Gemma Beret on its way!

I know it seems like I never do anything according to this blog. The problem is, I forget to update. *laughs* I will try to get around to update about some stuff soon.

I'm currently knitting my first project using an Englsih pattern. I'm surprised about easy it is, as I thought it would be so hard to understand it. But with the help of a English to Norwegian dictionary online, as well as some clues from Kattepus (who's helpfull as always), it goes rather smoothly.

I'm knitting a Gemma Beret from Rowan. It doesn't go quickly, but I'm getting there. It's fun.

Status Quo:

My current projects:
- mittens in black yarn (birthday present for a friend of mine)
- socks (for me)
- a sweater I started ages and ages and ages ago. Haven't touched it for ever. My goal is to actually manage to get it done this year. ;)

To be started soon:
- hat for the hat knit along
- arm warmers for the arm warmers knit along

Knitting in London.

Every Christmas my friend Barb. and I go on a trip, and this time we went to London, just like the two previous years. Now, I'm not really going to talk about London, but about the experiense of sitting in a pub on a Saturday night knitting!

So, we had decided that we wanted a relaxing day, and of course this would include some knitting. After dinner (alas, the worst Indian meal I've ever had, maybe even the worst meal I've ever had), we strolled over to a pub not far from our hotel. We managed to find a cozy table in a corner, where we setteled down. We ordered some cider and were ready for a nice evening...



Mmm... Real, tasty cider! (Not like the sweet icky stuff you get in Norway!)


Barb. had started on a new sock project, which she has written about in her own blog, and was eagerly working on that. As for me, I was working on the before mentioned scarf.



Hard knitting Barb.


I love my wooden knitting needles.


Now, the really interesting thing about all this, was the reactions we god. It was as if nobody had seen anyone knitting before! Maybe not surprisingly, as we didn't really see anyone else knitting while in London, not even on the underground.

The first one to approach us was one of the guys in behind the bar asking us "Is knitting therapeutic?" Our reply was that, yes it was. And it is, it's a bit like meditating. Very relaxing.

Another fun approach was a guy who seemed to take a great interest in what we were doing. He was already wearing a hat and a scarf and asked us: "If you were to knit anything for me now, what would you knit?" Of course, I more or less instantly knew what my reply would be: "Mittens!" He seemed a bit surprised, but Barb. agreed. It's nie to have something to make your hands warm...

There were others who also came over to us, to our amusement, but it was great fun and really nice. People seemed very positive towards what they seemed to believe was some sort of Norwegian crazyness. This is something I probably will do again at some point.

Armwarmers, scarf and hat in wool.

I have made my first ever knitted set! I knitted arm warmers, a scarf and a hat of wool. The colours are black and a sort of red orange.





I started making the arm warmers, as I knew the person they were intended for needed a pair to use when out photographing in the cold. I made a "hole" for the thumbs, which I think was a good idea.





The scarf was knitted while I was in London during the Christmas days. (I probably should write an entry about knitting in London, but that'll have to wait). Same yarn and method, more or less. I wanted it to be long enough to be properly worn. ;)





The hat was still the same yarn and all that jazz... I stated knitting it when I came home after work on Thursday, and ended up knitting the rest of it during the reading group meeting the very same day. It was all done before I went to bed, so I was able to hand it over yesterday. The other two items were handed over on New Year's Eve, the very same day the person I made it for had his birthday.

Yes, this set was a birthday gift. The hat came as a gift card, but as I just said: handed over yesterday. The birthday boy was very pleased and happy about the gift!