Sigrids Datterdatter

På tide…. it’s about time…

datterdatter — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:01:52 +0000

Å skrive litt i bloggen min. Kan noen fortelle meg hvor tiden min er blitt av? Jeg ser ut til å ha rotet den bort! Men igrunnen klager jeg ikke – jeg har en jobb jeg trives i, og i bunn og grunn trives jeg med med livet mitt for tida! I tilfelle jeg har glemt å fortelle det – jeg jobber som lærer igjen. Det er noen år siden sist. Det vil si – jeg har forsåvidt hatt undervisning som beskjeftigelse hele tiden, men i en litt annen form enn å undervise på videregående skole. Jeg har hyggelige elever OG hyggelige kolleger! Neida, det går slett ikke på skinner hele veien, men summa summarum klager jeg ikke. Det ER tungt å oppdatere seg faglig igjen, og byråkratiet har slett ikke blitt mindre med årene, heller ikke møtefrekvensen om ditt og datt. Nå er selvsagt mye av innholdet i møtene nødvendig med tanke på elevene – men jeg skulle ønske vi lærere kunne få fordype oss enda mer faglig, framfor å bruke tida på administrasjon. Når jeg får kommentaren: “å, dere har jo såååå lang ferie, heldige dere” . Nettopp – det er akkurat det jeg tenker på når jeg sitter i helgene og retter, og forsøker skrive fornuftige vurderinger til elevene – vurderinger som gir de en vei videre, framfor en “dom”.

Bortsett fra det får jeg jo strikket litt:

Sokker, 22, 5 Degrees og Feather and Fan skjerf. Bortsett fra det har jeg en god del UFO’er, host….

God helg!

Something completely different than yarn and knitting…

datterdatter — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:12:15 +0000

Oh my, it has been a while since my last post! The summer went by in a hurry! I have been tidying up at my farm, doing lots of maintenance on the houses, and for the first time in about 10-12 years I actually had a holiday! (about time) We have been camping out with the kids, going to several mountains with the kids, and having a splendid time together , even if it has been raining a LOT this summer.
I went for a weeks trip up in the mountains by horse, and that was just….lets just say that I could have stayed up there for several weeks! 9 horses, 7 riders . I cant explain the sense of quietness and relaxation we had, rather take a look at some photos:

Now I am back at work, busy as ever, but I have started knitting again in the evenings, and it is about time to finish up my Weird&Twisted Curtain, spin up some more fiber, and just enjoy the autumn evenings!

Weird&Twisted Curtain in progress

datterdatter — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:06:10 +0000

My weaving project continues….and darnit – my warp was to short! (I will not quote what I actually said when I discovered this – I do swear occasionally…) But hey – just have to make another piece and put them together some way. Need to weave about 40 cm more. This curtain is made with mostly yarns from Weird and Twisted, and I do believe I got the effect I was looking for. I’ll finish up the selvegdes , guess I’ll crochet all the way round, or find lace or such like.
Right now it looks like this (no, I haven’t cut the yarns and so on, this is fresh from the loom)

Can’t wait till I have made the necessary 40 cm, and finish this up – and then put it in my kitchen window!
Weaving is great fun using art yarns/handspun yarn, it gives nice texture – and it is fun planning!

Since I mostly used yarns from W&T: the name had to be my Weird&Twisted Curtain!

Spinning and weaving

datterdatter — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:26:59 +0000

Remember I joined a spinning-course in February? Well, my first attempts were….to be honest: awful! Hahaha! Here we go:

(No, they are not “art yarns” – they are the yarns of a beginner, and obviously not a gifted one!)
But the thing is to practise, and I also bought me a new spinning wheel – I fell in love with the Majacraft Suzie Pro; and here is my second and third attempts – fiber from Posh:

The pinkish was my second , and the purple the third. I got better, hopefully.
Then my fourth go, with Gemmy Batts from Hobbledehoy:

A truly great fun spinning these – colours make me happy!
The lovely blue yarns from Weird and Twisted found their way to my loom. Guess what this will become? (yes, I know my selvegdes are horrible, yes, I will do something about it later on) This is my new kitchen-curtain! Yes, you read right. I think I got the effect I wanted; weaving quite loose. Note to myself: NEVER EVER PUT SOMETHING MOHAIRISH INTO THE WARP. Bah. I have added some yarn from Wooldancer as well, this curtain is going to be quite long, but the rest of the yarn is from WeirdandTwisted. 200 cm to go. My kitchen window is 300 sm long.

Happy Easter Holiday!

