Merry x-mas

Today there are no wooly pictures. Today it is food.

I wanted to show you one of my x-mas presents I`ve got. I am so happy and I asked Santa if it`s ok to open it before x-mas, cause I had a bit of baking to do.

And the machine works fantastic. Iam so pleased and so is my son.

He has Coeliac disease and I have to do all the bread and cake baking by myself. So it helps me a lot with a good kitchen machine.

Today I baked Lefse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefse. And he is very pleased with me.

Finally I want to wish all my readers a merry x-mas.

Iam not sure that I have the time the next days to make a new Blog update. Enjoy the next days and have a good time together with the family and friends.

To get you in a good x-mas mood I want to share one of my favorite norwegian x-mas songs with you. Enjoy. Love Sandra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZmeUCtrcs

Wool for my mother

In the summer I made this: http://flowerssaape.blogspot.com/2010_06_01_archive.html and in the picture you see the final result. But it was quite interesting to see that thing not allways become like you expect them to be:)

Well it was a bit of a surprise when i put the two threads together. But the thread was loved by my mother when she came over in August.

Last week I finished the rest of the fiber that she get the whole yarn for x-mas.

I dont know how many grams or metres it was all together. But I think she can knit a short armet jacket or something out of it.

Not often

Hello again:) It happens not often that I show you pictures of myself, but I got nice pictures send from this lady: http://poletsy.blogspot.com/2010/11/featured-seller-feltik-magdalena.html?spref=fb

One week ago we had a christmas fair here on the island and I took my wheel with me to show people how it works.

Last wednesday I tried to go over to London for some x-mas shopping but unfortunatley all flights to Gatwick were cancelled because of the snowy weather conditions in London. So I had to stay home, sooo disappointed:(

Anyway, now Iam back and I started to prepare last weekend with some xmas cooking/ baking and other fun things.

It was quite cold here so I went iceskating with the kids, that was lots of fun.

Ok, have a nice week everyone:)

Nuno again

Hello and good morning.

This is the result from yesterdays felting and Iam very happy. It is a shawl again. I really love the colours on the silk fabric. I dyed it by myself and on top I used mostly alpacca and silk. ...love it:)

What do you think?

This is what I got:)

Yesterday I showed you all the result of my dyeing day. Today I will show you what Ihave made from it;) Iam extremely happy with the result. Isnt it beautiful? Fibermagic:)))

I love colours:)

Good morning. Yesterday I dyed some fiber again and it was a lot of fun. The long fiber a got as a gift. Dont know what kind of wool it is. I will guess its norwegian wild sheep from around here but I rly dont know. It was very filthy when I got it and I had to wash it several times before dyeng it pink one of my favorite colours.

There was a small amount of brown fibers too and i left it in the original colour which was actually very nice after several times in the water:)

And the green, yellow, blue one is from our own sheep again.

So as you can see i had a busy day yesterday.

A new shawl

I made a new shawl in between all the other stuff I do atm. Its a xmas present for somebody:) It was very easy to make. Its made from alpakka, but this time I bought some yarn. As you can see I love the colour purple:)

More Nuno

Well I figured out that I like Nuno felting a lot.

Yesterday I gave it a go again. One of the result is with quite strong colours and the other in more soft tones. I like them both. For the soft one I used cotton and the strong colours are on a silk ground.

Hello again:)

It was wonderfull outside this morning and I took a picture to give you an impression about how it looked at 8 o`clock this morning. But its quite cold outside. I stod up at 4 o`clock. Couldnt sleep . I worked so many night shifts the last weeks that my body dont know the time anymore.

Anyway, its warm and cosy inside. Iam relaxing and enjoying the day.:)

On the other picture is the shawl iam working at. I really like the pattern and the colour of the wool. What do you think about it?

Have a good day all of you. Cu Sandra:)

Hello, Iam still here

Hello all of you:)
This will be just an update without pictures, cause Iam at work atm:)
Well first of all I must say sry for not have been updated my blogg for some month but I was not in the mood :p
Well anyway, lots of stuff happened and I hadnt rly the time to be creative at all.
We had our sons confirmationsday and it all went very well. In the sommer months I was not so busy spinning or knitting but i hope I can show you some of mynew stuff I made soon. I just have to finish my last week of work and then Iam able to put some pictures in.
Last week I started with a new knitting project: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/falling-birch-leaves
I had some problems with the pattern in the beginning (like allways:) ) but now it looks like the pattern and I get friends in the end:)
Ok, thats all for today.

