FO :: Barley Hat

Sunday had the perfect weather for snowshoeing to our lean-to were we fried sausages and just soaked up the sun. And my Barley hat matched my jacket and kept my head warm and toasty :)

Ravelry project page
Pattern: Barley hat (free pattern)
Yarn: 67 g Hacho #306
Needles: 3mm / US 2.5 and 4 mm / US 6
Size: 120 sts, garte over 40 sts

So grateful to have this just behind our house!

    

Perfect snow for snowshoeing!

   

Moose tracks and hare tracks :)

Yarn Along

What are you knitting and reading this week? I'm joining Ginny at Small Things for Yarn Along.

Knitting: For my birthday back in January I got sock yarn in five different colours from the same brand. One of them was blue and are my current socks on the needles. I plan to knit up all the other colours too and post them all at once :) I have knitted a pair of purple socks in the same yarn last year and they have been used a lot lately.
And I have finally knitted on my kofte. The yoke is almost done - just a few more rounds. I had to try it one today and it fits perfect. The sleeves are long enough and the same is the body. So I cant't wait to wear it soon.

Reading: I'm taking a little break from the crime/thriller genre and have picked up The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. I enjoy it. It's an enchanting story and I'm wondering how it's going to end...

On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office-leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.
But Nella's world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist-an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways . . .
Johannes' gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand-and fear-the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God, to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society, and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation . . . or the architect of their destruction? -from Goodreads-

     

We have had some wonderful winter weather the last few days and since the kids have their winterbreak this week, we've tried to be outdoors a little. Not so easy to drag them off their ipads and mobiles... but at least my eldest son accompanied me on a snowshoe hike the other day :)

    

    

Snowshoeing, Sunday Dinner in the Woods and Socks

We have had some wonderful weather this weekend and today we spent the day outdoors in our backyard aka the woods snowshoeing and frying sausages over the fire for dinner :)

Et innlegg delt av Hege (@hege_79) søndag 26. Feb.. 2017 PST

Et innlegg delt av Hege (@hege_79) søndag 26. Feb.. 2017 PST

I bought some Sisu yarn on sale in January and now they are turned in to a pair of socks for my eldest.

Ravelry project page
Pattern: 68 sts, cuff down
Yarn: Sisu print #8537 and Sisu solids #6526
Needles: 2,5 mm / US 1.5
Size: eu 41/42

Snowshoeing & Twist Bread

It's been raining here for days now... But we decided to pack our backpacks and head out in the forest snowshoeing today despite the rain. And I had some great hours with my boys :)

En video publisert av Hege (@hege_79) søndag 29. Jan.. 2017 PST

Twist Bread

5oo ml flour
0.5 teaspoon baking powder
0.5 packet of dry yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
5 tablespoon oil
200 ml water

Mix it all and let it rise about 30-45 minutes before use.
Twist it around a stick or a fried sausage. It tastes good with sugar and cinnamon too :)

En video publisert av Hege (@hege_79) søndag 29. Jan.. 2017 PST

I finished these for my daughter on Friday. A thick pair of sock/slippers.

Ravelry project page
Pattern: Moon Socks (free pattern)
Modifications: I decided to knit them with a heel and foot as a normal socks.
Yarn: 200 g Happy #52103 and #52102
Needles: 6 mm / US 10
Size: ca. eu 38

Snowcircles

The kids have their winterbreak this week and with a forcast with various weather, we just had to get out when the sun was shining :) While some went skiing up and down the hill, some of us made snowcircles. After we started to make them a few years ago it's been a fun yearly thing we do when the snow is right. Here are some post with snowcircles from previous years.

      

Weekending

It feels like this weekend has flown away...
We've been skiing/snowshoeing.
The sun is starting to feel somewhat warm :)
I've made cereal - yummy!
Lots of lego and Ninja Turtles.
Bread baking.
Dinner plans for the coming week.
Knitting, knitting and more knitting. FO post coming soon :)
A trip to the library - so I have a few books I'm eager to start reading.
Planning new knit projects.
And of course tea.

How's your weeknd been?

Joining Amanda for Weekending.

Weekending

Weekending, my favorite part of the week. A time to relax, live, love, just to be.
Joining with Amanda.

With Easter it's been a long weekend here and we have free tomorrow too :)
It's been snowing and snowing and snowing...
So there has been lots of shoveling too...
Easter eggs filled with chocolate and candy :)
Lots of lego playing
Cabin fever due to bad weather
Bickering kids and grumpy parents...
Cinnamon rolls
A peak of sun yesterday
so I could knit outdoors for the first time this year :)
A glass of whitewine (and I think there will be one or two tonight too
as we watch Easter crime on tv)
Movie night on the sofa with Hubby watching True Grit
A few cups of Cafe au Lait
Waking up to a sunny sky today :)
Snowshoeing.
Soaking up some sun - nice!

Weekending

Weekending, my favorite part of the week. A time to relax, live, love, just to be.
Joining with Amanda.

This weekend started with the start of Easter break.
Both the kids and Hubby have ten days free :)
Friday night was spent baking rolls and
and Eirin having a sleepover.
Finishing the first Octopus mitten.
Saturday morning started early with fresh rolls for breakfast.
Laundry smelling of crisp winter air.
Then we headed out in the great weather and played in the fresh snow
that had came during the night.
We also hiked in the forest for a good hour on our snowshoes
- Great fun!
Snowy mittens and red cheeks :)
Then a surprised visit from a friend and her kids,
so I whipped together an apple pie and served it with vanilla icecream.
Decorating our "påskeris".
The night was spent with a chicken dinner,
unwinding a couple of skeins and casting on a pair of socks.
Finishing a book.
This morning I and the kids woke up with runny noses and heavy heads....
After a few hours we drove to my mom
and picked Erlend up on the way after he's been on a sleepover.
Empanadas for dinner.
Feverish kids falling asleep in the car on the way home...
Hopefully we'll ride this flu over quickly,
it's not fun to be sick when you have free...
So the rest of this evening I assume will be
spent on the couch with knitting, comforting the kids
and watch tv before we go to bed early and hope we feel better tomorrow.

Wordless Wednesday :: Snowshoeing

Wordless Wednesday