What will you become? (or: testing-testing)

datterdatter — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:23:32 +0000

Remember I got an Ashford Knitters Loom for X-mas? (Very happy, by the way!)
I have been trying out different yarns since then, figuring out what could work out (and not). Lets take a look at some of the results, shall we? I have been struggling hard trying to get decent photos, some became crappy no matter what, but hopefully you get an impression.
Here is a “test” piece made out of Posh yarn and Wollmeise. WM as the warp, and Posh as the weft:

That wasn’t too bad, I think. I’ll make something with this combination (this is just a tiny test piece) later on. Both sock yarns, using the 12,5″ reed.
Then I had a go with some hardcore art yarn from loop:

This piece is going to be a purse! (believe it or not) The picture shows half of it, it is actually twice as long. The yarn is superbulky,and I used some Fiesta yarn with tencel as the warp - cause it was stroooong. Reed for this one: 5″

Then I used some yarn from Fabulosity and Coolclimates :
I haven’t the slightest idea what this will be, but it was fun weaving, just watching how it turned out.

Then I made this out of yarn from Wooldancer:

This will be a table-runner – my photo doesn’t show the great texture and colours on this one. You have to come over for a cup of tea – then you’ll see it IRL at my kitchen table!

I have some beautiful yarns from WeirdandTwisted that eventually will be a woven shawl or scarf. I made a tiny, tiny piece:

I have to choose something else for the warp for these yarns, and another reed , this turned out to “tight” and “stiff”. I want something more “airy” out of these yarns – which by the way consists of my favourite blue colours.

As I mentioned previously: I have way too many items I have to finish up – I have been knitting mittens, a scarf, hats and a neck ++ that is meant to redesign a dress! I love knitting…but I seem to lack the skill of the “final touch” ! Needtodosomethingaboutthat.

Guess what? On Friday I am off to Lillehammer – I am going to attend a course! I AM GOING TO LEARN HOW TO SPIN! Hooray! Edit: hopefully I am going to learn how to spin, but I am a newbie, so perhaps I shouldn’t be to optimistic?

Have a splendid week!

Are you looking for ….yarn? My top 6 list at the time beeing.

datterdatter — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:58:53 +0000

My stash has grown way out of proportions the last year, but to my defence: I do knit, and I do weave as well. Right now I have 8 different items that just lack the last finishing touch: a couple of stitches, some buttons, and soforth…I’ll post pictures when I manage to get them done. (at this speed, well…hopefully in February)
But anyway; in my stash there is yarn from several of the “well-known” . Lately I have found it really joyful to search for those new and/or not so “famous” (yet), perhaps some of them are wellknown to you,perhaps not? So here is a list over some of them, and a comment on what I found interesting!

Looking for something else than Merino wool? workingthewool has handspun and handcoloured yarn from Dorset and Romney. This was a new experience for me, and I found these yarns to be really “wooly”! This yarn reminds me of the yarns my mum made from the wool of her own sheeps, lovely!

The Kangaroo Dyer : Gail Callahan; has the most stunning colours! Did you know that she just recently has written a book about handdying yarn? I have bought several yarns from her, and I have always been happy!

Moonrover has the coolest art yarn ! I am so happy to have ordered a skein of Clouds, waiting eagerly! Apart from Moonrover; I still get back to Weird&Twisted!

If you are looking for batts or roving: check out Loop - she is definitely not so unknown, but her batts are great!

The last seller hasnt anything to do with yarn, but vintage clothes, hats and purses. I couldnt help myself, I bought this one :

Isn’t it cuuuuuute?! I did not buy it to use it, I have put it up as a decoration among loads of horse-pictures! I found this one at Alleycatsvintage.

Allrightythen: now I have to get back to finishing up my pile of ” almost finished” stuff! Now, if anybody could tell me where the heck I put my sewing-machine?

It is CHRISTMAS!

datterdatter — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:10:16 +0000

For many,many years now – I considered X-mas as an event I disliked, for various reasons. But this year I am feeling this childish joy. I see my childrens happy faces, I feel another peace, and I am really looking forward to this holiday this time. For the first time in 12 years I will have the time off, not that I dislike working, but trying to handle two jobs the last 6 months has been stressful, + my MBA exams and my small farm on top of it all. (needtolearntosayNOandSTOP, will practise on that – my new years resolution!)
Apart from having a happy and peaceful time with my two kids and husband, I hopefully will spend some time doing this:

Knitters Loom

Yay! I ordered an Ashford Knitters Loom from The Alpaca Spinner , hopefully it will be here during the Christmas holidays.

