Hytta - the cabin
As some of you may know, we've built a cabin. It's almost finished, and here are some photos.






Lenge sia sist - long time no see
It's a really long time since I've blogged anything at all. Been plenty of other things to do last fall, and time hasn't been on my side. But crafting has been done in abundance! So I finally got my act together and decided to update you on what I've been doing.
Malsen og mor
I found a new webshop, carrying cheap, and lovely scottish tweedyarn, and of course I couldn't resist it.

Lenge siden sist - long time no see
It's a long time since I've had the time to sit down in peace and quiet in front of my laptop to update my blog. It doesn't mean I haven't produced anything. This summer has been used to getting to knos our two fosterchildren, and building our cabin. But now the everydaylife starts - luckily. The kids are going to school and kindergarten, and my husband has started working. I look forward to having some days to myself again - hiking in the mountains, visiting friends alone, and updating my blog more frequently...
Bytte - swap
I pakken lå det nydelig fiberblanding av alpakka og merino. Fargen heter Smaragd. Og to nydelige håndlaga maskemarkører. Tusen takk til Birthe!
I joined a swap at the forum Spinners Home. Here is the package I got from Birthe P., who has her own store in Denmark, Garngalleriet. Her store carries both yarn and fibre, as well as spinning equipment.
In the package was a beautiful fibremix of alpaca and merino, called Smaragd (means Emerald). And two beautiful handmade stitchmarkers. Thank you so much, Birthe!


O - du herlige! - O glorious feeling!
Check out what dropped in my mailbox yesterday! I have decided to not buy more yarn this year, but I'm still waiting for yarn I ordered last year. Well - this package was actually ordered in january, but only because I ordered a package from Danish Bendixgarn from their closedown-sale, and then it was cancelled because they were sold out. So I ordered a surprisepackage from Markno instead. And what a glorious package! One Regia-booklet, one package of wool-soak, one set of short dp-needles from Brittany (I wonder if she knows I love these needles), and 1200 grams of great yarn.

Apollo bomullsgarn - Apollo cottonyarn



Filatura di crosa Maxime & Maxime Print


Drops Silkealpaca

Regia Cotton

ONline Supersocke Silk

Gepard Cottonwool

Lang Tissa (ja det heter faktisk det, dette bomullsgarnet...)





Resultat 2008 - Result 2008
1 hekla sitteunderlag
18 par votter
1 par hansker
7 par pulsvarmere
19 luer
7 sjal
3 skjerf
13 par sokker
7 pannebånd / calorimetrier
3 halser
7 barnegensere
5 voksengensere
1 vest
1bomullstopp
1 pledd
2 vesker
1 kurv
5 par tøfler
5 vaskekluter / oppvaskkluter
I've gone through my projects this year and made a list. In addition I've also done some embroidery, made soap and spun yarn. Most of these projects are listed on ravelry, but some have been given away before I registered them.
1 crocheted "sit-upon"
18 pairs of mittens
1 pair of gloves
7 pairs of wristwarmers
19 hats
7 shawls
3 scarves
13 pairs of socks
7 headbands / calorimetries
3 cowls
7 childrens-sweaters
5 adult-sweaters
1 vest
1 cotton-top
1 blanket
2 bags
1 basket
5 pairs of slippers
5 washcloths / dishcloths
Neste år har jeg som mål å gjøre ferdig UFOer, har meldt meg på en along, og har innført kjøpestopp av garn fra 1/1-09.
Next year my goal is to finish UFOs, I've joined one knitalong, and have decided to not buy more yarn from 01.01.2009.
God jul! Merry christmas!
Now I finally found the time, and peace and quiet, to update my blog. Christmas has so far been eventfull, with christmas celebration, birthday celebrations, family visits and dinner invitations. But today we've had a nice day outdoors, driving the dogs and some cross country skiing. So I wish you all a merry christmas in the days to come!

Vinter - winter
So the winter came, and I really hope it lasts a while. Las year we didn't have any snow at christmas, and that was really sad! Junior loves it, and doesn't want to come inside. He'd rather be outside playing in the snow! This is how it looks outside my house this morning.


Jeg skal bruke dagen til å oppdatere bloggen min med nye ting, strikke julegaver og kose meg!
I'm gonna use this day to update my blog, knit christmaspresents and enjoy myself!
På kurs i Bodø - seminar in Bodø
I've been to a seminar in Bodø, and dropped by a store called Smykkestein. What a great store - lots of hobbyarticles and lots of yarn . Of course I couldn't resist, and the result was this:

Så fant jeg også disse bladene på Narvesen:
I also found these magazines at a Narvesen-kiosk:

Bollebaking - baking buns
Junior has his own way of baking buns - very creative solutions as far as shape is concidered. This time it was chocolate buns-----mmmmmmmm.... It's so nice to do something together!


