Det færøyske sjalet - the faroese shawl

Så ble jeg endelig ferdig med sjalet! Jeg har ikke vasket det ennå, og lurer på om jeg skal binde frynsene. Jeg har nok satt i frynsene for tett, men jeg får se hvordan det fungerer sånn etterhvert. Jeg ble ihvertfall forøyd med resultatet :-) Jeg kommer nok til å bruke det en del. Og jeg kommer ihvertfall til å strikke mer med Snældan! Takk til Majken for mønster og Inger for garnet!

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Finally I'm done with the shawl! I have not washed it yet, and I'm thinking of tying the fringes. I might have put the fringes to close together, but I'll se how it works out for some time. Anyway, I'm happy with the result :-) I'll probably use it alot. I will knit more with Snældan for sure! Thanks to Majken for the pattern and Inger for the yarn!

I'll be back!

Det har gått litt tregt på strikkefronten i det siste. Sånn er det vel når man har omgangssyke og ikke orker annet enn å ligge å se på TV. Derfor blir disse babysokkene vist frem nå i stedenfor en uke siden, da de egentlig var ferdige...

It's not been a lot of knitting lately. Thats how it is when your'e sick with fever, throwing up and all that, and you can't do anything but lie down and watch TV. That's why these sock are not been on the blogg before, even they were done a week ago.

En utfordring - a challenge

Jeg har fått en utfordring fra sønnen min. Jeg har sett den på flere blogger, så den er nok ganske populær


1. Gå inn på mine bilder/mapper
2. Velg den 6 mappen
3. Finn det 6 bildet
4. Sett inn bildet på bloggen og skriv litt om det
5. Inviter 6 nye, link og gi beskjed om utfordringen til dem
6. Du må skrive link til den som utfordret deg

Dette var det eneste bildet i mappe nr. 6, så jeg får vel ta det :-) Jeg hadde ett program som lagret etter dato, så da var nok dette det eneste bildet jeg tok den 7. september 2008.
Dette er ett bilde at Jasleen, min yngste datter. Her er hun ett år og noen dager. Jeg tok bildet av to grunner, tror jeg. Den første grunnen er at jeg ville fange et øyeblikk, da hun prøvde å sette seg på ”gyngehesten”. Jeg synes hun er ganske tøff. Det har vært førende for hva slags jente hun er. Uredd, selvstendig, tøff og frampå. Dessuten syntes jeg hun var så søt i rosa skjørt. – Jeg antar at det ikke vil vare lenge. Dette er nok ei guttejente som kommer til å henge opp-ned i kirsebærtreet i hagen og andre ting som mødre ikke er så glad for.

Så var det hvem jeg skal utfordre…. Jeg kjenner ikke så mange bloggere… Jeg følger med på flere blogger, men det er meg ukjent om de vet om jeg eksisterer. Derfor gir jeg utfordringen videre til de jeg faktisk kjenner

Min datter…
...og kjæresten hennes


I got at challenge from my son. I’ve seen it on several blogs, so I guess it’s popular.

1.Go to my files/pictures
2. Find the 6.th file
3. find the 6.th picture
4. Put the picture on your blog, and write something about it.
5. Invite 6 people, tell them about it and give them a link about the challenge.
6. You need to put the link to the one who has challenge you on your blog.

This was the only picture in file nr. 6, so that’s it. I had a program that saved m pictures by date, so this was the only picture i took september 7.th in 2008.
This is a picture of Jasleen. My youngest daugther. In the picture she is one year and a few days old. I took the picture of a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I wanted to capture a moment, when she tries to get up on the “rocking horse”. I think she is quite though and a representation of what kind of girl she is. Brave, independent, though and adventures. The other reason is that she is very cute, wearing a pink skirt. I guess that it won’t last for long. I belive she is going to be a tomboy that will hang up-side-down from the cherry-tree in the garden and other things a mother is not happy about.

I don’t know many bloggers. I read several blogs, but if they know that I excist, is a differnt issue J. So I’ll give the callenge to those I do know.

My daughter......
and her boyfriend.

Selbuvotter. Igjen. - Selbu mittens. Again.

