Inspiration for knitters // Inspirasjon til de som kan strikke.

Last weekend we were cleaning out the house of my late grandparents. Not a happy job, but it hat to be done at some point. The happier part of it was that I got a lot of knitted socks and mittens. And also several rolls of fabric, that I don't have room for here in my tiny apartment.

I have not yet mastered the art of using to sticks to make intricate patterns. I like the one hook better, and I am better at it. But I thought I would show you some of the stuff I brought home, as inspiration to all the knitters out there that now what they are doing.

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Forrige helg ryddet vi opp i huset etter bestemor og bestefar. Ikke så veldig morsomt egentlig, men noe som må gjøres. Det som er litt morsommere er at fikk med meg masse hjemmestrikkede votter og sokker. Og en god del stoff, som jeg ikke har plass til i leiligheta.

Jeg kan ikke strikke. To pinner og meg i kombinasjon lager ikke pene mønster, om det blir noe i det hele tatt. Jeg holder meg stort sett til heklenåla mi. Jeg er flink til å hekle og jeg liker det bedre. Men jeg tenkte jeg skulle vise frem noen av de tingene jeg fikk med meg hjem, som inspirasjon til de av dere der ute som kan å strikke og får til mønster.

Three pairs of ordinary mittens, in different patterns. // Tre par vanlige votter, i forskjellige mønster.

A pair of really pretty socks in a traditional pattern. // Et par pensokker med tradisjonelt mønster.

A pair of pullover mittens, that I suspect were made for a man. I love these, they make som tasks possible to do, even with mittens on, but they were not made for the smart phone era, since the thumb is still covered up. 

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Et par votter med fingervotter inni. Jeg mistenker at disse kanskje ble laget for en mann. Jeg syns sånne votter er supersmarte, men de er ikke helt tilpasset smarttelefonene, siden tommelen fortsatt er dekket til. 

And my favorite ones! Even though they are brown, which is not my favorite color, these mittens have Løten knitted in. Løten is where I am from. Where I was born and raised and where I plan to return to when I am done studying and have a drivers license. I am pretty sure these are the coolest mittens in Norway!

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Og mine favoritter! Selv om de er brune og brun ikke er i nærheten av min favorittfarge er disse vottene bare best. De har Løten strikket inn i mønsteret. Og jeg er jo fra Løten. Der har jeg vokst opp og dit skal jeg igjen da jeg blir ferdig med å studere og får meg førerkort. Jeg er ganske sikker på at dette er de kuleste vottene i hele Norge! 

Hi there!

I'm really not a good blogger, but here some of what I've done since last time

I've made two pairs of socks. One for my grandmother and one for myself.
This is the pair for my grandmother:

I don't have a picture of my pair. And I seriously don't know where they are. I mean, I washed them and dried them and now they are gone. I'll have to get back to you on that.

I got a new phone just after Christmas. Well, I got a phone in exchange for a lot of money. And the thing with phones today are that they are made up of one big screen, so I'm really an idiot just for buying it. But, I did, so I had to make something to protect it from the keys in my pockets. The solution was a phone cozy:

I love the little rabbit button! I made the "pattern" myself too.

As I was doing the phone cozy, I got inspired to do some appliques, and I found this cute giraffe pattern. I don't know Japanese. But the pattern diagram should be international. I think I spent the whole day trying to figure out where to start the whole thing. But then I finally got it! And .. voila..? A giraffe.

(I'm not to happy, but hey, I did it.)

I also found this incredibly cute crown pattern from the same designer, and this I'm a little more happy with:

I also tried my luck at tatting. But I failed. I think I need some serious tutoring before I can turn out something worth showing you.

Yes, It's a sock. It has rice in it. It's my home made heat pack. I'm thinking I'll crochet something to hide the fact that it is a sock with rice in it, but since I made it for my stiff neck, it'll have to wait.

I also have some work in progresses to, but I'll post them later!

Three finishes in one day!

Today I've finished three projects! First I finished my first ever pair of crocheted socks: I don't know if I'll keep them myself or give then away yet, but here they are:

The photo does not give the colors justice!

Also, I finished a doily called Blue Pineapples. In white thread, ironically.I don't know what I'll do with it, maybe I'll sell it, if someone wants to buy it.

It is by no means perfect. It was sort of a training doily. I really need to learn to make consistent picots. The last round of doilies are usually where I "give up." They just seem to never end for me, so I get bored. This is the reason I still haven't finished my beautiful black pineapple doily.

By the way; I actually ironed the doily and the filet project, and while I did so I managed to pour boiling water from the iron onto my foot. It hurt...


The last item I finished was my first filet-project, but, I'm giving it away tomorrow, so I can't post it yet, in case the receiver is reading my blog.

Recently I've done several smaller projects, that I'll post later(I'm not home at the moment) But I do have one picture of one of them. A bath rug made out of plastic bags, and rubber bands.