Monday, June 18, 2012

WE HAVE BEEN TRAVELING......


It has been a long time since my last posting, thanks for being patient with me. Thanks for comments and welcome to my new followers, you are all very much appreciated!

Since last time we have been traveling again, this time we have been to California, Hawaii and Texas. I took hundreds of photos and it is hard to pick a few ones, anyway, here is a few...

This sculpture is in San Diego, it is huge!

Little brother in front of the battleship Midway.

A visit to San Diego Zoo is a must...

A lot to see and do, we spent a whole day...

Then off to Hawaii!

Visiting Pearl Harbor historic sites

Pearl Harbor "Aviation museum"

Waikiki beach

Houston here we come again!

Crawfish boil in the park

we ate alot of sushi

had time to work at the ranch 

when heat is close to 32  degrees C outside,
little ones prefer the  indoor playgrounds

and a dip in the pool is good too!

The twins just turned 3,5 yrs, but they  are already
"experienced" travelers and have been alot of places!

I hope you enjoyed these images from our travel.

I will be back soon, I am busy  with my knitting needles 
and in the sewing room!

Have a nice week!











Wednesday, April 11, 2012

NEW VESTS FOR THE TWINS

I knitted vests for the twins this Easter, easy projects,
perfect for watching tv...

As I have mentioned before, my goal this year is to use wool from
 my own stash, and this time I had some skeins of 
Rowan's "Tapestry"

but I have to admit that this yarn was not a good 
one for this project, but they are ok...

so slowly my drawer of yarn is emptied.
I used two skeins for each vest, size 4 yrs
and the pattern is sold here

We all had a nice walk in the woods this afternoon,
picked the first flowers this year!

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!

Friday, April 6, 2012

EASTER WEEK..

Happy Easter! 
We enjoy a quiet week at home.

Decorating with eggs and chickens

Spring knitting on my needles

Chickens around  the house,

This one lives on the upper shelves 
all year around

Hope you all have a good Easter!



Wednesday, March 28, 2012

CABLE KNIT PILLOW

Knitted pillows are very popular and 

I found pattern for this on in a blog...

I used some yarn from my stash again, this was the last skeins
of this wonderful wool, love the color dusty pink...
the same as used here
Nice and easy project, good for  Easter knitting..

Another small project just finished,

the "Burberry inspired cowl" and I found the pattern

I used "Cotanani" from Mirasol,  60% cotton and 40% wool
the same as I used in my little prince's sweater

I realy love this wool and luckily, this came 
in my mailbox the other day, 
THANKS to a knitter from Bergen!

HAVE A NICE DAY!









Sunday, March 25, 2012

FIGGJO "Lotte" Turi - design, my latest update!

As you can see, I have added on to my  collection 

this pretty teapot is among my new pieces.
It is interesting to see how popular this collection is
all over the world.

When I look at my blog's posts 
overview 

my postings about my FIGGJO "Lotte" Turi-design

has the highest amount of pageviews, also the highest
rating of viewers from all over the world!

Most of my collection I have brought home from the US

but some are found here in Norway.

I did not plan on collecting the plates, 
but then  I found these...

and just last week, this pretty plate showed up in my 
mailbox....

Enjoy my collection and welcome back!










Friday, March 9, 2012

ON A RAIN AND STORMY DAY...

We have had some very rainy days lately, after some promising 
spring days it seems like winter is back with rain and storm,
it is good to bring some color in

I have spent some days in my sewing room and made
a dinosaur pillow for my little prince

and colorful flowers and butterflies for the princess

I had orders on some yoga bags and I made a few  more
for my store

in different fabrics and all with old buttons 

also a few more pillows for my store

my garden angels are cold outside waiting for the 
spring to show up again

I am enjoying my favorite tea from my new teacups!

Weekend again, have a nice one!