Så benytter jeg anledningen til å ønsker dere som dumper innom en god helg - og oppfordringen min til dere er som følger; gjør noe sammen med de du er glad i. Det er så lett å glemme av hvorfor man elsker hverandre i hverdagen, så bruk helga til å huske dette! Jeg skal strikke masse, og nyte freden og roen, for de andre i familien min er opptatt med arbeid, jakt og andre ting. God helg!
So I'll use the opportunity to wish you who stop by a good weekend - and my challenge to you is as follows; do something together with the ones you love. It's so easy to forget why we love one another in a busy everyday life, so use this weekend to remember this! I'm gonna knit a lot, and enjoy peace and quiet., because the rest of the family are busy working, hunting and other things. Have a nice weekend!
Bursdagsgave - birthday present
Last weekend was my birthday, and i got this lovely orchid as a present from mom. Isn't it beautiful?

Og i dag kom jeg hjem, og der lå det en stor pakke i postkassen min. Bursdagsgave fra Lisa i USA: Jeg ble kjent med Lisa via Ravelry - der heter hun Oslogirl. Jeg ble kjempeglad for den fine gaven! Snakk om flott overraskelse.
Today I came home and found a large package in my mailbox. It was my birthdaypresent from Lisa in USA. I got to know Lisa through Ravelry, where she's called Oslogirl. I was very happy for this great present. What a great surprise!

Nordnorsk ordbok
Syns den var så utrolig bra at jeg måtte legge den inn her. Kanskje dere sørfra forstår litt mer av hva vi sier nå... ;-)
Komplett ordbok for å kommunisere med folk fra Nord-Norge!
Ne-snydd - en person som ikke er oppdatert
Ståkk dom - heller ikke spesielt lur person
Ska æ je dæ en åver auan - skal jeg slå deg ned?
Den reima - veldig pen jente
Mainnebein - attraktivt hankjønn
Djævelskt grei - pulbar, men ikke særlig pen
Like intelligænt som ei bøtta møkk - ikke særlig lur person
Tarzan-loft - treningssenter
Ska æ LUGG hjernerystelse på dæ - en trussel
Ska æ je dæ whiplash i lillehjern - også en trussel
Satan óg - huff
Dæven han steiki - dobbelt huff
Dæven han røkksalte i d svartsvidde hælvette - fytti katta
Fåkk & råkk - dårlig vintervær inklusiv snø
Ta tellfart å håpp t hælvette - dra dit pepper?n gror
Mor di e en mainn, ser ut som en hæst å heite kurt - skal vi slåss?
Sett no hær som ett lass me møkk- slapper av, sliten
Gamlingan - foreldre
Morsan, farsan, brorsan - mamma, pappa og bror
Veikje - jente
Koffør - hvorfor
Katti - når tid
Kæm - hvem
Kor - hvor
Ka - hva
Shønna - skjønner
Schnakkes - farvel, hade
Schmukka / Schnuppa - ei snelle
Lamme - sammen med
Lægg inn åran - gi opp
Parkérte tøfflan - døde
Pittelitn - bitteliten
På fetthåre - med liten margin
På et kløyva fetthår - med svært liten margin
Fettnøye - viktig
Sprængt i haue - en ulur person
Peislæst / Hæstpeis - tulling / dust
Gomslorsk - lite flatterende (manns)person
Gorrhysa - også lite flatterende person (dame)
Gidd ikkje - orker ikke
Ka du kuka me? - hva driver du med?
Sæme - bruke lang tid
Bontjuv - en som har flyttet hit
Sveittpeis - mannsperson som går i arbeidsklær 24/7
Jåsspeis - tullebukk
Rullator mafia - pensjonister i byen
Klinkanes klart - helt klart
Kakkel-høns - damer som prater MYE
Kjæft-aus - damer som kjefter mye
Ørt?n - mange
Ørtåførti - svært mange
Bais?n - full
Grøfte kanyle - drit full
Snyblind - dritings
Sjarkhore - kvinne med tvilsom merittliste
Ei tøtta - ei jente
Kjærring-lørv - dama di
Hobbyrommet mitt - my hobbyroom
My mother bought ne bookshelves at Ikea, so I got her old ones, and the result was an absolutely perfect hobbyroom. Now I can store all my patterns, books, yarn, fibre and other stash in one place, and I can go in there and enjoy the sight whenever I want to. Isn't it great?




