My Epla shop :)

I've knitted up a little pair of baby socks. 

Pattern: 48 st , k2,p2.

Yarn: 20 g Opal.

Needles: 2,5 mm.

They can be bought in my shop at epla which I have open today :)

Epla is the Norwegian version of Etsy. There is a lot og great things you can buy there!

A new woodstove :)

We've been busy replacing the old woodstove in the livingroom with a new one this weekend.

This is the old one, which must have been here since the 60's I think. It made a good heat, but isn't the prettiest woodstove I have seen. And some of the tiles had falled off so it was not a very pretty corner of our livingroom... The only thing I'll miss about the woodstove, is that it was great to put wet hats and mittens on top of it to dry when the kids came in after playing in the snow.

Here's how it turned out :) I'm so pleased with the new tiles and the new woodstove! It makes the room so much more cosy when we can see the flames!

 

You know it's only two months until Christmas..? I've started with some gift knitting. I'm not sure who will get these socks yet, but I'm sure they'll find a good home in the end ;)

Pattern: 60 st, k1, p1 cuff, short-row heel.

Yarn: 62 g Opal Petticoat #1294.

Needles: 2,5 mm.

Hi

I didn't plan to take a blog break, but it just happend and it have felt good with a couple of weeks not blogging or reading other blogs. (I'm trying not to think about all the blog post waiting for my in my reader though...) So what have I've been doing? Well, there have been knitting :), we've enjoyed fall and all it's great things and hubby and I got married on October 1st :) We had a small wedding with just the closest family for dinner. I guess it was about time after 12 years being engaged ;)

Anyway, the first snowfall came yesterday, and I managed to knit up a vest for Eirin just in time :) Sorry about the greyish pictures, but the light is not great at 7:25 am - I had to capture a few pictures before the schoolbus came ;)

And as you can see, it dosn't take much snow to make a snowman ;)

Pattern: Tunika med rund sal by Unn Søiland Dale from  the booklet Sandnes Til Fjells 0913 Barn/Voksne.
Yarn: Viking of Norway Baby Ull. About 150 g dark grey, 50 g white and a little bit of pink.
Needles: 2,5 mm & 3 mm.
Size: 8 years.

A close up of the pattern. There is a women sized version too which I really want to knit for myself.

This green yarn called my name at the local yarn shop a while ago, and they ended up as a pair of socks for hubby.
Pattern: 64 st, toe-up, short-row heel. A small rib just above the heel and a rib cuff.
Yarn: Drops Fabel #542.
Needles: 2,5 mm.

And you can see why Fall is my favourite season - the weather and the colour changes so fast. One day we had temperatures down at -6 C, which made a beautiful frosting on everything. And after the first storm all the leaves were gone and the only colour left was all the rowan berries.

Socks with short-row heel & toe, and some moths

This have been my mindless knitting infront of the tv the last weeks. K2, p2 needs hardly any thinking at all ;)
And when I made the heel and saw how great the stripes become, I desided that if the foot was long enough when I came to the black and white stripes again, I should try to make a short row toe so that the stripes would be the same at both heel and toe.  And so I did. And I really think they turned out great :) A bit more st to sew with kitchener stitch though...

Pattern: 60 st, k2,p2
Yarn: 60 g Opal Traumfänger/Dreamcatcher (discontinued) Colorway 1232
Needles: 2,5 mm

And with dark nights again, the moths have arrived and are flocking themselves around the light on our frontdoor. Beautiful aren't they? I really like the yellow one that looks so much like a leaf.

Purple Bluebell socks

New socks for Eirin :)

My 11th pair so far in the 52ppiv. I guess I'm a little behind... But I'm not going to stress ;) Knitting should be fun, not a chore.

The pattern is a cuff down sock, but I knitted it as a toe-up to make sure I had enough yarn, but also to make the bluebells the right way. Making them hang down.

Pattern: Bluebell rib from Sensational Knitted Socks.
Yarn: 44 g King Kole Zig Zag colorway 741.
Needles: 2,5 mm.
Size: 8 years, 54 st.

