Seriously???!!

DD1:You're not going to wear that, are you??? Not in public? I mean, people might see you!

Me: of course I'll use it. I need a hat like that.

DD1: but it's ugly! What might people think??? You're nuts!

Me: Sure I'm nuts. I'm your mum.

(pattern loosely based on owls, and a hat I don't remeber where I found...)

...a couple of days later....

DD1: hey, mum?

Me: mmm?

DD1: It is actually kind of cute...;-D

Have a terrific weekend!
(photos taken at
Selja, on Thursday. More on that later- in the not so distant future- I hope...)

a little update!

Thanks a lot for all your comments and good luck- wishes on my last post!!! Miss TM is doing very well indeed, and so are her siblings and parents. It was a nasty scare, but she has recovered nicely. Thank God for guardian angels!

My kids are all well, and on winterleave/half term? this week, which means sleeping till noon, and playing with the computers till dawn-LOL! DS1 came home from school on Saturday, and ordered.... pancakes!... for dinner. No beef or pizza, just pancakes with blueberryjam.

The computer is getting better, but I'm having problems uploading pictures from the Kodak camera to the blog. Maybe I have to start reading the manual...?? Right now I'm having trouble uploading any pictures at all....

The boys are out fishing, the girls have friends over, I'm knitting (now that's a surprise...)There are even some things finished!

Have a great day:-)

Guardian angel...

We got a bit of a scare yesterday. The schoolbus is normally here around 2:20pm, but it was running late. None of my kids were at school- they are all in bed with fever, coughs, and vomiting. Great fun, believe me...
Anyway, DD2 got a call from one of her friends. She told her about an accident- a 7-yearold who got off the bus, and got hit by a car when crossing the road. My heart sank, knowing that this little girl was my goddaughter, the daughter of some of our best friends. I found my binoculars and went to the window. I can see across the fjord to where the accident happened. My goddaughter-TM- is in first grade. She'll turn 7 in a month. She is very cute, and very bright (I'm not biased here...). Her mother-M- is one of my best friends. She is also working at the ambulance, and she was on duty... I watched the ambulance with the lights on, then came the helicopter. I sent M an SMS, just to tell her that I was thinking of them and praying that everything would work out fine. A little later, I spoke to TM's father, and he told me that they were transferred to the hospital. Not the nearest hospital- oh no- the hospital that has a children's ward, and is 3 hours from us...She didn't seem to be seriously hurt though.

Later that night I got an SMS from M- "She's doing fine- it is apparently only a concussion, but we are waiting for more scans. She must have had a guardian angel!"

This morning the message was: "We're coming home today, only a concussion, no broken bones or other injuries that they could see now. She slept like a log, and was happy at breakfast because she got Nugatti(Chocolatestuff) on her bread;-)"

She is home, and she is doing fine. She must have had a guardian angel!

Soooo- I made her a bag, of a pair of old jeans, a piece of cottonfabric, a piece of linen, and some odds and ends of fabrics... A little angel, her glory being slightly off, half broken perhaps, but she has a happy face nevertheless. A bag in her hand, and flowery wings. And of course a pink dress. Pink is important at the age of 7 (almost 7...)

I hope to see her tomorrow...just to give her mom a hug, and sigh with relief.

Take care:-)

Snow!

I'm not completely gone...

We've got the computer back, and I've spent some time trying to catch up on blogreading! It feels good to be back, but it has taken me some time to get back to writing. Right now I'm watching the sheep in the snow- they've got plenty of food, and they all have a heavy wool coat, so they are doing fine. Maybe I should bring the camera outside later?

The photo of the seahouse was taken a few days ago, but it looks almost the same today- a little brighter, and a little more snow today. We've got the sun back too(the hills behind our house makes the sun disappear for at least 6 to 8 weeks, I'm not quite sure how long, since we usually have lots of rain at this time of year! But it's finally back, and with it the need to wash the windows...) I did a lot of Christmasknitting, but think I have forgotten to take photo's... Then came January, and I finally figured out what I wanted to do with the yarn I got in

Andrea's giveaway, a loooong time ago! I got three balls of Katia Azteca yarn, a 50%wool/50%acrylic really soft yarn. It is now a vest. I started it at the shoulders, and knit the fronts down to the armholes, then I picked up from the shoulders, and cast on for the neck, and knit the back topdown to the same lengt as the front, joined and finished in the round. First adult project done top down, and I like the outcome. I did a k3,p1 ribbing for the body. It curls a bit, but not bad. And it's warm, and I like the colours:-) Oh, and I knit the ribbing around neck and armholes before finishing the body... A quick knit, on 5mm needles, and I like it. Thanks again for the yarn, Andrea!

