Votter for små hender

Sysselsatt med votte strikking,
- det ble noen par!

Disse passer for mindre hender,
noen med og noen uten tommel!

Mønster kan kjøpes her

Smaller mittens
for smaller hands.
Some with,
and some without thumbs..

Den Gamle Rokken

My old spinning wheel..


I think maybe a part or two are missing,


and would love to know if it still could spin yarn.


We bought it several years ago,
at an Antique Fair in Norway.
Its signed by the maker..

Traditional pattern, and a little hand waving HI to "mormor" on MSN

Thanks to technology
I can chat with my 1 year old grandchild,
living on the wrong side of the Atlantic Ocean.


He send me "butterfly kisses",
and we can sing and clap our hands together.
I just got to see his first steps...


The Norwegian "åtteblads rose",
is often used in Norwegian patterns,
mittens, socks, sweaters and hats.
It comes in so many different variations,
changed and redesigned in years past
and also in newer, more modern design.


This is how I used it this time.
Made smaller to fit the little hand,
and yet having the look
of Norwegian tradition.

Water lilly

An absolutely beautiful creation

survived the storm,
and is peeking it's head up among the debris
in my brother in law's garden.



..and I got the "I love your blog" reward!


Thank you to my very good friend,
Celeste @ La Rea Rose,
and to Sipusa, a Norwegian blogger
who gave me the same reward a while ago.
In the middle of hurricane Ike and power being gone,
I didn't have time to thank you...

Thank you so much - tusen mange takk!!

After Ike...

We feel so blessed!
Even though our area had a lot of damage,
our house took no beating at all,
no broken trees, and no flooding.
However,
we still have no electricity,
no phone lines, no Internet,
and the cell phones struggles to get a signal.
But it could have been so much worse.
And... we have water!
Many don't!

Lots of workers are coming to help us
from all over the country,
even all the way from Canada!
THANK YOU!!

Normally this time of the year it's too hot to be out,
but for some reason the temperature is great.
Yesterday I got to watch a little news
on our friend's television.
I could just cry when I saw all the damage by the coast.
These people have no home to come back to,
it is so sad, so heart breaking.

We have spent our daylight hours
helping our extended family
cleaning up their yards.


They had lots of tree damage.


It's unbelievable to see how
large, grown trees can snap like a match.


We have learned that nature power is nothing to joke with..



I have gotten a little knitting done,
although I wouldn't suggest knitting by candle light.


I found this pattern is in an oder book
by Lise Kolstad and Tone Takle.
It's called "Strikk til barn".


When the dark comes along early evening,
there isn't much else to do than go to bed.


School is out,
my husbands work place lost the roof,
so they will not be back in that building for a while.
Most stores are still closed,
and the ones that have power and are open,
have long lines.
So do the gas stations.

This was just a small update.
Lots of people have been concerned about us,
thank you so much for caring!

Tusen takk til alle som har vært innom,
og som tenker på oss.
Det går greit her, selv uten strøm.
Alt kunne ha vært så mye verre!
Bildene over er tatt hos familie og venner.
De hadde mye skade på trær og gjerder.

Hummingbirds and hurricane season...

Seemingly in the track of yet another hurricane,
Ike this time,
it doesn't bother the Hummingbirds a bit.


We have so many of them this year,
they empty their feeders in a hurry.


And boy do they move fast.
Almost impossible to catch an image of them.


I had to really work on getting these..


They are so cute and tiny,
yet they have a temper,
and fight for their premises.


Sometimes it seems like it's more important

to sit, watch, and make sure no one else gets a drink,

than actually drink yourself.


They fight and "yell" at each other,
it's very amusing to watch them.


Their beaks are about as long as half their body,
and very pointy too.


I would hate to be in their way
when they case each other!


Vi har massevis av Kolibrier i hagen for tiden.
De sjefer og sloss
for plassen sin ved matbordet,
og er fantastisk undeholdende.
Det er vanskelig å få tatt bilder av de,
da de beveger seg utrolig fort.
Når de går inn for landing,
henger de helt stille i luften.
Vingene beveger seg så fort
at en nesten ikke kan se dem.

And the winners are..

Gift # 1: Wims
Gift # 2: Anki
Gift # 3: Strikkeline

Thanks for attending every one,
it was fun!
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vinnerne av konkuransen er,
Wims, Anki og Strikkeline.

Takk for deltakelsen til dere andre,
det var gøy synes jeg!

DRAWING FOR 3 GIFTS!

Les norsk oversettelse
lenger nede!

My blog is 2 years old these days,
and in that occasion I will have a drawing
among all the comments I receive under this post,
from now, and just past the mark of 25000 visitors.
The counter is down on the right column of the blog.
I will post the winners here,
so if you don't have a blog so that I can get back to you,
please check back for your name
and we will find a way to get in touch.


Gift #1 is a Scandinavia knitting kit,
which includes yarn and pattern.


Gift #2 is a T-shirt,
pink or black, your size (s-xxl).

Gift #3 is 2 skeins Cascade 220 wool yarn.

Bloggen min er 2 år i disse dager,
og i den anledning vil jeg foreta en gave-trekning
fra alle kommentarer
som blir lagt UNDER DETTE INNLEGGET,
fra nå av og til rett forbi 25000 besøkende.
Sjekk telleren lenger nede på høyre side.
Jeg kommer til å legge ut navn på vinnerne her,
så sjekk tilbake hit,
spesiellt dersom du ikke har blogg selv
slik at jeg kan få kontakt med deg.

Gave nr 1 er en Scandinavia vottepakke,
med garn og mønster innkludert.
Gave nr 2 er en T-skjorte,
lys rød eller sort, med hvitt trykk, str s-xxl.
Gave nr 3 er 2 hespler med Cascade 220 ull garn.

Nålebundet lue / Needle binding

Mitt første forsøk på et plagg i nålebinding.
Brukte Fritidsgarn fordi jeg hadde noe liggende,
men også fordi det består av 2 tråder tvunnet,
og skjøter seg lett.


Jeg startet i toppen med ca 9 løkker.
Bandt rundt og rundt,
brukte York stitch og F2
tror jeg det heter...
(rett meg de som er eksperter dersom jeg ordlegger meg feil!)


Økte så ved å plukke opp 1 (F1) maske to ganger,
i stedet for 2 masker (F2),
som er brukt på resten av lua.


Nederst er kanten forlenget litt bak,
ved å gå frem og tilbake tre ganger.
Det jeg har lært ved å lage denne lua,
er at om jeg plukker opp 1 maske,
så blir arbeidet mer elastisk.
Plukker jeg opp 2,
så blir det tettere, og ikke så elastisk.


Denne lua var tiltenkt et mannfolk hode,
men passer en ett åring.. ups...
Er igang med en ny og større!

Jeg er veldig interrisert i kommentarer,
spesielt om jeg har ordlagt meg feil.
I så tilfelle kan jeg få rettet det opp.
Også om noen vet om bøker, websider osv.
som forklarer de forskjellige sting/masker!