Vinter'n er på hell, men det kommer jo alltid en flere. Akkurat nå nyter jeg at det er sol ute, at det er lyst når jeg drar på jobb og lyst når jeg drar hjem igjen. Det nærmer seg vår! Luer trengs uansett, og siden jeg meldte meg på luealongen på Uformelt.net, men ikke har strikket en lue enda, var det på høy tid å strikke et par. Dessuten er luer kjappe prosjekter, og utfordringen for februar var å gjøre ferdig prosjekter slik at man traff et Fibonacci-tall. Med disse to luene har jeg klart å få ferdig 8 prosjekter i løpet av februar og treffer et Fibonacci-tall. Den første lua er januarlua, Pigwidgeon. Den var enkel å strikke, og morsomt mønster. Brukte rester i Kos fra Tulliball, bunnfargen, og Wollmeise, lysegrønt og rød-oransje. Husker ikke lengre hva fargene til Wollmeise heter, siden jeg har klart å miste merkelappen.
The winter is almost at the end, but there's always a winter coming. Right now I enjoy the sun, the fact that it's daylight when I leave for work in the morning and when I drive home again. Spring is getting close. You always need a hat, and since I actually signed up for a hat along at Uformelt.net, but still haven't knitted one, it was about time to knit some hats. Hats are a fast project, and since the challenge for February was to finish the right number of projects according to Fibonacci, hats is a good idea. With these two hats I managed to finish 8 projects in February and that's a Fibonacci number. Yeah! The first hat is the January pattern in the hat along, Pigwidgeon. It was easy and fun to knit. I used scrap yarn from Kos, Tulliball and from Wollmeise, but i forgot the names of the colors, since I lost the label.
Den andre hatten er februar-mønsteret, Chelsea Market Hat. Den er strikket med tykke pinner og jeg strikket den på en kveld. Fort og lett lue å strikke, og det kan nok hende at jeg strikker flere av dette mønsteret. Jeg brukte garn fra Hifa.
The second hat is the February pattern, Chelsea Market Hat. It is knitted on thick needles, and I finished in one evening. Fast and easy pattern, and I might knit more. I used Hifa for the hat.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Evil Freddy
Husker du Freddy Krueger? Han var ikke spesielt hyggelig, men fin genser hadde han. En på laget mitt hadde veldig lyst på en sånn genser, og stripete genser er ikke sånn kjempevanskelig å strikke. Så da ble det en Krueger-genser i Drops alpakka. Det skulle egentlig være båthals, men jeg er så fryktelig glad i raglan og veldig lite glad i å strikke fram og tilbake, så da ble det raglan. Det går utrolig mye fortere å strikke glattstrikk med striper enn bare med en farge. Det er sikkert innbilning altså, men jeg synes en hel genser i en farge er kjedelig strikk og det vokser sakte også. Med en gang jeg kan telle antall omganger i striper, ja, da vokser genseren utrolig mye kjappere. Det samme når man nærmer seg slutten på garnet, strikker man fort, holder garnet lengre enn om man strikker sakte. #gammeltstrikkejungelord.
Do you remember Freddy Krueger? He wasn't a nice guy, but he had a nice sweater. A girl at my team wanted a Krueger-sweater, and since a striped sweater isn't that hard to knit, I started on one. I used Drops Alpaca and I just cast on number of stitches and measured around my own body. She really wanted a boat neck, but since I like raglan and don't really like knitting back and forth, well, then raglan it is. It's incredible how much faster it actually is to knit a sweater in stockinette stitch when it's stripes than when it's just one color. Probably all in my head, but it definitely seems like it's a lot faster to knit stripes. It might have to do with the fact that I can count rows in one color, then change and count again. Just as it is a well known fact that if you are almost out of yarn, you have to knit faster to make the yarn last longer. If you knit slow, then you'll run out of yarn faster.
Det er ganske vanskelig å ta bilder av seg selv med genseren man skal ha bilde av. Jeg hadde bare ikke tålmodighet til å vente på at noen kom hjem for å ta bilde eller vente på dagslys. Får se om jeg klarer å få noen til å ta bilde av meg i dagslys senere, hvis ikke jeg leverer genseren før jeg rekker å ta flere bilder. Mottaker ville også ha sånne hull i ermene så hun kunne dra ned ermene, så da strikket jeg sånne hull også. I grunnen ikke veldig vanskelig. Nå gjenstår det bare å sjekke om mottaker er fornøyd.
