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