Strikkeåret 2009

I 2009 har jeg hatt som mål å bruke mest mulig garn fra mitt eget garnlager.

Det har blitt totalt 63små og store prosjekter.

Jeg har strikket  6346 gram fra garnlageret og 2593 nyinnkjøpt garn.

Til sammen blir dette nesten 9 kilo garn, altså et halvt nøste pr dag.

Jeg lurer på om jeg klarer like mye i 2010.

 

I've tried to reduce my stash this year. I'v knitted 63 projects. 6346 grams stash yarn and 2593 grams new yarn. This gives atotal of almost 9 kilos. Which means that I've knitted half a skein every day. I wonder if I can manage the same amount in 2010.

Jul i Paris

Jeg og mannen har vært på en liten kjærestetur til Paris. Og der var det virkelig pyntet til jul.
I spent the week-end in Paris with DH. The city was really gorgeous.

Galeries Lafayette

Printemps

Utenfor en restaurant i Latinerkvarteret

Lysekrone laget av sukkerstenger

La Tour d'Argent

Juletre laget av tomme plastflasker

Que j'aime

Tarte aux fruit

Art Nouveau

Marché

Petits fours

FLOW

Flow teorien er en teori om tilstanden flow der et menneske er helt oppslukt av en aktivitet og glemmer tid og sted. De siste dagene har jeg hatt en flow, og bare sydd vesker.

Alle veskene er til salgs for kr 350 + porto. Send en mail til sol(alfakrøll)stensland.no dersom du er interessert.

Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.

I've been having a flow the last few days.

Skolejente (Solgt)

Pippi (Solgt)

Hyttedrøm Solgt

Blåmeis SOLGT

Fjellidyll

Engler på nytt

Snille Kimberly sendte en  forundringspakke fra loppis i Tyskland. En herlig engleløper i jute er blitt til to store handlevesker. Veskene er til salgs for 200 kr. Solgt

Kimberly sent me a package from Germany with some fleamarked finds. I made two bags using this angel table runner.

Solsikker

Jeg har laget en ny veske à la Tulipaner og tomater. Den er akkurat stor nok til å romme en bærbar PC (hvis jeg hadde hatt en). Men har man klave får man saktens ku....
Veska er til salgs for 350 kr.

I''ve made another bag like Tulipaner og tomater. It's big enaugh for a laptop if I only had one...

Ny kakeboks

Ny kul  kakeboks er fangsten fra et lite loppemarked på lørdag. 
Under boksen står det ira Denmark.
På loppemarkedet møtte jeg Marie, og vi la planer for flere bruktfunn.

My new cake tin from i mini fleamarket on Saturday. I met Marie, and we made plans for more thrifting.

Mannen/My Man

Happy Halloween

Vi har vært på Halloweenfest. Ungene spiste godteri til de fikk vondt i magen. Jeg har laget kostymer til hele familien unttatt dalmatineren.

We spent the night at a Halloween party. It eas fun, and the kids ate too much candy. I made costumes for the whole family except the dalmation.

Klar for vinteren

Ungene mine tror at bare det blir november så kommer det vinter og snø. Men her på vestlandet er ikke sjansene for det spesielt stor. Jeg er ihvertfall klar med mine nye votter. Mønster er laget av Jared Flood og er publisert i  Vogue knitting fall 2008. Strikket i Mirasol fra Du Store Alpakka.

My kids believe that as soon as November comes there will be winter and snow. But there's not much chance of snow here yet as we live on the west coast where there's mostly rain during winter months.

But I'm ready for snow with my new mittens. Pattern by Jared Flood from Vogue knitting Fall 2008. Knitted in alpaca.

Sommerminner

Jeg tester ut større bilder på bloggen med et bilde fra Knattholmen ved Sandefjord.

I'm testing how it works with bigger blog pictures with a photo from last summer.

Vinnere

Random number generator har plukket ut Tulip og Helt Vilt. Dere må sende meg adressen deres så kommer premien i posten snart.

Random number generator picked Tulip and Helt vilt as the winners of my little giveaway.

1970's apple print

Kimberly brought me some fantastic 70's place mats. I just had to make another bag. I think this one will be my new knitting bag.

There's still time to join my little giveaway here.

A beautiful house

I used to drive past this beautiful house everyday on my way to work.

I always wanted to have a peak inside. And now I can. It's for sale.

PS! Remember to join my little giveaway

Giveaway

It's about time I had a giveaway.

You can win this little zippered pouch. All you need to do is leave a comment and tell me what you'd like to read obout in my blog. (Everyone is welcome to join. I'll ship worldwide)

I'm also giving one to one of my followers. I'll draw the winners on monday morning. I've made a whole stack of these. You'll find them in my shop.

Orange retro

This orange mirror was waiting for me to rescue it today. I found it in the basement of my brother in law's shop. It still has the prizetag. 34 NOK

Blue Tit

Inspired by Tulipaner og Tomater, I've started recycling old embroderies. My first attemt was this bag. And now this lovely little bird. The bag pattern is from Anne-Pia Godske Rasmussens book "Hånd i Hanke".
The bag is for sale in my shop.

I've been busy crocheting. I'm sending a whole load of toadstool ornaments to a museum in my hometown. They are selling them in their shop at Christmas.

Easy jeans fixing tutorial

I have three young sons, so jeans whith wholes are well known around here. It's a known fact that fitting those tiny little pants under the sewing machine is almost impossible. But if you use your darning foot it can be as easy as pie.

You need some vliesofix, a darning foot and some sturdy fabric. I use denim.

Iron vliesofix unto the denim, and pull the paper off.

Cut the denim into suitable pieces. I usually make a whole stack when I'm at it.

Zigzag the patches. I use my serger because it's fast and the seam looks nice.

Iron the patches to the pants.

Use the darning foot and set your machine as if you were free motion quilting.

Sew around the patch. I also like to make a few seams across to make sure it will stay put.

All done! I hope you find this useful. Good luck.