{"id":329,"date":"2010-12-29T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T16:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=329"},"modified":"2010-12-29T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T16:37:07","slug":"finally-christmas-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"Finally Christmas is over"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, don\u2019t get me wrong, I had a lovely Christmas with my family, but knitting wise I\u2019m so glad it\u2019s over. With the opening of the shop, our budget this year was really low, and I mean REALLY low. So giving nice gifts to everyone this year meant that I had to knit them. As I told you in my last entry I\u2019ve been knitting scarves, no less than four scarves in one month! After completing the Challenging Lace Scarf<\/a> for my Grandmother, I made the Wisp<\/a> with some alternations for my Mother in law. I dropped the eyelets and the buttons, and repeated the panel 25 times, instead of the 17 times that is done in the original pattern.
\nThen I made a scarf for my Mom and one for my husband, both improvised as I knitted them. I planned for a really funky scarves photo shoot to show off my efforts, but suddenly Christmas was here and I had to give them away before any pictures were taken. Except from the Wisp, which I now can show off in all its glory!<\/p>\n

Nei, ikke misforst\u00e5 meg, jeg hadde en fantastisk flott jul sammen med familien min, men n\u00e5r det kommer til strikking s\u00e5 er jeg glad for at den er over. Med \u00e5pningen av butikken s\u00e5 var julegavebudsjettet v\u00e5rt trangt i \u00e5r, og da mener jeg VIRKELIG trangt. S\u00e5 det \u00e5 gi fine gaver til alle i \u00e5r bet\u00f8d at jeg m\u00e5tte strikke mange av dem. Som jeg fortalte i forrige innlegg s\u00e5 har jeg strikket skjerf, intet mindre enn fire skjerf strikket jeg p\u00e5 en m\u00e5ned! Etter \u00e5 ha gjort ferdig the Challenging Lace Scarf<\/a> til min Bestemor, strikket jeg the Wisp<\/a> med noen endringer til min Svigermor. Jeg droppet knapper og knappehull, og gjentok panelet 25 ganger, i stedet for 17 ganger som det er gjort i den opprinnelige versjonen. S\u00e5 strikket jeg et skjerf til min Mamma og et til min elskede kj\u00e6reste, begge improvisert frem underveis. Jeg planla en skikkelig funky fotografering for \u00e5 vise frem resultatene, men plutselig var jula her, og jeg m\u00e5tte gi bort skjerfene f\u00f8r jeg fikk tatt noen bilder. Bortsett fra Wisp, som jeg n\u00e5 endelig kan vise frem i all sin herlighet!<\/em><\/p>\n

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In my search for the perfect knitted gifts I also found and fell completely in love with Woolly Wormhead\u2019s<\/a> designs. Her hats are just amazing! For Nemi I made the Brownie<\/a>, published in the book Twisted Woolly Toppers. This pattern was so fun to work with that I came up with a pair of fingerless gloves as well, based on the Brownie pattern. I think that the result would have looked even better using a solid colour yarn, but Nemi fell in love with this yarn<\/a> ages ago and so I felt that I had to use it. As you can see, it still looks beautiful, and the receiver is very happy about her new outfit. <\/p>\n

Now as for next year, it\u2019s all about egocentric knitting, first and foremost I will be knitting for me. And I can assure you I will not knit any scarves for a very very long time!<\/p>\n

Da jeg leita etter de perfekte strikkede gaver fant jeg og forelsket meg fullstendig i Woolly Wormhead<\/a> sine modeller. Luene hennes er rett og slett fantastiske! Til Nemi strikket jeg Brownie<\/a>, publisert i boka Twisted Woolly Toppers. Dette m\u00f8nsteret var s\u00e5 artig \u00e5 jobbe med at jeg ogs\u00e5 strikket et par fingerl\u00f8se hansker, basert p\u00e5 luem\u00f8nsteret. Jeg tror at resultatet ville ha sett bedre ut i ensfarget garn, men Nemi falt for dette garnet<\/a> for evigheter siden, s\u00e5 jeg f\u00f8lte at jeg bare m\u00e5tte bruke det. Som du kan se, s\u00e5 ser det fremdeles flott ut, og mottakeren er veldig forn\u00f8yd med det nye settet sitt.<\/p>\n

N\u00e5r det gjelder neste \u00e5r, s\u00e5 handler det om egosentrisk strikking, jeg skal f\u00f8rst og fremst strikke til meg selv. Og jeg kan love deg en ting, jeg kommer ikke til \u00e5 strikke skjerf p\u00e5 veldig veldig lenge.<\/p>\n

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