It's growing

Tomatoes

Zucchini

Bell pepper :: Paprika

Sugar pea flower

Sugarpea - soon ready to pick

Potatoes

Mangold

Purple carrots

Raddish

Lettuce

WIP :: Love pillow

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Knitting: After finishing the socks for my sister, I didn't know what to knit next.
I have Snowflake on my needles, but I'm not sure if I like the yarn... So I have put it aside for a while.
I also have a few dishclothes which I knit a few rows on now and then. But I felt the need to cast on something new. To knit something I haven't made before... So I found "Putefest" (pillow party) in my bookshelf, and desided to make some new pillows. I had some old cotton in my stash and hopefully I will have enough white to finish it.

Reading: I've been catching up on a norwegian series "Tre søstre" (three sisters) which are set in Målselv in the late 1800 and early 1900. I'm halfway through book 54. Yes, historical fiction series with a lot of books is normal here in Norway ;) And it's very popular with series set in the time from as long back as 1200. I must confess that I like this kind of series and have a lot of them ;)
I'm also reading an urban fantasy series - Lords of the Underworld. I'm reading book 3 at the moment and they are quite good.

What's on your needles?
What are you reading?

FO :: Birthday socks

Since the Fa fa fa socks got to small, I had to cast on and knit up a new pair in a hurry for my sisters birthday yesterday.

Pattern: 64 sts, k2, p2 rib with a short row heel
Yarn: 64 g Fabel #901p
Needles: 2,5 mm

When I knit in yarn like this, I try to get the two socks to have matching stripes. I managed to do so until I got to the toe...

FO :: Fa fa fa socks

They were meant to be a gift for someone, but the cables made them too tight.
So Eirin got herself a new pair instead ;)

Pattern: Fa fa fa socks
Yarn: 56 g Fabel #904p
Needles: 2,5 mm
Size: small - 64 sts
Started: June 10 2013
Completed: June 21 2013

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FO :: Freya

I've been testknitting this beautiful shawl for Drømme.
I choose to knit it with smaller needles, but it turned out big enough.
It's an easy pattern to memorize and I just love the hearts!

The shawl is in the "Heart" challenge in the blog Pinnekroken.

Pattern: Freya
Yarn: 102 g Fabel #102
Needles: 3,5 mm
Hook: 3 mm
Size: Ca. 170 cm across. I made 7 repeats of pattern B.
Modifications: I casted on 3 sts, kitted 6 rows and picked up 3 sts along the knitted edgae and 3 sts on the cast on edge = 9 sts.
Started: June 4 2013
Completed: June 11 2013

WIP :: Fa fa fa socks & Snowflake

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Reading: I got a free book from one of my bookclubs, and I choose "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. I'm just a few pages in, so I can't tell you if I like it or not.

And I am still reading my way through "A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold" by George R. R. Martin. I've read pass the season finale in the Game of Thrones series - and boy do I look forward to season 4!!

Knitting: My Freya shawl is blocking, FO post coming soon :)

So on the needles now is a pair of Fa fa fa socks. And I've started Snowflake for Eirin. 

Lately in my kitchen

Cod with leeks & springonion

Meatballs in gravy with potatoes, carrot stew and lingonberries

Carrot stew

Sticky chocolate cake 

Recipes can be found in my blog Kaos på Kjøkkenet.

The translate button is not the greatest, but I think you will figure

 out what you'll need and what to do ;)

What's been cooking in your kitchen lately?

WIP :: Freya

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Reading: I'm still reading my way to the brick of a book as A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire #3.2)by George R.R. Martin is.

Knitting: I'm test knitting Freya - a beautiful shawl with hearts. Of course it had to be pink. It's a fast knit and the pattern is easy to memorize :)

FO :: Hubby's socks

Hubby's socks are done :)

Pattern: 72 sts, k2, p2
Yarn: Fantasy Strømpegarn by Sandnes Garn. 75 g brown #3100 and 76 g blue #5800
Needles: 2,5 mm
Started: April 19 2013
Completed: May 31 2013

Normally, I try to match the stripes when I am making socks, but with just 100 g of each colour and it being discontinued, I wasn't sure it would be enough. But I think they look great without matching stripes and hubby doesn't care ;)

This week in the garden

- Blooming birdcherry
- I found a pretty little Heartsease growing amongs the weeds, so I dug it up and planted it in one of the rised beds
- The rose root is starting to bloom
- Pretty little tomato flowers
- Redcurrant flowers
- Zucchini buds
- The raddish is growing
- The raspberry bushes that I thought had died during the winter, has starting to get leaves
- Potatoes has been planted
- Pretty Barlotti beans has been planted