Friday Flickr Favourites :: Pink

1. New pink wellies for green wellies!, 2. Mya, 3. Pink hat, 

4. love, 5. the pink castle, 6. Don't wear pink Chucks in a muddy garden, 

7. Branching Out, 8. pink sparrow, 9. Pink Tulips, 

10. Little Pink Easter Bunny, 11. Pink sweater, 12. pink

Pink wildflowers

August is pink/purple in Project Spectrum (flickr link, Ravelry link). So when we were berry picking yesterday I was looking for pink wildflowers. I found some. This is a thistle. When I was little we used to use these as a shaving brush when we played ;) It grew a lot of these near a creak at my grandma's house.

Heather - I love this little plant.

Fireweed. Here in Norway we can see how far Fall is away by looking at how far up the flowers has sprung on the Fireweed. The further up the closer the Fall is... So by the look of this fireweed, Fall must be just around the corner...

Jannock

I’m finish with the vest :) After Endre tried it on when I had finished it, I see that I might should have knitted with size 4mm needles or knitted the 8 years size. Because it got a little tight around the chest… But it fits him in lenght and around the stomach. But then again all kids comes in differenst shapes and sizes ;)

Pattern: Jannock by Elin Bergsdottir.
Yarn: I used a norwegian yarn, Mor Aase. 0.34 skeins Gray = 37.1 yards (33.9m) and 3.17 skeins Blue= 345.5 yards (316.0m)
Needles: 3 and 3.5 mm
Size: 6 years

Meet Wilma & Wilbur Whale :)

I started these back in May and promised Eirin & Endre that I would finish them while they was on summervacation with my Mom. So I did :) They wanted them to have some little friends, so I added some starfish and fish ;)
Pattern: Wilbur Whale from Crochet designs for kids.
Yarn: Mor Aase bomull.
Hook: 3 mm.

Friday Flickr Favourites :: Green

Another month is over and I've collected some of my green favourites over at Flickr. June has been the gren month in Project Spectrum and now it's time for one of my favourite colours - Blue :)

1. green arch shaped socks, 2. finished buttons, 3. Miniature Kvassdalen, 4. Green shoes, 5. Second hand green yarn

6. NOTHING !!!! But where are little Easter eggs ?? :(((, 7. It's a Boy Round-Up, 8. Pigeonroof Socks, 9. Deteriorating: YIP.47, 10. Don't keep calm and carry on., 

11. easy being green, 12. Green Dress, 13. Green Flames, 14. Green Autumn, 15. asparagus, 

16. "Heart Felt" upcycled green wool dress, 17. quilt on pretty red box, 18. fiddleheads, 19. shades of green, 20. "Sprout" green hemp :: crochet

Yarn Along :: WIP Wednesday

I know. It's been weeks since I had a Yarn Along :: WIP Wednesday post here... But a combination of wonderful sunny weather and a internet connection that have come and gone, has made me a bad blogger lately. And a bad reader of blogs too... I'm not sure if I dare take a look at all the blogs I'm following - there must be so many post I have missed. And I have been knitting - just need the time to take pictures and blog about them. The kids have taken their Summer vacation from school and kindergarden, so we have a bit more lazy mornings now :) Today I had to grab a couple of cinnamonrolls for breakfast before they all got out of bed - or else I'm sure there wouldn't be anyone left for me later ;)

Knitting: I casted on for an Ishbel shawl last night. I suddenly remembered that this month is green in Project Spectrum, so I had to look for some green yarn in my stash and ended up with a ball of Zauberball :)

Reading: I have a few books I'm reading it, but I have my main focus on a norwegian novel Før de ni verdner styrter by Andreas Bull-Hansen. It's the second book in a trilogy and it's the tale of Ty Ar, the norse war god, who returns to Åsgard after living among the humans in Midgard for 14 years. In this epic novel, the reader is brought along on a journey into the world of waring vanes, ancient jotuns and the ruling aesi, the god-people in Åsgard.
Endre and I are also enjoying Treasury of Animal Stories by Susanna Davidson. Endre loves animals, so this book is the perfect book before bedtime :)

A little red bib

I was so sure I would manage to finish my Plain and Simple sweater by the end of May... But I was wrong. The collar and it's k3, p3 seems to take forever to knit up *sigh* So I desided to finish another little red project, so I at least would have one red project to show off for Project Spectrum ;)
I'm going to knit some bibs in different colours I can sell in my Epla shop. It looks kinda pink, but it's actually very red. I really need to find out how to take better pictures of red things with my camera...

