and started project after project after project. I only knit on two projects during my five vacation weeks and got used to that (who knew, dedicated knitting on a single project will see it finished rather quickly) Now I feel really

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Symaskineriet is giving away a brand new sewing machine! Exactly what I need for mending the kids' trouser knees. My fancy quilting machine (also a Janome) doesn't have the free arm needed for that. This little one would be Perfect!

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Isn't this the cutest thing?! A jellyfish for your gear shift thingy. Don't know how practical it is but it is sooo cute :-) I found it here. The text is in Swedish but it just says to start at the top and crochet so the jellyfish fits the top of the stick. Increase a lot on the last few rounds to get the curly edge.

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I received my project bag swap bag, yay! It has an interesting construction with a long handle to carry crosswise (which I definitely prefer, it keeps the hands free) a hidden pocket on the back and a very retro moose embroidery on the front :-) Thank you so much Petra! Soooo, what am I working on? Let's see... I finished the body on Dad's sweater and started on a sleeve. Nevermind that his

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Stickamera and Garntjänst has a competition, go and check it out! Garntjänst är välkänt i de flesta hem där man finner kreativa och handarbetsintresserade människor. Här hittar du massor av garn och mönster till allt från klassiskt snygga kläder till trendiga och moderna plagg. Med en historia som sträcker sig 140 år tillbaka i tiden samlar vi nu allt handarbete under ett tak på

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I got a new camera for my birthday in May but it came without a cover. So I made one. My little camera (Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10, Swedish link) is rather fat and I didn't find a pattern that fitted it well, so I made up my own. I really recommend the camera by the way. It has a fast 25-300 mm zoom lens, image stabilizer, the pictures have correct colours mostly, 12 megapixels, great autofocus,

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I have signed up for the StickaMera project bag swap. I like to sew and I always need more project bags (I'm not sure but it may have something to do with my 15 WIPs and 13 Hibernating bears), but usually I don't take the time to sew. This will be an excellent way of actually sewing and getting a new bag. I plan to be sneaky and make some extra bags for myself while I'm at it :-) I asked for

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I have been following my plan rather well this week :-) I finished my bus socks (and dug out a sock from hibernation to replace them) Crazy Zauberball in Flussbett, toe up with short row heel over 60% of the stitches worked with the other end of the ball to keep the instep looking nice. I may give them to Dad, haven't decided yet. I have almost half the ball left so I think I'll make socks for

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I have 16 WIPs on Ravelry (all but 6 are shawls...) And 14 Hibernating. I have also promised my three (thankfully small) children a sweater each, I already bought yarn for them. I think it's time for a Plan. - Assess my pile of hibernating objects and rip out the projects I will never finish. - Finish projects that are almost done. - Don't start any new shawls until a few of the old ones are

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Vacation is over. me and DH started work this week (ugh!) and the kids start daycare next week and school two weeks after that (daughter starts first grade, and eldest son third). My awesome dad is taking care of them this week. Really, I don't know what we would do without him. I thank him every day, and I'm knitting him a sweater :-) I actually bought the yarn for it last year but I had a hard

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I went to Malmö yesterday all by myself, to the Stora Symässan craft fair. Fabrics and yarns and beads and some crap too. I mean, cleaning equipment and terry cloth turbans at a craft fair? It's not a very large fair but it's the only one nearby. I had a great day strolling around looking at stuff without kids even though there weren't that many yarn vendors there, and some of them just had

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I've been itching to write a blogpost for ages but, as always, something else gets the attention. Kntting, family, knitting, work, and knitting mostly. I have loads of ongoing projects and I seem to cast on more every week without finishing as many. Heard that before...? However, this is my hobby and I refuse to have a bad conscience for knitting whatever I want!The LYS situation here in

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The last eight months or so has been stressful. First my mother's cancer got worse very very fast. She died late March, 61 years (not) old. My sister got home from Australia just hours before Mum slid into unconsiousness and she passed away two days later. Then there were grief and funeral planning and funeral and all the administration needed. Plus all the usual work and kids and activities.Then

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I've finally managed to write up the pattern for my domino knit shawl. Enjoy! I'm very fond of my shawl, it's big and cosy to wrap up in on a chilly evening. (ED: I forgot to credit Sabine for the idea. I saw her shawl on Ravelry and was inspired to make my own version. She also gave some hints on how to get started. Thanks Sabine!)Please contact me if you find any errors or oddities! Or if you

