Q! And A?

I have some questions to ask. I hope you know the answers to them.

1) Where the heck do I buy stuff from Knit Picks besides needles?? To me it seems impossible because I don't have en American adress to offer.

2) How on earth do you change colour when crocheting a granny square or a wheel of some sort?? I can't seem to get it to look nice and sorted. I read the otherwise very detailed instruction here...
my hexagons just still don't look great, to say the least.

I have been puzzled forever and ever, so if you can, PLEEEAAASE help :D

By the way....

I got a new job! :D I'm so exited! This is the job I really really wanted - and I got it!! Wuhuuu! Aarhus University here I come!

Back from the UK

We had such a fantastic time in England last weekend. I laughed until my face hurt! Saturday was spent at the Warwick Castle dungeons - that was the best ever. We - as in Don, his girlfriend Jade, four of Don's five sisters, their boyfriends, a couple of Don's old friends plus Moe and I - were led through the dark and scary dungeons. In each of them there was a little sort of play going on - everything was very much Black Adder-ish! :) I loved every second of it, and birthday boy, Don, got the birthday he wanted, I think :)

The joker snuck up on me! :)

The day after we continued celebrating at one of Don's sister's place. Family and old neighbors came too. We knew almost everybody, which gave it a 'back in the days' feel to it. Nice!

Birthday boy having his Aston Martin cake and eating it too.

Besides celebrating Don we also had time to just go for a nice, long walk, do a bit of shopping and enjoy a lovely Thai meal at the Sabai Sabai restaurant. I had hoped to bring a lot of books back with me but neither the yarnshop nor Waterstones carried any of the knitting books I was after. I did buy a few other things, though :)

My new buddy and I :)


On our way from Leamington to Warwick - one of my favorite places.


Rowan Handknit Cotton for a throw I plan to make, a crochet hook size 2.5 mm (half price compared to those in Denmark), the Sew It Up book that will - hopefully - teach me the basics and possibly more about sewing (I know nothing so succes is inevitable), a knitting magasine, stitch markers (a tenth of the price here), 105 little skeins of embroidery yarn (£1.99 - can you believe it?!) and the dark thing at the bottom is my current project; a pair of socks for my farther-in-law.

The Olympic Games - skiing (W)

Ta-daaaa!


;)

Spiral Yoke - ribbing

I did this hem 6 (six) times! I had to do it over so many times because, first I cast on using circular needles, then too many stitches, then my gauge was off and I had to rip the whole piece (about 4"), and then too few stitches, etc. etc.

Now I'm back on track :)

I'm loving it!

A long tail tubular cast on - which is why a circular needle is no good to begin with. I love the look of it, and the fact that it's super elastic.

Royal Leamington Spa

In less than two weeks Moe and I will be going to England. Going back. I love Leamington - it feels like home to me. Don turns 30 so we'll be seeing everyone and I can't wait.

Obviously, I'll go and buy the things I: A) can't buy here in Denmark, or B) won't buy here in Denmark because they are too expensive.

I made a list:

Vogue Knitting
Knit 1
Books in general
Curry paste and spices
Sweets
Yarn
KnitPick's knitpro wires


Unfortunately, the LYS in Leamington doesn't carry KnitPicks at all. What a shame. I'll try and see if I can find the time and go to Coventry. And Warwick. Perhaps there are yarn shops I don't know about?

And no, we will not be travelling with Ryanair! Thank God! :)

Spiral Yoke Swatches

So, I was ready to swatch for the spiral yoke sweater. I was sure I would be making this whole sweater on needles size 5.0 mm. My Knitpro couldn't be found anywhere and my jumper needles had turned into a pair of one(!) - once again I found myself spending money on something I knew I had already. In theory I don't need to buy anything knitting related. But that's just a theory.

I began swatching. And then it turns out that the right needle size for this project isn't 5.0 but 4.5 mm! Who would have guessed.... ;)

Left: 5.0
Rigth: 4.5 - the one Moe and I like the best

Hooked inspiration

I met with both knitters and crocheters who inspired my to do a little crocheting myself. I'm not very good at it, but I'll keep practicing.

A few months ago I went to IKEA and bought this pillow; I knew I wanted to make some kind of pillow case in the near future. The pillow has been lying around and no pillow case was made. Until now. Or, at least I think it will turn into a pillow case :)

I made eight of these granny squares and then ran out of the orange ShibuiSock in the centre of each square. A thing lightly to happen when only scrap yarn is used. So now what? I dunno. Only time can tell.