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söndag, april 07, 2013

Hemma

Hemma igen. Ingen av oss jublar precis, men nu är vi hemma igen. Vi kom oss slutligen för att lösa in presentkortet på Solhem Keramik vi fick av vännerna när vi gifte oss (15 augusti 2009, så det har legat till sig) på vägen hem. Det känns fint att kunna duka med en bit Bohuslän som dessutom finns hos i stort sätt alla vännerna där, och dessutom veta att den kommer från dem.

Valdar bearbetar sin Bohuslängtan genom att rita hundar och får. Allrahelst den fina kelpievalpen Zoey som imponerade stort när hon vallade nu när vi var nere. Vi bakar chokladscones, gläds åt våren och Pärlans erövringar. Försöker hitta sätt att ändå uthärda och att trivas så bra det bara går. Det finns bra saker här också, det gäller att fokusera på dem. Att leva och inte bara överleva. Snart är det dags att åka till Blidö också, det skall bli fint.








torsdag, april 04, 2013

Sol

Tänk vad efterlängtat det är, ljuset. Vi har spenderat eftermiddagen utomhus med fina vänner. Vad mycket värt det är med tid, sol på näsan, en varm kopp te och vårlek på snöfria gräsmattor för ben med massor av spring.



onsdag, april 03, 2013

måndag, oktober 13, 2008

Hi there everyone. There is alot of things going on; jobwise, healthwise and--- jobwise. And I have made some rather bad planning. For which I am suffering. The trip to Grimslätt was great, as always and I feel blessed to be able to return there - hopefully we will be back in a month or so. It is time to go to bed; but I will give you some pics. Take care!


Studio Violet
Grimslatt gård

lördag, augusti 04, 2007

O dear.

Time flies. We left Bohuslän almost two weeks ago and since then I have been quite sick. After having three attacks it turned out they were attacks of biliary colic and after two hosplital visits I am awaiting surgery to remove a gallstone measuring 3 cm. Well. Should I say I have been laying down for most of the time? The first week we went for all kinds of adventures. I knitted away at my wristwarmers from Bohuslän:



bohusmudd

On our way home from Bohuslän we always make a stop at the Bohus Museum in Uddevalla where some of the classic Bohus-Knittes sweaters are displayed. To my undivided happiness they had some kits for sale in the shop, an since I couldn´t afford a kit for a sweater or cardigan, I settled for a pair of wristwarmers.

The patterns is a favourite - Gröna ängen. One of them, I should say. Follow this link to see a part of the yoke of a Gröna ängen-cardy.
Design by Anna-Lisa Mannheimer Lunn

As for now, I only yesterday received "Knitting Ganseys"by Beth Brown Reinsel , which might just be the trick to make me finish (reknit) the Guernsey for Björn I started last summer (I have to change yarn... *grr* the pattern does not show. At all. So I knitted the body and then the yoke twice. And then two times more. Finally i have decided: It Does Not Work..WHY am I this stubborn?).

I am knitting the "Flower Basket" shawl - using Pälsull from Östergötlands ullspinneri. Lovely yarn. This is a pattern I have knitted several times, but in different yarns and this one, I am going to keep. I won´t give it away, mostly because I really like the pattern but am so tired of knitting it. But we will see. Maybe someone claims it in the end?

Looking forward to either continue working some of my wip´s or to .. maybe start a quick fishermanssweater for Valdar. Maybe a Guernsey? I would really love to spin aswell, but for now I do not have the energy.


pion


Time to have a lie down and knit a couple of rows and make plans for the house-to-be.

Take care.

fredag, juli 20, 2007

We left Stockholm about a week ago for Bohuslän. A couple of close friends got married and held a wonderful ceremony and dinner by their house. Since we brought Valdar (at first we were not going to) we did not have to hurry home - so here we are.

We are staying at another couple of dear friends and their two children, which is great for Valdar. They own a farm - mostly sheep (Gotländska utegångsfår), poltery, cows and horses. Needless to say that we enjoy our stay deeply. The farm is called Grimslätt <-- visit their site! Today Sara and Markus received three large packages of..... YARN and WOOL! They send their wool to be spun at Solkustens Ullspinneri. Mostly it is 100% lambswool, 1 ply and 2 ply. This far I´ve tried to knit a 40 x 180 cm shawl using the knittax - a knitting machine (vad fasen heter det på engelska? Stickmaskin liksom) and I love the yarn! Soft, oh so soft.


The magical Knittax

Knitting a shawl. A shawl in one afternoon :-) Sweet.


Trying out some lacepatterns using the 1 ply aswell. Very exciting!