DID I SAY SPRING......

Well, I think spring will wait a little longer, we woke up

one morning with snow again...

I have been to the antique store and found this

beautiful things.....

Spring is in my window

and the twins enjoy the snow

Early morning in kindergarten

Saturday today, we have a cake in the oven

and good friends are coming for dinner!

Have a nice day!

WOOLMEISE

I got my first skein of  Woolmeise yarn,

the color is "Granatapfel"

 and I knitted this

simple scarf in just garter stitches.

I found the pattern on Ravelry and it is called

"Hitchhiker". I followed the pattern, just added

some beads.

I have to admit, I have already got my second

skein of  Woolmeise in house for my next

project....

We enjoy the quiet week of winter break in town

baking and knitting!



SPRING IS HERE!

We went for a walk around the lake today in wonderful sunshine.

It is the winterbreak week in Stavanger this coming

week and we are staying home and hopefully enjoy

more of beautiful days like today

most of the ice on the lake has melted

you can nearly hear the spring flowers are popping up..

Just a few more months and we will have green grass



We always pass this house on our way home,

I think it is such a nice house

and we have a little bit of Texas around our lake....

Hope you all enjoy your week end like we do!!

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....



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!

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!

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!

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..

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! 

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!



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.