It's hard to take picture of oneself wearing a sweater. But I didn't have the patience to wait until somebody who could take a picture came home or to wait for daylight. Maybe I'll manage to take pictures of the sweater in daylight later, if I haven't delivered the sweater before that happens though. The receiver wanted to have holes in the arms to pull them down, so I made holes too. Not that hard really.
Do you remember Freddy Krueger? He wasn't a nice guy, but he had a nice sweater. A girl at my team wanted a Krueger-sweater, and since a striped sweater isn't that hard to knit, I started on one. I used Drops Alpaca and I just cast on number of stitches and measured around my own body. She really wanted a boat neck, but since I like raglan and don't really like knitting back and forth, well, then raglan it is. It's incredible how much faster it actually is to knit a sweater in stockinette stitch when it's stripes than when it's just one color. Probably all in my head, but it definitely seems like it's a lot faster to knit stripes. It might have to do with the fact that I can count rows in one color, then change and count again. Just as it is a well known fact that if you are almost out of yarn, you have to knit faster to make the yarn last longer. If you knit slow, then you'll run out of yarn faster.
Det er ganske vanskelig å ta bilder av seg selv med genseren man skal ha bilde av. Jeg hadde bare ikke tålmodighet til å vente på at noen kom hjem for å ta bilde eller vente på dagslys. Får se om jeg klarer å få noen til å ta bilde av meg i dagslys senere, hvis ikke jeg leverer genseren før jeg rekker å ta flere bilder. Mottaker ville også ha sånne hull i ermene så hun kunne dra ned ermene, så da strikket jeg sånne hull også. I grunnen ikke veldig vanskelig. Nå gjenstår det bare å sjekke om mottaker er fornøyd.
It's hard to take picture of oneself wearing a sweater. But I didn't have the patience to wait until somebody who could take a picture came home or to wait for daylight. Maybe I'll manage to take pictures of the sweater in daylight later, if I haven't delivered the sweater before that happens though. The receiver wanted to have holes in the arms to pull them down, so I made holes too. Not that hard really.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
We Will Rock You
En venninne kjøpte dette vottemønsteret og lurte på om jeg ikke kunne strikke dem til henne. Ikke alltid like morsomt å strikke votter, og spesielt ikke siden jeg ofte ender opp med å strikke fire votter for å få et par. To venstrevotter er liksom ikke alltid like brukenes. Dette vottemønsteret gjorde det ikke vanskelig å få en høyrevott og en venstrevott. Kanskje også litt fordi jeg hele tiden tenkte; Jeg orker ikke strikke fire votter denne gangen! Det hjalp i alle fall! Måtte strikke den nederste delen en ekstra gang, men det var fordi jeg brukte litt store pinner første gangen. Strikket vottene på pinne 2,5 og i PT Petter Superwash. De ble veldig tykke og gode! Håper mottaker også blir fornøyd!
A friend bought this pattern and asked me to knit them to her. Not always fun to knit mittens, and especially when I often need to knit four mittens to have one pair. Two left mittens are not always that practical. This pattern didn't make it that difficult to make one right mitten and one left mitten. Maybe it was because I always thought: I don't want to make four mittens this time! Or maybe it was just well written? It helped no matter what it was. I had to knit the first part an extra time, but that's because I used a needle size too big the first time. I used needles 2,5 mm and PT Petter Superwash. They turned out real firm and thick and warm. I hope the receiver will be happy.
A friend bought this pattern and asked me to knit them to her. Not always fun to knit mittens, and especially when I often need to knit four mittens to have one pair. Two left mittens are not always that practical. This pattern didn't make it that difficult to make one right mitten and one left mitten. Maybe it was because I always thought: I don't want to make four mittens this time! Or maybe it was just well written? It helped no matter what it was. I had to knit the first part an extra time, but that's because I used a needle size too big the first time. I used needles 2,5 mm and PT Petter Superwash. They turned out real firm and thick and warm. I hope the receiver will be happy.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Living doll
Got myself a crying, talking, sleeping, walking, living doll.
Got to do my best to please her, just 'cause she's a living doll.
Da jeg var liten, var Cliff Richard sin Living doll en favoritt. Jeg fikk den sangen på hjernen igjen etter at jeg ble ferdig med denne genseren. Genseren er ganske liten i grunnen, siden sist jeg så nevøen min var han veldig liten. For et par dager siden, så jeg bilder av nevøen min igjen. Han har vokst, gitt. Det er jammen ikke sikkert han passer inn i denne lengre. Fant ut at jeg hadde kommet så langt at jeg ikke orket å rekke opp. Tenkte at den passer nok til en dukke eller bamse om den ikke passer min lille nevø. Genseren er strikket i babyull fra Viking. Jeg har aldri strikket med garnet før, og det er i grunnen greit å strikke med. Kanskje litt vel glatt, men mykt og godt. Byttet det til meg på garnbyttekvelden her. Har fortsatt garn igjen, siden denne genseren nok ble i minste laget. Mønsteret er tatt ut av eget hode og det samme er maskeantallet.
