

I have started on two Jans. Nearly done with both of them. I could have been done with them if my daughter had not decided that she wanted a dress instead of a tunica. But I hope I'll finish them today or tomorrow.




I have had the pattern of Jan a long time, actually almost a year, but I haven't knitted one yet. Nowadays a lot of people at Hobbyboden have started to knit one, so I was inspired to knit one as well. I'm going to knit mine in brown cotton and in a multicolored cotton yarn I bought in France. 
I have started to knit the Monkey-socks from Knitty. They were not hard to knit and it didn't take long before I hade memorized the pattern. I'm starting on sock number two tonight. I'm using Opal.
I have finished knitting part 3 of the Yarnmystery. Very exciting. I have absolutely no clue of what I'm knitting. Part 4 is coming June the 1st. at 19.00 o'clock. I'm looking forward to it.
I have knitted a couple of limegreen socks to my son from the yarn I got from my secret pal in May at Hobbyboden. They are my contribution to Colour-along too. May is green.
I have signed up to resolve the Yarn mystery through Hobbyboden. Liv-Toril is the organizer. First part was to find yarn and needles. Yesterday we got part two. We were supposed to knit a square. I have done that. Have no idea what so ever of what I'm knitting, but I'm waiting with excitement for part three to be expected at May 27th at 19.00 o'clock.
I have crocheted a bit further on my ripply. It does not move fast forward, but I'm half way almost. Now I've run out of yarn, so I need to do a bit of yarn shopping today. The Ripply is now 87 cm long. It's supposed to be 2 m, so it's a bit to go. 


I have to do something else while crocheting the Ripply. So I have started knitting a sweater in Mor Aase, pure wool. It's a birthday present for someone who has birthday very soon, so I don't have much time, but I think I'm going to make it.
I really had no intention what so ever to start crocheting a ripple, but here I go. I haven't bought yarn for the whole thing, but just enough for the weekend;) My husband actually liked the ripple and drove me around today to find a store which sold the yarn. I'm using Mor Aase wool. Soft and delicate. This is one of my longterm projects. I have been very eager to start, but I know myself and soon the progress is going to be slower. My plan is to finish it before the winterseason comes again.
I have knitted a dress for my daughter's Babyborn doll. She was a bit disappointed that it wasn't a real 17th of May-dress, that means a Norwegian folk dress. Stopped by a yarn store and bought pattern for doll clothes. Found a dress which didn't have that much pattern on it. 

The Exhibitionist-kal gave me a push to finish projects that were in danger to be UFO's. I have knitted a bit on this hat from Nøstebarn and now it's only 16 rows to go. It's ready for next season. 
I have knitted a Calorimetry in the Noro yarn I had left from my Klaralund. This is 30th birthday present. Very pleased with it, and hope the receiver is going to as happy as I am. 


I stopped by Linderud shoppingmall and noticed that the yarn store had moved into new areas. Had to pop in, and the resault was thees two skeins of mohair. Maybe they'll turn into Branching out-scarf?
Her er min versjon av april-lua. Har igjen å feste tråder. Den ble faktisk veldig kul, så det kan hende at jeg strikker en til av denne. 
Here is my version of the April-hat. Have to weave in threads. It actually turned out pretty cool, so I might knit another one.