A fast update

Holidays are over and Iam off to work tomorrow again for 12 new days. But I like to send a hello to all who know me and my blog.

Time is going so fast.

We had some nice weeks in july, weather was not allways good but caught some nice cod (well my husband did). I did not spin so much on my wheel at the moment. Had not so much time.

I will be back later in August. CU.

Hello without a picture

Unfortunatley, I have been very busy when I was home and had not the time for blogging.
Now I am at work again and afterwards I will be on a short trip to some family holyday. So I think I take some blogg free until the end of july.
I wish you all a wonderfull summertime.

See you soon:)

Fiber goodies

Hello:) Iam back from work and i spun a lot and dyed a bit:) Here are the results from my day.

Its the first time I work with Sari Silk and its quite interesting to work with. And while I spun I thought about what to blend it with cause I will not use it alone, so I thought about something bright, like the colours in the Sari Silk and my thoughts got pink/red on its mind. The firber I dyed is from our own sheep this time and the breed is called "Dala". Its a norwegian breed as far as I know. http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalasau (Sry, I only found an norwegian link)

While I was at work in Stavanger i started with a new shawl I will show you one of the next days. Iam not so happy with it yet. Had some problems with the pattern, but now I hope it will work.

Thats all for today. Cu soon:))

Some boucle

Here Iam again.

Iam a bit busy at the moment, because next week, Iam going off to work for some weeks again, so Iam cleaning and painting and moving furniture.

But in my tiny bit of spare time I made this: my first boucle.

The colours are a bit strong and its not much, but technical its not bad at all I think.

Its not much. The thread is made from some orange wild sheep fiber, I died earlier this year and the rest of it, is bought material.

Some red cotton thread and the gold is acryllic I think.

Last week I ordered some Sari Silk at Winghams shop in England and some other stuff too, and I hope to get before Iam off to work.

I will show it to you when get it.

Have a lovely weekend with lots of nice sunshine:)))

No fibers today:)

Well, Iam not a scrap book person, but it was about time to make some invitations for my sons confirmation.

The cards are "designed" by me and him.

Was not easy to find a colour that could fit his taste. He wanted black and silver and we tried it. But it looked too much like a funeral invitation and he agreed to put some white to it too. And here is the final result.

And now Iam happy to finish this project, that I can return to my fibers, where I belong:)

A better look:)

Here it is one more time, worn by the lovely Gro:) And it looks like she really like the scarf. Happy birthday Gro:) Really enjoyed to have you on our island. See you in june:)

Yesterdays work

Yesterday I made a birthday present for a friend of mine and she liked it very much:) Here it is: a scarf.

Its nunofelted and iam really happy with the outcome of it.

I used black and purple alpacca and some of the orange wild sheep breed fiber I dyed earlier. And some silk hankies of course. I really love silk hankies. They are so usefull:)

Feeling better

Today Iam feeling much better. I want to thank you for the last comments on my writings.

The nature in Norway is great, and I usuall have no problems moving and around, but the class was quite a new thing for me and my dog and so the movement in the mountains. That was a bit too much.

But now I feel better and the weather is absolutley fantastic.

Here is the thread from the red,blue, purple dyed fiber I showed you some weeks ago.

http://flowerssaape.blogspot.com/2010/05/have-look.html

I combined the thread with some purple alpacca fiber and the result is really good. I have no idea yet what to make from it.

But I thought about a shawl or something.

So, thats all for today. Later today we will do some BBQ and I will go for a nap on my sofa.:)

The day after

My weekend in Etne with the dog was very nice. I met great people and learned a lot. One of the things I learned is that iam not used to crawl 3,5 days through the mountains. :) I must say, for me personal it was too much and I had to say stop sunday in the morning.:P

But the nature was fantastic and it was a very good experience for me and Alvin too.

Yesterday it was the norwegian national day celebration.

It was great fun for the kids.

I must say I had a good time too, but I was looking forward to my bed yesterday evening.

