Blogging from vacation

Sorry, no pictures today, since I'm blogging from my fathers computer today :)
I just wanted to tell you, that the Spring Fling top is finished... but even if I was at my own computer, I wouldn't be able to take any pictures - apart from 6 balls of yarn :( I finally finished it (hated those huge 5,5mm metal needles!) and sewed it together, and tried it on... It was HUGE!!! I don't understand it?! The gauge was right and Helle is about the same size as I am, and still I could almost swim in it!
Earlier I was hit by "the Curse of the Small Sock" and now I'm hit by "the Curse of the Huge Top". Even the wickel-pulli was a bit too wide over the shoulders and over the back... what is going on? Have I shrunk in the heat? *hehe* No chance of that!

Well, I'll go check out Garnstudios collection of patterns, and see if I find something else... and then I'll enjoy the sun :)

I think it's about time...

with a little update around here :) I'm reading for my last exam and I can't wait till it's over! But it only leaves a little time for knitting :( Anyway... a little time and a little knitting... can go a far way:

Yes, I finished my wickel-pulli! It only weighs 79g! It is a little big over the shoulders, but who cares... I think it looks a bit like something from Noa Noa in that mint green colour :) I've thought about decorating it with a few beads in the middle of some of the flowers on the front... I have some small white/very pale blue beads that colourwise would be perfect - but I don't know... what do you think?


This is half my spring fling top - I'm using Helles pattern, and I think this will be a major hit this summer!! The yarn is Løve Lacy, a cotton/acrylic blend, which feels perfect for warm summerdays...

My last project (not counting all the UFO's in the basket...) has got nothing to do with summer...

it is a scarf of all my blue/white/grey/lilac/green/... odd ends of yarn - all those little leftovers that take so much space in the stash... I simply cut off varying lenghts and tie them together to make a "magic ball" and knit when I'm tired of cutting and binding, and so on :) I might just be finished when autumn comes *hehe*

yarn running long

wow, I must say this mohair yarn from Netto runs pretty long... I bought 200 grams of it, crossing my fingers that it would be enough for the Wickel-pulli. Now I have finished the back and the two front pieces, and so far I've used 47 grams of yarn... that's only one of the 4 skeins! And even more, there was just enought yarn, so that I didn't have to wind up another skein tonight - when I cast off the second front piece, there was just about 10 cm left! purrrrrfect :)
So, left I have two sleeves and the uhmmm.... what's it called... the ones you use to tie around the waist... whatever, I guess you know what I mean? and 150 g of lovely yarn ;)

I've also swatched for Helles Spring Fling, but I have a little problem... I don't know if I should use 5mm or 5,5mm needles... the gauge should be 18 sts/10 cm and I get 17 sts on 5mm and 19 sts on 5,5... which is better? Maybe Helle could tell me, if the top is a bit on the small or the big side... would I prefer to make it smaller or bigger? *lol* I guess I'll end up with 5mm needles, 'cause often my gauge gets sloppy when relaxing too much ;)

fremgang på wickel'n

Ja, jeg har altså strikket mere end bare ryggen... men kameraet løb tør for batteri efter "rygbillederne", så forstykket og mit seneste garnindkøb kommer senere :)

Det går forholdsvis hurtigt med at strikke på wickel'n - pind 4½ er skønt! Bortset fra at jeg kun har et sæt 4½ pinde, og det er nogle store skistave af metal! Jeg skal vist en tur i byen og anskaffe et par i træ, bambus eller andet... og så noget kortere. Alt hvad jeg strikker for tiden ser ud til at være på pind 4½?? Flower Basket Shawl, wickel'n og nu også snart Helles sommertop . Garnet jeg har købt er Lacy fra Løve Garn - 50% bomuld og 50% acryl i en dejlig petroleums-turkis farve!

Mit første hjemmespundne garn

Her ser i produktet af en rigtig hyggelig og sjov dag hos Helle! Og shhhh... I må ikke sige det til Anders, men jeg vil helt klart ha' en rok så snart jeg får råd (og gerne lidt mere plads)! Hvor var det skønt og afslappende at sidde og spinde!! Og med lidt mere træning, så skulle det da gerne kunne blive til et tørklæde eller noget :) Det der ligger øverst på billedet er faktisk det første jeg spandt... det nederste, som ikke blev så pænt, er det andet... men da var jeg også træt og spændte i ryggen ;) (man må ha' en masse undskyldninger klar, ikke? ;))

men, alt i alt en rigtig skøn dag :) på trods af regnvejr og forsinkede tog *G*

two down, one to go

Så er den 2. ud af 3 eksaminer overstået - jeg fik 9!!! Herligt :)

Jeg er godt igang med wickel-pulli'en, rygstykket er færdigt, og jeg er 12cm oppe på venstre forstykke. De sidste par dage har jeg ikke fået strikket på det, for tankerne har været på eksamen selv i pauserne, så at skulle koncentrere sig om at tage masker ind og ud samtidig med at strikke hulmønster, det har jeg ikke rigtig kunnet overskue.
Til gengæld har en af mine bamser fået en ny trøje: en mørkeblå model af "den klassiske langærmede" fra Strik til ønskebørn. Omregnet til bamsestørrelse selvfølgelig :)

Nu venter jeg bare på min cykel... den skal nok snart komme, cykelhandleren har sidst sagt "sidst i denne uge, allersenest fredag" så jeg går og venter på at han ringer! Det bliver skønt med en ny cykel!