# 6/52 Stripes

My 6th pair is off the needles, and I'm starting to feel that I'm able to complete this challenge ( 52ppiii) A pair each week this month and I'm ahead ;)

I have knitted a pair of socks in this colorway before, but I really think these plain socks show off the colors so much better.

Pattern: Simple and plain socks with a short-row heel. 64 st.
Yarn: Opal Brasil # 5006
Needles: 2,5 mm

Song for Eirabu

Song for Eirabu Bind 1, Slaget på Vigrid by Kristine Tofte

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars

Dette er en av de bøkene hvor scenene strømmer på på netthinna.

En ser Ragna som danser med sverdet, Berghitte som rir på ulven, store båter som setter seil, guder og gudinner, nonner i klosteret, små landsbyer med trehytter og store byer med hvite hus oppetter fjellsidene i Syrren.

Dette er en spennende bok hvor vi dras inn i mystikken rundt verdens tilblivelse, om guder og gudinner og om maktkampen om verdensherredømmet. Søstrene Ragna og Berghitte kommer til å spille hver sin store rolle i denne kampen. Selv syns jeg det er flott at det for en gangs skyld er kvinner som har makten, og at de ikke bare står for den magiske/mystiske siden av historien.

Og det er også deilig med en fantasy bok hvor det ikke kryr av "orker" og andre stygge skapninger. Tofte har klart å få med noe av det jeg liker best med norske sagn og eventyr, nemlig byttinger. Broren til Ragna og Berghitte, Kjerald, er en slik. Uten språk, men med en herlig sangstemme som trøster mora. Her er det også ingen alver, men i stede er skogen i Yllarheim voktet av ulver. Det er også andre voktere, fisker og ørner.

Jeg er nok en av de få som likte nynorsk bedre enn bokmål på skolen ;)

Og denne boka er en drøm for oss som liker nynorsk. Noen ord kan kanskje være litt uvante i starten, så det hadde kanskje gjort seg med en liten ordliste bak i boka...

Uansett, jeg gleder meg til bok nummer to. Bare synd det er så lenge å vente...

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Friday Flickr Favorites :)

1. playing with food, 2. February Lady Sweater yay!, 3. My mittens are finally finished!, 4. tourmalines~, 5. Wonder Twin powers activate! , 6. Lovisa's garden, 7. pincushion, 8. I Mama, 9. Rosy Maple Moth, 10. summer breakfast, 11. New Wall of Art, 12. campfire knitting, 13. teeny shelf., 14. Socks Elk Safari 7/52, 15. Heart Felt - upcycled felt heart cardigan, 16. Heddal stavkirke, 17. Purple Flower 3, 18. Midnight sun, 19. Captain Jack Bot, 20. Super Mario Bros - Mario, 21. paperdolls 'r' us, 22. Fabel Cable hæl, 23. Knee socks in the sun, 24. june garden lookback

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# 5/52 Lacy ribs socks

My 5th pair is done. Toe-up socks are not my favorite, but I have bought Wendy knits book Socks from the toe-up and will give it a go ;) I even joined the socks from the toe-up kal at Ravelry and these are the socks for June. I'm very pleased with these. Wendy's magical cast on for the toe is really magic and so easy!

It's the first time I have knitted this type of heel - a gusset heel. And I must say it was a fast and easy heel, faster then a short-row heel...

Pattern: Lacy ribs socks from Socks from the toe-up.
Yarn: Opal Petticoat Cotton # 1340
Needles: 2,25 mm
Size: M

Not as planned...

We had rented this cabin for the weekend and went up to it Friday afternoon. After playing outside for hours until bedtime, everything was just fine. But with a cabin that everyone can rent, I guess there will always be someone that don't bother to clean up after oneself... And I think it must be years since last time this cabin has been washed down from roof to floor... So when we went inside and the kids started to play in the beds and sofa, the air got filled with dust... The result, Endre got thight in his chest, and could have gotten an asthma attack if we had stayed :( So we just had to pack up and drive home.