Ok, enough for today. I wish you all a good week:)

They wont stand still

Hello there.

There were some wishes to take a picture of our lambs but it was quite hard to take one, cause they will not stand still. But I tried and here is the result.

Now we are soon finished. There is only one sheep left and we hope it willgive birth today:)

Not sure how many lamb we have now, my mother in law has control about that, but its close up to 40.

During the night the sheep stand inside the barn cause its still quite cold outside. But they go outside during the day and really enjoy it. :)

Have a look

I was not so active with my wool the last days and that has several reasons.

My father in law broke his ancle/ foot by accident last week and since then i must help my mother in law with their sheep. It`s still lamb season and we are quite busy. So far we have 30 lamb.

But I found the time to dye some woolfiber several days ago and I really love the result. The colours are wonderfull.

I wanted to show you my view from the living room. Early today it was raining but now the sky is clear and I can hope for some nice weather for the weekend.

At the moment I am use the rest of my spare time to train my youngest dog.

We are travelling next week to Etne for some dog training class. The first class (C-class) for rescue dogs. I hope it will be great fun:)

If you visit Norway once...

....then you have to try this.

This are cod tongues, with potatoes and sour cream.

You usually get them in nothern Norway. My mother in law is from Lofoten and she usually bought them while visiting her relatives.

But now it was long time ago she visited Lofoten but I have a friend (thank you Olav!!!), who bought them for me while being there in a working matter.

And I must say, they tasted lovely. Tender fish meat and a taste: hmmmm, fantastic:)

Spring and sun:)

Today its warm outside and the sun is shining, so I feel the spring is finally coming, at least for this day...

I spun my green fiber the last days (its the one from the norwegian wild breed that I showed you all earlier in the blog) and I just combined it with a very fin cotton thread. I took different colours and I like the different effects of it.

I can use it for a shawl, or I will make it a gift. Will see.... :-)

Silk and soap

Thats my new thread, a massam/ silk blend. Its a really nice blend, it feels soft and cosy:)

I dyed it with Ashford colours after spinning and Iam very pleased with the result of the colours.

And on top of it you can see one of my soaps ( yes, I still make soap).

Its a soap with olive oil and sheep milk (powder) and it smells vanilla sugar. Hmmm, lovely.

Finally finished:)

Here it is. Iam so proud. Ok there was a mistake I did with the pattern but I love the result anyway.

The shawl feels warm and cosy. I havnt washed and streched it yet, but need better weather to do it.

At the moment its quite cold out here. So its better to have the shawl around me, then streched.

Award

I`ve got a reward yesterday. Thank you very much to Rosenfee:) Thats very kind of you to think about me:)

http://sockenbo.blogspot.com/2010/04/ein-riesengrosses-dankeschon.html

I think, Iam really not a reward type ( whatever that is:p) but this time i will try to make an effort.

There are 2 things to do if you get this award.

A) Give that award to 5 more persons and inform them about it.

http://bonnilys.blogspot.com/

http://seifenmaus.blogspot.com/

http://wolliges.blogspot.com/

http://www.fiberandart.no/blog/

http://tearoom-klotho.blogspot.com

B) Answer these questions:

1. Where is your mobile phone? - In my handbag I think, but not sure.

2.Your hair?- Is brown and not looking good at the moment.

3. My mother? - At home at the moment I think.

4. My father? - Somewhere..

5. My favorite food ?- Pinnekjøtt

6. My last night dream?- Cant remember.

7. My favorite drink?- I love Martini a la James Bond:)

8. My dream/ goal? - Health for me and my family..

9. In what room are you working now? - In the kitchen.

10. My hobbys? - Lots of stuff, atm I love to spinn, dyeing wool. But I like computergaming and soapmaking too

11. Your fear? - I fear death.

12.Where are you in six years?- I dont plan my future a lot, but I hope I still be here together with my family.

13. Where have you slept the last night?- In my bed.

14. Something you are not? - Iam not an angry person.

15. Muffins? - I love them:)

16. Remember notes?- Oh yes, must write them or I will forget my head in a corner.

17. Where did you grew up? - In a town called Hamm in NRW/ Germany.

18. Last thing you did?- Drinking from my beer:p

19. What are you wearing? - Jeans and a blue top.

20. My TV?- Is big and working very well:)

21. Pets?- Yes, two dogs and a cat.

22. Friends?- Yes:)

23.Live?- Is good to me.

