Merry Christmas

The first signs of Christmas are here...

Trellis

Buttons were added minutes before the cardigan was handed over to Tristan. His parents thought he looked like 'a million dollar baby' - and I'd have to agree :)

The pattern is 'Trellis' from Knitty. I enjoyed knitting this; the cables, the yarn, the size... it just all came together in such a perfect way. The yarn, by the way, is Berroco's Ultra Alpaca.

The photos are, however, not the best quality: these three shots and it went 'battery low'. Typical!

Quick Poncho

I've been wanting a poncho for some time, and a couple of weeks ago I came across some very cheap Natur Uld in a limited range of colours, though. The poncho was done in no time and even though the result reflects I didn't have much yarn to chose from, I like it. And it's perfect when driving.



What can I say... it's a lot easier to take somebody else's picture!

I quit

Sometimes things just don't work out the way you planned. For 16 months I have tried to like my job - it didn't work out. I still enjoy being an accountant just not at my present workplace. In fact, I sort of hate it. So I quit. It's crazy since I don't have another job waiting for me and unemployment is off the chart right now. But I reeaaaaally can't stay there much longer. And now it feels good to know that it will soon be over - almost like when you decide to unravel what you've spent hours knitting because you realize you made a horrible mistake :)

P.S. If you have a job for me, do tell ;)

Kitchen Towel

I had a significant amount of cotton yarn (if you take into consideration that I rarely knit with cotten that is). In an attempt to get rid of at least some of it I crocheted this kitchen towel. I really like the result; there was no pattern, no detailed plan - but it turned out to be a very useful towel.

What a beauty

Last weekend I spent most of my time helping my granddad move his stuff to his new home not far away from the old one. The parkinson's disease is taken its toll on him and making it impossible for him to do any gardening, driving, walking the dog and such. In fact it's making life something he has to overcome most days. Anyway, his new home is a lot smaller than the old one, and that meant leaving a lot of things behind. Some of them were a little difficult to part with (for me, that is - my granddad is not too sentimental :).

One of the things that he couldn't find the room for was this lovely piece of furniture. I'm not sure what the correct term would be, since it's the kind of furniture you'd have in your bedroom 40-50 years ago. The top is a lid that holds a mirror, there are two small drawers and spare room for one's hair brush, makeup and such. Below, there are three regular drawers. Fancy, I'm telling you. It's made with palisander and he made it himself..... 'during lunch hour'... as he put it ;)

When you look up 'perfection' there ought to be a picture of this particular furniture in the dictionary. In case you don't have a dictionary, here goes.



I cleaned it and gave it a bit of teak oil. The wood thanked me for that.

Christmas Stocking Swap on Ravelry

Last year I was invited to participate in a so-called Christmas Stocking swap. It's a thing on Ravelry. A huge group of people knit Christmas stockings - one each - and when finished and stuffed, each member of this swap group sends his or her stocking to another group member. My stocking was sent to Jeniffer last year, and this year she chose to make my stocking. Really nice of her! And she did good! Take a look at all the things, beside the stocking itself, she sent me. I'm spoiled rotten :)

There were more sugar sticks to begin with, but somehow they just vanished... strange....

Spinning Lesson

About a week ago I asked around for some info on spinning. Ulla (aka vanadia on rav.) volunteered to teach me the basics. I warned her that I knew absolutely nothing on beforehand. I didn't even know the Danish word for fleece (how bad is that!). Ulla did great. Soon after she arrived I was spinning away! She left me with a spinning kit, which gives me the chance to see if I should invest in a spindle myself.

Ulla showing how it's done.

About one hour's work! Not much and not pretty, but it's there! :D

I think I'll buy my very own spindle in the very near future. I'll keep you posted.