Wedding blanket - Bryllupsteppe

      I haust var det bryllup i familien. Invitasjonen kom i august, så det var ikkje så mykje tid til å planlegge gåve. Eg gjekk laust på garnlageret og hekla romber/diamantar som i dette teppet. Denne gongen orka eg ikkje så mykje tenking, så det vart same holmønster på alle. 

I staden prøvde eg meg på ein vri når det gjaldt plassering av fargane - med overgong frå mørkt til lyst. 

Kvit kant rundt diamantane og samanhekling vart gjort i same slengen. 

Det tok heldigvis ikkje så lang tid, berre nokre kveldar :)

My brother got married in November. The invitation came in August so I didn't have much time to plan a wedding gift.

I decided to go for a blanket with diamonds like this. 

But this time I made the same lace pattern on all the diamonds.

Instead I went for a different approach for placing the colours.

I tried to go from darker to lighter colours in a diagonal across the blanket.

I went for a white border on the diamonds an did the continuos join-as-you-go.

(There really is no other way for me to finish blankets.)

And then a simple scallop border around it all.

The blanket was finished well before the wedding.

Harry Potter blanket

This spring it was my nephew's turn to get a blanket.
He was very into the HP books when he was younger. (He may have branched into gaming the last few years).
But his mother and I thought that a Harry Potter themed blanket could be a good fit.

I found the pattern for a HP c2c blanket here at Yarn Geek Makes (formerly Two Hearts Crochet).

I had never tried c2c before, but the first square (the snitch) worked up so quickly so I decided to go for it. I used dc in my squares, not hdc as in the pattern.

The biggest problem in making this blanket was deciding wich squares to use...
Yarn Geek Makes has graphs for more than twenty squares and a quick google/pinterest search gives you lots of other alternatives.



...and of course keeping track of all the different yarn ends. Lots of colour changes in some of the squares. I tried to carry the yarn along on the back when I could, to keep the amount of yarn ends to a minimum. There still was a lot of end so weave in at the end...

The blanket ended up quite big - 140 x 178 cm, and quite heavy,  2,2 kg... c2c eats yarn...
I used dk wool and a 4,5 mm hook.
But I'm so happy with the result - and a little part of me wanted to keep this...

Rustic Lace Square

I've been wanting to try the rustic lace square pattern for a while, and decided to make a blanket for my brother's wedding in June. 

Since I had just finished a Flowers-in-the-snow blanket I needed a little variation and wanted to try a new pattern. And I liked that the lace squares are a little bigger. I had also made many of the inner cicrcles allready.

I finished just in time...

Monstermuffins 2016

Den tida på året igjen!

Vi held fram med tradisjonen med monstermuffinspynting.

Det merkast at ungane er eitt år eldre - mykje meir uthaldande når det gjeld pyntinga av ca 50 muffins. Dei vaksne slapp nesten ikkje til i år :)

That time of the year again.

We keep up the tradition and decorate monster cupcakes.

The children are getting older - and keep decorating longer. The grown ups only got to do a few cupcakes this year :)

Småfolk = små klede

Endeleg fekk eg høve til å strikke bittesmå plagg igjen... No i mars kunne vi seie velkomen til tantebarn nr 21, ein liten nevø.

Denne lille buksa var rask å strikke. 

Mønsteret er Gullungen-romper frå Klompelompe-boka.

Eg brukte Merinoull frå Sandnes.

Ei lita hue kom også raskt frå pinnane.

Her er mønsteret Djævlehue (for eit namn!!) frå "Babystrik på pinde 3".

Garn er Alpakkasilke frå Sandnes. 

Plagga måtte reise nokre dagar i posten - tar visst fleire dagar til Trøndelag. 

Eg ser fram til å møte vesleguten om ei stund :)

I have a new nephew and I'm now aunt to 21!

It allways fun to have a reason to knit tiny garments. This romper and hat was quite fast to knit.

Vinterferie

Vi har VINTERferie denne veka, og har måka snø kvar dag!

Våt og tung er den også, så kanskje vert det litt musklar av dette? Trening er det i alle fall...

Half term this week, and the snow just keep coming down...  

We've had quite enough now, thank you!...

Mamma har hatt 70-årsfeiring og alle i storfamilien har vore heime. Vi tar litt plass sidan vi er 38 (snart 39) folk med stort og smått. Både stove og parkeringsplass utanfor huset vert fyllt opp.

My mother had her70th birthday party this weekend, and all children, in-laws and grandchildren came home to celebrate. 

It is a lot of us (38 people - soon 39), and the living room and the parking space outside gets crowded.

Barnebarna hadde konsert under selskapet, og sjølvsagt vart det litt kake også!

The grankids had a little concert, and we had cake!

Happy New Year!

Godt nytt år!
Vi har hatt ein lang og god ferie, i morgon er det skikkeleg kvardag igjen.

Her kjem nokre bilder frå jula.

The Christmas break is over. Tomorrow it's back to work again. I think I'm ready. Here's a few photos from the holiday :)

Kake!

 

Minsteniese vart nettopp 1 år. Og vi (mora og eg) nyttar gjerne høvet til å planlegge litt kakebaking. Og det er meir spennande med høge kaker, ikkje sant?…

Med kakebotnar meir og meir rosa. Steikt ein og ein i forma. Vanskeleg å sjå fargane før botnane er steikte, så nokre vart litt like i nyansane.

Fyll er ostesmørkrem med bringebær. Må nok øve litt meir på marsipanlokkdekking. Det skulle liksom vere glatt og fint, men det var ikkje heilt enkelt med ei slik høg kake.

Så då gjekk vi for den litt knurva varianten, med sløyfe for å dekke over eit hol

Rosa prikkar og vimplar som pynt. 

Mmmmm…. smakte godt, gitt!!

My youngest niece turned 1, and we had to make a cake. Tall cakes are more fun, and I made a pink, ombre cake.

It turned out quite nice, and it tasted good too