Knits 2010

I was planning on ensemble all my knitting for 2010 since before new year, but had not got around to it when Daria asked me if I knew how much yarn I used last year. And working with KnitMeter these days I`m totally hooked on weighing my knits :)

I wrote all my knits for 2010 down (opam list, got to love that one) and started to weigh the garments that I have at home, and then I had a look in previous blog posts how much yarn etc I`ve used for the give-away`s.

I counted 34 items! 

(pair of booties, socks and slippers count 1 pr.pair) and if we loosely estimate the yarns for the ones I can`t weight now, we are up in about: 

3865 grams!

I am amazed :)

I have been through all my project albums and saved 1 photo of my finished knitproject and made the album Knit 2010. This is really a gooood idea, so for the rest of 2011 I will put a photo of my finish in a album for Knit 2011, so when next year arrives the album will be done already :) I`ll do the same for my sew`ings :)

Only 1 photo missing in the Knit 2010 album, the last pair of blue booties I made for my friend Maris son Akin Ola.

All the best hk

And I hope you all have a great week :)

It`s done!

I unraveled the brown vest for Torgeir.....

I could not finish it knowing it would fit my youngest when my eldest knew I was knitting it for him....

Sad isn`t it? A knit without the needles....

This heap of yarn is 3 skeins of pt3.

My Woll Winder is great :)

A new beginning....

The KnitMeter is fun, in a need to knit kind of way.....

All the best hk :)

Tea Party :)

Ready for my 3 cup today....

They look good don`t they? 

Colorful, fruity, pyramid bags...

Lemon, honey and berries?

Well....I think... better......  !

All the best hk :)

Tina knows what I did Yesterday..... ha ha ha ;oD

Plans for 2011

Well, got my new year resolution of my chest..... So now over to my PLANS for the new year :)
New year resolutions never work! ha ha ha (I`m sticking with the tea....), but PLANS however are a "living thing"....are`nt they? A change of plan is / or sounds better than a change of the new year resolutions......
Plans can be adjusted to "real life!" (family, work etc), you can add new ones, both short or long term (we`re talking fast finishes, gifts and bom`s (block of month), or big quilts/knits).

I have divided my PLANS into this: Sewing Projects, Bom`s, Quilting and Knit.....

And before I start to list up all I need/want to do.....

                             I need to do some SERIOUS tidying up in my sewing room... 

It is a MESS..... fabrics, yarns, patterns, books, stash.... everything.... uhh!
I would like to count/weigh my yarn stash...  I`m thinking of adding a KnitMeter on my sidebar, it would be fun to see my stash shrink..... :)
I`m also going to count my ufo`s and planned projects and kits.......
And my fabric stash needs a refold...  Love to see them shrink too...  :)

The reason for not sewing lately is that I need to prepare more blocks or cut fabrics to applique on all of them! (need to find them in the MESS down stairs, in the coldest room in the house, almost.....)

Sewing Projects I`m working on:

• In Bloom: This is from the Japanese inspiration class by Laila. I need to do the applique of the bias strips, leafs and flower buds and then the top is done..... 
• Cube quilt: The quilt I`m making for my eldest son, also a class by Laila. I need to cut more cubes and sew the blocks together......

Bom`s I`m working on:

• Life is a Celebration: Need to prepare 5? or more? blocks, both stitchery and applique (trace, cut, and sew!).
• The Wish Quilt: Got 1 block left to stitch, then ALL the applique and patchwork.....
• My Garden: Block 5,6 and 7 need to be stitched and all the applique..... (traced them on last Tuesday...)

I have got several quilt tops ready downstairs in my sewing room....
And if I do like Hanne, "a tread a day", I will make progress, and progress is a lot more than nothing... And it is about getting started... (you can`t finish if you don`t start...).
So no deadline, just getting started and maybe......  :)

Quilting I`m working on:

• Lailas Garden: I started quilting this one months ago.... Just need to keep on quilting.... and the frame is......where?..... somewhere in the MESS downstairs :)

I knitted a lot last year.... But the PLANS for this years knitting includes my own children......
.... and me! A gray cardigan, a Nøstebarn pattern, I`ve got the yarn down stairs....

Knit`s I`m working on:

• Brown vest for my eldest. I love this pattern.... But I`m thinking of rip it up and start over...... I think it`s turning out too small......   

 Should I re-knit this?

• Mittens for me: Joined a revelry group for January only. The pattern is Telemark, have wanted to knit these for years, bought the yarn in October 2010 together with another mitten pattern, but will knit these first With the yarn I bought :)

And then there is the OPAM concept... One word:  YES  I would love to join this year too.
For me it really worked and what a 2010 list.. I really amazed myself, like "is this really possible"?

