Just saying hi

It is actually my birthday today! And it has - this far - been a great one! I brought some of my lemonyraspberry-cupcakes to school and we hade a nice, sunny birthday"fika".
I had the afternoon with Valdar. We stopped by the fish shop om our way home and bought some smoked shrimps and saffron aioli. This was Valdars suggestion. At the fish shop they also sell this LOVELY crispbread, with stone-ground rye, sesame seeds and well, I simply love it. And it goes well with aioli and shrimps, or creamcheese and ripe tomatoes - black pepper. You really should try!

Later in the evening my mother with husband Janne, my father and my grandmother came by - bringing cake and flowers! It was nice having this small celebration, just the closest of family today. I got a lovely brownish-gold-pink new bicycle, a pair of vintage earings and a lovely necklace with a birdshaped pendant made by artist Karin Ferner. Thank you all for the WONDERFUL gifts. I had to go cycling for a while, wearing my necklace of course.. I got this memory image of being five years old and running off to play with my birthdaygifts, wearing the new bathing suite, the dress and the wellies. At the same time. Just because they were new. Do you remember that?

Knittingwise I am finishing up the swatches and sketches for the opening of our final exhibition next wednesday. We will put everything up this thursday and friday. Tomorrow afternoon I will conquer the dye workshop together with Heléne. I am SO looking forward to that. Don´t wait up, we might be late.

Lovely links of the day; partly in swedish!
The helylle-foträta styling experience
Signerat.se
Jag blommar

Take care!

Today´s entry, mostly in swedish

Jösses anåda! I dag har jag uträtta storverk! Storverk av det slag som får en att bara vilja utföra fler, större, bättre högre - ja ni hajar. Jag har färgat garn till min materialsats. Det blå blev egentligen alldeles för mörk och den orangea lite fööör - skall vi säga köttfärs? Inte helt lyckat - men SÅ trevligt. När jag blir stort skall jag färga mer garn. Massor med mer. När jag blir stor och bor i Bohuslän och har en massa snälla får. Då jäklar i min lilla låda. Då ska jag färga. Ska fota lite i morgon. Så här dags får små Erikor nämligen inte alls vara vakna.

Dagens lärdom: Köttfärseffekten uppstår när garnet är för mörkt. Det borde man (Erika) ha lärt sig för flera år sedan (när den nu mera klassiska Köttfärs-kyperten uppstod vid en omsjungen krappfärgning på Björkö - inte ens ett offer bestående av en flaska bättre norditalienskt rödtjut kunde ordna detta...).

Jag kanske går dit och smygfärgar nästa vecka. Smyyyyyyg.
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Well. Maybe a short summary then! I spent the day dyeing yarn for my exam, although I managed to get the perfect pink/brown shade of minced meat on one of the skeins. I will try to get some pictures up tomorrow. Dyeing makes me happy. It makes me feel like an alchemist.

Something that makes me sad though! Yesterday I was not able to attend the opening on the exhibition on the collaboration between Camilla Engman and Karin Eriksson. I hope you had a grand opening and that there will be a print or two and maybe a bowl left for me next week...