Det har vært varmt i sommer. I hele Europa. Jeg har fortsatt strikket. Jeg har bare ikke sittet så mye inne. Det sitter i ryggmargen på nordmenn. Vi er ikke så vant til sol og varme, så med en gang sola stikker fram, ja, da stikker vi ut. Det har vært lite innetid denne sommeren. Og det er absolutt bra. Det bare betyr at jeg ikke har fått veid prosjekter og skrevet blogginnlegg. Ingen pris for en varm sommer. (Nå skal jeg ikke komme innpå miljøet og bøndene, for det er et helt annet perspektiv på denne varme sommeren.) I dag er det overskya. Tror det er første dagen på lenge. En av tingene jeg har strikket i sommer har vært Tegna. Og jeg har absolutt ikke vært den eneste som har strikket denne toppen. Feeden min på Instagram har fristet med denne toppen siden tidlig vår. Jeg trodde egentlig jeg hadde det perfekte garnet for denne sommertoppen, Norneyarn. Ikke noe å si på Norneyarn, det var bare varmere enn jeg innbilte meg. Denne toppen er strikket i sommer, men er neppe noen sommertopp. Den er varm, og blir nok heller brukt på kjølige høstdager enn varme sommerkvelder.
(Midnight Summer Jam - Justin Timberlake)
It's been a really hot summer. In all of Europe. I have still knitted some. I just haven't been indoors. It's something you learn as a Norwegian. We don't have that much sun and hot weather, so once the sun comes out, we feel we are obliged to go outdoors. So, no time sitting inside this summer. And I don't complain. That is great! It only means I haven't had time to weigh up projects and write blogposts. Not that it matters too much. (I'm not going into the environmental issues and the poor farmers, it's another perspective of the summer.) Today is a grey day, one of the first in a really long time. One thing I knitted during the hot summer was Tegna. And I'm definitely not the only one. My feed on Instagram has been filled up with this top since early spring this year. I thought I had managed to find the perfect yarn for the summer top, Norneyarn. And Norneyarn is a great yarn, it waws just a lot warmer than I anticipated. The top is knitted during summer, but it's not a summer top. My Tegna is warm, and I'll probably use it during chilly fall days than warm summer evenings.
(Midnight Summer Jam - Justin Timberlake)
Monday, July 30, 2018
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
In My Feelings
Sommerfølelse - late dager hvor aktivitetene består av strikking, bading, lesing, høre på musikk, høre på podcast og repeter det hele. Det er varmt, sol og sjøen er deilig! Ikke mange bekymringer annet enn at jeg kan gå tom for garn eller bøker. Skjer ikke på denne ferien. Jeg har startet på Happy Jumper av Lisa Jenner. Oppskrift og garn kom i adventskalenderen min i fjor. Garnet er Madelinetosh Prairie i nydelige grønn-blå toner og en natur som tar opp det grønn-blå i spetter. Ypperlig farge som står til omgivelsene. I dag har jeg med strikketøyet til den nydelige Gardasjøen. Fargene i sjøen er omtrent som genseren. Det er overraskende frodig rundt innsjøen, og vi vandret gjennom Sirmione før vi endte opp på stranda. En by jeg ikke visste noe om, men som var vakker og full av folk på denne varme dagen. Stranda var folksom, og ikke den vanlige sandstranda, men flate steiner som dekket stranda og et godt stykke ut i innsjøen. Vannet ser ikke ut som ferskvann med den ekstremt klare sjøgrønne fargen. For et deilig sted!
(Tittel: In My Feelings - Drake)
Summer feeling - when the days are lazy and filled up with reading, knitting, go for a swim, kistebunn to music and podcasts and repeating it all. It’s warm, it’s sunny and the sea is lovely! The only worry is to run out of yarn or books. Not going to happen this time! I have started on Happy Jumper designes by Lisa Jenner. Pattern and yarn was in my lovely advent calendar last year. The yarn is Madelinetosh Prairie in lovely shades of greens and blues and the natural colored skein has green and blue spots. Today my knitting came with me to the lovely Garda Lake. The colors in the lake is almost the same as my sweater. We walked through Sirmione to get to the beach, a lovely small town I knew nothing about. The beach is not the normal sandy beach, but has a lot of flat Stones both at the beach and in the lake. And the water doesn’t look like fresh water at all. A lovely place!