I've been way behind on my Sockamania socks the last few months...so when January's challenge came along, it suited me well;-D "finish any pair you may have lying around, or a pattern you haven't knitted yet..." Sooo, DD2 got a pair of pink Elegance, DS2 a pair of grey Twisted ribs, and I got a pair of blue Celtic Cable Heel socks. Sorry about the blurry photo...

Yarn for all three pairs: Silja from Gjestal, actually one was called Senja, but it was a 80%wool/20%nylon yarn, which I like very well. It is durable, I've had socks for several years that still hasn't worn out (and I use these socks every day!) I'm certain there are sockyarns out there that are both softer and with better stitchdefinition, but Silja is perfect for me. It doesn't hurt that I get it at a reasonable price either...

DD2 is in bed with a fever, DD1 and DS2 are at school, Hubby is at work, and the sailing son is back in Stavanger after being to Trondheim last week with the
ship.

I'd better feed the sheep...

Have a great week!

...just a few words...

We're still having computertrouble...sorry, I'll be back as soon as we can sort it out. I can read e-mails, but blogging and reading blogs will have to wait...I miss it!!!
I'm still knitting though;-)

Hope the new year has been a good one so far!

Marit

Christmasgreetings...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all:-)



Thank you very much for all your nice comments, mails and feedback during this last year. Reading your blogs has given me lots of ideas, I've learned a lot of new things, and it has been really fun.



Now we've eaten our Christmas dinner, opened all our gifts, and the kids are watching a movie. The sheep got an extra treat tonight, as well as the cats. I'm off to bed. Tomorrow will be a very relaxed day around here...



Happy Holidays! See you!

...keeping busy...

I'm a lousy blogger these days...most of what I makeis unbloggable, because of this thing they call Christmas...;-)but I have a couple of things to show off- AND I have a couple of awards to accept! Thanks!!



Yesterday the kids and I went Christmasshopping. We're almost done, but not quite...I was looking for "something special" for someone special, but didn't find any. On my way home, it suddenly struck me: I have a piece of crocheted lace! And I have a piece of a linen/viscose blend that was meant to become a blouse. The lace was already joined in a square, I've had plans for that for quite some time, just waited for the right fabric- and then it somehow got "lost" on the bottom of the drawer. So home we came, and I dragged out my sister's sewingmachine, I borrowed it this summer, but haven't used it a lot yet.



It didn't work.



The underspool jumped out of place again and again. Finally I gave in and found the old machine that was given to me some years ago. It's not a good machine, but it will do.



It didn't work either...



In the end, I called a friend and got to borrow her machine...and here's the result:
(and I might keep it myself...)


A square tablecloth, 115x115 cm. I like it. It's not perfect in any way, but it was fun making it. Apart from the sewingmachineincidents, that is...

A detail of the lace. Crochet is what I started with, when I was around five. My grandmother lived nearby, and she taught me. I make mostly smaller items, not having the patience for those big tablecloths and bedspreads that Gran used to make.

I'm sure I did it all the wrong way too! I cut out the middle part, and hemmed the middle and the inside of the square, and the zigzagged the lace to the fabric...I'm not very fond of handsewing...

These are cheap kitchentowels made a little more personal with appliqued hearts. Fun to make, and really easy.

Then over to the awards...sorry I'm so late in passing these on!

The first one came from Beyla .

"The blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and realationship! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prices or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prices are cut,even more friendship are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eightmore and include this cleverly written text into the body of their awards."

"Denne bloggen investerer i og tror på NÆRHET- nærhet i rom, tid og forhold! Disse bloggerne er usedvanlig sjarmerende og søte, og formålet er å finne og å være venner. De er ikke opptatt av utmerkelser og selvhevdelse. Vårt håp er at når båndene på disse utmerkelser er kuttet, vil enda flere vennskap ha forplantet seg. Vær vennlig å gi litt ekstra oppmerksomhet til disse! Gi denne utmerkelsen til åtte bloggere, som igjen må velge seg åtte nye. Inkluder denne teksten på utmerkelsen deres".

I'd like to give this to:
Lucy Locket

Moogsmum

Rani

Heidelweiss

Harpa J

Janice

Ragnhild

and I'll also add Ruth! Go check them out, and enjoy:-)

I know some of you have already gotten this award, but you deserve another one;-)

The second award came from Melanie over at JellyBeanAngel- check out her blog- she writes daily through December, and it's sooo fun and interesting to read!!! Great pictures, and great crafting.



This award came from:Melanie

The rules of the award are:
1. The winner may put the logo on her blog.
2. Put a link to the person you got the award from in your blog.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to the blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.

Prinsesse Elin

Marit

Hege

Knitting Linguist

Blueberries in the field

There are many more bloggers out there that I read on a regular basis, and you all deserve an award- I really need to update my links so that you can find them!

I'm off to send the gifts to my sisters...late as usual, they might be getting the gifts for NewYear instead...

Have a great day!!!