Toys!

I have needed(!) a swift and a ball winder for a very long time - or so it seems. And because my mother never knows what to get me for my birthday, she and my dad give me a handful of cash AND presents. It's weird but I won't complain.

One of my friends gave me a gift certificate to a book store. I went there today a bought.... yeah, you guessed it, a book! It's called 'Kæk og klassisk børnestrik' and it's all about knitting, i.e. patterns for 2-10 year-olds.

Back to the toys!

See how the yarn sneaks up on the swift....? It can't wait for the fun to begin! ;)

The Harlot, Kimberly and I

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I've participated in a couple of yarn swaps on the Internet - all via ravelry. One of the other members on ravelry was in search of as much Noro yarn as she could possibly get her hands on, and because she doesn't know enough English to make things happen, I decided to help her out. To make a long story short I got in contact with Kimberly from Rhode Island. Emails went back and forth. It then turns out that she too is a Yarn Harlot fan! I had just finished the 'Secret Life of a Knitter' and I was very well-entertained all the way through which made me want more.





Kimberly came to my rescue. She sent me the new Yarn Harlot book: Things I Learned from Knitting. Signed and all! Not only that, she also sent copies to the ravelry member looking for Noro AND to Lise. In fact, the package was full of goodies. I owe Kimberly big time :) I'll pay her in Kauni when she decides on colour and amount :)

Lovely presents

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Birthday presents are nice. Some of them are very very nice. Here are a few...
Not only do I feel lucky that these lovely things were for me. I also appreciate the fact that both friends and family realize that yarn and jewelry are always welcome. They seem to understand that, yes, I have a lot of yarn but that's because I love yarn - hence more yarn is what I like. Thanks, Lise! :)
I can't say that I have a lot of jewelry but I think that has something to do with me being a bit picky. And unfortunately I prefer the not so cheap stuff. Moe knows this. He is also the one who bought the extremely beautiful earrings - and for the first time ever he wrote me a birthday card! I simply could not thank him enough.

What's your name?

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Ever so often I attend these knitting sessions; random ones and the ones 'Seriøs Strik for Sjov' host. The other knitters are very nice people but I only know a few of their names. It's not as if it's very important to know - still, it would be nice if I did know their names. It would also eliminate the use of phrases such as: "the lady with brown hair who's currently knitting a green sock..", or "Hello you there with the yellow hat in the making". 'Ruth' or 'Joan' would be a lot shorter and easier :) I hope some - if not all of them - will make a name tag for themselves. I'll not tell them to do so, I'll just make one for myself :)

Stitch markers.....ack!

Today I went down to the local crafts shop to buy some stitch markers. I need one single stitch marker for my denim blue cardigan. The shop, Panduro Hobby, carries only one kind of stitch markers so they would have to do. But they don't! My god, how can you mess up something as utterly simple as stitch markers - I wouldn't trust the designers to be able to eat and drink right. Of course I shouldn't have settled for this cheap version but desperation got the better of me - again :)

Buttons. Red buttons, blue buttons, green buttons.....

For a couple of weeks I've been looking for an inexpensive batch of buttons - I was going for buttons that would be suitable for children's clothes, meaning that I wouldn't mind it at all if they were a little 'off' and funny. At last; completely unexpected I came across a bag full of crazy buttons as I was at Panduro Hobby to look for some boring stuffing for Pelefant..... sweeeet!