I have plans for weaving something blue; using these yarns from Weird&Twisted:

That is all for today, see you soon!

TID

datterdatter — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:29:21 +0000

Endelig har jeg litt TID til å blogge igjen. Begynte i ny jobb i høst, (har fortsatt den gamle, men i mindre stillingsandel) og tida har rast avgårde. Jeg har uminnelige prosjekter på gang, litt verre med å få fullført de….host.
Her følger en liten bildepresentasjon av stort og smått i min “garnverden”.

Luer i Wollmeise Molly

Art yarn fra fjern og nær!

Soon to be purse ....made of hardcore art yarn from Loop!

Bølgeskjerf med art yarn fra Weird&Twisted og en dæsj Posh.

Fana sokker i Wollmeise

Drømmehylla mi formerer seg...

Hrm, jeg må lære meg å gjøre arbeidene HELT ferdig før jeg presenterer de. Jaja. Av drømmehylla mi ser jeg at jeg er nødt å strikke mye mønsterstrikk, for jeg har søren meg stort sett bare en hespe av hver farge.

Jeg har meldt meg inn i International Swap på Ravelry og det gleder jeg meg til!

Dessuten reiser jeg forhåpentligvis på spinnekurs over nyttår – HURRA!!!

Lenge siden sist!

datterdatter — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:28:35 +0000

Det er blitt høst, og jeg har ikke rukket blogge i det hele tatt på nesten 2 mnd! Huttetu.
Det er blitt mye jobb (men jeg er glad jeg HAR en jobb) og en liten smule studier (les: henger da med på et vis)

Strikkingen går litt trått, siden jobb tar mesteparten av tida, på kveldstid etter at ungene har lagt seg også. Fram til jul blir det hektisk, så får jeg se. Men for en periode er det greit å ha rundt 1,5 stilling i praksis.

Jeg har strikket litt, dog – og handlet bittelitt garn (men ganske lite, grunnet slunken lommebok) Bilder kommer!
Jeg har strikket verdens STYGGESTE lue, hahaha – dvs garnet er fint, men jeg må ha vært helt i ørska mht strikkefasthet osv – den lua passer mer til str Pilates-ball. Den er enorm! Kan bruke den som sekk istedenfor. (nåja, litt overdrevet)

I sommer var jeg på 3 dagers fjelltur til hest – det var fabelaktig!
Bilder fra tur kommer også!

Nå skal jeg tutle meg en liten tur innom Ravelry før jeg tar kvelden – hei så lenge!

Strikke-strikke-strikke

datterdatter — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:30:07 +0000

Jeg har noen feriedager denne uken, og da blir det litt mer tid til strikking. 3 pågående prosjekter med Wollmeise:
- rød sokkestrikk (denne var nesten i fare for å bli en UFO, men skrider sakte avgårde igjen)

Denne er i mønsteret Rib Fantastic av Barb Brown i “Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn”
Lue nr ørtogfjørti i mønster “strikker i vei etter eget hode”:

HVORFOR i alle dager fikk jeg pooling mot slutten av lua? Hm. Må ha strikket strammere/slakkere.
I Marius mønsteret nærmer jeg meg starten på mønsteret på bolen, og har valgt disse to fargene så langt:

(Fliederbusch som bunnfarge, og Dunkle Kirsche , den tredje fargen har jeg ikke klart bestemme meg for ennå)
Idag kom også en pakke fra HedgehogFibres i Irland – og sukk, de to hespene var virkelig nydelige:

Har ikke bestemt meg helt ennå for hva disse skal bli.
Bortsett fra å strikke har vi også vært på tur, og da var vi innom Polar Zoo – verdens nordligste Zoo, jeg fikk dessverre ikke noen gode bilder av bjørnene, men Mia fikk mate en hjort, stor stas!

Jeg er ikke så begeistret for Zoo, men akkurat dette er av de bedre synes jeg, fordi dyrene har store innhegninger med kupert og variert landskap. Man må være tålmodig for å få sett de, de har all mulighet å gjemme seg bort/trekke seg vekk fra publikum hvis de vil. Jeg fikk et lite glimt av en gaupe-unge, men innhegningene er såpass store at man trenger faktisk kikkert.

Lazy days means knitting, here is my Wollmeise projects, and two lovely skeins from HegdehogFibres. We visited PolarZoo, and my daughter had the chance to get a view of a deer pretty close. I am not fond of Zoos, but this one is one of the better, the animals have lots of space.