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I keep writing blog posts in my head but, somehow, they don't get posted... The family is back in the real world now, with two working parents and three kids in daycare/school. Add evening activities for two of the kids and a very sick grandparent and you have busy, busy weeks. I tend to spend my spare time knitting (and Raveling!) instead of blogging.I've been knitting a lot but not finishing

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Aaaaahhhh. Yaaaawn.I have been off work since the weekend before Christmas and it feels So Good. I'm reasonably rested (because I have a one-year-old that wakes a bit earlier than I would like) and have done mostly nothing for two weeks. Heaven.Reality is creeping closer though, I'm starting work on Wednesday, and M starts working in two weeks time. Then it's back to dropping children off at

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For any fellow Swedes: Tummelisa has a lottery on the blog. You can win one of two 250 SEK gift cards. Not bad! Go there and enter (or not, so I get a bigger chance at the prizes ;-)I went to my first ever spinning class this past weekend. Two and a half wool filled days. We learned about different kinds of Swedish sheep and tried their wool. We learned about the whole process from dirty fleece

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There's a new store opening soon and they have an opening giveaway. Go here and register which handbag you'd like to win... (And yes, you get more tickets if you blog about it. How did you guess?)I'll soon be back with some actual knitting content. I have Finished Objects!

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I go to work and I dream of knitting. The things I want to make, yarn I want to try. Then I come home and get to knit maybe one hour total after having dinner and putting kids to bed and before yawning too much. Yesterday was Saturday so I knit a lot. Started and finished a project in the same day even. OK, so it was a hat, but still...Pattern: Turn A Square by Jared FloodYarn: Dream In Color

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The final Hemlis 4 package arrived on Friday. Look at the stuff!A big skein of Grignasco merino-silk lace yarn, 1400 meters/1500 yards, enough for a sizeable shawl, in a beautiful deep blue. A ball of pure silk yarn from Louisa Harding, DK weight. Luxurious wrist warmers maybe? Six pretty stitch markers that my pal made herself, and a big bag of licorice. Yum! Thank you so much Ulrika!Knitting

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I have finished the Sea Socks (Ravelry). So called because the colourway is called Deep Blue Sea... Anyway, just a simple k3, p1 ribbed sock with contrasting toe, heel and cuff. And stripe. Toe-up of course!The yarn is Duet Sock Yarn from A Swell Yarn Shop (via The Loopy Ewe)They where made for M but they fit me just fine. I think I have to block them a bit. He has longer feet than me but not

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... that Garnhärvan has 20% off lot of things in August. I fell down hard when I saw that they have Harmony needles. Soooo soon I will have my own set :-) They have a starter set and a luxury set but I put together my own for about the same cost but with exactly the stuff I wanted. I have no use for 8 mm needles or 120 cm cords or plastic carrying cases. And when I asked they even had 3.75 mm

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I had a case of startitis recently and now I feel all scizofrenic (if that's a proper word) and like I make no progress at all. I knit knit knit but it is a few rows on one project and a few rows on another and nothing gets finished! Which makes me a bit apathetic. At the same time I want to start a million *new* projects. Must. Stop. Myself.Whispering Pines has about one fifth of its edging done

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It is very hot here, and has been for a week or so. 30 degrees C, blazing sun, little or no wind. I am melting.Lots of things have happened since my last post.My sister and her family arrived from Australia bearing gifts and some stuff I ordered and had delivered to their house to save on shipping. 5 balls of this:Bendigo Mills Rustic 8-ply in Damson. M picked this for a sweater. I want to make

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Am I a process knitter or a product knitter? I think about it sometimes, but I honestly don't know. I have seen discussions here and there and those people seem to Know that they are one or the other, never in between. No questions or doubts.I, on the other hand, feel very in between. I *love* the process. Dreaming about things to knit. Choosing pattern and yarn. Knitting, knitting. Admiring the

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My moaning yesterday paid off. First I got a reassuring comment from my pal that the package was in the mail, and today it turned up!Two balls of Sirdar Baby Bamboo, a DK weight 80% bamboo 20% wool yarn. So soft and a pretty lilac colour. A scarf maybe? A set of Knit Picks harmony dpn's. They are beautiful, and match the yarn very well :-) Maybe I should make a hat instead so I can use the

