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.

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!

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!

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!

Et juleønske....

som dere ser så har jeg prøvd meg fram litt med "lay outen" på bloggen min, men får det ikke helt til....

Det er så mange flinke bloggere så nå håper jeg at noen kan spandere et par minutter på meg ....

Jeg vil gjerne ha bloggen helt enkel med et bilde øverst, men jeg vet ikke hvordan å unngå disse "customized templates" og når jeg prøver å legge inn bilde øverst så blir det altfor stort, selv om jeg krysser av på "shrink fit", noen som kan hjelpe?

IT IS SNOWING!

We woke up this morning to a little bit of snow, but it has been snowing all day and it is beautiful!

I brought my camera with me downtown going to the post office

I did all the Christmas cards yesterday, if you are a very good friend you have got a card with the twins on, sorry, I did not order enough. I do a lot of Christmas cards to all over the world, wow, that was very expensive to mail all of them, maybe I will start sending mine as a e-mail next year, as so many are doing.... but I personally prefer a card in the "real" mailbox...

It is still snowing, this is from the garden

Next time I will welcome you to my Christmas house

2 YEARS TODAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Time is flying!

Here they are nearly two years ago

They enjoyed their birthday party on Sunday with guests and presents,

today they have cake in kindergarten!

A NEW FRIDAY

Early morning and dark outside, too  dark to get pictures in the snow...

As you can see, I have a good start in getting my house ready for Christmas, this beautiful wreath is up, given to me by a good friend!

Yesterday I baked bread and the first Christmas cookies are done.

I love hyacints and they are placed all over the house

The little ones are turning 2 on Tuesday and this week end we will celebrate their birthday!

Have a nice week end!

TIME...

A word I hear over and over again is "busy", I am so busy ..... everyone tells me how busy they are. I am too, but am I??
Today we have Facebook and people are connecting with friends from all over the world and they have 500+ friends and still collecting, no wonder they are busy, trying to keep up with all those "friends". ....
In the newspaper today I read a quote saying "it is not everything that you do that in the end kills you, it is everything that you don't get done..." It is so true....
Sit down, relax, take a deep breath, think, I believe the best thing you can get your friends for Christmas is TIME, give some of your "busy" time, it is better than the most expensive gift, and isn't it so that time is money?
Guess what I am wishing for Christmas this year... right, TIME!!!

Have a good week end with these wonderful old fashion Friendship quotes and cards that I got from a dear friend this morning...

Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend or family member:
LOSE ONE.