4th day of Christmas

We have had some lazy days, cold, but no snow. Everyone got a lot of presents, we need a bigger house for the twin's toys.

Our Norwegian Christmas food has been eaten, we still have some leftovers.

I have finished my Christmas knitting, one pair of mittens each for my little ones, big enough for next year. I also made a small version, maybe for a santa for next year. A new project is on my needles, it will take a while before they are done. They are for my oldest daughter. A friend made hers in two weeks, I will probably use two years....

Soon my old wool angels will be back in their box .....

HA EN FIN ROMJUL!

CHRISTMAS KNITTING

While some are enjoying and others complaining about all the snow back home in Stavanger, I had my coffee and knitting outside in 24 degrees C (75 degrees F) nice sunny weather. Here is another pair of miniature mittens, these are a little bit bigger than the last ones.

Morning by the pool, as you can see, we have got a lot of bananas this year. The pool will probably be heated tonight if our guest finally arrives, he has been stuck in Paris because of the snow....

More Christmas knitting, wristwarmers are easy and quick gifts, here a elegant pair with pearls and another pair for a nice young man

This little angel came home with me yesterday

The Christmas tree is decorated, only thing left now is to wrap alot of presents,

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 and thanks for visiting my blog!

SANTAS

Only a few days left and I have not made my santa this year, too busy with my real little santas, guess who got all the attention at the mall yesterday....

The santa of the year is still in his bag ready to be made, maybe next year,

Here is one made years ago, he is waiting for your wishlist

With oldest daughter home from university we are having one of her favorite dinners...

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!

The twins 1st birthday today with balloons, cake and presents!

a candle that played "Happy Birthday"

and a lot of presents, here with a new toy

They had a great day! Thanks for all Happy Birthday wishes!
I hope the next year will last longer, they are growing too fast....

I was a trip back home in Stavanger last week, had a wonderful time. ..

but while I was there, they had snow here in Houston, this is in my backyard

ADVENT

Today we light the first candle on this years Advent wreath, we had "risgrøt" (the Norwegian rice porridge) for lunch and got in Christmas mood, but the temperature outside was 21 degrees C (69 degrees F) !

I also found time to make another table cloth, this one is for my new Norwegian internet store

This is a great way to show all my new blue and white dishes.

Ready for my flight tomorrow, hopefully the weather will be nice so I can use these boots intstead of the rain boots all week....

I will be back in a week, getting ready for the twins 1. birthday, time is flying.....

A NEW TABLECLOTH AND MITTENS

While my little ones were sleeping today I made a new tablecloth. I only need to put the border and the lace on. It looks great together with my new dishes. It is a very simple one, but sometimes the simplest is the best....

Also found time to bake. Homebaked bread is good and best warm with butter and Norwegian brown cheese. I need to buy some more cheese next week on my trip home.

 

Yesterday I knitted these miniature mittens. A friend makes these beautiful mitten patterns. They  will look nice on the Christmas tree. Started a new pair today, a little bit bigger... .

Shopping for warm clothes tomorrow, flying home to Norway on Monday.

I will need my new rain boots!

TURKEY WEEK

It is Thanksgiving this Thursday and it is turkeys everywhere, here is two cute ones, the biggest one is in the freezer!

I finished my baby daughter's dress today, it is a pattern called "Little sister's dress" and it is a good name for a dress for our little girl. It is a bit big, but she will grow into it soon

CLOTHES PIN BAG

It is nice to hang the laundry out to dry. This hanger is from Norway and it has been very useful

I made this clothes pin bag some years ago, when I made all my red work pillows 

Have a nice week!

FALLMARKET

Last t week I opened my house for our Fallmarket. It is the second year I am doing this. Started last year when I was too pregnant to drag all my things around where they had markets. This year I invited a few more friends to bring their crafts for sale.  They also wrote about us here in a Norwegian expat newsletter.

Here is Randi's table, filled with her beautiful knitted mittens and Christmas decorations A lot of my quilts for sale My rosepainted baby cradle filled with babystuff
Homebaked bread in pretty white bags with laces!
Pretty giftbags in Christmas fabrics Old fashioned ginger hearts with red ribbons and brass bells..

Today I have made baby food. Filling the freezer with home made babyfood.


We are waiting for our dinner!!

OLD LACE

Again I need to tell about the beautiful weather we have these days. I brought my knitting basket outside this morning after I had ironed these old handcrocheted laces that I found at an antique store last week. They will be a nice edge on a redwork pillow that I already got figured out in my head..... one day...
Look at my georgeous teapot, another finding, together with much more..



This is a nice way to bring your old lace out of your closet. This old lace was on an old bedsheet, I cut it of and made it into this tablerunner... I used some linen bought at Ikea, but you can use whatever fabric you have.



This is in the woods just a few minutes drive from where we live, nice for an afternoon walk

but after all the rain we had last week, we had to stop here if we don't have a boat to take us any further

This is the little witch from the Halloween party