Chugging along :P

For my sockapalooze4 pal... Hope you like them! :)

As of today at noon I've started my last looooong summervacation, I'm now off until august 1st! Love it!!!!

Jeg er hyper

I dag har jeg solgt leiligheten min... Jeg har vært skikkelig hyper i hele dag og har forsøkt hardt å jobbe med skolearbeid, likevel har det blitt mye strikking innimellom :) Djevellua var halvstrikka, top-down lua begynte jeg på i formiddag!!! Begge er strikket i "Bunny Hop" (har ikke magebeltet her akkurat nå) som er et garn i angorablanding.


Two little hats have been knitted and finnished today. Why so productive? Because I had to do something with my hands, I just sold my flat :) Both knitted in an angora-blend called "Bunny Hop".

Make my day

I got this lovely gift from sweden yesterday (not that far), and it so made my day :)


Beads and chocolate... yummy!!!!

Tea, little plate to put teabags on and a wonderfull selection of handmade cards... Love them!!!!


Look at this lovely - asian/japanese - card :) I'm so happy! It says something like "Luck comes to those who laugh" :)


AND I got lovely yarn! This will be a scarf for myself I think... Right now I'm trying not to start knitting with it since I have more pressing needs... :P

Sockapalooza4 - answers to questions

There were left a few more questions for me to answer, I hope I don't make plotting even worse now :P

Mountains or Oceans? I prefer to be at the ocean and look at the mountains rather than the opposite. I love going swimming in the ocean at summertime.

Gardens or Forests? A garden with a forrest-feel maybe? I prefer the look of a "tamed" forrest, but still nice and tidy with the cut grass. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a walk in the forrest too, but if I'm to sit outside I'd prefer the garden.

Coffee or Tea? Yes please, I'll take both :)

Sweet or Savoury? Savoury... I'm not for the very sweet, in tastes or colors. One of my favourite candies is dark chocolate, especeally mocca beans or chocolatecoated coffee beans!

Sunrise or Sunset? I'm a nighttime-person, I usually never see the sunrise but I love the sunset.

Spring or Autumn? If I can have both without the rain I'll take both, if not I'll prefer neither. Love the colors of both though, lovely greens in spring and lovely reds and browns in autumn.

Summer of Winter? Both??? I love beeing outdoors in the summer time, but then I love beeing indoors in the winter :) I don't like skiing so I prefer staying indoors in front of the fireplace with my knitting.

Sunshine or Snow?Sunshine, I'm not that fond of snow...

And my measurements
calf at knee hight: 40cm
length of kneehighs (heel to top of ribbing): 50cm

Sokker 2007 - Mai :)

Her er Maisokkene i Sokker2007... Mine er strikket i flerfarget garn, og uten noe maskesting. Jeg har hullene til lisser i skaftet, men ikke nedover foten, og har ikke bestemt meg for om jeg skal ha lisser eller ikke enda...


Socks for may in Sokker2007... Not quite as the pattern, but close enough... I'm allowed a few modifications, right?

HV-Tromegn

Jeg fikk pakke fra min hemmelige venn på Tromegn i går... To nøster mohair lux i nydelige sjateringer, et lite hjerte (som nå henger på veggen her), badeskum i form av en liten sommerfugl, masse te, kaffe og sjokolade... Og et flott kort... Skal se om jeg kan snike til meg litt tid til å surfe blogger for å finne ut hvem du er... Jeg har en idè ;)


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I got a gift from my "secret pal"... Very nice yarn, chocolate, tea, coffe, a heart and a butterfly with soap

Gårsdagens handletur / Shopping yesterday

Blant annet fikk jeg meg veske til 40kr på Fretex, syns den ble litt tøff etter min raske modifikasjon. Spretta ut oppstivende papplater som var inni der og ga den et bad i varmt vann med salmiakk, da ble den faktisk hvit i de hvite stripene også! :)

I bought a cheap bag at a second-hand shop. Picture is taken after a little modification. I didn't like the cardboard in the bottom and sides so I removed it, and then washed the bag in very hot water

Jeg måtte jo også handle litt garn, selv om jeg strengt tatt ikke bør shoppe slikt når jeg snart flytter! Dette er til et par kommende sokker, ikke til meg selv ;) Hva syns dere om fargekombinasjonen?

Even though I'm moving soon I had to buy some more yarn... What do you think of the colorcombination???


Sockapalooza
I'm sooooo happy, the person knitting for me left a message on my last post :) :) :) I will measure my legs/feet to spesifications some time this week, I hope that'll be soon enough? I've knit jaywalker, among others... I love knitting lace socks but I always end up giving them away since I can't get used to wearing them. I'd love something in an aran pattern... but really I just can't wait to actually have somebody knit me socks!!!!

