{"id":456,"date":"2011-12-21T18:10:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=456"},"modified":"2011-12-22T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T12:30:13","slug":"being-short-and-a-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=456","title":{"rendered":"Being short (and a competition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: The winner has been announced on FB and twitter, husband gets the Tricable hat, and Lynn Parks gets lovely yarn! \/ Vinneren har n\u00e5 blitt nevnt p\u00e5 FB og twitter, mannen f\u00e5r Tricable lua og Lynn Parks f\u00e5r deilig garn!<\/em><\/p>\n

Seems like this blog has been hibernating for a few weeks. Why? Well, I could give you all those my-life-is-so-busy-and-hectic-and-filled-with-commitments reasons, but I kind of feel that this is not it. I mean, people in general are quite busy, and lots of busy people manage to maintain their blogs. Short, fun, angry, happy, lovely, stupid statements are being published every day, so why do I sometimes need weeks if not months to update mine? Notice that first adjective over there, short, now you see I suspect this to be the key term here, short. I lack the ability to be short. One of my major challenges at the screenwriter course as well, is being short, and believe me you have to be able to be short to produce good screenplays. I\u2019ve never been short, personally I believe that I\u2019m a pretty good storyteller but someone (husband) has tried to tell me again and again that my stories tend to go on forever, oh well ignore him….<\/p>\n

So my New Year resolution is to practice being short, I might even challenge my self trying to post short entries regularly with a given dead line. But not yet, not today, I feel this long endless entry coming up, not to worry though, this is a competition entry, and we all love those don\u2019t we?<\/p>\n

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Denne bloggen ser ut til \u00e5 ha g\u00e5tt i dvale for ei stund. Hvorfor? Vel, jeg kan jo gi en s\u00e5nn jeg-er-s\u00e5-travelt-opptatt-for-tida-grunn, men jeg har p\u00e5 f\u00f8lelsen at det ikke er helt riktig. Jeg mener, folk generelt er jo travelt opptatt med ting, og det er mange travle mennesker som fremdeles greier \u00e5 holde bloggen sin oppdatert. Korte, morsomme, sinte, glade, nydelige og dumme meldinger publiseres jo hver dag, s\u00e5 hvorfor trenger jeg uker og av og til m\u00e5neder for \u00e5 oppdatere bloggen min? Legg merke til det f\u00f8rste adjektivet jeg nevnte over her, korte, du skj\u00f8nner jeg tror det er selve n\u00f8kkelordet her, kort. Jeg mangler fullstendig evnen til \u00e5 v\u00e6re kort. En av mine st\u00f8rste utfordringer n\u00e5r jeg f\u00f8lger manusutviklingskurset er ogs\u00e5 det \u00e5 v\u00e6re kort, og tro meg, du m\u00e5 v\u00e6re i stand til \u00e5 fatte deg i korthet skal du skrive gode filmmanus. Jeg har aldri v\u00e6rt kort, personlig s\u00e5 tror jeg at jeg er en innmari god historieforteller, men noen (min mann) har pr\u00f8vd \u00e5 fortelle meg igjen og igjen at historiene mine har en tendens til \u00e5 vare evig, pytt sann bl\u00e5s i det…<\/p>\n

S\u00e5 mitt nytt\u00e5rsforsett er \u00e5 \u00f8ve meg p\u00e5 \u00e5 v\u00e6re kort. Det kan godt hende at jeg faktisk utfordrer meg selv med \u00e5 skulle jevnlig legge ut korte innlegg her, med gitt tidsfrist. Men ikke enda, ikke i dag, for i dag kjenner jeg p\u00e5 meg at et lengre uendelig innlegg er p\u00e5 vei, ikke bli oppgitt, det er nemlig et konkurranse innlegg, og alle liker jo konkurranser ikke sant?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lately I\u2019ve been working on my husband\u2019s Christmas gift, he wished for a hat so a hat it is. I\u2019ve noticed that some knitters tend to become addicted to certain projects or styles, I know there\u2019s a lot of dedicated sock knitters out there, or those who swears to shawls and whip up several of those enormous intricate lacy projects every year, some won\u2019t knit nothing but doll clothes, me, I\u2019ll practically knit anything as long as I love it and I tend to like garments like sweaters and cardigans. But, to be honest, a hat addiction is lurking in the background just waiting for the right moment to bite me, and that is totally Woolly Wormhead’s<\/a> fault. Now, I\u2019ve done quite a few of her hats before, but now the wish list is growing just as fast as my husband\u2019s hat is being knit. There\u2019s a hat for my daughter, a hat for my son, and at least two hats for me on the list, and why, because Woolly Wormhead\u2019s designs are just so utterly cool!!! When designing her hats she constructs three-dimensional shapes, which are so cleverly put together that every project turns out to be an intriguing and fun knitting experience. A few days ago I came up with a pre-Christmas give away in tribute to Woolly Wormhead. Via twitter, facebook and Ravelry I announced that the first one to guess which of her designs I\u2019d chosen for my husband\u2019s hat would win a hank of the gorgeous Tuhu by Mirasol<\/a>, which is the yarn I\u2019m using for his hat. I did get a few responses, but no one was even close to which hat is the right one. I\u2019m thinking maybe such a broad question isn\u2019t fun enough, after all there are nearly 200 designs to choose from. So I\u2019m trying to spice up this competition a bit and here\u2019s how it goes:<\/p>\n