The last two challenges in the Exhibitionis along, was to take a picture of something strange. I haven't done that one yet. It's quite hard actually. The other challenge was to take a pciture of everything we are knitting, our WIP's in other words. It took some time to find everything. I found out that I have way too much yarn in the living room. I have a box which fits under the corner table for my WIP's. It wasn't supposed to be full, but look here what was in the box. It was a bit more than I thought.
At the moment I'm knitting my fourth Branching out scarf. I knit this one in the same yarn as my third, Gedifra easy soft. I bought two skeins, but it was enough with one skein for a scarf. The first one in Gedifra easy soft was a gift, but since I had another skein, I'm knitting a scarf for me.
I have got a thing for scarf, obviously. I'm knitting an Argosy scarf as well. The yarn is Noro kureyon. http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTargosy.html 
These Baudelaire socks are now UFO's. Hard to knit, mostly because I have knitted the first sock two times, but knitted wrong, so I had to do it again. I'm still on the first sock. Think I forgot them on purpose. Have decided to try to knit them right after my Branching out scarf is finished.
Holder også en djevel-lue fra Nøstebarn. Det er tulla som har ønsket seg en orange lue. Lurer litt på om den kommer til å bli brukt, selv om hun har valgt farge, for hun er veldig rosa.
I'm also knitting a devil-hat from Nøstebarn. It's for my daughter. She wanted an orange hat. I'm wondering if she's going to use it, even though she picked the color, she is a very pink girl.
Jeg meldte meg på GAAA-along på Hobbyboden, men henger veldig etter. Har ikke klart å fullføre en eneste lapp. Det krever rett og slett for mye konsentrasjon, og det har ikke jeg på kveldene. Må liksom følge med på tv samtidig og det går bare ikke godt sammen med lesing av oppskrifter til GAAA-lapper. Jeg har veldig lyst på teppe i kjellerstua, så jeg skal ta meg selv i nakken og strikke teppet, med tiden.
I signed up for a GAAA-along at Hobbyboden, but I'm not keeping up with the speed. Actually I haven't finished one single piece. The pattern demands my full concentration, and I can't handle that in the evening. Really need to have an eye on the tv and that combination of tv watching and reading the pattern for GAAA-pieces is not a good combination. I really want a carpet for my basement, so I'm going to pull myself together and knit the afghan, with time. I tillegg til det jeg har tatt bilde av, holder jeg på med en Nøstebarn-dress til og en kragejakke fra Nøstebarn i voksenstørrelse. Skjørtet Hey Mickey er heller ikke helt ferdig. Det var mine arbeider for tiden. Det ble en del, men denne utfordringen fikk meg i alle fall til å finne dem fram igjen. Så får vi se om det var nok inspirasjon til å få ferdig arbeidene mine. Takk MayaB for en morsom along.
Now I'm back from my Easter holiday. I have knitted a bit during my holiday. My daughter got a jacket knitted with Opal. Have to sew loose ends and fix some buttons, but soon ... It didn't take too much time to knit, and I used raglan decrease to avoid a lot of making up. Don't like that a lot.

I knitted a Branching out-scarf during Easter. I used Juvel, a wool yarn. The scarf turned out okay, but I rather knit the scarf in a thinner yarn, so I did. I knitted one in Alpaca wool. That scarf turned out a lot better. Now I'm knitting one in Gedifra easy soft. It's getting better and better. The last scarf is thin and really great. And yes, I like knitting this scarf. Branching out in Juvel is my contribution for April in the One Gift A Month along and the white on is my contribution for March in the same along. I think some people will find a Branching out scarf from me under the Christmas tree this year. I think I'm going to knit one for me as well. 
I have finished both Eris and Klaralund. Really satisfied with them, and I have worn both one time before Spring arrived. I am thinking about knitting a Klaralund for someone for Christmas. It was an easy sweater to knit, thick yarn and easy pattern. I liked knitting Eris as well, but it was a bit more work than the Klaralund. I have more leftover yarn from both, especially from Klaralund. The leftovers from Klaralund I think is going into a sweater for my son, a hat for me and maybe I knit a miniKlaralund for a present for a little girl I know. 
I have also started on a Hey Mickey skirt for my daughter. She picked the yarn herself. It was bought in France and is cotton yarn. Very soft and great to knit with. I have fixed a little on the pattern, because I couldn't stand the idea of binding all those ends together. 
I have startet on Klaralund with Noro. It is easy and fast to knit and the yarn is so soft. Love Noro. Since I only have the hem left, I'm not bringing it with med for my Easter vacation. I don't need a thick woollen sweater where I'm going either.
The challenge in Exhibition this week is to show the most useful knitting equipment. Tough one, but after a while I decided that this marker from gryni at Hobbyboden is my most useful knitting equipment. It's the first markers she made too. 
I have knitted another headband for my daughter. This time in Cortina, a thick wool yarn.