
I'm not going back to school yet, but my Back-to-School vest from the book Fitted Knits is finished. I could have finished it during the weekend, but I clearly had a mathproblem when I calculated how much yarn I needed. It's irritating, and especially since I discovered that I'm not a math genius Saturday evening. There's a big problem finding open yarn stores at that time. Yeah, I know that on line stores are open, but they got a delivery problem Saturday evenings, or so I've heard. There's only one thing to do, wait until Monday comes and the shops open again. Well, I didn't excactly sit angrily in my coach the whole weekend. There is always a lot of projects in this house. Back-to-School is knitted in Alaska from Garnstudio.
Jeg fikk strikket en god del på ullbuksa til tulla. Det er bare ikke morsomt å strikke ullbukser, men de er utrolig nyttige og varme. Denne strikkes i Merino Extra Fine fra Garnstudio. Jeg tror kanskje jeg får et nøste for lite her også. Må jammen friske opp mattekunnskapene mine.
Due to some mathproblems Saturday evening I got around to knit on the wooltights for my daughter. It's just boring to knit thights, but they are warm and useful. This one I'm knitting in Merino Extra Fine from Garnstudio. I might be a skein short on this tight as well. I think I have to refresh my mathskills. Jeg fikk jo en flott hemmelig venn-pakke her. Det var Sandnes Alpakka og det er et garn jeg ikke har prøvd før. Garnet fristet veldig, så nå er jeg i gang med Odalsvotter. Disse er til mannen, og er enkle å strikke. De blir veldig myke og gode, så det kan hende at jeg må gå til innkjøp av flere nøster Sandnes Alpakka.

I recently received a great Secret Pal gift with yarn from Sandnes Alpakka. It's a yarn I haven't tried yet. The yarn was very tempting, so I started on a pair of Odals mittens. Odal is a place northwest of Oslo in Norway. The mittens are for my husband, and they are easy to knit. They are so soft and nice, so I might have to buy more skeins of Sandnes Alpakka.










Some things are just meant to be knitted in numbers. Fishy is obvisioly one of them. My daughter had to get one as well. She chose the colors herself from my stash. Great project to use from my stash.
I'm still knitting on my Retro Rib Socks. I hope to finish them during the weekend. 





Yup, my first toe-up-socks knitted with two circular needles are finished. Had to frog the first attempt, but then I learned to start the increasing for the heel a lot earlier. Knitting the heel was so much easier this time than the attempt with the Godzilla-socks as well. I knitted through the back loop when I knitted two together at the heel and the resault was a lot better. I used Regia Fasett and love the colors. 






My tunica is growing, and I have started knitting the first arm. I'm measuring and trying it on to get it to fit me. I don't like the arms too long, but they can't be too short either. It's a bit hard to get it right since I changed the pattern to raglan. But it's almost finished. I'm really looking forward to wear this tunica. 







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?
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.
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.
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.