Here, have an apple! And a bunny!

I'm leaving in 23 hours. Nearly 4 weeks of holiday to look forward to.

So, please have an apple while you wait for me to get back.



Maybe you would like to pet our new bunny too?



Marie has made both of those. The apple was made from leftovers from my spinning stuff. Like this:

Then put into a nylon knee stocking, knot tied and one round in the washing machine along with our jeans.

I've packed all the knitting I feel I need to take with me when I leave home for so long.
Suemoons sock swap socks. One sock nearly done:)
Yarn, pattern and needles for Stariels sock swap socks
Wisp in progress
Yarn, needles and closure for a Cloud Bolero
Grean Tea raglan, for easy knitting in the car!
Breeze socks to finish quickly! I basically want to wear them NOW!
Twinkle toes, need to make one more
Four balls of Rowan Denim to make another pair of Denim drawstring pants

And the final project, mom has bought yarn and pattern so we can knit a together for my cousins baby, due mid August.

So I'll knit and relax a lot. And please don't say anything along the lines of "travel lightly"...

So for now, you go right back to enjoying that apple...

Lavender

The inspiration



The finished objects


(as usual the pictures are clickable and take you to Flickr)

Another February sweater from Knitters Almanac and a Vine Lace Baby Hat from Interweave Knits / Knitting daily.

I love this cardigan. I like it much better than the first one I made. The yarn is yummier and since I knew the pattern better this time I was able to make it completely seamless! Yay for seamlessness!
The yarn I used was Jaeger Aqua. A very good cotton yarn. I generally don't like knitting with cotton. But the shine and feel of this yarn has me if not converted, then at least willing to try more nice cotton yarns in the future.
The baby hat is very sweet too. I have no idea how it will fit a baby or stay on. But it was a very enjoyable knit once I got a hang of the lace stitch pattern. And it's quick too. I see more of these in the future. Maybe paired with those saccarine sweet Saartjes booties (pdf)? For a really quick and lovely newborn baby gift! Yes, I think so!

And the buttons on that cardigan. Did you see them? I think I have a weak spot for that kind of buttons. They are the same kind I used on the stripey cardigan I made not long ago. And I'm planning to buy some bright orange ones to put on a Wisp I'm knitting for my mom.

So, two posts in one week... I have a strong feeling there will be three! My summer holiday starts Friday. I have nearly 4 weeks off! It's going to be great, but I don't know how much online access I'll have while I'm gone, nor how much I'll have to blog about. I just feel like I have to be "all blogged out" before I go!

Blame summer

Althoug rainy and somewhat cold, summer is here. Summer means lots of other things to do besides knitting and blogging.

At least these things suggest I have a clean kitchen.









(You can also blame Ravelry for the silence in this blog, and so many others out there in blog land, if you wish. I'm there, go look me up and befriend me if you haven't already!)

Dinosaur baby socks

June has flewn by, and a few days ago I found myself without any socks to submit to Socktopia this month. Couldn't have any of that could I? Besides I knew of a little guy who is going to need some socks when winter gets here. So I took a stab at the Ruffle rib socks from Interweave/KnittingDaily.com. They practically flew off the needles (at least after I had finished the decreasing portion from 88 to 44 stitches). I'm very happy with these socks. I think they look extremely cool and it's the first time I've managed to knit a short row heel (and toe) according to the pattern and not rip back and do it in my own unvented way.

So there, a pair of socks in June too:





Opal Rainforest yarn, Cameleon
2,5 mm dpns

Trellis the tourist

Trellis was supposed to go visit his new owner at the hospital today, and then go home wiht them. But that was canselled, and Trellis was a bit sad. To cheer him up I decided Trellis should do some touristy things in Oslo. Because tourists are always happy!(?)

We went to Akershus fortress


Trellis thought it was such a nice place to show off his great green-ness


and pretty buttons


He hung out with Norways national monument


Hugged the big guns


admiered the view of the Oslo fjord


and Oslo harbour


(the cranes are a nice touch, huh?)

Trellis was very small compared to Franklin


In the end we went home and had norwegian pancakes for dinner, on the porch.


Trellis is 127 grams of 100% superwash wool from danish yarn manufacturer HP Løve. He is a bit short on seed stitch in places, but please don't tell him that, he does not know it himself yet. He is going to be just the right size for his new owner to wear sometime around Christmas.

(Some of the pictures in this post has notes, clicking takes you to flickr to see them)

Knittyboard sock swap - part deux

I'm in the second sock swap hosted on the Knittyboard. I had so much fun the first time, so there was no doubt in my mind I would have to sign up for the second one.

This time round I have two great swap partners Stariel and Suemoon.

My answers to this rounds sock swap questionaire are as follows:

1.Are you sensitive to any fibres? Any you don't like? Any you need to take private time with?
I'm not a great believer of alpaca in socks, other than that I suppose anything goes. All my hand knit socks so far have been wool or wool blend. Maybe it's time to try something new?

2.What colors do you prefer?
I prefer clean colours or "jewel tones" to "earth tones". I like wild and wacky colour combos too.

3. Variegated, striped, plain with texture, plain and silky? variegated that pools?
Yes to all of the above.

4.Where do you normally wear your hand-made socks?
Around the house? Yes
To work with comfy sensible shoes? During winter
Out with pumps and minis? Nope. I generally don't do pumps nor minis.

5.If you could leave your partner and run off with only one sock yarn, which would it be and why? Run off? Why? He'll hopefully accept my newfound love and invite the cute yarn bundle to come live with us. After all, we are "living in sin" already.

6.What are your foot measurements? And what height do you like your socks to be? I'm a size Eur 36/37 in shoes, foot on the narrower end of the scale. For the last swap I measured my foot. It is 24,5 cm from heel to toe. (Gee, this is getting kind of personal, no?)I like my socks on the taller side, calf lenght maybe.

7.Who is your favorite sock designer? Who's patterns do you knit the most??
I like socks, all socks!

8.what weight of sock do you like, fine, medium, or thick?
See above...

Early summer waiting

I'm enjoying these...



And waiting for these...


(Was that enough green for you?)

To shorten the waiting time, we're enjoying ourselves on the porch in the evenings. Doing what we like the most.

(That's the Green Tea Raglan from Spring IK)

The pictures in this post were all taken between 9.30 and 10 in the evening. I love long, warm summer evenings.

To avoid a green overdose, and also it's been much too hot to be working with wool, Trellis will not be shown here until the sleves are sewn in and ends woven!

Mom<3

While Trellis is having its ends woven in and its sleeves attatched, I'm happy to tell you that my mom visited this weekend and is the happy owner of a new pair of socks. She does not mind the bigfoot-look at all.
I tried to teach her to knit the Ballband Dishcloth from Mason-Dixon knitting, she tried to (managed to) talk me out of knitting bright yellow and blue moccasine socks!
Oh, and I cast on for the Green Tea Raglan from spring IK too, finally:)