Interweave Hurt Book Sale
I couldn't resist it, so these books were in my mailbox when I came home from Scotland.

Shopping i Skottland - Shopping in scotland
My windband went to Scotland. Of course I had to do some yarnshopping. I found Rowanyarn and patternbook at Jenners, and Noro, angora and needles at K1yarns. All in Edinburgh. I also found a knitting book in a bookstore in Aberdeen. Satisfied? YEEESSSS!



Høst - Autumn
Today I can see autumn approaching. The temperature isn't too bad, but it's raining, and the forest has a yellowish colour. I sit here enjoying the fact that my week of labour is over, because - yes, I have tha day off most Fridays. In addition i have reduced hours of working this year, so I won't have to work so many afternoons. And so I can use my Thursday evenings going to a meeting in the local husflidslag ( an organisation working for preserving traditional crafting techniques). I'm really looking forward to it. I've also ordered lots of yarn, and I hope it arrives soon. More to look forward to!
Ferien over - holiday's over
So everyday's life is back, and soon I'm going back to work for real. This summer has been full of great experiences, gorgeous trips and lots of crafting. Not so many big projects, but I've knitted a lot of small ones. Iæve also bought a not so small amount of yarn, new books and organized my crafts-room. You're welcome to take a look!
God helg! - Have a nice weekend!
I'm using this weekend at a windband-gathering in Rognan. It'll be lots of work and lots of fun. I'm conducting my windband as well as playing concerts with my brassquintet Salten Brass, and the bigband Bonbøgda Bigband. Hope the weather keeps good! Wish you all a great weekend! ;-)
Nye bøker
I've used the winter and spring to buy lots of new books, and I add pictures for inspiration to the occational visitor. Lately I've got this thing for vintage books, and I've bought them from antique-book-shops.























Nytt utstyr til spinning - new spinning equipment
I've invested in a Niddy Noddy. I've got a yarnwinder on my spinningwheel, but I don't like it. In addition, I've also bought a yarngauge, to measure my handspun. In that way, I can easily search for patterns on Ravelry.


Masse sokkegarn - lots of sockyarn
I ordered a so called box of sockyarn on sale from Markno in Denmark. 3.5 kilos of yarn, and even with taxes and postage to Norway, it was really cheap. So many temptations...

Sjekk den haugen! - Check that huge pile of wool!
I bought som unspun wool on auction at qxl, and today I went to the postoffice and got approximately 8 kilos of preyarn i can knit or spin...

Favoritt-bokhylla - My favourite bookshelf
It is filled with just knitting-books. Here you can find a lot of inspiration and plenty of temtations.

Halloween
Junior was invited to a Halloween-birthday-party. Quite scary?


Snart jul - almost christmas
Dersom dokker ønske ei musikalsk julehilsen fra kvintetten min, så kan æ anbefal disse videoklippan på youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsB5I9m_dFk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkRB8M5v00k
Ønske alle ei god og fredelig førjulstid!
After several months of blog-denial, I've finally feel like updating again. I have produced a lot in the meantime, knitting, soap-making, painting and yarn-shopping. Some of it will be christmaspresents, others I will try to sell.
If you feel like listening to a musical christmas-greeting from my brass-quintet, you should watch the above videos on youtube.

Ei uke sia sist - one week since the last time
So it's been a week since my last blogging, and the autumn is becoming more and more apparent every day. The weather has been changing constantly, and we've had a lot of rain and quite cool temperatures. But that is when the urge to knit is at it's peak. It's nice with dark evenings, the fire burning in the oven, a cup of tea, candles and crafts. Have started work for real after the holidays. We're planning the hundredth anniversary for my wind band next year, and that's exiting. By the way, I enjoy the autumn, with plenty of occations for good outdoor-experiences, and I wish all readers a good week ahead!!
Nye bøker






Har kjøpt en del nye bøker, blant annet på salg fra Haugen Bok... Det kribla i fingran...
Have bought some new books...
På'n igjen - here we go again.
So, the summerholiday's over, and we're back to work. This week is quiet, just a few meetings and a concert this saturday, so I have some time to spend in front of the PC. Have added some new posts on my blog, and have started to translate some of the old ones to english. It might be fun for the occational international reader to understand something. We're approaching autumn day by day. Last night we almost had frost - it was 0,9 celsius during th night. Have picked a lot of blueberries this year. It is soooo good, and this year we have enormous amounts just outside our house. Have started to knit Christmas Presents to the family. Thought I would finish as much as possible now, so I have time to do other projects during the autumn... Maybe I will finish some UFOs as well. I have several socks lacking a partner, a sweater, a jacket, and some enbroideries in my closet...
GRRRRR!!!!
I managed to drop my camera down in the bottom of my boat, and it got soaking wet, so then I have to use my cell phone to take pictures, and the quality is not really that good...
Nye bøker





PÅSKE!!