  • Have a look at my WIP picture above, then compare with Woolly Wormhead\u2019s designs, you can find them on her Ravelry page<\/a> or on her own site<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • When you have your suggestion ready, please follow MayaKnits<\/a> on twitter or like Knit with attitude\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, then enter your suggestion on either site. It\u2019s easier for me to hold track of who\u2019s first using these sites, so this time you can\u2019t submit your answer here on the blog. (although I’ll be very happy if you take the time to write me a comment).<\/li>\n
  • The first one who guesses the correct design wins two skeins of Tuhu by Mirasol<\/a>, which is the yarn I use and the amount I need to finish my husband\u2019s hat.<\/li>\n
  • The competition runs until the right answer comes up and the winner is announced.
    \nYou can submit as many suggestions as you wish.<\/li>\n

    —–<\/p>\n

    I det siste s\u00e5 har jeg strikket p\u00e5 mannens julegave, han har \u00f8nsket seg ei lue, s\u00e5 da blir det lue. Jeg har lagt merke til at enkelte strikkere rett og slett blir avhengig av enkelte stiler og prosjekt, det er en haug med dedikerte sokkestrikkere der ute, og s\u00e5 har du de som sverger til sjal og kommer opp med mange slike store intrikate blondestrikk prosjekter hvert \u00e5r, noen vil ikke strikke noe annet enn dukkekl\u00e6r, jeg, jeg er stort sett altetende n\u00e5r det gjelder strikking, s\u00e5 lenge jeg forelsker meg i prosjektet, men ogs\u00e5 jeg har en tendens til \u00e5 ende opp med gensere og cardiganer igjen og igjen. Men, for \u00e5 v\u00e6re \u00e6rlig, en lueavhengighet smyger seg rundt i bakgrunnen her og er klar til \u00e5 bite til i det rette \u00f8yeblikket, og det er ene og alene Woolly Wormhead<\/a> sin feil. Jeg har faktisk strikket et par av modellene hennes tidligere, men ettersom lua til mannen vokser, vokser ogs\u00e5 lue\u00f8nskelista. Der st\u00e5r det ei lue til dattera, ei lue til s\u00f8nnen, og minst to luer til meg selv allerede, og hvorfor? Fordi Woolly Wormheads sine luer er bare s\u00e5 avsindig kule!!! N\u00e5r hun designer luene sine konstruerer hun tredimensjonale former som er s\u00e5 snedig satt sammen at hvert prosjekt ender opp som et spennende og ikke minst morsomt strikkeeventyr. For noen dager siden kom jeg opp med en id\u00e9 til en f\u00f8rjulsutfordring til \u00e6re for Woolly Wormhead. P\u00e5 twitter, facebook, og Ravelry annonserte jeg at den f\u00f8rste som kunne gjette hvilket av hennes design jeg hadde valgt til mannens lue skulle f\u00e5 ei hespe av det nydelige Mirasolgarnet Tuhu<\/a>, som er det garnet jeg bruker til lua. Jeg fikk noen f\u00e5 forslag, men ingen var i n\u00e6rheten av det riktige svaret. Jeg tenker at kanskje s\u00e5 var sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5let for vidt til \u00e5 v\u00e6re morsomt, tross alt det er jo n\u00e6rmere 200 modeller \u00e5 velge mellom. S\u00e5 n\u00e5 pr\u00f8ver jeg \u00e5 sprite opp denne konkuransen litt og s\u00e5nn er det: <\/p>\n

  • Ta en kikk p\u00e5 strikkebildet som jeg har lagt over her, s\u00e5 sammenligner du med Woolly Wormhead sine modeller, de finner du p\u00e5 Ravelrysida<\/a> hennes eller p\u00e5 hennes eget nettsted<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • N\u00e5r du har forslaget ditt klart, f\u00f8lger du MayaKnits<\/a> p\u00e5 twitter eller liker Knit with attitude\u2019s Facebook side<\/a>, s\u00e5 avgir du svaret ditt p\u00e5 den sida du har valgt. Det er enklere for meg \u00e5 holde rede p\u00e5 hvem som er tidsmessig f\u00f8rst ved \u00e5 bruke disse sosiale nettstedene, s\u00e5 denne gangen kan du ikke delta i konkuransen ved \u00e5 svare her i bloggen (selv om jeg virkelig setter pris p\u00e5 om du tar deg tid til \u00e5 legge inn ei melding her ogs\u00e5). <\/li>\n
  • Den f\u00f8rste som gjetter riktig design vinner to hesper med Mirasolgarnet Tuhu<\/a>, som er det garnet jeg bruker og den mengden jeg trenger for \u00e5 gj\u00f8re ferdig mannens lue. <\/li>\n
  • Konkuransen varer til riktig svar dukker opp og vinneren blir annonsert. Du kan legge inn s\u00e5 mange forslag som du \u00f8nsker. <\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Update: The winner has been announced on FB and twitter, husband gets the Tricable hat, and Lynn Parks gets lovely yarn! \/ Vinneren har n\u00e5 blitt nevnt p\u00e5 FB og twitter, mannen f\u00e5r Tricable lua og Lynn Parks f\u00e5r deilig garn! Seems like this blog has been hibernating for a few weeks. Why? Well, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25,76,4,49],"tags":[97,56,142,30,55,146,152],"class_list":["post-456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest","category-knit-with-attitude","category-social-media","category-work-in-progress","category-yarn","tag-competition","tag-hat","tag-knit-with-attitude","tag-knitting","tag-woolly-wormhead","tag-work-in-progress","tag-yarn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=456"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":466,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456\/revisions\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}