Marsipan

Inspiration from Pinneguri; almond, grounded sugar, egg white?? and cognac, easy peasy and very tasty

FO

Without anything to steady the camera this is the result when you don't want to use the flash. Anyway, I'm quite happy about the knitting though. The poncho will go together with the x-mas gifts to Copenhagen. I hope my sister-in-law finds it satisfactory; she chose the yarn and pattern, but my gauge (strikkefasthet) wasn't correct so I had to block it, slightly!

A terrible picture

of a beautiful garment. I've started knitting the sleeves. Nearly there! The picture is taken with my cell phone, - the quality suc.....

Asars Ponchette

A poncho for my sister-in-law, promised a long time ago. It was hard to settle on a pattern, but I'll try Berroco once again. You'll find the pattern here.

The yarn is bought in Copenhagen, grey wool; the name is simply "Natur uld", 100 % wool. It's very fast knitting. I prefer the yarn and colourway from Berroco; Foliage.
Are you a Ravelry member, you'll find the pattern here as well.

Knitting

Nearly getting there, having used the scissors, the most scary part of my knitting ;o), the rest is a piece of cake. Now I'm ready to fasten the sleeves to the body. I have started a mindless knitting, long stockings. They are excellent for planes and television.

Nick Hornby

Fordelen med å fly langt er at det blir mye tid til lesing. Jeg tok med meg Nick Hornby si bok Juliet, Naked, kjøpt inn i juni, men ny fersk og uåpna da turen til Madrid starta. Den kan absolutt anbefales, - og skulle du ha lest den og kan forklare meg slutten, så blir jeg veldig glad. Det kjennes litt rart å lese ei bok som driver deg framover og når du kommer til siste side så skjønner du ikke at boka er slutt.....

Autumn in Madrid

The temperature varying from 20 degrees to 8 in two days. We spent some marvelous days nevertheless.
1) a view from our hotel
2)Parque del Retiro with a small rosegarden
3)a marked for old books, some hidden treasures to be found
4)heading towards Plaza Mayor

Søndagstur

"Syforeninga på tur";- Jægervatnet, Lyngen

Har vært på tur med "syforeninga", og for første gang hadde vi handarbeid alle sammen; det varierte fra strikking av Setesdalsgenser (ego), julekjole til baby (Sigrid), brodering (Grethe) og opplegg av skjørt (Randi). Vi har spist godt, nippa til glasset, ledd mye og gått tur. Jeg kan ikke vise til egen produksjon da hoff-fotograf var meg sjøl ;-). Derimot har noen tatt bilde av kjøkkentjenesten min. Sigrid avr så ivrig at ho starta å strikke ikledd boblejakke.

Long time finished

Nice and warm and well worn, I'm especially happy with the shaping of the heel. In a while I'll start another pair in a greenish- bluish colour. The yarn is Regia "Hand-dye-effect", 100g. Admire the yarn and the colours here.

Nice progress

The sweater has been really fast knitting. I have run out of yarn, the white colour, but have too much blue, probably a mistake when I purchased the yarn, will have to visit the yarn shop tomorow.

Miscelleneous

I was inspired from another blog to try and grow something from an avocado. Too late in the year I assume, but I will give it a go. Then there is one of five of my very small peppers, supposedly very hot, that remais to be proved though.
Jeg har prøvd tidligere, uten å lykkes, å plante avocadostein. Tidspunktet er sikkert galt, men jeg fikk plutselig både inspirasjon og motivasjon fra en medblogger, Torunn. Det skal bli morsomt å se hvordan det går.
For de som har lest bloggen min i sommer så er det kjent at jeg har fått tomat- og chiliplanter. Her er resultatet av det siste; fem bittesmå chili, alle er røde og klare til bruk. Fortsatt har planten blomster.

Søndagsmiddag/Sunday dinner

Lamb and cabbage. Looks hideous, but smells and tastes delicious. Iam really looking forward to tucking in :o)