everyday life

green on green

This shawl has been finished since mid March but I blocked it Sunday evening. And took some photos today. The model is my librarian colleauge A.

The darker green is from my left over bin sand so it the other green - at least one hank. When my hank of the brigher green ran out I had to buy another.

Green on green Shawl
Yarn: Drops Alpaca
Colour: green
Needles: 5,5  mm
Pattern: -
Design: -
Started: February 27, 2013 Finished: March 15,  2013
Yarnsource: Ljungkvists, Odenplan.

So I guess I have a new shawl to wear coming autumn or really chilly summer nights... :-)

visby

Spent couple of days in Visby last week. All workrelated of course, but I had a good time.  Met up with a collegaue one evening and had dinner at Surfers. Fantastic good food! An other evening I tried Wisby spa with a body peeling and a massage. Just what I needed.

Visby medieval city wall

 Visby street

I actually have some knitting projects to show you. I have completed 4 items. Among them the green cardigan. :-) And a shawl. And a Baby sweater. And a pair of wrist warmers.

good friday

So the Easter weekend has begun. Started with a sleep in. Day off, long breakfast. Heavenly! Started to move around my furitures in my living room yesterday and I needed to continue this today. But I almost done now, need to tweek some but I can start to celebrate Easter now.

Tulips and chocolate. That's all I need to have a nice Easter!

Have a great Easter weekend!

royal palace sprint

Ski event in heart of Stockholm yesterday. A Ski Cross Country World Cup event.

It's also the first day of spring and was freezing cold.

The guy in white is the Swedish skiier Teodor Peterson. This is a photo from the semi finals.

The guy in red, number 7 - Petter Northug, Norway won the race.

This was the first live sport event for the week, on Friday we have football - soccer-  to attend at Friends arena. Sweden vs Ireland in a World Cup qualifier and I will be there as well with some friends.

baby sweater

Yesterday I met up with a friend for some catch up and coffee.  As always, it's fun. Before we met up I had to buy some yarn. :-) I had to buy som cotton yarn, to make a baby sweater.

Since I don't know the sex of the baby, and the parents are not fond of those baby colours (read blue and pink), I knit in green, cotton yarn from Strikkebogen. Stripes in lime green and the main colour in darker green. A spring colour sweater for a baby who will be born in April.

first sunday in march

First Sunday in March are always VasaloppsSunday. The ski race, 89th since the beginning, 15 000 people ski between Sälen and Mora, 90 kilometers. Not me though. :-) For me VasaloppsSunday is the best breakfast all year. (Last year here) The race starts 8am and my alarm clock rang at 7am. An hour to prepare the breakfast. This year American pancakes with lingonberries with a big pot of tea, fresh orange juice and banana cake.

And I knit of course. This year I knit on the green on green shawl I started earlier this week. But I'm about to run out of the light green yarn. So I need to think over if I want to continue with another green shade or wait for tomorrow so I can buy the same green.

Have a great Sunday!

hazy shade of winter

1987/1988, The Bangles did a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's Hazy Shade of Winter for the movie Less Than Zero.

Ahhh, seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won't you stop and remember me

Still a favorite of mine. The original song as well.

green on green

Found matching green colours in my alpaca- left-over-bag. Simple stockinette knitting while you are trying to get well. A shawl, of course. Stripes - 4 rows main colour, 4 rows contrasting colour. Soothing. Well known pattern. Makes me happy. Hopefully make me well enough to go to work any time soon.

So, this is how far I got this afternoon while watching 2 episodes (season one) of Foyle's War. A perfect series to knit while watching. UK, during the WWII and lots of knitted sweaters and vests worn by the actors.

is february over soon?

February so far has been, a pain in the arse. I have been sick on and off since the beginning of the month. This is my 5th day at home from work with coughing, sore throat, runny nose, sneezing and fever. And I'm soo over it! I'm getting better now, but not fast enough!

And whats worse? I haven't knitted a single stitch during this week. I have too many lace things on the needles and I need something straight forward stockinette/garter stitch to knit at the moment. Maybe I can start a simple scarf during the day.

spring?

The spring arrived in my kitchen today. In the way of new curtains. Took down my red Christmasy curtains and hung up some flowery tulips. Outside we had a new batch of snow, 10 cm came down today. And it's still snowing.

Now I'm off to the football stadium to watch some live football . Sweden vs Argentina. Zlatan vs Messi.