everyday life

sock no 1

bed sock, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

FINALLY, I have finished the first sock. Bed socks from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Sock. The yarn is Knit Picks Gloss. I have started on the second sock, and I hope the second one not take as long time to knit as the first one. I started this pair on Easter Day, I think.

I have still pain in my lower back so my hot water bottle is with me today, but I've added pain killers too. I will sit in the sofa and knit today just relaxing.

(No ice hockey final for Sweden this time :( So I'm hoping for .... Finland.... ! )

/ C

still around

cherry trees
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

I'm here, but I have lots to do at work and I have felt a bit tired of the pollen outside so I haven't manage to post here or knit a single stitch the past week. I'm at work right now taking time to post this short message to let you know I'm around. I will write a longer post some other day!

Thank you all for the comments on my curly hair! Everybody seems to want something they don't have! Today it's raining and my hair does not like that! Hat on!

The photo is showing the japanese cherry trees in Kungsträdgåden, in the centre of Stockholm. They started to blossom during the easter and was still in bloom last Thursday when I took a photo of it.  And pink is a project spectrum colour this month!

/ C

oh no, not again

started the heel, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

I had a sleepin on Wednesday, I had my appointment with my doctor at 10, and it was waste of time to go back and forth to my work since my doctor is just around the corner of my home. I got up around 7 started to make tea - I wasn´t allowed to eat any food - I had to go to the doctor on an empty stommach. But during the time I waited to the kettle to boil I got quesy and dizzy and I had to lay down on the bed - and 5 minutes later I had to make a run to the toilet... Yep, you guessed it... Stommach flu... I won't give you any details, but it was not funny at all. So I had to cancel my appoinment with the doc but I will get a new appointment later.

I can't believe it. This past months I got every stinkin' disease there's around... Every bug around stick on me and I get sick! I'm a bit tired of this! I don't want to be sick!! I think I've got my share for the past year now! It's ENOUGH now. ENOUGH!

I feel much better today, and I have start to eat real food again and I have been knitting all morning watching taped tv series. (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries). I had consern that my bed socks was to big but I checked the gauge and it was correct so I didn't riped it and started over. I have now begun the heel and so far it looks OK. And I like the pattern and it's easy to follow the charts.

/ C

3.00 or 2.50?

detail of the leg, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

This is the progress so far on my bed socks from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage socks. But I have the feeling it's too strechy and too wide, so I problebly need to rip it and start all over with a set of smaller needles. I'm using 3.00 mm at the moment and the pattern says 2.75 mm and I don't have that size. So I need to try 2.50 mm. I will cast on with a set of 2.50 mm needles to see if it looks better.

Tomorrow I have an appointment with my doctor. When I met her a month ago when I was ill, she had some consern over my low blood pressure - hypotension. So tomorrow she will take some more blood from me and hopefully I will be OK.

I got a e-card today from the one who is treating me! Thank you! I have also sent one to the person I will spoil.

/ C

bed socks

the beginning of bed socks, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

Project Spectrum has enter a new fase - April and May has the colour of Green, Pink and Yellow. And I'm knitting a pair of green Bed Socks from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks. Since I have the day off oand my guest has left me - I had a nice afternoon in the sofa knitting. I'm using Knit Picks Gloss and the colour Woodland Sage. So I guess this pair of socks also are apart of Green Sock Knit-along too.

I have also got my match for Knitters Treat Exchange - and I have read her blog to get some ideas. This is going to be fun! My spoilee is a new aquaintance and it's always fun to learn to know a new person. And I guess someone else got me as a spoilee, so HI, You Mysterious One, You can find everything You need to know under the tag Knitter Treat Exchange in the sidebar to the right. I'm looking forward to be spoiled and to spoil someone else. =-)

Now it's time for me to do some housework!

/ C

february 7, 2007, 8.20 am

february 7, 2007, 8.20 am
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

It was really, really cold this morning. -16 C/3 F. But it was a lovely morning, with almost a clear blue sky and a beautiful sunrise. And new fresh snow had fallen during the night. And look, daylight when I arrive at work. :-) The sunrise today was 7.47 am and the sunset was 4.20 pm. Blue sky and white snow - Project Spectrum colours!

When I arrived at work 8.20 am, I took this picture. I'm standning above "my" archive's record hall, under the yard. The building to the right is my work. An old military stable building, from the 19th century. This building underwent a major refurbishment between 2003 and 2005. Before we moved out to this stable, in January 2005, we lived across the yard, in the building to the left. This block is also the home of The Museum of National Antiquities.

/ C

another blue wip

another blue wip - a shawl
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

So now when I finished my blue opal socks, what's next? Well, I have another blue WIP. I started this blue shawl on Christmas day, but I haven't done much about this one for weeks. So it's time to get back on the track on this shawl now. The yarn is from Färgkraft and it's just delicious. But not tonight, tonight I feel a bit sleepy so I will just read my Elizabeth George book and go to bed early. I had trouble to sleep last night, so I really need to sleep tonight. And I have a busy week at the work, so really do need my sleep!

It's snowing outside... nice!

/ C

blue opal

blue opal
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

So here I give you a new pair of finished socks, my blue opal socks. It will also be my first finished Project Spectrum project.

Blue Opal socks
Yarn: opal dreamcatcher, colour 1235
Needles: knit picks metal dpn 2,5 mm
Pattern: you can find it here but only in Swedish - sorry!Started: january 13, 2007 Finished: february 4, 2007
Yarnsource: Britts Anderssons affär, Syfestivalen, Sollentuna 2006

This Sunday has been slow, I have been watching others ski on TV and knitting while watching. My kind of Sunday. But I have also managed to do some house work I didn't make yesterday. And I finally dyed my hair.. so now no more gray hair. The colour? A brownish/redish colour I have used the last years (L'Oreal Récital Préférence, colour 5.3 Virginie).

/ C

sunny saturday

blue opal socks
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

I finished the first sock in my blue opal sock pair yesterday. I cast on the second sock at once this morning, even before breakfast. And I hope I will finish this pair during the weekend. There is lot of Ski events on TV, and you all know my passion for knitting while watching winter sports (remember the Olympics last Februray?).

But I also need to do some housework around my apartment.. And as the title of this post says: It's a sunny Saturday, so I need to go out too. My next step is to go to the food store and fill up my fridge. And tonight I have dinner plans with a couple of friends of mine. A busy day!

Go over to Katarina, and say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to her. It's her birthday today! Grattis, Katarina! Har du gjort av med förra årets presentkort än?!?

Have a happy Saturday!

/ C

february

february 2007
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

So January is over. Finally. But the winter finally arrived, so I decided to show off some of my winter photo's in my February calander. All the photo's are from last year.

Project Spectrum has begun, and as I told you yesterday, I will start off the PS with some WIP:s in blue. I haven't decided yet what to start next. I need to think about that for a couple of days. I have things that I want to knit, and I have some ideas of what yarn to use. But I need to take some time to messure and calculate how much yarn I need. I will do that this weekend.

Other plans for this month? Well, I have my trip upnorth later this month - a long weekend trip to Umeå. I'm really looking forward to this trip.

And then I have a couple of birthdays to celebrate during this month. So I have a couple present's to make in a near future.

/ C