everyday life

last weekend

Another busy week is over. This spring has been crazy at work. And at the moment I can't see the work load to get easier. This week I have been in both Visby & Uppsala. Visby for work and Uppsala for pleasure.

Uppsala on Saturday (March 31), was cold but sunny. In fact when I left Stockholm by train, I left a hefty snowfall. When I arrived Uppsala the sun was shining and it was snow everywhere.As usual, the first stop in Uppsala is the yarn store Yll & Tyll.

I came out with a hank of Malabrigo sock in pink and 2 hanks of Manos Serena in purple. Both intend for future shawl projects.

My main goal with the trips to Uppsala this time, was to meet up with ACE who was in town to have a seminar at the Art museum. So on my way up to the Castle,  I visited the Cathedral and Carolina Rediviva - the university library.

It was so nice to meet ACE again, we hadn't seen each other since december. Lots of chatting and laughter over dinner and hockey at O'Leary's, before I had to go back to Stockholm.

the view from the art museum (as well as the castle)

Had a lovely day evening in Uppsala.

new yarn

This year I have got a lots of free yarn, but I haven't stop buying yarn. ;-) When I was in Jämtland, during my new years trip I bought a lovely hank of wool. The yarn is form local sheep in Underåker, not far from the sports cottage I stayed in.

I bought this hank at the museum in Östersund, Jamtli. And this hank is going to be a shawl, someday. It's a lovely blue colour.

The weekend of 17-19 February I attend the Syfestival, a yarn festival. There I bought some danish wool, Hjelholts. These will also be shawls someday.

And a couple of weeks ago I ordered some yarn from my usual online store Garnkorgen.

I bought some Madeline Tosh lace and some Malabrigo lace and these will also be made to shawls someday.  Can I please leave the office, to go home and knit?

wooooooooool

I have been home from work due to illness a couple of days. Nothing worth mention, and now I'm back. And this was waiting for me when I got back to the office: Another bag of wool. Yepp! From the same co-worker as usual.

No lable but soft as a baby cheek. Dyed natural with plants and flowers. Maybe this will be a stripey shawl?

wool, wool, wool

Remember when I got a plastic bag of yarn, Patons, from a co-worker? Well, today it happened again - same co-worker, this time 2 plastic bags of yarn. Wool, wool, wool.

And a lot of greens... :-)

uppsala

Spent yesterday afternoon in Uppsala, an hour by train north of Stockholm. Met up with a friend for some (yarn) shopping, coffee and a visit to Upplands  museum and their exhibition (O)mänskligt.

First stop was at the yarn store Yll & Tyll, close to the train station. Yarn heaven! Had trouble to choose what to buy but I finally came out with som Noro silk garden and Drops Nepal for a new pair of mittens.

After the yarn hunt, we set out on a mission to find my friend, M, a new winter coat. We went in and out in all stores (it felt so anyway) to look and try. But our mission failed, M didn't like a single one. Or if she found one she liked there where no one in her size or in a colour she liked. She will contiune her chase for a winter coat in Stockholm.

It's always fun to shop in another town, than the usual one. Uppsala is close to Stockholm and I go there a couple of times of the year. Looking forward to next trip.

cascade 220 in charcoal

New wool in my stash. Cascade 220 in charcoal. Bought it here. Will be a cardigan, knitted top down. I will maybe buy more in a different colour to make it stripey.. (!). There are so many colours that blend well with charcoal.

Green? Black? Blue? Yellow? Pink? Lilac? Only the time will tell. Just now I need to finish the second mitten.

Still home by the way, but for the moment I feel good, so back to work tomorrow!

spring green

As always I feel a bit blue when spring arrives. And the past weeks has also been a bit stressful at work so I needed a pick-me-up-thingy on Friday. So I bought my self some yarn. And I felt much better!

 
It's going to be a shawl - what else. The yarn is Gotlands wool, bought it at Garnverket .

happiness

I hade a wonderful time in Glasgow/Edinburgh. This time I travelled with my friend and fellow knitter, Carin. The main reason for this trip was to celebrate Carin's 40th b-day. And we celebrated in style. On the big day we had afternoon tea at Willow Tea rooms.

 
afternoon tea, the willow tea room style

This was a great way to celebrate. We had a table in the Room Deluxe and it was not a busy day at the Willow, so we basically had the room to ourself.  

After this mega meal - we started our yarn tour of Glasgow. We took the tube to Hillhead and walked to Great Western Road and the store The Life Craft. Here I bought some sock yarn - Colorimetry Swoony sock.

The second store we visited was the Yarn Cake on Queen Margaret  Drive. We had learned on Ravelry there was a knitting café this evening, so we wanted to attend. And we did. It was a really lovely evening meeting some great knitting ladies.

 

Here I bought some Shilasdair yarn and a hank of 800 meters of lace weight yarn from Abstract Cat.

yarn hunt

Short day at work today, spent most of the afternoon at the annual yarn fair. I brought my fellow archivist and knitting friend H along with me. And we had a great time walking around looking, touching and finally buying yarn.

 
loveliness at Huskroken

I have to confess - I didn't buy outside my planned list. I got what I wanted and needed. Nothing more nothing less. And just one hank was for me. The rest is off to someone else. But I found myself buying Vanilla Fudge. And two necklaces. Photos later (everything are still in the bag - even the fudge ).

summer holiday

I'm enjoying my vacation at the moment. And it's so nice to just do nothing. I have 3 weeks off, and basically I have very little planned, and I suits me just fine. These past days I have been knitting, reading, had 2 sessions of acupuncture, met up friends for some coffee down town. My plan today? Knit, I think... The weather is a bit unstable, they have promised rain today.. 

Yesterday I picked up a yarn package at the post office.. 2 hanks of luscious merino yarn from the online store Chili Gredelin.

wonderful yarns

The left on is a keeper, the other one is going abroad in a swap! Check out the yarn on the web site, and try not to order! I want to have more yarn from that store!