# 4/52 Monkey

Pair #4 is off the needles :) A pair of Monkey.

I was not sure abot the color when I casted on for these, but as I knitted away I liked it more and more. And I do have a second skein of it :)

Pattern: Monkey
Yarn: Opal Petticoat # 1294
Needles: 2,5 mm

I might knit up a pair again soon, as I have seen some around at Ravelry without the purls...

I got this award from Strikkeguri some days ago - thank you so much!
I find it hard to just give it away to just 8 bloggers, there are SO many that inspires me every day. So I'll give it to all of you wonderful readers who are so kind to leave me comments. We all love comments don't we ;)

My boys and socks on the needles

It was Erlend's turn to be sick today. And I think it's the first time in ages that I've only had the boys home - and Endre was thrilled to have his big brother all to him self! He has been following him all day. Here they are listening to music. Can you see that Endre is dancing on his chair :)

It's still raining, so there is a lot of time for knitting. I casted on for a pair of Monkey yesterday - a fun and fast knit! And although I'm not so fond of the black&white stripes that are in some of the yarn from Opal, I like the colors in this skein.

I've also got my first pair of Kai-mei on the needles. But I'll have to frog it back to the heel because I've knitted a little mistake :(

And yes, we're still wearing wool socks here... Washed a pile of them today. The summer seems to have forgotten us. With rain and hardly 10 C it's cold. And with the Solstice just a week away, I really hope we'll get some sun and warm weather before the days get shorter and darker again!

# 3/52 K2, p1 socks for Erlend

When I was knitting the socks for hubby, Erlend tried them on and asked if I could knit him a pair. I got very surprised when he asked, because I haven't knitted him socks in years since he has so warm feet and dosn't like to wear wool socks. So here they are, my 3rd pair for the 52ppIII. A simple k2, p1 socks with a short row heel.

Pattern: 60 st , k2, p2
Yarn: 60 g Opal Acapulco #1307
Needles: 2,5 mm

There hasn't been much knitting this weekend. But there has been lots of wool still. Saturday we spent parts of the day at Senja Familiepark. Much more photos here :)

The Bird cherry is in full bloom now :) Yesterday was a rainy day and it still pours down. We are starting to get sick around here, both Endre and I has sore throats. And when he gets a sore throat, his asthma hits. So we haven't slept good this night... Fortunately hubby has taken a day off so I could sleep in this morning.

Birthday girl :)

How time flies. Eirin is 7 years today. I feel like it was just yesterday I gave birth to her. It was a warm and sunny night and Hubby and I spent most of the time waiting outside in the garden of the birth clinic. Watching birds and soaking up the midnightsun.
She got a little package from her brothers when she woke up today, and among other thing she got a pair of Hello Kitty stud earrings from Somewhere Out There :) SO cute!

And of course I had to bake a cake with Hello Kitty ;) I also baked muffins. If any have a good recipe for muffins withour eggs, pleace let me know. I 've tried several, but I think theyeither get too doughy or too heavy...

I got packages too today - three new knitting books :) Sock innovation, The ultimate sock book and Socken aus aller Welt. So I'm going to put the kids to bed and curl up in the sofa and read!
The forecast predict great wether for the weekend, so tomorrow we're going to Senja familiepark :)

# 2/52 - Wildflower target

My second pair for the 52ppIII is done. I casted on for this late in May, and they've been laying around with just the toes and the targets left. So yesterday I pulled myself together and finished them. And I'm so happy with how they turned out :)

I've named them Wildflower target after the name of the yarn I've used for the targets. It's leftovers from my Chevron socks. The yarn is from Mountain colors yarn, -Bearfoot in the Wildflower colorway (scroll down to the bottom). I got it in a swap years ago from Chaterine.

Pattern: Target practice Socks.
Yarn: 100 g Sisu #5575 and leftovers of Wildflower.
Needles: 2,5 mm

A new favorite author/illustrator!

