Monthly Archives: May 2010
Nordic swap
My Nordic Swap package from Rimfrost arrived – very convenient, on my birthday!! It’s just like getting an extra birthday present :o) Here it is: The theme was National Myth, and my swap partner Sofia from Sweden had very well chosen the Swedish summer as the theme for this package. She writes that the Swedish… More »
Nooooooo!!!!
I did it again! And no oops.. No, I actually could’ve seen this coming. Oh my, the knitting I was doing was pretty tight, and with a 40cm cable it is a pretty little circumference where those acrylic needles have a high risk to snap. I’m almost crying. I know it’s my fault, and I… More »
KP-additions
I couldn’t help it. When one of my acrylic KP needles broke while I was in Dubai, I kinda got a bit desperate and decided that I needed to buy some more, so I would always have a spare one. So, I went shopping on my favorite site for KP needles! Shiela’s service is great,… More »
Pre B-day celebration
My birthday is coming up. And now I take every excuse to bake a cake, as the wedding cake project did so well.. So, when my girls and I planned a girls night with chatter and good stuff, and I realized it would be the last time we could all be gathered until past mid… More »
Granny hexagons
As a CO-addict (Cast-On addict), I couldn’t wait to start on that project I have been thinking about for some days now.. One where I can learn an awful lot, and which also can be stretched over a loooong period of time, one piece at a time. Yup, I’ve started on that Granny Blanket! I’ve… More »
Try something new
I am in a mood where I want to try something new. And I’ve already gathered a list of stuff I could do: Writing that darn thesis! No, I haven’t got that far on it yet. Crochet. I’d like to crochet a granny square blanket (or rather granny hexagons, like on Slagt en hellig ko),… More »
Hygge-ugler
I have made a coffee cup cozy: Little warm owls in a tree. It really is for the tea / coffee glasses I have bought in Dubai, the typical caffe latte glasses you see at the trendy café’s.. So I don’t really have a cup to show it on, as they are in Dubai. But… More »
Beware – I am swatching!
I HATE swatching! Usually I just don’t. That results in mistakes or faults which I then repair in a not so elegant way, or in frogging large parts of projects – which could have been avoided if I had taken the time and effort to swatch. I’m simply too impatient to knit a swatch, I… More »
Did I learn what I should in school?
In school, I learned that in multiplication, the order in which the operands are multiplied doesn’t matter. Or, the sentence I learned in Danish: Faktorernes orden er ligegyldig. I think of this often, every time padding myself on the back that I have consciously used something I learned in school. But when knitting, I often… More »
‘Petrie’ or The Bright Summer Top
I’ve finished my latest knitting project: A summer top from the Knitty.com magazine. As you can see, it is a perfect fit for the warm Dubai weather: More pictures and info on my Rav project page: Bright summer top.