Handmade gift this Christmas

I only made two gifts this Christmas!

I guess I`m the most surprised by this, but I PROMISE.... 

next year I`ll do better....

For my dear best friends daughter I made the same knitted coat like last year! 

This was requested and I knitted the coat in the same yarn and color too, just in larger size :)

I really love this pattern, easy to follow. 

It`s Drops Design. I made another hat this time, also a favorite.

 The yarn is Drops Merino, extra fine. Bought at Jens Hoff in Trondheim. 

The buttons is from work, Stoff og Stil.

 The strings is crocheted afterwards, 

70 chain stitch then 68 single crochet (fm) on the way back :)

Easy...

A lovely pair, I do hope the little princess liked it.

I had a great time making it.

And than the day before my parents arrived (Tuesday20.), 

I started to make a tablerunner for mom.

I finished attaching the binding at work Thursday 22. by hand on the back  ...

 It is a AnnaKa pattern.

Free hand machine quilting and machine buttonhole stitch...

Thank you all so much for visiting my blog.

And I wish you all still a merry Christmas and a wonderful and happy new year.

All the best hk

Knitting in Japanese. . .

After the summer holidays Siw at Quiltegaarden got a small Japanese knittingpatternbook in the shop.

I had to bye it!

A brown pair for me and the light grey for Siw to keep in the shop.

Beautiful baby alpaca dk. I used pins number 4, 2 skeins (about 65grams).

All the best hk

Knittingpincase...

First finish in December, JUHU   ;oD

I made this for Siw at Quiltegaarden, for her shop.

 Knitting-pin-case from a little Japanese book.

Beautiful light fabric on the inside, with a flap and 

a strap with lenses sewn together at the end.

The yarn is creme Järbo wool. I used double thread and pins number 5.

Almost the whole skein (100gram), 4 grams left.....

Have a great evening to everyone

and thank you for stopping by ;oD

All the best hk

Àlafoss Lopi

Have anyone had a look at Quiltegaardens yarn blog post?

Did you see the knitted sweater in the back?

I knitted the model for Siw to keep in the shop.

Not the best hairday! But the sweater is wonderful to wear.

 It is a Järbo design number 90299 made from Àlafoss Lopi yarn.

I used pins number 4,5 and 6. The sweater is size M.

I used less yarn then the pattern suggested. JUHU!

Siw has this yarn in a large color range in the store.

The inside, pretty cool....

Nicely twisted...

All the best hk

110%

My mother visited in the spring 2011 and I brought her with me to a Anne Pia Godske Rasmussen class. I made her a knitting bag and a sewing case for all those bits and bobs. She sews bunader and wished for a sewing case that would have room for everything she needed on the go!

Well, imagine my surprise when she visited in October...

She didn`t bring any bunader to finish, she brought knitting...a lot of it ;oD

And when she opened her sewing case all the knitting pins and stuff just ran out, all over the table and floor!

So it was just one thing to do. . . 

I enlarged the pattern from 100% to 110%.

In the middle ditch I attached a viledon filled scissor and crochet needle case.

There are room for short knitting pins on the left side and room for wire-pins on the right.

And there are several smaller pockets...

One for sewing and one for knitting, lucky lady ;oD

Love you mom

All the best hk

Finished 25.10.2011

Finally. . .

I did finish in time ;oD

 "Turn under" applique and hand quilting.

5 fabrics used. 4 on the outside and 1 as lining on the inside ;oD

All the best hk

The secret 2011

It`s time to finish the Secret 2011.

I joined in this year too, but had hard time to figure out what to make this time...

Five small fabric pieces and add some applique, the rest is up to each what to sew.

I`m bringing it with me to the family cabin for the summer, hopefully I`ll finish in time...

I`m bringing 2 knits and lots of fabric + stash for the children to get crafty.... and me ;oD

Have a great summer everyone

all the best hk

Purple v-neck cardigan

I`ve finished the purple v-neck cardigan for Kirsten.

It`s a joy to see that she loves it...

We had a great photo shoot last night, after 22 in the evening!

Jepp, a joy...

It`s a Rauma pattern 201R number 8.

I made size 10 years, used 180 g Rauma Finullgarn (thin woll).

Needles: 2,5 and 3.

I`ve also sewn her a trouser to go with the cardigan. 

It`s a Danish Union-pattern bought at Quiltegaarden, the fabric too.

Pattern number: 20022, size 128.

Love this pattern, if you look closely at the photos you may see that the seam in the side starts in the back and cross over to the front, downwards over the knee. Makes an interesting finish ;oD

Enjoy the day in the sun ;oD it`s gone rain later.....

I`m off tho work shortly... 

All the best, hk :)

My first project.....

Working in the candy store makes it hard to not fall for the temptation to by and bring home some goodies...

This lady has a plan...

Had! ehh!### ups! ;oD

My first project was to make a new iron-board cover.....

The children thought it was so fun when I put the iron-board upside down!

I`ve been thinking of making a new one ever since I saw kviltStina had made herself one (enjoy Stinas beautiful blog while looking for her iron-board, I believe it was in the fall 2010! ha ha ha couldn't find it in a hurry! ;oD but enjoy ). Beautiful, love her fabrics. I found the pattern or how to make it in an old "alt om handarbeide" a crafting magazine.

Sewing is a lot easier with a clean and nice iron-board... right ladies?

Sleep tight every one ;oD

Hug hk

You`ll never guess......

Things have been happening around here lately...

Some of my knitting, quilting, sewing and blogging friends already know...

I`ve got a job!

Hurra....

It`s kind off "back to my roots" experience.....

When I moved to Trondheim over 16 years ago! I had just finished 4 years of sew-and textile education.But things changed and I ended up with an pre-school teacher education as well...

Now I walk threw the forest, down the hill behind our house and take the bus to this lovely place...I hear birds in the morning and both sun and rain make my short walk a bit magic...I`ve seen deer (Bambi!) and squirrels passing the road and heard an owl...When I wait for the bus, I watch the waterfall and enjoy the great view on top of our local power station.

Entering this house in good time before opening....

It`s so nice when you come over to me and say: hallo :)

Fabrics, bottons, zippers, tread and more ALL day long, three days a week.

Life is good ;oD

I`ve been up-dating my opam list, still got problems with adding photos to my blog post....

Thank you all for visiting me.

All the best hk