We got two beautiful children books in the mail today - both written and illustrated by David Melling. The story about The kiss that missed is sweet and even though it's a fairytale it's still very boy-ish with the dragon and all the sahdows of animals.

In The scallywags we meet the wolves that dosn't have any manners at all. So the rest of the animals stops inviting them for dinners and playing. So what to do? They get really good manners. A good lesson about not overdoing.


På norsk er bøkene å få i Go'boken :)

Which Ewe Are You?

I took the test and become a longwool. And I hope Clara Parkes' new book "The knitters book of wool" is as great as "The knitters book of yarn".

Ps. I might be done with my 2nd pair of socks today ;) Just have two toes to knit...

Where the wild things are

I haven't read the book, but I'm SO looking forward to seeing this :)

Where the wild things are

Knitting in the forest :)

We've been out in the forest today and ofcourse
I had to take my sock knitting with me :)

# 1/52 - stripy socks for Hubby

My first pair in 52ppIII are done. It's a simple pair of k2, p2 socks for Hubby.

Pattern: k2, p2. 64 st
Yarn: 100 g Järbo Garn Mellanraggi #28006. The heels and toes are knitted with leftovers of grey from my purple target socks.
Needles: 2,5 mm

I must be crazy...

Because I've joined 52 pair plunge III.
The Challenge is to

* Knit or crochet 52 pairs of socks in one calendar year (midnight 1 June 2009 - midnight May 31, 2010)
* Socks may be any pattern, any yarn, any size (baby, child, adult) – leg warmers, knitted boots, slippers, etc. do not count because they are not socks! And yes WIP’s count!

So I'm off to knit 52 pairs of socks the next twelve months... I have four sock wip's so there shouldn't be any problem yet ;) I'll keep track on my socks in the sidebar to the right.

The beginning of three blankets :)

Even though I think it's fun crocheting hexagons for the "en bestemor om dagen" cal, I needed some fast crochet too. So I've started on three (!) blankets - one for each kid. The pattern is Circles to squares afghan (rav link). This is a fun and fast project :)

Friday flickr favorites

1. mummy and babies, 2. Amigurumi Fish for Creature Crochet, 3. DSC01958, 4. Color, color, color!, 5. lovely flower, 6. I may have ordered some crochet cotton: YIP.78, 7. heart of stone, 8. four finished flowery bags, 9. Kiila, 10. i failed to mention, 11. Knitting in colour, 12. Heart Stones, 13. Made Ella a friend..., 14. Joelle's Giant Granny Square, 15. Rødsildre (Saxifraga oppositifolia), 16. travel bear, 17. marisol 1, 18. Margaret Drinks Tea - ooak, 19. Pile-able Pups, 20. Wilhelmiina, 21. God's Eye or Ojo de Dios, 22. Little blue flower, 23. bread by me, photo by Kale, 24. z, 25. ♥, 26. Interactive project stage 8 finished, 27. Baby Cradle , 28. rare butterfly sightings coming to a garden near you, 29. Peg Bunny #16, 30. Creeper, 31. 3398833090_2ac7009258, 32. hope springs eternal, 33. Zum Dirndl, 34. my new teacup pouche arrived :-))), 35. Too Hot! Too Hot! Hot Pads, 36. Maneki neko

The Lady and the Unicorn

The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is a beautiful, beautiful book!

The Lady and the Unicorn is a historical novel, set in 15th century France. As Jean Le Viste commissions painter Nicholas des Innocents (who is anything but innocent) to design six tapestries with battle scenes, Jean's wife ask Nicholas to make something else. So he suggest scenes of a lady seducing a unicorn.

Each chapter is told by different people who takes part in making these tapestries. From Nicholas to the lassier who weaves, to girls who get sedused by Nicholas. He loves telling the ladies about the (his) unicorn horn and how if the horn is dipped into a poisoned well it becomes pure again...

It's a great book of love that cannot be, corruption and sex. We also get to know how these tapestries are made, from treading the loom to coloring the yarn - but in a interesting way.


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