Twinkle! Blatant self promotion.

I am so happy right now. As of a few hours ago I have a pattern up as a free Ravelry download.

I must say, I do think Twinkle looks pretty good there on Ravelry.



Phew!

Startitis!

Startitis at the printerless knitters house.

If it's sunny and nice outside tomorrow I'll see if I can snap some photos of actual knitting. If it's raining (again) I'll just stay indoors and knit. Lace ribbon scarf, most likely like a stole.

Good things

Travelling



Hugging



Laughing



Sleeping



Coming home to to fresh strawberries in the garden



Also; I do remember this is a knitting blog


(Magic slippers by SockPixie)

Murphy's law

A mild case of Murphy's law has hit me. I went yarn shopping on Tuesday, a gift for myself for finishing the nearly endless bunad stockings. A gorgeous skein of tussah silk in a very nice denim blue has found it's way to the top of our piano. That's where I keep all my new pet yarns. I know what this beauty is going to be too. Amy's Montego Bay Scarf!(Ravelry link) I've been wanting to knit this since last summer and have just been waiting for the right yarn for it. Well now I have the right yarn. Only thing is the friggin pattern is nowhere to be found! I really want to start this "perfect for me" scarf now.

So instead I'm knitting dishcloths.

Oh yes, and the stockings ended up looking like this



I'm very happy! (blogged at "that other blog")
Hoping to pay more attention to both the blogs and the knitting soon. At least now it's a while before we have guests staying in the same room as the computer for weeks.

A true palm-to-forhead moment!

So there I was, on my porch knitting and enjoying myself. The sun was shining, I was in my bikini and the kid was playing peacefully at the other end of the garden.

Maybe it's because my mind was especially clear today because I got to sleep until 11, I have been getting a lot of fresh air and I have been inhaling a lot of steam from the bath I gave the fleece I bought of my moms cousin a few weeks ago.

After knitting 110 rows of the chart for one stocking and 98 rows for the other one, counless hours spent with this pattern, I suddenly noticed what was written in the legend for the chart. The x box: purl. The blank box: knit through the back loop! Through the back loop, people...

Crap! I'm getting the cherry liqueur and some chocolate right now! I think I need ice-cream too!

I'm not the only one in my family who is good with sticks

My brother is good with sticks too! In fact he is probably better with his sticks than I am with mine. He also manages to make a living with his, while I can only dream of doing so with mine.



I took this picture on Wednesday when one of the bands my brother is in had a consert in Oslo. Great fun, and I can't wait for them to do another gig here in August.

If you're wondering what is going on around my sticks these days you can have a look here. I'll try to post there more from now on (my goal is every friday). Next time I blog I hope to post something finished. Though I'm not sure at all if I'll manage that. I feel a huge burst of startitis coming on soon too. And there is only one cure for that,as far as I know; cast on, cast on, cast on.

Why the blogging is sparse these days

The world is turning green again, after a long winter.
There are better things to do than sit inside in front of the computer.



Also, I am busy enjoying this. Both the sun and the gardening.



I do find a bit of time to knit. In fact I wish there was more time to knit. After all, there is a pair of knee stockings that need to be done by May 31st. It's very slow going, lots of patterning and in black. I do feel like I'm gathering speed on this project now. One stocking is over half done and I finished the ribbing on the second last night. Wich means only about 40 cm of charted knitting left on that one. I'll allow myself a *sigh*.

I'll be back after the weekend, with pictures of national costumes most likely.

Lambs

I made a few new friends this weekend. The cutest one was this little girl!



I also got to take home a nice big bag, 1300 grams, of wool from one of her barn mates. Wool from the farm my grandmoter grew up on. Special wool for me to practice wool prep on.

Also, my aunt loved the shawl I gave her. I got the colour just right.

A birthday present

We're driving up to the west coast for the upcoming week end. Home. To celebrate my aunts 50th birthday. It's going to be a huge family celebration, just how we like them.

I've made my aunt a Flower Basket Shawl. I'm pretty sure she'll love it. I sure like it a lot!





If I'm going to worry about something, it's the size of it. My aunt is a bit more broad shouldered than I am. I usually worry about things like this for no reason. I suppose most knitters do. Also, if it's on the small side she can keep it together with the pretty shawl pin she is getting along with the shawl.

I don't get to do proper omg-this-is-a-miracle blocking often. I don't knit enough lace for that. I have however come up with my own tecnique where other (lucky bastards) would use blocking wires;
KITCHEN STRING and the rigt kind of bed...

Tuscany

Finally. Done. Happy!