I see that I really need to get some sock blockers... The pattern doesn't show here at all :(

I guessed I would use up all of the yarn since it was leftovers after my own socks. But I had just enough left to crochet a square for my leftover sock yarn blanket too :)

And there's no doubt anymore - Fall is here. The lawn is covered in yellow leaves and today the rain is pouring down... Eirin is wearing a Hello Kitty hat I made for her about 2 years ago :) Endre is wearing a stripy hat I crochet earlier this summer. It's so great when the kids like to wear the things I make for them :)

New snow, purple socks and a elk family

It's been raining (pouring down) non-stop since Friday. And this morning we woke up to new snow on the mountains and 4 C. Looks like summer is over for this year.

Luckily most of the snow has melted through the day as the sun came out.

So I just have to keep up with my sock knitting to  keep my toes warm. There haven't been many days I have walked barefoot this summer...I haven't even put away the wool clothes during summer this year... Makes it all easier to see what I have to make though ;)

This was a easy pattern to knit. And I used only 58 g, so I could have knitted the leg much longer. Looks like maybe Eirin will get a pair of purple socks too :)
Pattern: Rainbow Over Lahaina from Sock Club: Join the knitting adventure
Yarn: 58 g King Cole Zig Zag Colorway 741
Needles: 2,5 mm

With all the rain that has came during the weekend, we've had a bit of cabin fever here. So when the sun came out today we had to head out and soak up some sunlight, knit and jump in the water puddles ;) The air has gotten that special cold and crisp smell which I love. I do like fall in all it's way, but I do think it has come a bit too early this year...

Endre's new wellies :)

On Thursday this little family was in the hill behind our house. I tried to come a bit closer to take better photos, but they got scared.
And I have now imported all the post from our hiking blog into this one. If you like to read those post I think you can find most of them throug the labels nature, forest, outdoors, hiking, lean-to and other "nature" related labels a bit down on the left of the blog.

I think my sock knitting mojo is back :)

I haven't knitted socks for a long time. Well, a long time for me it is ;) From always knitting on a pair to not complete a single pair for weeks, it feels like a long time ago since I casted off a pair of socks. But it finally seems like the sock knitting mojo is back! I have casted on for two new pairs this week, so hopefully there will be some finished socks soon :)

Pattern: Tsunami by Judy Sumner, from the book Knitted socks east and west - a great book!
Yarn: 74 g Lana Grossa Meilenweit 100 Cotton Fantasy Colorway 814.
Needles: 2,5 mm.

It was a great pattern to memorise, and a fast knit when I just put my mind to it.  The pattern is made up of knit and purl st and a small cable.

Since last time we've been...

...Almost raining away.
But after weeks with rain, the weekend finally brought the sun out :) We spent yesterday hiking and on the beach in Aglapsvika - a beautiful place which we had all to our self :) It was too cold for a swim though...

...Celebrating Endre's 5th birthday :)
And it's all about lego now, the small bricks, duplo is for babies ;)

...Painting, painting and painting.
The kids spent last week at my mom, so we could paint our livingroom and kitchen. It's amazing what a bit of colour can do :) Here are some before and after picture.

...Knitting.
 A pair of new socks for Endre.

...Hiking.
We've been climbing a few mountaintops :) See our outdoor blog for more pictures :)

With three more pair of socks this month, I feel a bit in advance for July ;) And I have three socks on the needles as well.

Pattern: Just a toe-up vanilla sock with a short row heel. They are long and I love the color!
Yarn: 83 g Zwerger Garn Opal Brasil # 5001.
Needles: 2,5 mm.

Pattern: Another toe-up vanilla sock with a short row heel :)
Yarn: 73 g Zwerger Garn Opal Traumfänger/Dreamcatcher # 1236.
Needles: 2,5 mm.

Pattern: Simple side to side socks.
Yarn: 58 g Zwerger Garn Opal Feelings # 1703.
Needles: 2,5 mm.

They got a bit small for me, so they might end up as a gift. And I might have used another yarn... But it was a new way to knit a sock, but I don't think I'll knit this pattern again.

We've had some warm days this week, but there's no sign of the tap water yet... And today the kids rescued this creature. He could not fly, so they picked him up and put him in our bird cherry tree. I have no idea what kind of insect this is, but maybe any of you know..?