giraffer og andre dyr / giraffes and other animals

Nå!

Giraftaskerne er endelig færdige. Jeg har broderet og sammen med veninde syet 45 små tasker:

45 Giraffe bags. Done!

Det varer noget tid inden jeg skal brodere giraffer igen (håber jeg). 

Knirke hyggede sig. Hun lå nærmest og krammede symaskinen (hun kan vel godt li at den spinder:-)) i stort set alle de 10 timer jeg brugte den anden dag.

Knirke hugging the sewing machine

ANdre dyr:

Vi bor jo på landet nu og her er et ret varieret dyreliv, som vi ikke så noget til da vi boede 2 km væk. Vi har dådyr, frøer, tudser, harer og altså… en flagermus? Jeg synes det er ret sjovt, men resten af familien synes det er klamt….

I think it's a bat..

Lige nu er jeg ved at gøre klar til at vi skal på Langelandsfestivalen. Jeg er ved at sy nogle crew t-shirts ind (de findes kun i Large, og så drukner jeg altså!) og slapper bare af.

Jeg er også ved at finde strikketøj frem til at tage med. Jeg skal være væk i 10 dage, og kan jo ikke sy, så vil gerne have nok projekter med. Jeg tager selvfølgelig baby-sokkerne med, og vil også lave et par sokker mere til mig selv. Så overvejer jeg en babytrøje, som jeg har købt garn til. Og så er der en opskrift i The happy hooker på et lille hæklet dyr som jeg vil lave i noget af al det bomuldsgarn jeg har liggende…

Ellers nogle gode idéer til små projekter?

Well.

I’m finally done with embroidering – and sewing – 45 giraffe bags. I hope it’s going to be a while before I’m embroidering that many of the same motife again.

Knirke had a great time the 10 hours the embroidery-machine was running saturday (finishing up). With small trips to the litterbox and the food bowl she spend the entire day hugging the sewing machine. It must be the vibrations reminding her of purring…

Other animals:

Now we live in the countryside (2 km from our old house) we are experiencing an assorted wild life. We see deers, toats, frogs, hares, lizards, salamanders and…. bats? I think it’s kind of interesting. But the rest of the family are not amused!

I’m sewing a bit.. resizing crew t-shirts for the Langeland festival. They only come in Large, and I just disappear if I wear that. So I’m resizing and changing the neckline and just relaxing listening to podcasts.

I’m also beginning to pack for our trip, and also need some knitting projects. We are going for 10 days, so I need more than just the baby socks. I’m thinking of making another pair of warm socks for me. And also there’s a baby sweater I want to make. ANd there are some fun projects in The happy hooker  such as small stuffed animals that I could make with all the cotton I have in my yarn stash…

Do you have any other suggestions for small projects I could make? 

Look, Tini, Look! (everybody else can look too :-))

Det her indlæg er på engelsk fordi sådan gik det… Har ikke tid til at oversætte lige nu… Håber det går alligevel.

OKay.. Tini doubted me when I told her that I would finish some potholders made out of torn fabric (old baby sheets, actually). I crocheted a door mat like this a few years ago, but still had some rolls left, and when we cleaned out my old yarn, I told her that I wouldn’t throw them away because I needed them for new potholders..

She didn’t think I was going to finish them, but already Tuesday last week, they were done. Look!

Made in torn linen on hook 10 mm

 

This week-end I was in Germany for a big 25th anniversery party and on the flight back and forth I managed to finally finish the Rosegarden socks.. Love them:

The finished Rosegarden socks

I’ve cast on some really cute baby socks (I’m going to be an aunt – yeah!), but other than that I’m working on embroidering and making 40 giraffe bags! They are for our trip to Langelands festival, one for each member of our team.. they can use it to carry their vest in when they are not working…

 I made about 10, so there is still some to go!

Giraffe Bags... sorry for the photo qualitie

ruller/rolls

Nej, ikke dem man spiser… hmm nu blev jeg lige sulten, så det bliver et kort indlæg..

Men jeg har lavet ruller til pindene – og altså til mine hæklenåle. Jeg har en del arvede hæklenåle, der stammer fra min oldemors hjem. De er alle til blonder (str 0.25 – 1.25) og er blevet flittigt brugt.

Jeg har ikke så mange strikkepinde endnu, men mon ikke det kommer efterhånden…

small version for the crocheting hooks

closed

For the knitting needles

No, not the kind you eat… mmm now I got all hungry, so it’ll be a short post..

But I made rolls for all my hooks and needles. I have quite a few hooks that I’ve inherited from my great-grandmother. They are very thin, and protected by  a wooden hood. They are meant for lace and have been used a lot. (I also have a lot of old lace my great-grandmother and her mother have made).

I don’t have that many knitting needles, but I’ve made sure to make room for more.

Tilbage på pinden / Back on the blog (ck):-)

Jeg har haft et rigtig dårligt forår… Som tidligere beskrevet klage, stress, efterfølgende fysiske sygdomme… Nok om det. En af måderne jeg valgte at håndtere det på, var simpelthen at lukke ned for al unødvendig computeraktivitet… derfor ingen blogindlæg så længe…

Men jeg har da lavet lidt. Jeg fik nederdelen færdig, og har strikket og hæklet. Og broderet en milliard (cirka) giraffer for en ven…

Nu er jeg tilbage. Jeg har ferie!

Tini har ligeværet her i 4 dage og vi har råhygget. Vi har strikket, grinet, shoppet, og hele dagen i går syede vi.

Jeg lavede ONION 2024 i en stretch jersey (tror det er viscose/lycra) fra Stof og Stil:

ONION 2024.. ja den er lidt dyb

 

og bagfra

 

Den er så ikke sømmet på billederne, men det kommer i morgen

Jeg er ret glad for toppen, men tænker at hvis jeg skal lave den igen, vil jeg rette mønsterdelen til det øverste forstykke til så jeg kan have en bh under…

I dag har vi så sorteret i mit garn og jeg er blevet inspireret af Tinis organisationssans til at lave mig nogle ruller til alle strikkepindene…

Tini and Knirke.. The cat who\

I’ve had a really bad spring this year, as I wrote about earlier. The complaints, the stress and the diseases afterwards. Enough said about that! One of the ways I decided to deal with my stress-disease was to avoid any unneccesary computering, so that’s why I haven’t been writing (or reading other blogs) for so long.

But I’ve relaxed by finishing the skirt, knitting, chrocheting and doing tons of machine embroidered giraffes for a friend (don’t ask )..

Now I’m back and I have vacation!

Tini was just here for 4 days and we had such a good time. We’ve talked, laughed, knitted, and spend the entire day yesterday sewing.

I made ONION 2024 in a mystery stretch jersey (I think it’s rayon/lycra, but can’t be sure). I love it, but feel that it’s a tiny bit too plungy, so if I’m making another one, I’ll adjust the pattern piece for the front yoke and make it a little bigger, so that I’ll be able to wear a bra underneath…

Today we have looked through and organized my yarn and inspired my Tinis great organizing skills, I have started making rolls for my crochet and knitting needles. Oh and you know what? Maybe I should make some more drawstring bags for my projects

I’ll be back writing more tomorrow!