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I have been totally obsessed with shawls lately. Lace shawls. Working on shawls, planning shawls, dreaming about shawls. I'm working on Whispering Pines mostly.It is getting too large to photograph, I have just started the pine tree section. I love it! Love the yarn too, Malabrigo Lace in a lovely brownish red. The first ball of yarn is running out, I have two more to go.Then there is my crazy Pi

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I participated in WWKIP day on Saturday. 6 knitters (4 adults and 2 kids) on the lawn outside the main library in town. We had a great time knitting and chatting for two and a half hours before the rain came and chased us away.And for any Hemlis 4 people out there: I posted my first package today, maybe it is for you! I've had so much fun reading my recipients blog and planning the packages. I

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I have neglected to blog my finished sweater because I didn't have any nice pictures of it. My plan was to persuade M to take the photos but here has been so hot that I forgot all about woolly sweaters for a while. Today however the weather is cool (and windy and rainy) so I came to think about the sweater again. I had to take the pics myself of course, because M is at work.Pattern: A concoction

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Here are my answers to the secret pal exchange Hemlis 4. It's a Nordic exchange arranged by StickaMera, so I'm doing this in Swedish only.1. Vilken sorts garn tycker du mest om? (Ull, akryl, bomull osv.) Är det något material du absolut inte tycker om?Jag tycker mest om ull som inte sticks :-) och silke. Gillar inte akryl (plast!), och bomull är stumt och bråkigt att sticka med tycker jag.

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My first pair of finished socks for, I don't know, quite a while. For a while there I didn't feel like knitting socks at all. No inspiration. I have a number of started socks but none of them really appealed to me.Besides, I have been knitting two sweaters lately. (Yes, the EPS is done, I just need to force M to take some nice pictures for me)Then I found Francie. Finally a pattern I really,

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Fits like a glove, just as I wanted. The sweater will probably grow a little in its first bath, and the puckering from the short rows and the decreases will even out.I have a good chance of finishing this in May after all. It would be fun to finish *two* sweaters for the DIC KAL :-)

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Shouldn't have said that the EPS sweater was almost done. Slap! on the head from the knitting godess. I tried it on yesterday evening, almost done with the yoke, and the fit was... strange... to say the least. Bodice nice and fitted just as before. But the yoke hung like a sack, much too large. Sigh. I put the monster away and worked on a sock.It was obvious that I had too many stitches in the

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I am on some sort of Elizabeth Zimmermann binge. Reading her books (I got The Opinionated Knitter and Knitting Around in the post this week), watching her on DVD (I got the Knitting Workshop DVD too) and knitting her pattern (I'm almost done with an EPS sweater), feeling very inspired and wanting to knit many more of her patterns. To think that I never knew she existed until a few years ago...

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We have finished objects!This is Twist, my project for the Dream In Color Sweater KAL at The Loopy Ewe.Pattern: Twist by Bonne Marie Burns, collar version.Size: 40"Yarn: Dream In Color Classy in Some Summer Sky, purchased at The Loopy Ewe, 5 skeins.Needles: 4 mm and 4,5 mmVerdict: Great pattern, most things are clearly described and the fit is great. I did miss the total length and width of the

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My first handspun knitted project is all done! Behold the Party Sweater:Pattern: Incredible Custom-Fit RaglanSize: Current H-size, smallish 4-year-oldYarn: 18 ounces/500 g of my own handspun superwash Corriedale (Party Dress from Spunky Eclectic Fiber Club December 2007) plied with superwash merino from Wingham Wool Work I was aiming for worsted weight but it turned into bulky. My handspun fluffs

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I am still here, believe it or not! So much has happened since I last blogged that I hardly know where to start... Brace yourself for a huge post!I have almost knit a sweater. Sheri at The Loopy Ewe started a Dream In Color sweater KAL with a 20% discount on the yarn, DIC Classy. After much agonising over what colour to get (and they colours were selling out fast!) I ordered six lovely skeins of

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From this...to this...Yes, he is lying in the same chair. (And yes, I am right beside him)Little A has grown quite a bit! Just about doubled his birthweight actually.He is scooting around on the floor (not crawling properly but nevertheless going where he wants to), trying solid foods (still nursing like anything, though), cooing, laughing, pulling your hair. And he sprouted a tooth almost a