When I was a kid my favorite song was Living Doll by Cliff Richard. The song popped back into my brain after I finished this sweater. The sweater is quite small, since the last time I saw my nephew he was very tiny. A couple of days ago I saw some pictures of him again. He has grown. I'm really not sure if he can fit into the small sweater I made him. But I thought, if he's grown out of it, it will fit either a doll or a teddybear the kids have. The sweater is knitted in baby wool from Viking. I have never used the yarn before, but it was ok to knit with. It might be a bit slippery, but it's soft and nice. I swapped it with a friend on the yarn swapping night. I still have some yarn left of it, since this sweater turned out a bit too small. The pattern is just made up by me, but I should have followed a pattern to get the right size.
Got to do my best to please her, just 'cause she's a living doll.
Da jeg var liten, var Cliff Richard sin Living doll en favoritt. Jeg fikk den sangen på hjernen igjen etter at jeg ble ferdig med denne genseren. Genseren er ganske liten i grunnen, siden sist jeg så nevøen min var han veldig liten. For et par dager siden, så jeg bilder av nevøen min igjen. Han har vokst, gitt. Det er jammen ikke sikkert han passer inn i denne lengre. Fant ut at jeg hadde kommet så langt at jeg ikke orket å rekke opp. Tenkte at den passer nok til en dukke eller bamse om den ikke passer min lille nevø. Genseren er strikket i babyull fra Viking. Jeg har aldri strikket med garnet før, og det er i grunnen greit å strikke med. Kanskje litt vel glatt, men mykt og godt. Byttet det til meg på garnbyttekvelden her. Har fortsatt garn igjen, siden denne genseren nok ble i minste laget. Mønsteret er tatt ut av eget hode og det samme er maskeantallet.
When I was a kid my favorite song was Living Doll by Cliff Richard. The song popped back into my brain after I finished this sweater. The sweater is quite small, since the last time I saw my nephew he was very tiny. A couple of days ago I saw some pictures of him again. He has grown. I'm really not sure if he can fit into the small sweater I made him. But I thought, if he's grown out of it, it will fit either a doll or a teddybear the kids have. The sweater is knitted in baby wool from Viking. I have never used the yarn before, but it was ok to knit with. It might be a bit slippery, but it's soft and nice. I swapped it with a friend on the yarn swapping night. I still have some yarn left of it, since this sweater turned out a bit too small. The pattern is just made up by me, but I should have followed a pattern to get the right size.
Saturday, February 09, 2013
Again
Det ble enda mer Marius her gitt, og jeg tror jaggu meg det blir enda mer i nærmeste framtid også. En kollega ville ha Marius-genser med ribb, og det ble det. Den er ikke av det morsomste slaget å strikke, ribbestrikk er alt annet en gøy. Resultatet ble bra da, og den passet bra etter at jeg fikk strikket på et par cm i lengden på bolen også. Jeg brukte rundfelling og slapp dermed å strikke mønster fram og tilbake, noe som faktisk er enda kjedeligere enn ribbestrikk. Genseren er strikket i Drops Alpaca, og er lett og myk. Genseren er strikket på pinne 3,5 mm. Tulla syntes at genseren var så lekker at hun ville ha en hun også, og helst i akkurat samme farger. Det ble igjen litt garn, siden jeg alltid tar med litt ekstra i tilfelle jeg ikke får nok. Faren for at hun får en slik genser er ganske stor, vil jeg si. Det er ikke en genser som var veldig morsom å strikke, men når ti-åringer veldig gjerne ønsker seg en strikka genser, så blir det nok det.
Even more Marius pattern, and I think it's more to come in the nearest future. A colleague wished for a sweater with Marius pattern and with the rib. It's really no fun knitting 2 knit, 2 purl all the way and for that long. It's actually real boring, but the result turned out pretty nice though. And it actually fit too after I knitted in a couple of extra cm on the yoke. I used raglan and I didn't have to knit the pattern back and forth, which is if possible even more boring than the rib. The sweater is knitted in Drops Alpaca and is light and soft. I used needles 3,5 mm. My daughter thought the sweater was so nice that she wished for one too in exactly the same colors. Since I'm always afraid of running out of yarn, I have enough yarn to knit her one. It1s not really a fun sweater to knit, but ten-year-old girls who really wants mum to knit her a sweater usually gets one.
