Let me tell you, "everybody" knit Thermis, and I'm not an exception. Here's mine in white, knitted in alpaca from Drops. Delicate, warm and a fast knit. I so wish I'd discovered it before Christmas. Bet you it would be under a lot Christmas trees, then. Maybe next Christmas? Jeg har strikket ferdig Nøstebarndressen, men mangler knapper. Skal kjøpe knapper i morgen. Nå har jeg vært veldig flink til å strikke ferdig ting jeg "må" gjøre, så da er det på tide med noe jeg vil strikke.
I have finished the suit from Nøstebarn, only missing the buttons. Have to buy buttons tomorrow. I think I've been a good girl finishing things I "have" to do, so now it's time to knit something fun, something I want to knit. Startet på et par enkle sokker til meg selv i Regia. Flotte farger, lett å strikke og jeg trenger flere sokker. Det er altfor kaldt her for tida. Når gradestokken viser under 10 minus, blir det for kaldt for en frysepinn som meg. Ønsker meg 5 minus og mye snø.
I started on an easy pair of sock in Regia for me. Great colors, easy to knit and I'm in a big need of more socks. It's just too cold at the moment. When the temperatures sink below minus 10 degrees Celsius, it's just freezing. Wishful thinking; minus 5 degrees Celsius and loads of snow. Jeg har hatt en oppveiing og opptelling av garnet mitt. Litt mer enn jeg trodde og absolutt ikke mindre enn for et år siden, selv om jeg ikke har noen oversikt over hvor mye jeg har brukt i år. Akkurat nå veier i alle fall lageret mitt nøyaktig 20800 gram.
I've weighed and counted my yarn. It's a bit more than I thought and absolutely not less than last year at the same time, even though I don't really know how much I've used this year. Right now my stash is excactly 20800 grams.
A new year, a lot of possibilities. I had big plans to start 2009 with empty knitting needles and no UFO's. Well, that didn't quite work out the way I planned. I still have some UFO's, but I have finished some projects. My Mermaid was finished 25th of December. It's not a great picture, but I didn't have much time to take the picture. Maybe I'll take another one later. The receiver of the present was happy, even though I finished a bit late.
I have knitted these fingerless mittens. The yarn is Drops Alpaca and the pattern is
My daughter wanted a dress, so I knitted her one. Well, not the whole truth, since both yarn and pattern was bought at Dale's factory in September. It took a while before I had time to start the project, but between Christmas and New Years Eve I finally had the time. It didn't take that much time either. What I actually used most time to do, was to wait for the shops to open. I was one skein short, and since the stores are closed 25.th and 26.th. of December, I had to wait two days before I could finish it. Now it's done and ready to use at school tomorrow.
I have also knitted another pair of mittens. Knitted in Sisu.
Another Nøstebarn-suit. Not much to say about it, but I'm done soon and then I'm going to start on another more exciting project. 
Gratulerer, Kaos! Pakken kommer i posten, eller egentlig kan jeg kanskje overlevere den på første S'nB, for det kan hende vi ses der først?
The peaceful atmosphere of Christmas is just around the corner. Almost everything is ready, I just have to do some last minute cleaning. And I have one Christmas present I haven't finished yet, but I hope to make it before it's time to open the presents. The Mermaid jacket took a bit longer to knit than I thought. But I have finished the vest. It's knitted in Sisik, size 7 years.
I think I can show you this present now. It's a Soul hat in Alpaca, Helene-mittens in Alpaca and socks in Fabel. 
Og siden det er jul, må jeg spørre om du har lyst på en julegave? Gaven når deg nok ikke før etter jul, men det kan jo være hyggelig å ha noe å glede seg til. Innholdet er selvfølgelig hemmelig, men jeg kan røpe at den vil falle i smak hos en som strikker. Alt du trenger å gjøre er å legge igjen en kommentar til dette innlegget her. Vinneren av gaven blir annonsert på julaften. Husk å legge igjen link til bloggen din, så skriver jeg en kommentar i bloggen din hvis du vinner.


A while ago a person at Hobbyboden dared us to show something we loved. I love this Christmas ornament. I've had it for a long time. It's cute and it was a gift from a friend.
Christmas time is getting real close, and as always I've planned to do too much during December. Why isn't December 45 days? That would help, or maybe not. I would probably think December is the longest month so I can knit what I usually knit in six months. Anyway, I have finished seven out of ten Mitered Mittens. I have to weave in some threads, but I'll do that today. 



Two Santa hats for my kids. Both are felted, but as for now I just have picture of the blue one. The red one needed another washing, but I will take a picture of it later this evening if I don't have to put it in the machine another time?


A birthday present for a girl who's turning seven close to Christmas. I'm missing a ribbon around the neck, but except that it's done. The pattern is from Samsøe's book Kæk og klassisk børnestrik. I've knitted the tunic in Alaska, wool yarn.





Today the mailman had two gifts for me, a gift from my book swap friend at Ravelry and a gift from my secret pal at Hobbyforum. My secret friend sent me three skeins of linnen yarn from Drops, a new type of yarn. I also got patterns. Lots of thanks to you my secret pal. What a great gift! Now I just have to find out who you are. 


My book swap friend from the USA picked the perfect gift to me. She sent me a Harukami Muraki book. I have just finished reading After Dark and loved it. I love the way Harukami paints pictures in my head with his words. I'm really looking forward to read this book. I also got four skeins from Knit Picks, two sock yarn and two... I love Knit Picks' yarn, and I hate the fact they don't ship to Norway. Well, from another perspective, my economy might think it's the best thing. Anyway, I'm going to knit me another pair of socks and maybe a neckwarmer or a hat to me, or maybe I find another project for the other yarn. It's so lovely and soft. 

I have started on my Christmas presents. Mermaid designed by Hanne Falkenberg is easy and fast to knit, at least after I used some time to understand how to read the pattern in Danish. I'm not really good in Danish obviously. Actually, I think I understand English patterns better than Danish patterns.
You know the feeling you get when you weave in the last end of a project? It's great isn't it? Finally finished! That finally-done-feeling was overwhelming this time. I worked on this dress since the start of this summer, but put it away until a couple of weeks ago. Well, Adam wasn't that long in Paradise either. I noticed something peculiar when I blocked it. It was too short! It was my lenght and the receiver of this dress is taller than me. That's what happens when the dress is put aside for too long. Sometimes you just forget how long you actually have knitted and start up a completely different place in the pattern. I can promise that I would have been x-rated if I was broadcasted that evening.
Well, it's not what I have pictures off, but that's what I did today. We walked for about two-three hours, and isn't that impressive? At least until I can tell you that the pace was set by my kids. They're three and six years old. To state that we got some training is to stretch it a bit too far, but we got a lot of fresh air though. Kids are like kids, one step forward, four steps back, two to the side and two steps forward again.
I have also knitted a pair of mittens, size 7-9 years. I really don't know who'll get them, but it's always great with a couple of extra gifts since Christmas is getting closer. They are knitted in Rauma wool.
I have knitted some pairs of Mitered Mittens by E. Zimmerman lately. These are size 7-9 years and are knitted in Merino wool from Drops. A bit harder to seem in threads after cut just one stitch, but I made it. I just don't think I will knit them in a smaller size, not without switching to a thinner yarn. 