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We have no season. Last year we had spring, summer, autumn. Autumn never ended (because winter means freezing temps for seven days) until the meteorologists decided that autumn can't go on longer than until February 14 and spring can start at February 15 at the earliest. Spring starts when the mean temperature over 24 hours has been above freezing for seven days in a row. We just had a couple of

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I picked up a very old UFO today. A beutiful stranded sweater from Solsilke (I can't find it on the site though) I bought it as a kit at a market I think, many years ago. The sweater is inspired by an old woven cloth at a museum. It is worked in the round, on 2,5 mm needles, and most of the body is done.It is too small. Beyond help. The body is supposed to be 115 cm (45") around. This sweater is

Malinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736288458471413277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707179.post-31401543883179392852008-01-30T09:50:00.001+01:002008-01-30T10:24:13.700+01:00

Baby socks, of course! And just in time for SAM5 too. I was getting a bit worried... I started these so I would have socks for January. Then I accidentally left them at my parents last Friday. Ack! I finally got them back yesterday and finished them last night. Phew!Yarn: Regia Mini Ringel Color in 5211, leftover from FIL's Wendelin socks.Needle: Knit Picks 2.25 mm circ, Magic Loop.Pattern: My

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I received this award from Nina at Knit In Denmark. Thank you so much, Nina! It is nice to know that my blog is appreciated :-)I couldn't find the origins of the award, does anyone know? However, here are the rules:“Give the award to up to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blogland. Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can

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New projects galore over here. First I started a pair of socks for Mum, Veil of Leaves from New Pathways for Socks Knitters (which I am not sure that I like, may frog them). Then when I ripped the top down cardi I started ages ago and got bored of E came by and loved the yarn so I promised him a sweater. Which I promptly cast on. Sherwood from Knitty. I am about halfway through it and I really

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I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas (or whatever you celebrate at this time of year)We spent Christmas at our cottage in the woods with my parents and my paternal grandmother. Forest all around, no street lights, no passing cars, fire in the fireplace and kitchen stove at all times, lots of good food. Very cosy. No snow though, but there usually isn't any at Christmas. As H said: "It was a

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I finished grandmothers socks in good time for Christmas. Yay!Pattern: Smokin' Socks by KnitspotYarn: J. Knits Sperwash Me Sock in Boston, from The Loopy Ewe of course :-)Needles: 2.25 mm Knitpicks circMods: I made an in-between size, 66 sts instad of 60 or 72 as the pattern suggests. In hindsight I think that 60 sts would have been ok, but as I don't have grandmother's foot measurements just her

Malinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736288458471413277noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707179.post-10710604222234211412007-12-10T11:57:00.000+01:002008-01-28T10:48:27.471+01:00

...eeeel! As in spinning wheel. As in I got one. Ooops.It's a used Louet S10, with a skein winder. It looks like a windmill with the skein winder on... Kind of fitting for a Dutch wheel maybe. I got it off ebay, from a Dutch seller that seems to buy ands refurbish old wheels and put them up for sale one by one. I was a bit nervous about making my first ebay purchase. I mean, you hear so much

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A needed mittens so I made some from the same yarn as his djevellue. I just love how they striped!Size: 3-9 monthsYarn: Thickish fingering yarn, 65 meters/70 yardsGauge: 32 sts/10 cm (4”)Needles: 3 mm (US 2,5) needles or size to get gaugeCuff: CO 32 sts (I use long-tail CO) join for knitting in the round. Rib k1, p1 for 4 cm/1,5”, 13 rounds.Hand: Switch to stocking st. Increase 8 sts evenly on

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The first snow fell on us on Friday evening and Saturday morning. The kids were of course extatic and ran out to play almost before we boring grownups had made it out of bed. Most of the fun melted away of course but we had freezing temps here this morning even at nine am and a few more flurries of snow this afternoon. Real winter (i.e. with snow) rarely arrives before January, so this probably

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When I saw Kim's pattern for Kipling I just had to make it. But it was very small and when I tried to make the pattern larger I got confused by the sleeve construction. So I made my own version, and of course it had to be named Rudyard!RudyardSize: 6 months(cm)YarnGarnstudio Alaska (75 m / 50 g) 100% wool6 balls main colour 11 (dark red)1 ball contrasting colour 52 (blue), or an extra ball in

