New steam station: My office is in the same building as the Siemens, Bosch and Gaggenau headquarters in Sweden, thus also next to their outlet shop. You can find anything there, but you newer know what. I got lucky with this Bosch TDS1440, 2250W, so now all my knitted garments will look even better!

MUG-patches sent: Today I sent my MUG-patches to the missionaries without borders charity project. We've started packing to get ready to move, so I thought it was better to get them out of the house right away.

Kid merino - single or double yarn? I was wondering what would be best of knitting my kid merino with single or double yarn, so I tried it out. Needles 3.5mm and 5mm respectively. Colorwise the difference is not that big. I think the misty garden pattern would have looked better with a yarn with more than just 10cm color intervals so that some clearer lines would appear.

This is where I live! Want to see where I live? Come with me on a 12km sunday stroll around lake Brunnsviken in my photo gallery!

Jacket finished this spring: I chose to make this jacket because I liked the colours and the pattern, but when it was finished I found that it had a poor fit. The fringes are also quite heavy, pulling the garment down in the front. I followed the pattern quite closely with respect to yarns, needles and stitches.

Scarf style finally here! After six weeks of trouble the Scarf Style book is finally here! The best pictures from the book are at Strikk Innom, where I also bought the Kid Merino yarn. The book contains a lot more beautiful designs, so if you like the pictures I absolutely recommend this book as this years Christmas gift for yourself! I'm going to do the scarf in the picture, and as the yarn is possibly the most beautiful I've ever seen, it's a great risk that this will be yet another too-lovely-to-give-away project. (Strikk innom by the way has nothing to do with the book delivery problems.)

ChildHood progress: My ChildHood is getting on. It's made from Rowan Handknit Cotton which I received as a surprise from the Strikk Innom yarn club at needles 4.5mm. The yarn is very nice for this pattern, a really soft jacket for a 5-year-old-girl. I've never knitted a hood before, so I'm saving that for the end.

Beginner's shawl: here's a simple shawl I've knitted from a little less than 1 spare skein of Vivaldi from the sweater described here. I've increased one on the start and end of every second row and used about 200 pearls. Needles 8mm. First I BO directly, but the edge was to short, so I had to unravel and did k-yo-k-yo-k-yo on the last row before BO.

Workshop at Nysta: Yesterday I went to a surprise workshop at Nysta. We were 8 knitters who started out with all the yarn at the table and were told to CO 44 sts on needles 10mm to make a polo collar. When we were a little into it and had started planning for colors an designs, the workshop leader told us to rotate all works one step to the left, so then we had to rethink everything. Each finished collar in the picture is knitted by 8 people! I couldn't resist buying some yarn, and ended up with mohair from Colinette, 200g/350m which is intended for a bolero for myself. The white handspun Indian Chanda silk from Hamilton Design has a fantastic glow which can not be reproduced by my camera.

Madeira Cascade finished: I've now finished my Madeira Cascade scarf. It's knitted from almost 4 skeins of Marks&Kattens mohair on needles 4,5 mm. The yarn was a little to thick for this pattern, in the future I'll rather work it on larger needles. The scarf was intended for the skirt shown. The shop where I bought the skirt didn't have anything that matched, and the shop is right across the road from the yarn shop, so what could you expect? Not sure whether I actually think it's a good match, though. Tomorrow I'm going to a surprise workshop on Nysta. I believe that a cool head and my wallet placed far down in my handbag is required not to buy too much yarn. I don't know what we're knitting, I'll report soon.

Pilgrim sale:
The local jewelry shop is closing down business and selling out it's entire Pilgrim collection at 30% off. Bought these quite heavy earrings, thinking about going back for more.

Welcome to my new blog! I'm happy that you found the way from my old to my new blog. I've spent quite some time setting it up, hence not much has been knitted or bloged this week. I've only moved my own entries, not any comments, so who'll be the first one to try the shoutbox?
The last news in the Scarf style book farce, is that when I called the bookstore last wednesday, a man answered fiercely that they've contacted me twice because they weren't able to charge my card. Apparently they've made absolutely no notes of my trying to sought things out. I said thank you, good bye and cancel my reservation. I found the book cheaper in another internet bookstore, bokus.se, with 5-8 days delivery time. From them I've already received two update emails concerning my order. I'll think twice before ordering from akademibokhandeln.se again.
Yesterday was Lidingöloppet, a 30km terrain run. It was a lovely day 15-18 degrees and sunny, perfect for running, but all I could do was greeting my boyfriend at the finish line with chest pain from my pneumonia. I'm really sorry I couldn't participate. Have worried alot about my chest pain, but have taken advantage of my knowing half of Stockholm's cardiologists, and made an echocardiogram this week to confirm that my long lasting infection hasn't affected my heart. My feet are tingling every time I see a jogger on the street! Now, when this new blog is finally up and running, I'll at least have the time to train, however, I'm not well enough yet.
My Madeira Cascade scarf is finished and only awaiting blocking, pictures in a few days.
We have even discovered what kind of creature my new handbag is, it's Barbabeau!

Hello World: Now I've set up my new blog! COOOOL! Incredibly satisfied with myself right now. :D All credit goes to Jonathan Beckett who did the programming. If you want a blog like this you can download it for free on PluggedOut. A webhotel and some programming experience is required.

MUG 3: Made my last MUG charity patch for now, my first project in illusion knitting. In case you don't know illusion knitting, you can try this pattern. I've now registred www.storaa.com and am reading all I can about php-scripting. While my boyfriend is in Nigeria, I hope I'll manage to set up my new blog. The Scarf style book farce continues, yesterday I received the exact same email from Akademibokhandeln bookstore that they hadn't been able to charge my credit card. I called and was told that they hadn't even tried charging the other card number I gave them a week ago. I asked them to do that and come back to me afterwards, but have not heard anything more. I'll call them again tomorrow, I think...