Jeg skulle strikke en Marius-genser til sønnen til en venninne. Startet på den i god tid før jul, men det viste seg at den babyen vokste ganske så fort og innen jula var der, så var genseren for liten. Den ble liggende en stund, men nå strikket jeg den ferdig. Jeg er usikker på hvilken størrelse det egentlig er, men tror den skal passe småttiser rundt halvåret. Får bare vente til jeg finner en passende mottaker. Genseren er strikket i Malsen og Mor. Garnet som er godt å strikke i, får et fint produkt, men som lukter noe aldeles forferdelig før det blir vasket. Jeg trodde jeg hadde strikket nok prosjekter med Marius-motivet til at jeg husket det utenat, men den gang ei. Jeg strikket mønsteret her uten å ha mønsteret foran meg. Det synes visst. Jeg oppdaget det før jeg var ferdig, men orket ikke rekke opp. Se om du finner feilen?!
I was supposed to give my friend's son a Marius sweater for Christmas, and I started knitting it in good time before Christmas. The only problem was that the baby decided to grow real fast, and before Christmas he was bigger than the sweater. I put it away for a while, but finished it now. Not that much to finish. I'm not sure what size it is, but I think and hope it will fit small people at the age of six months or around that age. I just have to wait for someone to fit the sweater. I used Malsen & Mor. The yarn I like to knit with, gives nice products but smells awful. I thought I had knitted enough projects with the Marius pattern to remember it by heart, but nope. I didn't have the pattern to look at when I knitted this sweater, and it shows. I discovered it when I was done, but I didn't want to frog it. Can you spot it?
En lagvenninne ville ha en Marius iPhone-veske. Strikket en i restegarnet til Marius-genseren med ribb. Ikke akkurat store innhugget i garnlageret med hele 10 gram.
A team mate wanted a Marius for her iPhone. I used scrap yarn from the Marius sweater. Don't weigh that much with 10 g.
Even more Marius pattern, and I think it's more to come in the nearest future. A colleague wished for a sweater with Marius pattern and with the rib. It's really no fun knitting 2 knit, 2 purl all the way and for that long. It's actually real boring, but the result turned out pretty nice though. And it actually fit too after I knitted in a couple of extra cm on the yoke. I used raglan and I didn't have to knit the pattern back and forth, which is if possible even more boring than the rib. The sweater is knitted in Drops Alpaca and is light and soft. I used needles 3,5 mm. My daughter thought the sweater was so nice that she wished for one too in exactly the same colors. Since I'm always afraid of running out of yarn, I have enough yarn to knit her one. It1s not really a fun sweater to knit, but ten-year-old girls who really wants mum to knit her a sweater usually gets one.
Jeg skulle strikke en Marius-genser til sønnen til en venninne. Startet på den i god tid før jul, men det viste seg at den babyen vokste ganske så fort og innen jula var der, så var genseren for liten. Den ble liggende en stund, men nå strikket jeg den ferdig. Jeg er usikker på hvilken størrelse det egentlig er, men tror den skal passe småttiser rundt halvåret. Får bare vente til jeg finner en passende mottaker. Genseren er strikket i Malsen og Mor. Garnet som er godt å strikke i, får et fint produkt, men som lukter noe aldeles forferdelig før det blir vasket. Jeg trodde jeg hadde strikket nok prosjekter med Marius-motivet til at jeg husket det utenat, men den gang ei. Jeg strikket mønsteret her uten å ha mønsteret foran meg. Det synes visst. Jeg oppdaget det før jeg var ferdig, men orket ikke rekke opp. Se om du finner feilen?!
I was supposed to give my friend's son a Marius sweater for Christmas, and I started knitting it in good time before Christmas. The only problem was that the baby decided to grow real fast, and before Christmas he was bigger than the sweater. I put it away for a while, but finished it now. Not that much to finish. I'm not sure what size it is, but I think and hope it will fit small people at the age of six months or around that age. I just have to wait for someone to fit the sweater. I used Malsen & Mor. The yarn I like to knit with, gives nice products but smells awful. I thought I had knitted enough projects with the Marius pattern to remember it by heart, but nope. I didn't have the pattern to look at when I knitted this sweater, and it shows. I discovered it when I was done, but I didn't want to frog it. Can you spot it?
En lagvenninne ville ha en Marius iPhone-veske. Strikket en i restegarnet til Marius-genseren med ribb. Ikke akkurat store innhugget i garnlageret med hele 10 gram.
A team mate wanted a Marius for her iPhone. I used scrap yarn from the Marius sweater. Don't weigh that much with 10 g.
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