Pattern: I've used this pattern for inspiration.
Yarn: Gjestal Bomull Sport.
Needles: 3,5 mm

Casting on with red

It's the first day of Project Spectrum today. The colours for May is red and orange. I like red, but orange is not one of my favourite colours. I've had Plain and Simple in my queue for a long time and I've had some red yarn for it too. So I guess it was the right time to cast on for it today :) Hopefully I will have it done before May is over.

A new outfit for the doll

March and April is green in this years Project Spectrum. Green is not one of my favorite colors, so I don't have much yarn in shades of green. However, I once bought a kilo (!) of some green acrylic yarn at a flea market many years ago... And now I have used up the last balls of it - yeah!

Pattern: Kjørepose til baby from a norwegian book - Babystrikk til dukken. (Rav link)
Yarn: 200 g of Sally ( a yarn no longer in sale)
Needles: 3 mm

It fits the doll perfect! But I'm so glad I'm done with it. The yarn was a pain in the ass to knit with :/ But the kids are happy, and as long as Eirin are at school, Endre can have the doll and the new outfit for himself. I know they will quarrel about it when she gets home... *sigh*

Doll clothes

Dukka til Eirin har fått seg litt nye klær. Fant ut at jeg ikke har laget så mye i Project Spectrum fargene disse månedene, så da ble det grønt :)

Eirin's doll has got some new clothes. I found out that I haven't made so many things with the Project Spectrum colors these months, so green it is :)

Settet består av bukse, jakke, lue og sokker.

The set is with jacket, trousers, hat and socks.

Mønster: Babyborn i vårgrønt og naturhvitt fra Babystrikk til dukken.
Garn: 200 g Daletta nr 8817 og 50 g Rubin.
Pinner: 3 mm

Pattern: From a norwegian book.
Yarn: 200 g Daletta # 8817 and 50 g Rubin.
Needles: 3 mm

Men siden metallic også var en del av fargene, måtte jeg finne på noe mer. Så jeg leta gjennom garnet mitt og fant et lite nøste med gullgarn. Aner ikke hva slags merke eller hva det er laget av. Tror det er noen rester jeg har fått av mamma for lenge siden. Skikkelig hardt og stivt å strikke med.

But since metallic was one of the colors too, I had to come up with some more. So I went through my yarn and found a small ball of goldyarn. I have no idea what brand or what it's made of. I think I have gotten it from my mother a long time ago. It was really hard and stiff to knit with.

Nede sydde jeg på et gammelt bånd for å pynte den litt opp.

On the bottom I sewed on a ribbon to doll it up a bit.

Og som dere ser, så ble det ikke så mange prosjekter i fargene brunt, grønt og metallic. Juni og juli er elementet luft med fargene grå, hvit og gult. Har ikke noen planer ennå så vi får se hva som dukker opp ;)

And as you can see, it didn't became so many projects with the colors brown, green and metallic. June and July is the element air with the colors grey, white and yellow. i have not made any plans yet ;)

Toy Week :: Day One

Green Jello arrangerer toy week denne uka :)

Green Jello has set up a toy week this week :)

Med 2 gutter (3 hvis jeg teller med samboern)
så er det en del biler her.
Her har minstemann og jeg plukka
frem grønne, brune og metall
fargede biler - til project spectrum's earth farger.

With 2 boys (3 if I count with hubby)
there is a lot of cars around here.
The little man and I has picked out
green, brown and metallic cars
for project spectrums earth color.

Strikka småting / Small knits

Erlend har lenge ønska seg fingerløse votter, men jeg har liksom ikke funnet noe mønster jeg har likt. Men i boka Knitting new mittens and gloves av Robin Melanson fant jeg dette mønsteret. Enkelt og raskt å strikke, og gutten er fornøyd :) Jentene har allerede funnet garn til sine, så jeg må legge opp til neste par senere i kveld. Er fint å høre at ungene faktisk har lyst til at jeg skal strikke noe til dem. Disse er også mitt første bidrag til project spetrums element jord. Hvor fargene er grønn, brun og metallic.