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Pattern: Rushing Rivulet socks from New Pathways for Sock Knitters by Cat Bordhi.Yarn: Fiesta Boomerang in Quince, one skein.Needles: 3 mm KnitPicks circMods: I changed the cuff to a k1, p1 rib with EZ sewn bind-off.Verdict: I really like this yarn. It is soft, solid and springy and it shows the texture pattern very well. This colourway is rather bland for me but it goes nicely with jeans.This

Malinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736288458471413277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707179.post-46873814309018843372007-10-21T20:15:00.001+02:002008-12-09T03:31:23.001+01:00

What can I say? I blame it on the baby... and on life in general. When I have free time I tend to knit or read blogs or surf Ravelry (have I mentioned that I love that place?), not blog (or clean the house. Ahem. I *do* however cook and launder)Let's see what I have been up to knitwise since the last time.1. I finished the Spiralling Coriolis for E.Pattern: Spiralling Coriolis Master Pattern from

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In Cat Bordhi's new book, New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One. I got it in the mail on Friday from Socktopus (together with some *very* nice yarn, see below) and I started drooling right away :-) The socks in the book are amazing, I want to make almost all of them NOW but I'm being good and started with the first learning socks. I finished the Little Sky socks on Saturday. Baby socks are

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A has a sleep-only-if-someone-holds-me-day. After a while I managed to slide him into my lap instead and was able to knit. So I finished another pair of socks! I must say that sport weight socks almost feel like cheating, they are so quick to make...Pattern: Swirl socksYarn: Cider Moon Glacier in JuneauNeedles: 3 mm dpn's, and 2,5 mm dpn's for the inside of the picot edgeVerdict: A fun and easy

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Thank you so much for all the well-wishes after baby A's birth! Time flies, he is two weeks old already and he's starting to hold his head up a bit and he is awake a bit more. Now we are waiting for the first smiles!We showed him off at work the other day, that was fun. And I had to tell the birth story about a hundred times :-)On the way there we stopped at the hospital and took some pictures of

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Baby is finally here!!! He arrived early Saturday morning, August 25th. First he made us wait 12 days after his due date and then he decided to arrive in 2 hours! So we didn't make it quite to the hospital, just to the parking lot... I gave birth standing under a street light and caught the baby myself. Probably lucky that it was in the middle of the night...Not quite how I had envisioned the

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That's right, no baby yet. Due date + 11 days today. I've never been this pregnant before. Say no more.In the mean time I have finished the Baby Surprise Jacket (i. e. sewn on the buttons),blocked Rudyard (and Kitchenered the shoulders and started on the collar),finished the first Pheasant Run sock (and started the other one),and started a new plain sock.The yarn is Cider Moon Icicle in Grand

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H's socks are done. She loves them :-)Pattern: My own: Toe-up with magic cast-on, Sherman heel, stockinette with a little ribbing on the sides of the leg. I increased 4 sts about halfway up the leg. 1k, 1p rib at the top, kept on knitting until I ran out of yarn. I had less than 3 meters left in the end :-)Yarn: Claudia Handpainted fingering in Carousel, chosen by H.Needles: 2,5 mm Addi

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Today is my due date, but baby doesn't seem to know that. Or care. I do hope s/he decides to be born soon though. My tummy is huge.And so are my feet (no pic of those!). The only shoes that fit me are flip-flops and Crocs. Summer has finally arrived, with frequent thunderstorms, so here's hot and humid and lots of mosquitoes. We have no AC (almost noone does here, you don't need it very often) so

Malinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736288458471413277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707179.post-50857577888789005382007-08-10T10:44:00.001+02:002008-01-29T16:17:26.721+01:00

The Wendelin socks are done! I managed to get M to model them, despite the heatwave (27 °C)Pattern: Wendelin socksYarn: Regia Mini Ringel Color in 5211.Needle: Addi Turbo 2,5 mm Magic loopMade for: FILVerdict: Me like! A perfect pattern for the pretty stripes and the fact that I'm not entirely sure of the recipient's foot size.These count for both Summer of Socks and Sock-a-Month KAL 4!H saw when

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... for the baby of course! I'm less than 2 weeks away from my due date now and I keep hoping that this one will be at least a little early. Please?M has started his vacation now and that is So Nice. I can sleep in every morning and rest during the days. Which I really need right now, because I'm tired all the time. Today I also have a very sore back. I overdid things by mowing the lawn this