Da var selbuvottene ferdige. Det tok litt lenger tid enn jeg hadde tenkt. Men nå har denne noe overvektige kroppen begynt å trene på helsestudio. Selv om jeg skulle ønske det, er nok ikke aerobic noe for meg. Men noe hopp og sprett blir det, så svetten siler. Kanskje jeg klarer å ta av noen kilo, og bli kvitt en vond rygg? Og så lenge jeg har selv-ironi, humor og stiller meg lengst bak i salen kan det hende jeg holder ut :-) Kanksje det blir pilates i morgen?
Anyway. Jeg synes vottene ble fine. Garnet egner seg godt til å strikke slikt mønster. Dessuten tror jeg pinnene var veldig gode.

Now the Selbu mittens are done. It took longer than I had planned. My somewhat heavy body has started to work out at the gym. Aerobics are not for me, I think. Even If I would like it to be. But some jumping around has been done, and the sweat has been dripping. Maybe I will be able to loose some weight, and get rid of a bad back? As long I have some ironi, humor and find a place at the far back of the room, I might hang in there :-) Maybe I will do som pilates tomorrow?

Anyway. I’m happy with the mittens. The yarn is perfect to use for this pattern. – And the kneedles are nice to knit with.

Selvstripende sokker :-) – Selfstriping socks :-)

Pernille trenger sokker. Det er godt med sokker når man leker ute i kulda, eller bare å ha på seg når det er gulvkaldt. Jeg så dette garnet da jeg var på husfliden i Drammen. Jeg har sett flere eksempler på sokker, vanter og votter på de på Ravelry av dette garnet, så jeg fikk lyst til å prøve. Jeg strikket to samtidig på to rundpinner. Men stripene ble selvfølgeligjo omvendte da jeg brukte hver ende (innsiden og utsiden) på nøstet ;-) Jeg hadde tenkt å strikke at par til på sammen måten, slik at jeg ville få to par som ser ut som om de hører sammen....men det første parret ble for lite...så da får det bare være.

Pernille needs socks. It’s nice to wear when she is playing outside in the cold, or just wear inside when the floor is cold. I noticed the yarn at Husfliden i Drammen. Iv’e seen several socks, mittens and gloves with this yarn at Ravelry, and wanted to try it out myself. I knitted two at the same time on two cirkular needles. The stripes turned out opposite since I knitted from the inside and the outside of the ball of yarn ;-) I had planned to knit another pair in the same way, just to get two pair that looks like a pair...but the first pair turned out to be rather small....so why bother

Tovet lue for en Singh - Felted hat for a Singh

Mannen min sine ører har vært iskalde. Dessuten var vel tiden inne til å lage noe til han også. Jeg hadde ikke noe mønstrer, så dette var et tilfelle av prøving og feiling og prøving igjen. Det var veldig raskt å strikke. Det tok bare noen få timer. Men klør visst fælt...så jeg vet ikke helt hva jeg skal gjøre med det.

I see that I have visitors to my blog that most probably isn’t norwegian speaking people, so I have desided to make it in english as well.

My husband was freezing his ears of, and it was time to make him something to. I didn’t have any pattern, so this was just a case of trying and failing and trying again. It was really fast to do. I took just a few hours to knit. But it is itching a lot – I don’t quite know what to do with that...

Pattern:

Felted ribbed hat

Use circular needles size 7 mm. knit loose.

2 skeins of Aran/10 ply (8wpi) ( I have used Rauma Vamsegarn)

Cast on 72 stitches. Join and knit in the round: *K3, p3*. Repeat from *to*.Knit until the hat measures about 45 cm or 17.5 inches. The hat will shrink about 20%. Decrease like this:

1. Row: *k3, P2tog, p1*. Repeat to the end of the round from * to *.

2. Row: *k3, p2tog*. Repeat to the end of the round from * to *.

3. Row: *k2tog, k1, p1*. Repeat to the end of the round from * to *.

4. Row: * k2tog, p1. Repeat to the end of the round from * to *.

5. Row: *k1, p1*. Repeat to the end of the round from * to *.

Cut the thread long enough to thread through the remaining stitches on the needles. Secure the thread on the wrong side of the work.

Felting:

Wash the hat at 40 degrees Celsius. After washing, put it in the tumble dryer for 20 – 30 minutes to make it even softer, and to felt even more. Block the hat so it fits perfect.

Tips: This hat was made for a medium head. It’s possible to make it wider by adding 6 stitches or to make it smaller by removing 6 stitches. You should be able to divide the number of stitches on 6. Another possibility is to change the gauge by using bigger or smaller needles or a different yarn.

It should be easy to change the look of the hat, if you for instance made it in a different color, with stripes or attach a crochet flower, or make crochet edging with a different yarn.