A gift from my "hemlis=secret friend"

Dear all

It's the first day of May and now and then snowflings are falling down.Hopefully it melts down at once.We said wellcome to the spring and the lovely May.The river is still covered with ice but....The days are longer and longer.

I have been so so happy for the first lovely gift from my "hemlis",a secret friend in a knittinggroup.

Earl Grey Luxury
A chocolate soap bar-I'm still smiling.Thanks for the joke.
Thin needles so lovely to knit with
A pattern for wristwarmers
A lovely skein of silk -so so soft

Thank you once again.This is just so fun.
I have also a friend to do nice things for.Waving to her.I think you read this blog but still I'm very secret....I hope.

To my "hemlis" on Stickamera.se in swedish only

Hejsan "Hemlis"

1. Vilken sorts garn tycker du mest om? Ull,ull-silke,alpacka.mohair
Är det något material du absolut inte tycker om?Acryl,polyester.....
2. Vilka är dina favoritfärger?
Naturvit,blå,lila,rosa....
3. Är det någon färg du absolut inte tycker om?Kanske brunt eller orange eller...
4. Vilken sorts stickor tycker du bäst om/använder du helst?
Metall,bambu eller rosenträ
Raka och strumpstickor.
5. Hur länge har du stickat?45 år
Mittemellan kanske för jag har mycket att lära ännu.
6. Dricker bara te
7. Är du allergisk mot något?Rök.
8. Vilken slags musik tycker du om?Folkmusik och klassiskt.Lyssnar egentligen på det mesta.
9. Favoritgodis?Kexchoklad men jag måste sluta med godis.
10. Håller du på med någon annan "skapande hobby", förutom stickning?
Broderi, virkning,patchwork,färga garn,knyppla.......
11. Vad tycker du är roligast att sticka? Sjalar,vantar,muddar och sockar?
12. Prenumererar du på någon sticktidning?Endast Piecework.Köper Interweave knitting.
13. Har du något drömprojekt på önskelistan?En sjal från Victorian lace.
14. Använder du pulsvärmare/handledsvärmare? I så fall, vad är ditt handledsmått?15-16. Tycker du om att sticka pulsvärmare?1Jaaaaa
6. Stickar du sockor?Ja
17. Vad har du för fotstorlek? 37
18. När fyller du år? 6 maj
19. Stickar du med pärlor?Ibland.
20. Vilken slags böcker (ej stickning) läser du helst?Romaner.Olika faktaböcker om mina olika intressen.

Ser fram emot att vara din hemliga vän.

The first new sock, friendshipdoll and some days of relax

The first sock in Regis is read.

Cuff:CO 60 on 2 1/2 on 4 needles
R 1-12 k2,p2....in 12 row

Wavy lace ribbon
Leg:R1-*k 2tog,yo,p2*.........
R2-*k2,p2.*.......
R3-*k2,p2*........
R4-*yo,ssk,p2*.......
R5-*k2,p2*.....
R6-*k2,p2*.....

Then I used an ordinary sockpattern from Garnstudio for the rest of the sock.


Yesterday I did the CQ fron of the friendship doll www.dollmakersjourney.com/Friendship3p.jpg
I'm going to do it in the samy style as my CQ-card.During the next week I maybee get the time to do some embroidery.

I have had some holidays and it has been so good to get time to just relax.I really needed it because I had a very busy time in March and also a flu now and then.Today we had a little barbeque in the "garden".Well in the white snowy garden but the snow melts down and we have a lot of sunshine.Many people have used the Eastern period to be out in the nature too.

I wish you all my friends a lovely Springtime.

Friendship dolls

http://www.lasieexotique.com/mag_friendshipdolls.html

This is also a lovely idea too but perhaps not common today.

Pattern to a friendship doll

http://www.dollmakersjourney.com/friendship.html

Happy I found more about this type of dolls.

Link to a wondeful doll someone made for a swap

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sewquilty/438653292/?#comment72157600053941275

I wish I could do something like that.

Click on ....

Click on Läs om påskristet och påsken after the article about Fastlagsriset.
There you find a lovely Easter egg I dream about.Mady of sugar and decorated a little kitshy but...Only seen it once but never have had it.Costs a lot and I haven't seen them in shops for a long time.Well a dream makes you happier.

Easter

Today it's a "long Friday" when we reminds of the cruel death of Jesus.
In my chilhood the remining day was a day of silence and they only plaid some christian songs and calm music on the radio.No shops,no visits,no....well you really had a day of sorrow.For a child it was not so easy to understand.

Nowadays it's a day of resting and being in the nature or just relax and maybe visiting near friends or go by skiing or by snowscooter or....here in the north of Sweden.You can go shopping food and so on.The Christianity has not the same role now.
You can see some pictures of decorations and so on.Sorry it's only in Swedish .Hope you can enjoy the pictures.
http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/makeframeset.asp?sUrl=http%3A//www.nordiskamuseet.se/publication.asp%3Fpublicationid%3D1437&Cat=&catName=&publicationid=1437

Happy Easter

Project of the day

Project of the day

http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/product.php?productid=971&cat=160&page=1

I wish you good luck with the preparations for Easter.Tomorrow I do this little ornament.You can finsd a lot of lovely patterns if you go to www.kreinik.com and click on freebies.Why not the lovely new sampler?!

A new CQ- card

Happy to have the possibility to show you the card I made during the weekend.It's for a swap and the new owner has got it today.

Up here in the north we still have a lot of snow but the warm and sunny days make me dreaming of flowers and berries and this card tells you a little about that.I hope it inspires you to make a card too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ullafr/?saved=1

A little project-a link

A new day,a new opportunity to do something.As my day is full of work I have only a few hours in the evening to do something of my own.
Why not this little project I found on a blog?
http://stonesoupart.blogspot.com/

Have a nice day

Inspirational link

It's Monday and I want to give you my favorite link of the day

http://www.flickr.com/photos/movinghands/sets/72157594488104676/

Nice to look at all the quilts and make the day more colourful.

What a great event

http://www.masondixonknitting.com/

23 March

What a lovely event a long way from here but so great and inspiring.

Have a nice Friday

Knit for peace or crochet or do embroidery or.....for peace

A special day with focus on peace

http://www.squidoo.com/knitforpeace

I do my second mitten this evening.
Enjoy living in a place of peace and work for peace for everyone in the world.

click on Carl sovrum and Karins sovrum

Click on Carls sovrum
Click on Karins sovrum

The bedroom of Carl Larsson

http://www.clg.se/s_index3.htm

In the background you can see what inspired me.

Karin Larsson

A link to a site about Karin Larsson.
http://www.mittnerike.nu/karin/karin.html

A new purse/bag

We had a challenge on the course to do a present to a famous person and I choosed Karin Larsson,a famous designer but most known as wife to a painter Carl Larsson.I was inspired by curtains she made for the bedroom of her husband.Often she made things in white/off-white linen fabric but I also saw some in black wool fabric with embroideries in bright colours.
Mostly used wool fabrics and inside cotton.The embroidery is made by linen yarn and red beads.
Now I'm knitting mittens in black and I hope I can do some embroideries on them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ullafr/

the link

http://community.webshots.com/user/Malinaplass

Go to workshop.

A new day and little "bag"

A wonderful day -a day without any work but what I choose to do.I'm going to do a "bag"A blogfriend has done the instruction to all of us.

We have + 0.2C and a little snow comes.The daylight grows and the darkness leaves us more and more.The landscape is covered with a thick cover of snow and the river has very good ice so ot's possible to use it for skiing,going by snowscooter or what you want.Not until the beginning of May we have an open river.