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I don't want to be pregnant anymore, OK? I'm tired all the time. I'm huge. The baby has dropped so my pubic bone hurts like anything. I waddle. And I'm alone with the kids this week and the next (only at daytime though)Whine, whine.I have been knitting though. The baby trousers are done.Pattern: Baby Bell Bottoms by Alison Hansel, without the bellYarn: Crystal Palace Panda Cotton 1,5 balls or so,

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Today was my last day at work. Now I'm officially on vacation until the baby arrives and then there's maternity leave for a year or so. It felt both great and strange to pack all my things and leave today. I work as a consultant so I probably won't come back to the same assignment.The latest Harry Potter movie premiers today here in Sweden so we're going to see it tonight. Fun, fun. And I'm

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The kids have summer vacation from daycare now. I however work another week, and M another three weeks. Luckily my parents are off next week and staying at the forest cottage so we delivered E and H to them today. Somehow nature seems to have forgotten that it's summer, there has been heavy rains and flooding for the last week or so, it feels more like October than July. I hope it gets better

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I finished these a couple of days ago, but then the camera battery was flat so I couldn't document them then. These are my July socks for SAM3 and my first pair for Summer of Socks all in one!Pattern: Cable Rib socks from Favorite Socks by Interweave.Yarn: Trekking XXL in colour 184 (navy and green)Needle: 2,5 mm Addi Turbo, magic loopMods:- The pattern says to make the leg 10 cable crossings

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I finished an old WIP today, because I wanted the needle it was on... It's the Harlot scarf I started in December.Pattern: One Row Handspun scarf from the Yarn Harlot.Yarn: Noro Kureion, three skeins.Needle: 5 mm circSize: about 15 cm by 2 m.Verdict: Very nice stitch pattern, and you can knit it in your sleep. The yarn is a bit scratchy and (mostly) very loosely spun with thick parts and thin

Malinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04736288458471413277noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3707179.post-90791784396126836222007-06-27T13:58:00.000+02:002008-01-29T16:21:28.378+01:00

We spent Midsummer weekend at the cottage with my parents and M's dad. The weather was kind of blah (like it rained all Midsummer's Eve) and the kids played outside most of the time so I got quite a lot of resting and knitting done. I brought three projects and expected that to be plenty, but not so...I finished the Embossed Leaves socks!Pattern: Embossed Leaves from Favorite Socks by

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My Sidewinder socks are done!Pattern: Sidewinders by Nona.Yarn: Opal RainbowNeedles: 2.5 mm Addi LaceMods: None. I was a bit concerned about the width of the leg but they turned out to fit my legs just fine. I made the 8-9 M size, feet are about 9" around and 9.75" long.Now I have only two more socks OTN...I just cast on for the second Embossed Leaves sock. I think I'll finish this one before I

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I got my Ravelry invite!!! And just in time for the rainy weekend too :-) My username over there is Malin.Must. Go. Explore!

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1. H is finally out of nappies, yay! Except at night, but that's no big deal and I suspect that she'll be dry at night too soon. It's not a day to soon that she shed the nappies either, she's almost three and a half. But E was almost four before we forced him to quit his nappies. They are stubborn little things, my kids. And you have to admit that it is a nuisance to have to stop playing for a

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Cold. Yuk. Sore throat and weird voice and stuffy nose. Yuk again. I've been home sick from work Thursday and Friday. At least I've got some knitting done. Lord of the Rings on DVD and a sock, mmmmm. So I finished the Boyfriend socks yesterday. Here they are on my feet (as the boyfriend didn't have time to model them):Apparently this yarn is a bitch to photograph properly, the colour is almost

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The Double Fleck socks are finished! I was a bit stressed out that May was coming to an end and no finished socks for SAM3!!! But here they are:Yarn: Yarn Pirate superwash merino/tencel 50/50 in RosieNeedles: 2.5 mm Addis, Magic LoopPattern: The usual hodge-podge... Toe-up with garter stitch wrapped short-row toe and heel, Double Fleck stitch pattern from More Sensational Knitted Socks, picot

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Coming up with intelligent titles is one of the hardest parts with blogging...I'm eagerly waiting for Ravelry to open and in the meantime I have been uploading my pictures to Flickr (note to self: get a paid account) so the pics in this entry lives on Flickr. Please tell me if it doesn't work properly! I had some trouble figuring out how to make them visible in the blog. In the end I just loaded