24. My mood? - Ok at the moment.

25. Are you missing someone? - No.

26. Vehicle?- Yes, a Mazda 5, 7 seats.

27. Something you will not wear? - Not really.

28. Favorite shop? - Not really, but I loved to shop at Westfields in London last december...paradise

29. Favorite colour? - Must be purple.

30. Last time you laughed?- Now.

31. Last time you cried? - Ehm, yesterday.

32. Your best friend?- Must be my husband.

33. Place you visit over and over again?- My garden.

34. Facebook? - Iam there.

35. Favorite place to eat? - Must be in the kitchen.

Alvin`s first birthday and a Hex

Hello and good morning. Finally the weather is not so bad anymore and the ashclouds are gone:p or lesser...

Here comes a picture of our birthdaydog:) Today he is one year old and full of stupid ideas..puberty..

The other picture shows a picture of my first Hexagon. Iam so inspired by the work of this ladyhttp://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/ and the pattern http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2008/11/hexagon-crochet.html that I wanted to try. My crocket skills are not so good, but I hope I will improve.:)

Lost time

I was quite irritated after finishing this babyjacket. The shape of it is horrible (I think). I followed the pattern but my mother in law warned me, cause she used a pattern by the same producer, and it went out horrible for her too. Sooo, no more pattern of this type for me.

Anyway, I hope it will fit the baby I made it for.

Back again :)

After my last 3 weeks at work, I arrived last sunday and the first 2 days I just relaxed with my spinning. I ordered some Masham wool at http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/index.php (my favorite fiber shop). It was a blend with silk in it. Not sure how much it was, about 20 or 30%, but anyway it is lovely to spin and feels great.

I combined it with a pure silk thread. First time i spun with silk. Was a bit difficult in the beginning, but the result is nice I think. Not sure yet, if I will dye it or not.

And Iam still knitting my Lions shawl. Well, I was so proud about understanding the pattern, but now Iam not sure I did:p. The shawl itself looks very good, but I think the sites are different from the original and the middle too.

But who cares...the rest of the shawl is great and I like the colours too. I hope I will soon finish it. Some days more.

My first Nuno:)

Now its time for me to travel back to work for the next 3 weeks. The last thing I did yesterday was trying to do some nunofelting. I like my result but still its far from perfekt. I used black cotton in the middle and its wrapped with silk, alpakka and sheep fibers. Like a sandwich:) It feels very nice and its big enough to use as a shawl.

Ok, Iam off for now.

Cu soon.

More dyeing of fiber:)

Yesterday I startefd knitting these socks for a friend who got a little babyboy. They are not perfect but I rly like them anyway.

This was an english pattern and Iam not so good at reading them yet, so I struggled a bit on the upper part.

The fibers on the picture are from a "norwegian wild sheep" breed. It feels lovley and the colours are great I think.

I have some ideas what to do with it, but the prosject must wait. Now I have to go on producing a bit more yarn for my shawl.

I joined Ravelry http://www.ravelry.com/ som month ago and found the pattern there.

The pattern for the socks can you found here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/saartjes-bootees

Here is the thread

Hello everyone. I was busy couloring more fibers and spinning to get my thread ready. And i must say that Iam quite proud of the result. :)

I wanted to knit a shawl, so I went for that one: http://beyenburgerin.wordpress.com/category/free-patterns/shawlsscarves/

Nice blog she has and nice patterns too:)

Sure, its no lace but I wanted to try anyway. My knitting needles are slightly thicker, but who cares:p I think the result will be fine anyway. And best of all was that I understood the pattern:p

Colouring wool

Finally I am home again from work and I was not lazy this week. But I just did things I wanted to do.

I ordered some Ashford colours while being away at work and yesterday I tried them. It was great fun to see the results. Unfortunatley I was a bit scared of the whole thing so I coulored not so much fiber.

But well there is a new week coming. I think I will colour some more wool:)

And ofc the upper picture is from the yarn I spun out of the fiber today. I rly, rly love it.