Vi har en konkuranse på Hobbyboden for tiden. Første del handlet om å gjøre ferdig ufoer. Her er hva jeg gjorde:
Det blir premier fra Du store alpakka og Mauds garn. Nå er vi inne i del to og skal lage nye prosjekter etter poeng beregning. Jeg har strikket pannebånd til nå og skal til å starte lue i løpet av dagen.
We had a fiber swap at Spinnershome I got a beautiful packet from Knitacia : Super kid mohair, A batt of red BFL, and two colors of alpaca and a blue batt with merino bamboo and angelina. I also got the Wildfibers magazine and a tea I have never tried before. Thanks for a wonderful packet.
Vi har hatt en fiber swap på Spinnerenshjem Jeg fikk en flott pakke fra Knitacia. Det var Super Kid mohair, Et rødt kardeflak med BFL og to typer alpakka, et blått kardeflak av merino, bambus og angelina, jeg fikk også bladet wildfibers og en spennede ny te. Tusen takk for flott pakke!
A week ago a gift dropped in my mailbox, this beautiful sock yarn. I have no idea who sent it, the post stamp told me it's sent in Norway, but nothing more. But to whoever sent it THANKS! I love it.
Jeg fikk en pakke i posten forige uke. Skikkelig mystisk, ingen avsender, postet i norge men ikke mer info. Men uansett hvor den kommer fra. Tusen takk! Det er et kjempefint nøste opal!
I'm in a ravelry sock along. Theese are my January socks. It's the Brigid pattern from Goddess knits.
I have also knitted a Jayne hat. It's a hat inspired from the tv series Firefly, spacefiction you know, 500 years to the future and they still knit hats, you gotta love that:)
I'm also working on a dress/ skirt for me and a sweater to my daughter and a fish hat.
On Spinners home we got a lottery where the ticket is to write about our spinning year and progress. so here is my ticket. Spinners home is a scandinavian forum for all spinners, we write in Norvegian, Svedish and Danish, but we have members from Finland too. It's becoming a fine site, with lots of tips and sharing of spinning joy. Come and wisit us.
Well back to my spinning year. In 2008 I have spun lots of yarn in both different fibers, different tools and at different sites. I have a Louet s 45 and she is my best tool for spinning. She has travelled with me on holiday and to knitters meets. My spindle collection is slowly growing too. I got two new lace weight spindles from Allena at Spindle and wheel. But I'm most proud of my self made all wooden hooked spindle.
I made it to use at Viking occations and I have found it to be useable both to spin thicker yarn and lace thin too. The ability to spin so thin on it supprised me, it's not a light weight spindle. But I spun sewing thread thin yarn form Gotlands får lambs wool on it. My favourite spindle is still my Bosworth midi in birch. It goes with me everywhere, and usually produses quite even and thin yarn.
My favourite fiber experiences this year are the earlier mentioned Gotlands får lamb fiber bought at Hornborre viking marked and merino from Spinnulla. But my favourite wool ever is stille BFL. I have lots of samples waiting to be washed and spun. Rhonna got them for me, and I look forward to try them out so thats my big thing this year to try all the different fibres I can get my hands on and systematically write down what I think aobut them. I'm also going to get more spindles, to use at viking markeds so they have to look the part.
I suddely realized that I havent used my hand spun yarn for almost anything this year. I have been content to just watch it and make it. I now have a stash of home made yarn. So I guess I have to think about using it this year. I also have a little fiber stash. mostly unwashed norvegian lambs wool in white. I'm going to wash, card and spin most of that before summer, as I hope to sell the yarn at viking markeds this summer.
I mentioned earlier that I have spun at lot's of different locations, I guess that warrants some explaning. I have spun at home of course ;) but I have also had my spindles with me on travel. I have been as far north as Rennebu. I was there as a viking at a big craft fair. I have been as far south as Kristiansand, spun at the zoo there. I have also been as far east as Finland, me and the kids went on summer holiday there to my best friend, and a spinlde was with me of cource. The most fun I think is spinning when travelling to school in Oslo. It's an hours train journey and I have spun several yarns I call NSB yarn, NSB being our train company for short. I always get smiles and questions when I spin when waiting for the train.
A second pair of easy mittens.
This hat is knitted in fritidsgarn from sandnes
Theese are the simplest mittens ever, take two hours to knit: the yarn is cortina exlusive from gjestal and dpns 5mm. Cast on 30 st. knit 5 rounds garter stitch, the rest is knittet stokingnette. Knit 25 rounds, knit in an other yarn for 8 stitches to make a hole for the thumb. kontinue knitting for another 25 rounds. The decrease is a traditional round decrease, k2tog k 3 repeat to end of row, knit 3 rows, k2tog k2 to end of row. knit 2 rounds, k2tog k1 to end of round, k one round, k2tog to end of round, cut yarn and thread thru the remaining stitches. pick up the 15 stitches of the thumb, knit to fit and k2tog on last round. cut yarn and thread thru remaining stitches. weave in ends. this mitten is size man about.
My first attempt on EZ mitered mittens.
my guest slippers. Theese are knitted in 4 strands of finull from rauma. 
I'm knitting and making patterns again. This is a low quality picture but gives you an idea of whats coming. It¨s a spin off my little lady summer hat pattern. The yarn is Svale and there is an inscription in runes. This will come as a pattern sometime soon. In this hat the inscription says the name of the reciver, but in the pattern it will be a copy of an old rune inscription that says:
liki munu lifa hnta
long shall they (the runes) live and protect.
The inscription is from the Orrestad stone and is fron the later part of the viking aera. I have translated the runic letters to the older futhark, as it is the one most people know and I usually use. I hope you like it.
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