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Shocking I know, two posts in two days. Have you got up from the floor yet? No bruises I hope?The weather has been fantastic today, summer! So we have worked the garden all day, and my parents (who lives in an apartment) where here too. I've cut all the outer hedges, except the top of the back one. It's supposed to be 180 cm high and that's a bit taller than I am... The little kitchen garden is

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It has happened so much since my last post so I hardly know where to begin.From now on I have a little more time to knit (and maybe even blog...) I'm going on half time sick leave because my back is absolutely killing me if I sit on my butt all day, which I do at work. I felt such a relief when I finally asked the doctor for it. So working half time for two months and then vacation until the baby

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In my last post I mentioned all the packages I was waiting for. Most of them (and a few more...) have now arrived. Yay! I am also waiting for a couple of new ones. Oy.I have new books!Charlene Schurch's new sock book. I like it for all the example socks and little stitch patterns. The actual patterns, I don't know. I like knitting toe-up, but most of her toe-ups start in the same way, with

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It's only seven thirty but I'm so tired that I could go to bed and fall asleep right now. Work was very stressful today, especially in the afternoon, and my lower back is killing me. The kids were little terrors at dinner, and then they jumped around so much that the bathtub moved and the water ran all over the floor when we started to empty it. So no bedtime stories for them tonight! They are in

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I had planned to finish the Corded Rib socks before the weekend but that didn't happen. But the foot is more than half done. I really like this stitch pattern.But I have to use size 2 mm needles now that that the wooden ones broke. Carrie commented that she knits tighter with metal needles than with wood, but these needles are not slippery at all and very lightweight so I seem to knit looser with

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Of course I broke one of those tiny wooden needles. Probably just because I dared to think that they maybe wasn't as brittle as I feared... Shortly after that, just as I had started the second sock I heard a crack. It was a k2tog that did it. So I switched the broken needle for an Addi. But that, or something, made the sock very wide. Much wider than the first on. Rip, rip down to the toe and use

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Chicken pox that is. It is now E's turn to be all spotty. He has it much worse than H did, he's all spotty and itchy poor thing. Good thing that we have lots of the anti-histamine meds left from H. And sunburn lotion. Other than the itching he's quite happy to be at home and build lego's all day. And today we're making cinnamon buns, yum! E likes cooking and baking so a day without little sister

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I finished my Baudelaires! I was home with ill H on Monday (chicken pox): second sock went from just above toe to just above heel. I was home yesterday ill myself (cold, and yes H is still ill): second sock done!Pattern: Baudelaire from Knitty, design by Cookie.Yarn: Fleece Artist merino in Tiger.Needles: 2.5 mm Addi Turbo, magic loopMods: My gauge was larger so I got away with making the

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I finished knitting the Baby Surprise Jacket. It sure looks strange, doesn't it?But it's so cute when folded correctly :-)Of course I have a million ends to weave in before seaming it together, bleh. I think I'll use a self-striping yarn if I make another one, I like the stripes around the corners, but weaving in ends are not so fun. The size turned out to be about 0-3 months I think.Sheri at The

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Just a hint that the signup for Sock Madness in underway and it needs more players. I have signed up, I think it'l be fun. And even if you don't win you get a number of sock patterns designed especially for the competition! So what are you waiting for?!

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Here are my first socks for Sock-a-Month 3:They are knit in Lana Grossa Meilenweit 6 ply, so they are thick and cosy. The pattern is my own. Toe-up with a round toe from Sensational Knitted Socks, increase to 48 stitches and a short row heel from Wendy Knits. The rib is 4k 2p, and for the cuff I did a twisted 1k 1p rib. Finished with a sewn cast-off. I used 3.25 mm Brittany birch dpn's.These are

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I've made sock bags for my Sockret Pal and me. I've seen bags like these around the net and if you can sew just a little it's not hard. My bags where first inspired by Trek and Beth and I was going to do the top like they did, because that's what I normally do. But when I had cut out all my pieces I found an excellent tutorial by Jessica with a very interesting and perfectly reversible drawstring

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The snow is all but gone. It snowed on Friday morning, but as temps rose it turned into rain. Today it has been raining all day, gray and boring. The kids are of course disappointed but at least they got a few days of winter. Who knows if there will be more of it this year.But look what I've got! Goodies from Sarah's Yarns.The red yarn is JaggerSpun Superfine Merino in Raspberry, the others are

