Knitting in two generations

Run Away! Run Children! Run for your life!

This video seriously helps when you're feeling stressed!

Get your feet moving and dance like no one can see you!

Long time no see

Hello everyone...

It's been a while...So far, 2008 has been really stressful for me. It is my final semester at CBS and I've got a lot of work to do before the end of June:

• One bachelor dissertation about EU
• One essay about symbols and branding
• One essay about marketing
• One essay about the legislation process in EU
• Two 2½ hour exams
• Three oral exams

And on top of that I need to figure out what to do when I get my degree...should I continue my studies to get my candidate degree or should I look for a job and start my career? It's all very confusing and to be honest I don't cope well with huge decisions...I get very stressed!

I have managed to knit two pair of socks so far...

Pattern: Waving lace by Evelyn A. Clark (in the book Favorite Socks)
Yarn: Opal Uni Solid colorway 18
Needles: 2mm

Pattern: Pomatomus by Cookia A.
Yarn: Araucania Ranco Solid (PT483)
Needles: 2.25mm

I've almost finished a pair of Charade and yesterday I began working on "Vår Sjal".

I'm afraid that the blog will be quiet for the next few months...please bear with me or catch me on Ravelry :o)

~Randi

Happy New Year 2008

I hope you'll all have a wonderful evening tonight and I wish you all the best in 2008 :o)

Thank you for reading our blog - and we look forward to seeing you next year :o)

HAPPY KNITTING

 

trøje og hue

Kære Randi

glædelig jul og godt nytår til dig og Daniel, og tak for de dejlige julegaver.

jeg er endelig blevet færdig med trøjen til far:

Det var et større arbejde end jeg havde regnet med. Heldigvis er far tilfreds med den :o)

Jeg har også lige strikket en hue til mig selv:

som sædvanlig er det gamle bamse, der er model. 

kærlig hilsen

mor Inge

Another batch of FO's

Dear Mum,

The last week I've had the worst flu ever...fever, fainting, coughing, sore throat, running nose...you get the picture...I haven't been capable of doing my homework...or even worse KNITTING! But I do have some FO's to show you :o)

A new pair of socks for Daniel. They were really fast to knit and he's loving them :o)

And a close up of the yarn and pattern

Pattern: Gentleman's Fancy Socks from Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush
Yarn: Stroud Wool SuperSock Hand-Dyed, colour way Deep Sea
Needles: 2.5mm

Another quick knit was Foliage from Knitty (not the best of pictures though ;o))

Pattern: Foliage by Emilee Mooney
Yarn: Cascade 220 wool
Needles: 4mm

I also got around to doing two dishcloths.

Pattern: Pumpkin Washcloth by Lisa Vienneau and Allison Barrett
Yarn: Cotton 8 from Mayflower
Needles: 3.5mm

Pattern: Skully Dishcloth by Dee Brown
Yarn: Cotton 8 by Mayflower
Needles: 3.5mm

At the momemt I'm working on the MS3 (will I ever finish it?? stay tuned *lol*) and a another pair of socks ;o)

Christmas is just around the corner and right now I'm really looking forward to the party the girls and I are having on Dec. 14...but before I can let my hair down, I need to finish 3 exam assignments...better get going...

~ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Raindeer

Beundringsværdigt

Kære Randi

Du er den bedste strikker af os to :o) Jeg kan ikke regne ud, hvordan du kan nå at strikke så meget på så kort tid. Her i huset når jeg ikke ret meget lige for tiden. Det er kun blevet til en kjole til Barbie og et par nye sokker.

Men jeg er i gang med en trøje til far og et sjal ( endnu et ) til mig selv. Ellers går tiden med arbejde og læsning af "Luftkastellet der blev sprængt". Det er en af de bedste bøger, jeg har læst i år. Tak for lånet af den.

kærlig hilsen

mor

WIPs turned FOs

Dear Mum,

Oh my have I got a lot to show today...I've been knitting like crazy and here's what I've come up with.