MUG2: Here's my second MUG patch for the charity blankets. I can guarantee that I won't be the one making the most patches! This domino-one is made from some superwash yarn at needles 4 mm. Yesterday (friday) I called Akademibokhandeln bookstore about the Scarf Style book again. The woman answered: 'Oh yes, right, I heard logistics was asking about that!' In other words: the book has been lieing at logistics the whole week without the people at ordering bothering to tell them that I've uploaded my credit card details again. To be continued, hopefully soon.

Hoarfrost: Today there was frost on the ground when I took the bike to work at 0815. For the first time I had to wear gloves.

Some general nagging: My cold isn't getting any better. Finally I've been diagnosed with pneumonia and have gotten some antibiotics. 3 months ago I did the marathon, now I can't even go 3km on my bike to work. The two last days as a hostess for a job meeting with participants from 6 nations have been really intense. Yesterday we worked from 08 to 22, so now I'm relly tired.
Another irritation is that the Scarf Style book I ordered at akademibokhandeln.se 3 weeks ago hasn't arrived. Last monday the e-mailed me saying that they couldn't make a withdrawal on my card and I uploaded card information for two cards again and e-mailed them back. Since then I haven't heard anything more.
Further on my blog is getting full, and buing more space in blogdrive is ridiculously expensive. I'm thinking about getting a web-hotel and set up everything myself. I've seen a good php blog-script here, but I haven't coded html since they invented frames. My boyfriend goes to Nigeria (won't even start worrying about the destination) next week, so then I'll have plenty of time playing with php.
But there is always light in the tunnel. When I came home my friend Cam(illa) had written a message in the shoutbox. Camilla: I promise you you've come further than me on the Christmas tablecloth. Which year was it that we bought them on the January sale? 2002?

ChildHood started: Of course I didn't get enough yarn for the Madeira Cascade-scarf. After knitting 6.5 pattern repetitions I had spent half my yarn. Fortunately they still had the same coloring in stock, but while I'm waiting to get a chance to pick it up I've started knitting the ChildHood jacket using the yarn club yarn from Strikk Innom.

New handbag - or new pet? Today I was shopping for a bag for my lap-top but couldn't resist this. Have knitted 3 out of 20 repetitions of the Madera Cascade pattern. It's quite fast and simple as long as I'm not tired and careless and ends up with unraveling mohair. Starting to suspect I'll have a shortage on yarn, though.

Baby blanket finally finished! Finally my first lace knitting project is finished! I was getting crazy over all the loose ends, so now I'm glad I'm working on a scarf instead. I was planning to give this away, but I've decided to keep it in case I have children of my own. The blanket is made from Sandnes Mandarin Petit on needles 3 mm and measures 66 by 66 cm.

This and that: My cold is worse, so I didn't manage to take care of the baby blanket today. It's so dreadfully boring taking care of all the loose ends! Instead I started working on my Madeira Cascade scarf in a Marks&Kattens mohair on needles 4.5 mm. Today we also visited our new appartment, and the curtains for the bedroom window is causing me a headache. Suggestions are most welcome! By the way, I wore this sweater today. I'm really satisfied with it, as it can be varied a lot with what I wear underneath. It's a Garnstudio pattern from last year which you can find here.

MUG-patch no 1: Here's my first MUG-patch! (A charity patch-blanket project in Norway.) When starting searching I hade quite an amount of wool left-over-yarn. As you can see from the picture, the digital camera has arrived. My baby blanket is on blocking and is almost dry. Picture as soon as finished.

16 patches finished: Now I've finished all patches for the baby blanket and I'm planning to crochet an edge. Picture when camera arrives. The roses-yarn has arrived at my mother's in Oslo, and she says it's really beautiful. Now I'm just awaiting the chance to meet my daddy in Stockholm, he's commuting, more or less. It's not a rush, I'm not exactly lacking projects.

Have bought a digital camera: Now I've bought a camera on the internet and it should arrive by mail within 5 days, so after that I promise you better pictures of my projects.

Surprise parcel has arrived: Picked up my surprise parcel yesterday, and I really loved the dark red linen (Rowan linen drape). Never knitted linen before, it will be exciting! Wonder what I'll make with it, though, its 2x50g, 100 yards. The pink and blue cotton (Rowan handknit cotton) immedeately made me think of my 5-year-old niece, and I didn't have to surf knitty long before I found this childHood jacket. If I make the front pink and the back blue I believe I'll have enough yarn. I've made 15 patches for the baby blanket, so soon I can start with everything else.

Plant cuttings from Madeira: Yesterday i received a note from the post office, so I believe my parcel from Strikk Innom has arrived. I hope I'll be able to pick it up after work, my cold still prevents me from taking extra rides on my bicycle. Todays picture shows some plant cuttings I took on Madeira the 16th of August. The pink one and the succulent with pink edges have started rooting, I'm not so sure about the aloe, though. They say cuttings will only grow when they are stolen, at least I've managed that first point to be succesful. I'm also doing due dilligence on a digital camera, however, I'm not sure about how much I'm willing to spend.

Current projects: In the picture which is taken with a cell phone you can see my current projects: white cotton for a baby blanket, off white mohair for a flower basket shawl and green mohair for a Madeira scarf. I've also ordered Kid Merino printed i the colour(s) roses which is going to be a shawl from the Scarf Style book. I'm even waiting for a suprise parcel from Strikk Innom.