Mønster: Evening light fra Knitting new mittens and gloves
Garn: 50 g Smart
Pinner: 3 mm

Erlend has for a long time wanted a pair of fingerless mitts, but I haven't found a pattern that I've liked. But in the book Knitting new mittens and gloves by Robun Melanson I found this pattern. Easy and quick to knit, and the boy is happy :) The girls has already picked their color, so I have to cast on for a new pair tonight. It's great when the kids actually ask me to knit something for them. These is my first conrtibution to project spectrums element earth. Where the colors is green, brown and metallic.

Pattern: Evening light from Knitting new mittens and gloves
Yarn: 50 g Smart
Needles: 3 mm

Og minstemann har fått seg nye ullsokker. De er strikka i rester av finull og pt2.

And the youngest has got a new pair of wool socks. They are knitted from left overs of finull and pt2.

Rokk / Spinning wheel

Samboern overraska meg med å komme hjem med denne på fredag! Han hadde vært innom en brukthandel og kjøpt denne for bare 900,- Den er fra 1880 og er en vingerokk. Jeg har lenge hatt lyst på en gammel rokk, men de vokser jo ikke akkurat på trær... Syns ikke så mye om fargen, men jeg tror ikke det er noen vits i å prøve å fjerne malingen. Er vel litt av sjarmen med slike gamle ting ;)

Hubby surprised me by coming home with this on Friday! He had stoped at a local second hand shop and bought this for only 900,- Nok. It's from 1880. I have wanted an old spinning wheel, but they don't grow on trees... I don't like the color much, but I guess it's no use to try to get it off. i guess it some of the charm by old things ;)

Snella er desverre ødelagt, men jeg håper å finne ei ny eller få noen til å lage en ny.

The bobbin is broken, but I hope I can find a new or get someone to make me a new one.

En kan se at den har vært brukt mye. Og jeg håper at jeg en dag kan lære å spinne mitt eget garn på denne! Ikke for at jeg må, men fordi jeg har lyst. Er ikke fritt for at tankene går til alle mødre som før i tiden måtte karre og spinne ull for å kunne strikke eller veve klær til familien sin. Så en er utrolig heldig som kan gå i butikken og velge og vrake i hyllene uten å tenke over arbeidet fra ulla skal av sauen og til den ender opp som et fargerikt garn nøste.

One can see that this have been used a lot. And I do hope that i one day can learn to spin my own yarn with this! Not because I have too, but because I want too. There's no doubt that my minds goes to all the mothers in the past that had to card and spin the wool to be able to knit or weave clothes for the family. So we are lucky that we can just go to the shop and pick from the shelves without thinking about the work behind.

Og denne boka dumpa ned i postkassa i går :) Mye flott i den. Tror det blir en liten elefant på pinnene snart ;)

And this book came in my mailbox yesterday :) A lot of great stuff. i think there will be a little elephant on the needles soon ;)

Den første delen av project spectrum går mot slutten, og dette er det siste jeg rekker fra mine pinner i farger som passer til elementet ild . Husflidslaget har også i år kjøpt en baby born dukke som skal loddes ut til jul, og vi medlemmene lager klær til den.
Mønster: Fra boka babystrikk til dukken av Målfrid Gausel.
Garn: 50 g daletta
Pinner: 3 mm

The first part of project spectrum is getting to it's end, and this is the last from my needles in colors that matches the element of fire.
Pattern: from a norwegian book with dollclothes
Yarn: 50 g daletta
Needles: 3 mm

Og her er mine bilder og prosjekter til elementet ild. Så nå må jeg snart finne frem garn i farger som passer til elementet jord - grønn, brunn og metallic.

And here is my pictures and projects for the element of fire. And soon I'll have to find yarn in colors for the element of earth - green, brown and metallic.

