A while back I went to a scrapbook and stamp fair and bought some stuff. Or a lot of stuff (hence the yarn purchase ban). I mainly bought stamps and ink to colour paper. This is what I’ve done so far:
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It’s not too difficult and quite quick, but I think I’ll need a bit moore practise before going ahead with the scrapbook project which it is intended for.
in a week or two. I’m handing in my “half way” thesis (Licenciat in Swedish) in one week. Still a lot more to do. Many hours each day are spent writing, but I try to wind down at least a little bit every evening with some knitting. The first fiddlehead mitten is done (except for weaving in the ends) so I’m knitting on the Triinu shawl. It is quite meditative. Exactly what I need at the moment.
Yesterday, we took a long stroll down town. Browsing through some stores. It was a nice sunny day albeit a little chilly. The yarn stores were closed, but the book stores were open. So, I bought Wendy Bernard’s Custom knits.
After a quick flip, it seems to be a nice book, and she has put in quite a bit about how to alter the patterns to your own liking. I think I will use the pattern Jewel for my Colden chai yarn.
The first Fiddlehead mitten is almost finished so I wonder how to block it. I did not have to wonder for long because in the tip jar of no. 38 This week in Ravelry was info on how to block mittens. I will try and make a mitten blocker of the same wire as my blocking wires. Hopefully that is strong enough.
But Bob is so cute! Maybe it’s a good thing. I really don’t need to find new patterns I like and want to knit. Like straight away. 
Bob is cute
Ravelry is already up and running. I’ll try not to stay to long…
There’s been trouble in the digital world since my return from Germany. First a dysfunctional broadband connection and then the computer died. With a new memory it worked for a day but then did not start again. So until we get it working or get the new laptop I will not have the possibility to post very often, only when I bring my work laptop home.
For now I’m working on puck and the Fiddleheads. It’s been awhile since I’ve knitted on puck and it’s quite nice. It’s a soothing rhythm to the brioche stitch pattern. It will take me some time to finish the sweater but I hope I will have it done before the end of the year at least.
They were supposed to finish the renovations this week. This is what our kitchen and bathroom looks like today.
They cut off the water on Wednesday so now we eat dinner made in the microwave or take-out, use only plastic utensils. It’s not too bad tough but I will sure be glad when they are done. And hopefully we will get a really nice looking kitchen and bathroom.
I need a new computer. Just now I could not accces Ravlery!!! No ravelry….. only a Problem loading page. What should I do? Before the terror took a complete hold of me I started my boyfriends computer and with fingers crossed I entered the url and pressed entered. Oh those long long 2 s before I was greeted by the login page of our dear dear Ravelry. Halleluja! What would I do without my daily dose of Ravelry.
Therefore I need to buy a new computer. My computer is old and should be retired already. I’m thinking of getting a laptop, a cheapo thing maybe with Linux and not Windows.
There has been some progress on the Puck sweater. I knitted a few rows on the body after joining under the arms but then I wanted to knit at least the beginning of the arms so that they work. This is where I ran in to a litttle problem. I need to rip it up and make some more stitches for the arms because there were holes in it. Not very pretty.
It’s a wooly sweater and since I won’t finish before spring I have lost the energy to knit on this project for now. It will be a great sweater though, rather unique.
Hi all!
I will fill this blog mainly about knitting, but since I also like to make jewelry and scrapbooks that might pop up as well. The reason for keeping a blog is for me to have a record of what I’ve been doing. Perhaps mainly for myself but also for my friends and family that I don’t see that often. And if I by writing this blog happen to inspire someone else that will just be a big fat bonus.
Cheers!
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