Monday, February 28, 2011

A COLD WEEK

Winter returned to Stavanger last week with snow for a few days


I had two of my big quilts washed and hung out to dry
and they both turned out great


even this one, which has wool batting.
I always use color catcher, just incase some
of the fabrics will bleed


It was nice with some sunny days

Bread is baked and another week has started


Have a creative week everyone!
You will find me in my sewing room....











Sunday, February 20, 2011

FOR SALE!


Two "old" projects are finally finished.
The jacket is handknitted in 100% wool.
Handwash only and the size is S.


The sweater is a classic cable sweater. It is a lot of
work, and it has moved from Norway to USA twice
on the knitting needles!
Unfortunatelly, the size is too small for me,
this is probably a size XS.
Handknitted, 100% wool, handwash.


If you are interested in any of these, let me know
and I can send you measurements!

Have a nice Sunday!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Never too late...



to finish a project. Here it is, nearly finished for years..
My plan was to hand quilt the outer border, but when
I found a roll of "Borders made easy", I quickly changed
my mind.


The twins have got new hats. A friend had one on her blog,
and we found the pattern here.
These hats are so quick and fun to knit, I have
already made a new one for the princess,
hers was a bit too big


Baked nice bread today, I am  on this bread
baking wave lately....and it is fun, when they turn out
 like these

Talking about waves, it has been very windy in Stavanger.
 We drove out to the beach and watched the surfers waiting for the
perfect wave, look closely and you can see them


This is my next "old" project to finish, and as you can see
from the picture, we woke up to a new winter this morning,
two happy children talked about snowmen on their
way to kindergarten...


Stay warm everyone!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

TRAVELING TWINS!



This year also started out with a long travel, this time
we all needed visas for our trip.

 We traveled to Baku in Azerbaijan


It was an interesting trip, but we are glad to
be back home. Baku is not a place where we
will like to move.

We traveled via Heathrow, London.


On the way back we had a 5 hrs wait at Heathrow
and the twins checked out the big bear at Harrods.


Spending several days at a hotel can be boring for two
little ones
but the hotel had alot of room where they could run


The jacket is done, but I need to get some new buttons.



Have a nice week!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

NY JAKKE TIL LILLE PRINSESSEN

Mangler bare et nøste til å gjøre ferdig hetten
på jakken til min lille prinsesse..


 Jeg hadde en pakke med dette garnet, og utrolig nok,
i et Dalegarn 218 hefte fant jeg et mønster på jakke
strikket i akkurat dette garnet, men her heter
garnet Ara. Garnet jeg hadde er kjøpt i USA.
Strikket på dobbelt garn har det gått med utrolig
mye garn. Brukte opp hele pakken på 10 nøster
og må kjøpe 2 ekstra.  Den er strikket i str.  2-3 år.


I morgen tidlig drar vi ut på årets første reise,
turen går først til London og så videre derfra.
Hvor? Følg med....  vi er tilbake om en ukes
tid..


Sunday, January 16, 2011

KNITTING HATS WEEK END

We have had a stay at home week end. Cartoons on tv, a lot of snack and fire in the fireplace.  We have stayed in the sofa and I have knitted hats
 Balaclava hats for the little ones, knitted in a wonderful, soft wool yarn that I bought at "The Hen house" some years ago.
Unfortunately, the little ones are sick again, this little boy is not feeling well, I hope they will get better soon.
Knitted a hat for myself, knitted in "Cascade 220 heather". I found the pattern in "Interweave Knits winter 2009"
And a hat for big sister, knitted in a soft, wool/mohair blend yarn, the same yarn that I used for little sisters jacket  and the pattern is here
Now my knitting needles will be put away for a while, I need to handquilt a small wallhanging that has been put away for years.

Have a creative week everyone and thanks for stopping by! 

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

INSPIRED

This time I got inspired from a blog.  I cannot remember which blog it was, but I thought it was such a great idea:
 A bag for your gingerbread cookie cutters! 
Mine used to be kept in a zip lock bag, now they are in a pretty bag with the recipe written on the front. Thanks to the owner of the blog that I cannot remember the name of.... 
 I even had some small buttons shaped like cookie cutters that I put on the strap!
My next inspiration was a movie that I saw a couple of weeks ago called "The Golden Compass". The girl in the movie had such a pretty handknitted hat that I had to try to knit one for my little girl. I used some yarn that I had in my stash, "Wool in the Woods" and it is so pretty! When the light or sun shines on it, it looks like it has tiny snowflakes on.

In my stash, I have a lot of vintage kitchen towels. Now I embroider monograms on them. Great gift idea!


Friday, January 7, 2011

FIRST PROJECT FINISHED




The first finished project this year is my small version of the shawl called "Mrs. Barista". Thanks to "Pinneguri" for good instructions. You can find the pattern here 






I am glad I did not make it any bigger, now it is the perfect size to use as a scarf. I have too many shawls that are too big to wear under a jacket.
I love it and it will be used a lot. It is knitted in two different yarns, the light one is Alpaca from Drops and the other one is "Tynn Alpakka" from DSA.

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful winter weekend, I am busy working on my next project this year.

Friday, December 31, 2010

GODT NYTTÅR!

På årets siste dag vil jeg få ønske alle dere som leser min blogg og spesielt dere som følger bloggen min trofast, et
RIKTIG GODT NYTTÅR!
Happy New Year!
Vårt flotte juletre skal få stå i noen dager til
Our beautiful Christmas tree will stay a few more days
Idag regner det og snøen smelter
Today it is raining and the snow melts
                      Nå er kalkunen i ovnen, brødene er bakt
                                        The turkey is in the oven and the breads are baked
Nå er alt klart og gjestene kan komme!
Everything is ready and the guests can come!
Ha en flott nyttårsaften!
Have a nice new years eve!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

WINTER WONDERLAND!

We have winter wonderland here in Stavanger, what a beautiful Christmas!



Twins got their first lap top from Santa!


Merry Christmas from all of us!

Friday, December 24, 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Julaften morgen hjelper de små med å lage julegrøten til nissen.
Christmas morning and the little ones are helping with making the Santa's porridge.

Vi har mye snø, det snør fremdeles
We have a lot of snow and it is still snowing
Julebyen er oppe og her er alt man trenger
My Christmas town is up and here is everything you need
Antique store and a quiltstore
 a bar & grill 
and it has a pub at the corner

God Jul til alle som leser, tusen takk til dere som følger bloggen min og legger igjen en kommentar, det setter jeg stor pris på!
Merry Christmas to everyone that is reading and  thank you very much to those of you who are following my blog and leaves comments, it is very much appreciated!