
Finally done with the Christmas calendar. I was actually done on Monday, but haven't had the time to blog. Now I'm going to hang small presents on it and hang it on the wall. Then all that's left is everything else I'm supposed to have done before Christmas. Don't think I'm going to do cross stitch for a long time. Jeg har fått pakke i julerunden på Hobbyboden. Det var fire pakker og et julekort, men ingen hint om hvem det var fra. Tusen, tusen takk hvem du nå enn er.

I've got a present from one at Hobbyboden. It was four presents and a Christmas card, but no clues. Thank you for the present who ever you are.
Jeg har fått gjort noe etter at jeg ble ferdig med julekalenderen. Ikke mye, men litt. Har startet på en julegave, men den kan jeg ikke legge ut her. Dessuten har jeg strikket ferdig en annen. Nok en Calorimetry. Denne gangen i lilla, så det er også mitt bidrag til Fargealongen. Rakk den fristen såvidt.

I have also done some knitting after I finished the calendar. Not much, but some. I have started on a Christmas present, but I can't show it here. And I'm done with another present, a Calorimetry. This time in purple so it's my contribution to the Color along as well. Just made the deadline.


Christmas is coming soon. I just miss the black around every figure and the numbers on my Christmas calendar, but it's only a few more days before my son's starting to use it for the first time. Have to admit that this project is not the most interesting and fun I've done in my life. But it's soon done, and then both of the kids have their own and I'm not going to make another one. 





There have been few updates here recently. I can feel Christmas closing up with everything that comes along. I'll try to update my blog, but a lot of things are happening IRL as well. I have started on another Harry Potter scarf. It's a Christmas present for one of the adults in my children's kinder garden. I hope he'll like it. It's a very easy scarf to knit and because of the stripes it isn't boring to knit one purl one either. I'm knitting it in Viking Sport, 100% wool. 
I forgot to post my pictures from K1 in Glasgow. The owner was there when I shopped and she was the nicest person. Great service at that store. 
I have been to Glasgow. It's a town with many tempting shops and a couple of yarnshops. I didn't shop as much as I thought I would, but I bought some skeins. Don't know what to knit of the yarn I bought, but the blue yarn is going to be a sweater for my son. The black yarn is Tapestry from Rowan. It's so soft and deliciuos. 
Lovely colors on this yarn as well. Freedom Spirit, but I never heard of it. I don't know what to use it for, but it's so soft and lovely to touch. It's quite thick as well, so I guess it will be easy to knit something of it. 
It was a great selection of knitting books, and I already regret I didn't buy more than one. I have some Noro yarn but no pattern. I know I want to knit a sweater or a jacket for me, and in this book there were several I wanted.
Didn't have time to knit while I was in Glasgow, but had a lot of time on the plane back and forth. I knitted a bit on my sweater in Inca for me.
I have now knitted the first Brann-sock for my husband. I really feel it's not that motivating to start knitting the second sock. I better knit it at once, because I can feel this could easily be a UFO. But when I think a bit about it, why is it so important this is not going to be a UFO? No, I'll finish the socks for my husband. But I think I'm going to knit myself a pair in the right colors.
I have knitted more Bainbridge scarves. I have used Jaeger Matchmaker and Wool Rich four ply, both bought in London. The yarn is quite thin about the gauge for Opal, it's soft and it doesn't itch. I'll probably buy more of both types when I go to Glasgow. These scarves are also Christmas presents.
The Christmas calendar is still growing. Now I have startet on the tree and on Tigger. I still have faith in finishing before 1st of December.
Yeah, yeah, I can't say that the gold medal in the Norwegian soccer league is where it's supposed to be, but it's in Bergen this year. My husband is a Brann supporter so he's happy for the moment. Me? Not that much! I'm knitting my husband socks in his soccer team's colors, red and white. Should they have been knitted in gold yarn? No, better not overdo it. I'm really nice knitting them, since I'm a RBK supporter and their colors are black and white. But I better be nice to my husband since I'm leaving kids and the household to his command for five days. And besides, who knows how many skeins of yarn that want to bome home with me from Glasgow?
I have done a deal with Babsy. She needed some yarn and I needed two needlepincases. Look how great they are! I't so fantastic to finally have some sort of system. Thanks a lot, Babsy. A great deal. 



My husband and I hade five lovely days in London without the kids. So great to be a couple, enjoying life and forget about time and kids for a while. It's always busy in London, things are happening, always a lot of shops with a lot to shop, always a lot of people and always a lot of things I want to see and I promise myself it won't be long before I go to London again. I went to John Lewis. A lot of nice yarn there, and I am very happy they have a John Lewis in Glasgow. I'm going to Glasgow in a couple of weeks without husband and kids. I might buy more yarn then. This time I picked out four skeins of soft wool yarn. Have plans to knit scarves to the people working in the kindergarden with my kids to Christmas. I have already started on a Bainbridge scarf of one of the skeins.
Knitting magazines are fun to read. I always get a lot of inspiration, lovely pattern, but they are expensive in Norway. I bought four in London, but couldn't find Vogue knitting. 






I'm so lucky. My SP 11 have sent me the most incredible gift. Of course I've already eaten the snacks she sent me. If you look closely at the picture, you can see that the bag of corn nuts was opened before the picture was taken. Something is just so good it has to be eaten right away. I've never tried any of the sorts of yarn I got, but I'm really looking forward to knit with it. I brought it with me to S'nB. They touched it, sighed longingly and touched it some more. Just like I do when I'm at home. It's just so soft. Whoever you are SP11, thanks a lot.
I have started another Nøstebarndress. This is for my nephew. It was a birthdaygift that was supposed to be done in April this year, but it's here now.
December is soon here. I have to be done with another Christmas calendar. My son have to have his own this year. I have embroidered a bit this week. I think I've come a bit. I haven't been working on it for too long.
I have knitted mittens again. No, I haven't managed to knit two right mittens with the Norwegian pattern yet. Instead I knitted a pair in a really chunky yarn. It's tempting to knit more, because it's really fast to knit with this yarn. I also knitted a headband for my son. Think I have enough yarn to knit him a hat as well. Soft and thick yarn, TopptTå. Never tried this yarn before, but I might try it again.
The yarn I used for the mittens and the headband, is a gift from 

Another pair of pants for my little son. This one is knitted in mor Aase, wool.