WOW! I got sockyarn

Yesterday I found this skein of beautiful bright pink sockyarn in my mailbox! It's from the "brights" swap on swap-bot... I sooo need to thank my partner, I just love the yarn! And look at that cute little mini-skein which was attached outside the package! Love Love Love!!!!!
I think I'll have to save this for a special occation :)

Stress!!!!

Jeg skal selge leiligheten min, og for et stress det viser seg å være!!! Jeg skulle gjøre så mye i dag, i stedet har det blitt til at jeg har ryddet og ryddet og ryddet før fotografen skal komme i morgen... Nå skal resten av kvelden brukes til støvtørk, gulvvask, oppgavelesing og kanskje bittelitt strikking! Er på hælen på mai-sokkene nå (begge)... Og har sååååå lyst til å handle garn til sockapalooza4-sokkene... hva tror dere om sokker i norsk-inspirert mønster i brunt og en litt mer knæsj farge? Tar gjerne mot tips dersom noen har ideer til meg, gjerne ferdige diagram (jeg holder på å regne meg frem til "den perfekte sokken")


I'm selling my flat, and it's sooooooo stressfull!!!!! I was supposed to get a lot of schoolwork done today, but I've been trying to make this place look representable for the person comming tomorrow to get the sale-photos done! Now I have to use the rest of the evening on dusting, washing floors, reading (and writing) and maybe a little bit of knitting! I'm knitting "Sokker2007"-may-pattern on magic loop (picture in my last post), and I'm now at the heelflap :) And I soooooooo want to go shopping for my sockapalooza4-pal, I can't say too much here but I think they'll be cool... asked for inspiration in the norwegian part... I'm trying to make "the perfect sock"...

As for my upstream partner - where are you????? I haven't heared anything, no mail or comments... Please let me know you're out there!

WIP and finnished :)

Først - prinsessemystery fra markno. Slik ser det ut etter leksjon 1. Jeg strikker igjen i alpakka, foreløpig kun hvit, men det skal egentlig være to farger... det kan likevel være min blir helhvit!

Princess-mystery from Markno.dk after first lection.


Her ser dere resultatet fra forrige babymystery, en søøøøøt liten vest. Min er laget i rosa og brun alpakka, og jeg brukte litt under 1/2 nøste av hver farge... Deilig og myk!

Here's the result of the last babymystery, a very cute vest :) Mine is knit/crochet in pink and brown alpacca, about 25g of each color I think... It's so lovely and soft

Maisokker på gang :) Garnet er HotSocks fra strikkinnom og det er ufattelig deilig å strikke med... Var redd det skulle være hardt og ekkelt, men sokkene blir nydelige :)

Maysocks :) In HotSocks, cotton mix


Veske til mystery-bag-swap på swap-bot... Dette er et eksperiment, gjenbruk av gamle bukser + rester av fritidsgarn. Har sydd for hånd og nå er den klar for en runde på 40 grader for å tove garnet, spennende! :)

A bag for the mystery-bag-swap on swap-bot...

ca 48timer igjen...

Til jeg må levere neste oppgave altså... Jeg er ca halvveis *iiik* Neida, ikke noe å få alt for mye panikk for, selv om jeg merker at jeg BURDE begynt før! Er bare så lei oppgaver etter å ha levert en hver søndag de siste ukene...

Ellers har visst blogger en grense for antall deltakere på en blogg likevel *fnise* Sockapalooza4, med over 1000 deltakere, gjorde at siden brøt sammen... Håper jeg snart hører noe fra partneren min, har ikke hørt noe fra den som sender til meg, og den jeg skal sende til har enda ikke svart på mailen jeg sendte for et par dager siden! Blir nesten bekymret!


48 hours to go until I have to turn in my next termpaper... I'm about half way there *iiik* Or not :) I don't think I need to panic, even though I should have started writing earlier! I'm just tired of papers, I've been turning them in every sunday the last weeks!

And it turns out blogger has a limit to the nubmer of members in a blogg *giggle* Sockapalooza4, with over 1000 people, broke blogger... I hope I'll get an e-mail from my partner soon, I haven't heared from the person knitting for me, and the person I'm knitting to still hasn't answered the mail I sent a few days ago! Should I start to worry?

What tattoo should I get ? :P

You Should Get An Asian Inspired Tattoo

Mysterious and expressive You like to show off, but you also like to keep some allure

What Tattoo Should You Get?

And I actually do agree, if I am to get a tattoo I'd prefer an asian inspired one... It's just that I can't deside what I'd like :P and I'm not getting one until I've desided!