Chevalier mittens

Jeg har ikke strikka fletter så mange ganger før, men disse var veldig lette! Og de har gitt mersmak ;)

Mønster: Chevalier mittens av Tikru
Garn: I underkant av 150 g Daletta
Pinner: 3,5 mm

I haven't knitted cables many times before, but these was easy to make! And I want to do more ;)
Pttern: Chevalier mittens by Tikru
Yarn: A little less than 150 g Daletta
Needles: 3,5 mm

Aili's mittens for me and toe-ups for hubby

Jeg måtte strikke meg selv et par av disse vottene som jeg strikka til Endre. For å prøve å holde meg til project spectrum fargene, så måtte jeg lete gjennom stashet mitt ;) Fant et nøste gusje orange Rubin, men sammen med hvitt ble det ikke så verst.
Mønster: Aili's mittens av Tuulia
Garn: 50 g orange nr 418 Rubin og 50 g hvit Hauk
Pinner: 3,5 mm

I just had to knit myself a pair of these mittens I knitted to Endre. To stay with the project spectrum colours, I had to dig through my stach ;) I found some horrible orange, but together with white it came out not so bad.
Pattern: Aili's mittens by Tuulia
Yarn: 50 g orange #418 Rubin and 50 g white Hauk
Needles: 3,5 mm

Og siden de forrige sokkene ble for små til samboern, har jeg begynt på et par nye ;) Jeg strikker dem fra tåa og opp. Har gjort det et par ganger før, og da med en short rew hæl. Denne type hæl bruker å bli litt for trang for samboern. Men i mars utgaven av Simply Knitting er det en flott forklaring med bilder på hvordan man strikker en "vanlig" hæl. Så jeg skal prøve meg på det :)

And since the socks I knitted got to small for hubby, I've started a new pair ;) I'm knitting it toe up. I've done that a couple of times before, and then with a short row heel. But this type of heel gets to narrow for hubby. But in the March edition of Simply Knitting there is a tutorial whit pictures how to knit a "normal" heel. So I'll give it a try :)

New mittens for Endre

De oransje vottene til Endre er ferdige - og som dere ser er han veldig fornøyd :)

Endre's orange mittens are done, and as you can see he is very pleased with them :)

Jeg strikka dem på tynnere pinner og med veldig tynt garn, så de er akkurat passe. Tror nok jeg kommer til å strikke flere votter i dette mønsteret - det er enkelt, men veldig dekorativt.

I knitted them with smaller needles and thinner yarn, so they fit him just right. I think I will knitt some more mittens in this pattern - it's easy, but still decorative.

Mønster: Aili's mittens av Tuulia (rav link)
Garn: Rester i finull garn
Pinner: 3 mm

Pattern: Aili's mittens by Tuulia (rav link)
Yarn: Leftovers of finull garn
Needles: 3 mm

Mønsteret er veldig enkelt. Selv om det kan se ut som om man strikker med to farger samtidig, så strikkes det kun med en farge av gangen. Mønsteret dannes av at det slippes masker som ikke strikkes på hver omgang.

The pattern is very simple. Even though it looks like you knit with two colours at the same time, you don't. The pattern is made by slipped st.

Orange

Sokkene mine er ferdige, og jeg liker dem ganske godt. Nevnte at jeg ikke er så veldig glad i oransj, men jeg kjenner på meg at det er på vei til å endre seg ;) Tror nok ikke jeg kommer til å strikke meg noe som kun er oransj, men kombinert med andre farger sånn som her er helt greit.

My socks are done, and I do like them. I have mention that I'm not so fond of orange, but I feel that it might change ;) I wont knit my self something just being orange, but combined with other colours like here is ok.

Mønster: 60 m, 3rett, 2 vrang med timeglasshæl
Garn: 100 g Fagstrikk nr 4730
Pinner: 2, 5 mm

Pattern: 60 st, k3, p2 with a short row heel
Yarn: 100 g Fagstrikk # 4730
Needles: 2,5 mm

Restene rakk akkurat til en smekke til dukka ;)

The leftovers was just enough for a bib to the doll ;)

Har allerede funnet frem litt mere oransj garn ;) Dette er noen rester i finull garn som skal bli votter til minstemann.