A pair of Whitby's

Pattern: Whitby from Knitting on the Road by Nancy Bush
Yarn: Opal Handgefärbt
Needles: 3mm

A pair of Tessellating socks

Pattern: Tessellating Lace Socks by Kat (I'm test knitting it for her)
Yarn: Opal Uni Solid
Needles: 2.25mm

A cabled scarf

(picture was taken late at night last week...that's why I look so tired)

Pattern: 104-42 scarf with cable pattern in "Eskimo" by Drops Design
Yarn: Garnstudio Eskimo
Needles: 8mm

Dotty the Devil

Pattern: Halloween Dotty by Lis Tan-Chaong
Yarn: Mayflower Cotton 8
Hook: 3.5 mm

I haven't really got much else to tell you today...the weather is amazing...I just received  the holiday issue of Interweave Knits and am going to make a cup of tea and enjoy all the gorgeous patterns...what to make next? :o)

Have wonderful Monday,

~ Randi

WIPs

Dear Mum,

I've found my knitting mojo!

This is what I'm working on right now

Pattern: Whitby from Knitting on the Road by Nancy Bush
Yarn: Opal Handgefärbt
Needles: 3mm

Pattern: Tessellating Lace Socks by Kat (I'm test knitting it for her)
Yarn: Opal Uni Solid
Needles: 2.25mm

Pattern: 104-42 scarf with cable pattern in "Eskimo" by Drops Design
Yarn: Garnstudio Eskimo
Needles: 8mm

I bought the new book by Stieg Larsson yesterday and I've read just over 100 pages and it's amazing so far! I had plans to actually go to school today, but I think I'll just stay home and read instead. I hate Tuesdays at school, we've got 2 subjects, and it's something we've already had on earlier semesters! It's just such a waste of time showing up...on top of that the teacher is really not that inspiring...see how I'm trying to convince myself that it's okay to stay home *lol*

This weekend we experienced a bit of rioting in Vanløse. Squatters wanted to occupy a house on Grøndalsvænge Alle 13, but the police didn't quite agree to the plan so around 450 persons were arrested. Luckily the rioting wasn't half as bad as when Faderhuset evicted the squatters from Ungdomshuset in March 2007. I agree that the local council shouldn't have sold Ungdomshuset in the first place, but I seriously don't agree with the violent methods the squatters are using. Violence should never be rewarded! But it's a tricky situation...

Back to Stieg Larsson ;o)

~ Randi

 

Tagged

I have been tagged by Rikke

Rules:

• Link to the person who tagged you
• Tell seven truths about yourself
• Tag seven persons in the end of the post
• Leave a message on their blog telling them they've been tagged

My truths:

1. I love to read crime and horror books like those by Patricia Cornwell, though I often get horrible nightmares because of them
2. I can come across as being arrogant, but it's just because I'm often insecure when I'm around new people...bear with me, I'm really a very friendly person
3. I LOVE all kinds of animals! But I still scream when I see a spider...
4. I'm dead scared of syringes...I've only had one blood sample taken in all my life and I don't plan on getting any more done...
5. In continuation of my syringes phobia I hate my veins...I hate the whole idea of having veins and I can't stand looking at either my own or others...(yep, I'm a nut case)
6. I am not able to throw away books...no matter how bad it is, a book is not leaving my house once it's gotten in.
7. I'm left-handed and get very upset when people calls me "kejthåndet". Directly translated it means something like "awkward/wrong handed". The meaning being that left-handed people are not as clever or smart as right-handed people...I really really hate the word "kejthåndet"! Read more about lefties here.

I'm tagging:

My mum, Kimberly, Vivian, Trine, Jeanette, Brenda and I'll leave the last spot open to anybody who hasn't been tagged and wants to participate :o)

I can do CROCHETING!

Dear Mum,

Wow, the shawl looks amazing - I'm sure Kirsten loved it!

Thank you very much for teaching me how to crochet! Amigurumi here I come ;o)

The first thing I made was a kitchen thingy...perhaps it will be a dishcloth.

Then I got adventurous and made Bette the Bird...my very first amigurumi (this is an amigurumi isn't it?).

The pattern for the bird is here and it is very easy. Great beginners pattern. The yarn I used for both projects is Mayflower Cotton 8.

I can't believe September went so fast...being back in school is really stressful. It's my last year of my bachelor and I thought it would get easier, but there's so much to read and so little time...sigh.

Daniel's grandfather was also seriously ill at the beginning of the month - so ill that we thought that he would die, but he's a strong guy and is doing much much better now. Hopefully he'll be allowed to come home to Daniel's grandmother soon.

Well, I'd better get on with my reading...please feel a little sorry for me ;o)

~ Randi