(Title: In My Feelings - Drake)
(Tittel: In My Feelings - Drake)
Summer feeling - when the days are lazy and filled up with reading, knitting, go for a swim, kistebunn to music and podcasts and repeating it all. It’s warm, it’s sunny and the sea is lovely! The only worry is to run out of yarn or books. Not going to happen this time! I have started on Happy Jumper designes by Lisa Jenner. Pattern and yarn was in my lovely advent calendar last year. The yarn is Madelinetosh Prairie in lovely shades of greens and blues and the natural colored skein has green and blue spots. Today my knitting came with me to the lovely Garda Lake. The colors in the lake is almost the same as my sweater. We walked through Sirmione to get to the beach, a lovely small town I knew nothing about. The beach is not the normal sandy beach, but has a lot of flat Stones both at the beach and in the lake. And the water doesn’t look like fresh water at all. A lovely place!
(Title: In My Feelings - Drake)
Thursday, July 05, 2018
I Like It
Noen byer er spesielle. Enten fordi man er så himla glad i byen og kjenner byen så godt. Eller bare fordi man har hørt og sett mye om byen. Venezia er en sånn by for meg. En jeg har sett på film. Hvor en hel bygning forsvant i kanalen, eller hvor Johnny Depp og Angelina Jolie kjørte avgårde i en båt. Det var litt uvirkelig å gå rundt på Markusplassen, se på menneskene som vandret over Rialtobroen og se gondolene. Men for en fantastisk vakker by! Selvfølgelig full av turister, virkelig full til randen, men så forståelig. Så mange vakre bygninger og broer. Og så utrolig varmt... Men fikk faktisk strikket litt på Tegna på de stoppene vi hadde. Er man strikkegal, så er man strikkegal. Og ja, det ble en del rare blikk og hoder som snudde seg. Tegna er omtrent halvferdig! Og det er i grunnen jeg også etter en lang dag.
(Tittel: I Like It - Cardi B)
Some towns are special. Either because you just love the city so much and knows all the secrets. Or just because you heard and seen so much about the town. Venezia is special. A town I’ve seen in the movies where building collapses into the canal, or Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie drive away in a vist. It was surreal walking around at St Mark’s Place, people watching at the Rialto bridge and the gondolas. What a beautiful town. So many incredible beautiful buildings and bridges. And so incredible hot! But even in the heat I knitted a bit on the few stops we had. I mean, once a crazy knitter, always a crazy knitter. And yes, heads turned and I got some weird looks, but who cares? My Tegna is almost done, or half of it at least.
(Title: I Like It - Cardi B)
(Tittel: I Like It - Cardi B)
Some towns are special. Either because you just love the city so much and knows all the secrets. Or just because you heard and seen so much about the town. Venezia is special. A town I’ve seen in the movies where building collapses into the canal, or Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie drive away in a vist. It was surreal walking around at St Mark’s Place, people watching at the Rialto bridge and the gondolas. What a beautiful town. So many incredible beautiful buildings and bridges. And so incredible hot! But even in the heat I knitted a bit on the few stops we had. I mean, once a crazy knitter, always a crazy knitter. And yes, heads turned and I got some weird looks, but who cares? My Tegna is almost done, or half of it at least.
(Title: I Like It - Cardi B)
Tuesday, July 03, 2018
Testify
Å være vitne til: at denne sommeren ligger an til å bli den varmeste på lenge. At denne sommeren er da jeg langtfra trenger en ullgenser til? Men klarte absolutt ikke motstå fristelsen for å teststrikke denne. A Midnight Fall sweater inspirert av den første snøen. Den første snøen virker en evighet unna. Et fjernt minne som kanskje egentlig bare er en drøm... Og det er vel i grunnen ull i denne varmen også, en drøm eller snarere et mareritt! Men jeg har tatt bilde av ullgensere i varmere vær enn denne dagen. Uansett, dette var egentlig feriestrikken min, men jeg klarte ikke vente. Startet forrige søndag og ble ferdig torsdag. Med andre ord, en kjapp genser. Oppskriften er for en genser i DK, men det har jeg lite av så jeg strikket i tynnere garn. Jeg har brukt Tulliballgarn av to forskjellige varianter, men hva må jeg redigere inn her om en fjorten dagers tid. Genseren veier rett over 300g. Fotograf på en varm sommerdag var Monstermønster som vanlig.