I've already found some more orange yarn ;) This is some leftovers of finull garn which will be mittens for the youngest man.

Project spectrum

Det er tid for Project Spectrum igjen :) - Rav link. Jeg datt litt av lasset i fjor, men skal prøve å henge med i år! Nytt i år er at i tilleg til at det er ulike farger, er det også ulike elementer. Ild, jord, luft og vann. Så det blir spennende å se hva folk kommer til å lage. Fargene for de neste to månedene er rød, oransj og rosa= fire.

It's time for Project Spectrum again :) - Rav link. I sort of fall off the ride last year, but I'll try to hang in this time! The new thing this year is that the colours are teamed into the four elements. Fire, earth, air and water. So it will be exciting to see what people will make. The colours for the next two months are red, orange and pink = fire.



Jeg har ikke mye oransj garn liggende - er ikke favoritt fargen min ;) Men jeg hadde dette sokkegarnet med oransje striper i - så det får duge. Men jeg har mange planer for både rødt og rosa. Er ikke vanskelig å strikke noe i rosa når man har en jente i huset :) Håper også at jeg endelig får strikka ferdig genseren min... Har jo to måneder på meg da ;)

I don't have much orange yarn in my stash - isen't my favourite colour ;) But I did have this sockyarn with orange strips in - so it will have to do. But I do have a lot of plans for both red and pink. Isn't hard to find something to knit with pink with a little girl in the house :) I also hope I can get my sweater off the needles... Have two months to do it in though ;)



Sola er endelig tilbake!! Og den passer godt inn i PS med sin knall oransje farge - ser ut som himmelen er i brann.

The sun is finally back! And it fits perfectly in PS with its great orange colour - looks like the sky is on fire.

Pomatomus

Pomatomus sokkene mine er endelig ferdige! De var mai sokkene i sokkealongen hos Projo. Jeg får skylde på det fine været siden jeg er en uke forsinka ;)

My pomatomus socks are finally done! They were the May socks in the sock kal at Projo. I have to blame the great weather for being a week to late ;)

Mønster: Pomatomus
Garn: 100 g Sisu
Pinner: 2,5 mm

Pattern: Pomatomus
Yarn: 100 g Sisu
Needles: 2,5 mm

Mine wip'er / My wip's

Jeg trodde jeg hadde flere prosjekter liggende... Mulig det er noen jeg har glemt, men jeg tror ikke det. Jeg er snart ferdig med den andre pomatomus sokken :) Den turkise i midten skal bli ei "golvtue" , er med i en klut-along på Hobbyforum. Den stripete er en genser til Endre. Skal begynne å felle for armer, så jeg satse på å få den ferdig snart. Ellers har jeg begynt på litt pjoning - de sorte/grå greiene. Skal (forhåpentligvis) bli et par votter. Til slutt har jeg den røde genseren jeg strikker til meg selv. Den er i stor fare for å bli en ufo...Men jeg strikker litt på den nå og da, så jeg velger å kalle den en wip ;) Siden de neste to månedene i PS er rød, sort og metallic, satser jeg på å få denne ferdig!

I thought I had more projects laying around...There might be some I've forgotten, but I don't think so. I'm lmost done with the second pomatomus :) The turquoise thing in the middle are going to be a cloth for floor washing. I'm in a cloth along at Hobbyforum. The one with stripes are a sweater to Endre. I'm about to cast off for the armholes, so I hope to get it done soon. And I've tried to pjone - the gray/black stuff. It's (I hope) going to be a pair of mittens. Finally I have the red sweater I'm knitting to myself. It's in great danger to become an ufo...But I'm knitting a row now and then, so I call it a wip ;) Since the next two months in PS is red, black and metallic, I'll try to make an effort to get it done!


Jeg syns pomatomus sokkene er så fine!! Har sett flere, både i ensfarget og flerfarget garn. Men jeg syns nå de er penest i ensfarget, mønsteret kommer bedre frem. Tror jeg må strikke meg et par til - senere.

I think the pomatomus socks are great! I've seen several, both in solid and multi coloured yarn. But I think they are prettyest in solid colours, the pattern shows better. I might have to knit another pair - later.