I`m still in love with the Early Bird concept...

I would like to finish 1 gift a month to put in my Christmas Gift Box...And I`ve already been giving it a lot of thought what to make and for whom..... there is also birthday gifts to consider.... But before I write my gift list I`m going to give my yarn the "weight over", read threw some patterns and knit books and perhaps make some project bags from stash and see where it takes me.....

...... And I would like to join knit-a-longs! Sock, shawls......

No knit or sew resolutions.... just PLANS...... love them :)

All the best hk :)

Birthday boy :)

Our youngest was 4 years Wednesday, the 5th of Janyary.

Happy birthday young man :)

Got a crown at the daycare :)

  Hot dogs for dinner...

Cake with jelly-men....

Gifts :)

Reading the Lego magazine :)

Wonder what to build.....


On the Thursday gifts from grandmother and grandfather up north arrived...
On the Saturday he had his first inviting-friends-birthday party and had 6 friends from daycare came over for hot dogs, muffins and ice creme :)

 The jelly-man: Help! I lost my arms..... my head.....feet....
What would a party be without jelly-men???

All the best hk :)

New Year Resolution

Yes! ..... I have one too! But not for either knit or sew...!

My resolution is a bit different....

It`s about tea..... No I have`nt lost the plot.... :)

In our kitchen cupboards, I have a great tea stash..... it`s growing and soon I`m left with no room for anything else.... When we do our grocery shopping, I often end up buying new tea... I mean a new brand, or different taste, something I have no idea if it`s good or not..... They loooook soooo goooood...sight... Well, needless to say, I end up drinking only the "old" one, the reason why I want to try something else in the first place .......

Boring! That`s me!!!!!

But now I`M GOING to enjoy a cup (or 2) every day from my "old" stash.....

I`m only allowed to refill the yellow Twinings Earl Grey 

and I need the yellow Lipton for Tina :) 

 I bought this tea because I wanted the box....

When I opened it the smell was not appealing.... 

so it`s been in my cupboard looking at me every time I open the cupboard door....

Today I made a small pot, and enjoyed the tea while stitching My Garden.

It was better than expected :)

The Lipton tea are 20bags (x 7boxes), the Twinings are 25bags (x 6boxes) + 1 with 50bags, 

there are 5 loos weight and 4 others....

My husbands opinion was that this would last for several months, 

and yes! he said it with a great smile :)

So anyone want to join my Tea Party? 

All the best hk :)

My Garden.....

Tuesday I got my block 7 for My Garden bom. 

In the evening I managed to trace the stitchery`s for block 5,6 and 7! 

I`ve also got to iron on the thin stabilizer on the back....

 

My husband have made me a light box :)

He framed one of the glass shelves from the frigde, attached a light and painted the wood white.

I love it and it works perfectly :)

Wednesday I was ready to attend our local quilt guild meeting.

Friday I did a Friday night sew`in with Tina (on the phone)   :)

Sunday morning, slow stitching......

It`s still block 5....

All the best hk

Setesdals Cardigan

Just totally love this one....

Last time I made something you needed to sew on machine and cut open it ended in disaster...

This one I could only wish it was for one of my children!

I LOVE IT!

First 2 parallel strait stitches, then 2 more almost on top, and then zig-zag on top of them....

...no loops can ever escape.....

though love....

I hid the raw edges (cutting edge) with a cotton band I bought at Quiltegaarden ages ago

.... it matched beautifully.

New favorite buttons.

I do hope Mari love this cardigan as much as I do, it really was a lot of work.

And a milestone got passed: I can do it!

I`m thinking of knitting more of these :)

Have a great day everyone :)

All the best hk

OPAM December 2010

My OPAM report for December 2010....

First, a big thank you to Kris and Peg for hosting this great event for all of us. 

I`m hoping for a new season with OPAM 2011....

This is what I made in December 2010. I had 12 finishes.....Yes! I know.....awesome.... :)

Traveling Woman 4 and 5, Slippers for daughter, gray socks, Setesdal Cardigan and pants, 

Pink Cardigan, 3 Scissor keepers, 2 I-phone covers.

Total OPAM finishes this year was 59........ I had to recount!

All the best hk :)

Happy new year everybody :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do hope you all will have a wonderful new year.
And thank you all for the inspiration and joy you have given me through out 2010.
I do hope this year will bring lots of more new blog friends ;)

Welcome and joy for everyone ;)
All the best Hanne-Kristine