(Tittel: Testify - Prophets of Rage)
Testify - to provide the truth! I can testify this is so far the warmest summer we’ve had for ages. I love it! I don’t really need a warm sweater made of wool, but I just couldn’t resist the temptation of test knitting this pattern. A Midnight Fall sweater inspired by the first snowfall. The first snowfall arena like a distant memory, almost like a dream. And wool in this heat might be a dream too, or rather a nightmare?! Anyway, I have been photographed with warmer sweater in warmer weather than on this photo. It was supposed to be my vacation knitting, but I startes last Sunday and finished Thursday the same week. A fast knit! The pattern calls for DK, but I don’t have DK yarn in sweater quantities, so I used fingering. I used yarn from Tulliball, but names and type have to be edited in here in about fourteen days. The photographer on this lovely summer day was Monstermønster AS usual.
(Tittel: Testify - Prophets of Rage)
(Tittel: Testify - Prophets of Rage)
Testify - to provide the truth! I can testify this is so far the warmest summer we’ve had for ages. I love it! I don’t really need a warm sweater made of wool, but I just couldn’t resist the temptation of test knitting this pattern. A Midnight Fall sweater inspired by the first snowfall. The first snowfall arena like a distant memory, almost like a dream. And wool in this heat might be a dream too, or rather a nightmare?! Anyway, I have been photographed with warmer sweater in warmer weather than on this photo. It was supposed to be my vacation knitting, but I startes last Sunday and finished Thursday the same week. A fast knit! The pattern calls for DK, but I don’t have DK yarn in sweater quantities, so I used fingering. I used yarn from Tulliball, but names and type have to be edited in here in about fourteen days. The photographer on this lovely summer day was Monstermønster AS usual.
(Tittel: Testify - Prophets of Rage)
Monday, July 02, 2018
Kodachrome
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Ferietid! Sol, sommer, solkrem, sjø og andre fine ting! Nok en gang pakking av kofferten. Det er som vanlig garnpakkinga jeg bruker mest tid på. Siden jeg ikke egentlig hadde bestemt meg for hva jeg skulle ta med, er det jo helt naturlig å dra fram mesteparten av garnlageret? Helt normalt, sant? Jeg fant tre hesper med Norne-garn jeg ikke visste jeg hadde. Hurra! Så nå blir det Tegna av de i ferien. Også fant jeg fram noen hesper med Madelinetosh jeg fikk i julekalenderen min. Og jammen fant jeg ikke oppskriften på genser som fulgte med også. Det er viktig å ha med nok garn. Legg ikke ut på tur uten nok prosjekter. Kjent jungelord fra garnjungelen. Fant ut at et sjal er også greit å strikke på tur, så gravde fram et hespe fra Legacy Knitz også. Og sokker er alltid kjekt å strikke på tur. Tar liten plass og ingen tankevirksomhet. Ti dager, to gensere, et sjal og to par sokker? Bør holde det?
(Tittel: Kodachrome - Paul Simon)
Vacation time! Sun, summer, sun lotion, salty sea and all nice things! And another packing of my suit case. As usual it's the yarn I use most time packing. I hadn't really decided what to pack, so it's quite normal to drag most of the stash out in the living room for packing? Completely normal, right? I found three skeins of Norne yarn I didn't know I had. Hurray! I'm going to knit Tegna during my vacation. I also found some skeins of Madelinetosh from my advent calendar. And wow, I found the pattern following the yarn too. The most important on vacations is to not run empty of yarn. Do not go on a trip risking running out of yarn. Known rule from the old times. I also thought a shawl would be a nice vacation knit, so I dug out a skein from Legacy Knitz as well. And socks. Socks are always a great idea on a trip. Doesn't take much space and don't need to think to knit them. Ten days - two sweaters, a shawl and two pairs of socks? Should be enough?
(Title: Kodachrome - Paul Simon)
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