På'n igjen
Hobbyforum
På helgetur
Vinter
Så va helga overstått. Har vært på skikurs med junior. Artig å se på, og syns jo det e deilig å få på sæ skian æ også. Har vært fint vær. Vi begynn å se sola på himmeln igjen, og det e deilig. Ellers har det vært ganske kaldt, med minus 24 i går kveld. Hutre... men vi har da ved å fyr i ovnen med. Vært på besøk til en kollega i fødselspermisjon, og fått besøk av andre venna. Koselig. Men har vært veldig flink og fullført tre prosjekt; heklasjal, lesta og Kureyonsjalet mitt. Har bare begynt på ett nytt ... votta med dødningehoda til junior. De bli nok tøff... Ha ei fin og kreativ uke foran dokker alle sammen!
Knitalong
Tagging...
Her e mine utfordringa og mine svar:
* Nevn 6 rare ting om deg selv
* Tagg 6 personer, og legg igjen en hilsen i bloggen, og be de lese din
* Disse reglene skal gjengies av den som er tagget.....
6 rare ting om meg:
1. Er livredd for å prøve slalomski... men syns langrenn i stor fart og bakke er helt greit.
2. Har en smule fobi for alle offentlige kontor: banka, lege, tannlege, rådhus... masse skumle folk der... Trur æ i alle fall, sjøl om æ egentlig veit det motsatte.
3. E ubeskrivelig nyssgjerrig på nye håndarbeidsteknikka og nye musikkinstrumenta - e berre nødt å prøv. Nokka som resulter i at huset e fullt av instrumentkofferta av forskjellige størrelsa, piano, gitar, fløyta, trompeta, klarinett... og en heil bråte med uferdige håndarbeidsprosjekt. Det e vesst nokka med å vær utålmodig...
4. Elske garn-nøsta... Ser æ nån i butikken ligg de å rope og ber om å få vær med hjem, og æ e så blauthjerta at æ ikke kan la de ligg der i butikken å rop om hjelp.
5. Syns det e heilt fantastisk å vær på telt-tur, men e livredd for alt med meir enn fire bein.
6. E vokst opp i Saltstraumen, like å fesk og å spis fesk, men har ingen anelse ka æ ska gjør når den kommer opp av vannet... " Hjelp! Æ har fesk på, kom å ta den!!!"
Tid til å sitte ned
Hektisk...
Høst - autumn
So the autumn came to Nordland. Well - it's still 16celsius, and that's not so bad, but it's also raining and windy. Been to work, and I'm off again tonight. That's typical for a musician... But today we're starting our brass quintet again after the summerholiday, and that'a always fun. Have knitted some more on my mohairshawl, and it's feels lovely!
I dag -today
I've been walking the dogs in the forest, and off to work in not so long. Nice with som peace and quiet in a hectic everyday life. .. to look at the nature, smell it and listen to it's sounds. As I work with music, I really appreciate the natural silence. There's so much noise everywhere. Couldn't keep away from the knitting needles... Started on one of the arms of the Lopisweater for junior, and started a mohairshawl. Easy to knit at work. We have a meeting, and I always carry my knitting with me.
Litt mer om meg. - Some more about me
Well, so I finally got a blog. Have been inside many great blogs about knittin, one of my favorite hobbies, and got a lot of information. It's good to see that so many of you share this hobby with me, and that there are more people than me with a house full of yarn. When I write in norwegian, I use my dialect from Northnorway. I feel it's an important part of my identity, even though som may have a little trouble understanding it. I'm new at this blogging-thing, so any comments will be satisfied. Have men camping this weekend, so there hasn't been much knitting, but picking berries instead. We have to enjoy the nature :-)
Om meg - about me
I'm a girl from Northern Norway. Love crafts, animals, and being outdoors in the beautiful nature that surrounds us. I work as a musician. Have a husband and two kids - one each. Two great boys who are almost 8 and 18. We live in the countryside, with hens, 2 dogs and a wonderul Maine Coon cat named Torvald.