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When we opened the door to leave for work and daycare yesterday, it was snowing! Totally unexpected, though they *had* forecast freezing temps. Good thing that M changed to winter tyres on the car on Sunday! Usually we do it in November or so but this "winter" it hasn't been necessary until now. Weird weather!This morning it was -7 (Celsius of course) and the kids brought their sleds to daycare,

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Sorry for not blogging for ages and ages but I've been so tired lately. I've gone to bed much earlier than usual and haven't had any time left for blogging. I'll try to do better!This last week I have been commuting by train, about an hour and half every day, so I've been knitting up a storm! I finally finished my Sockret Pal socks. On Monday they where just the cuff and two eight-row repeats on

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We came home Thursday morning, but I haven't had the energy to blog until today. I'm still rather tired, eight hours time difference takes some time to adjust to. The kids woke at three this morning... No joke.First we spent two days in Singapore doing mostly nothing, because we managed to eat or drink something stupid the first day so the kids got sick early in the morning. Me and M didn't feel

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We're leaving tomorrow morning on a looooong vacation. We won't be back until after Christmas. First stop Singapore, then Sydney, and last Perth where my sister lives. Internet access will be patchy. Sis doesn't even have a home computer, only her husband's work laptop. Neither M nor me are sure how we will survive without internet for four weeks. I have packed lots of knitting...I'm bringing my

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My first package from my Sockret Pal arrived yesterday. Wheee!There was a great Australian magazine called Yarn. I have heard of it and I was actually planning to try to find it on my trip there. There was chocolate filled with crunchy honeycomb (now mostly gone, I have to admit) Cute little stitch markers that spell out Y A R N (do I see a theme here?) And they match the actual yarn I also

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I've been such a bad blogger lately I feel really bad about it :-( But things are rather hectic around here, and that will continue the next two weeks, and then, bliss, four weeks of vacation. In Australia. I'm really really looking forward to it.First we're having a short stop-over in Singapore. Just two days and one night, mainly to break up the long trip for the kids. After that we go to

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Up until about five or maybe ten years ago Halloween didn't exist in Sweden. The someone realised that you could make money from it and introduced it here. I don't have to buy the pumpkins, no problem there. The thing that aggravates me is the confusion about what date it should be celebrated. In the US Halloween is October 31, right? That's All Hallows Eve or something. Here that's a moving

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Today I have the day off. I'm not allowed to work because of the 24-7 standby last week. I do get paid :-) The kids are at daycare in the morning, I'll pick them up after lunch. M is home sick but he feels a bit bad about invading my free morning so he keeps quiet and away from me.Autumn is finally here. It was very late in coming this year, but now it's cold and frosty and actually a tiny bit of

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Long time, no blog. I've had so much to do the last week so I don't know where it went. And I have 24-7 standby all this week until Monday morning. The standby has been calm so far (knock on wood!) but you never know...I finished the RPM socks yesterday.Pattern: RPM from KnittyYarn: KoiguNeedles: Addi 2.5 mm 120 cm, Magic loopMods: I knit these toe up and made the legs as long as possible. I have

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The Leaf Lace Shawl is finished. I finally managed to block it somewhat, even though I'm not completely satisfied with the blocking. I don't have a good place to block such a large thing. Maybe install wall-to-wall carpeting in a room somewhere... I would also like a set of blocking wires, I didn't manage to bet the top completely straight. Now I blocked ot with string on my parents spare bed

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I finished the Fetching fingerless gloves.Pattern: Fetching from KnittyYarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, colour 300104, 1 ball with very little leftNeedles: 4 mm dpn'sComments: very fast knit, and fun too. I learned a new cast on (cabled) and a new bind off (picot) I like the yarn, it's very soft, almost feels like cotton. Autumn is (finally) here, so I will definitely use these (and my Knucks!

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The chanterelles are now safe in the freezer!My subconsious (sp?) goal for Socktoberfest seems to be to cast on as many socks as possible... not quite what I intended. Anyway, I started these fantastic socks the other day:RPM in Koigu. I love them! The colours are absolutely fantastic (way better in person than on the screen) and this patterns suits it perfect. The yarn wants to stripe in warm

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