tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12417345473566676782024-03-05T04:33:00.734-05:00Knitting Across the AtlanticConversations across the Atlantic about Modern and Traditional Danish and Scandinavian Knitting.DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-3338050290932242512015-12-21T15:07:00.000-05:002015-12-27T15:12:12.026-05:00Christmas Barbie Sweater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Engang strikkede jeg en lille, rød Barbiesweater, og eftersom det var lige før jul, fandt Charlotte på at hænge den på en bøjle lavet af en piberenser og indlemme den i julestræspynten. Den idè fik vi megen respons på her på vores blog, så da jeg forleden ryddede op i garnrester og legesager, søm børnebørnene for længst er vokset fra, fik jeg lyst til igen at strikke dukketøj/juletræspynt.</span></div>
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while back I knitted a small red Barbie sweater, and since it was just before Christmas,
Charlotte thought of hanging it on a pipe cleaner as a decoration for the tree.
We received some nice feedback for it here on our blog, so when I sorted
through yarn and the toys the grandchildren long have outgrown, I thought of
making doll clothes/Christmas decorations again.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="DA" style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Garnet,
som er brugt, fører Rowan desværre ikke mere; men andre garner kan naturligvis
anvendes. De skal blot have en vis ‘tyngde’ og strikkes på pinde lidt tyndere,
end man ellers ville bruge til det pågældende garn, så der bliver hold i
resultatet, og det præsenterer sig pænt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yarn we used from Rowan is discontinued unfortunately, but other yarns can be
used of course. It only needs to have a certain ‘weight’ to it, and to be
worked on finer needles than you would normally use in order for the sweater to
‘hold up’.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gemmerne var der også en masse såkaldte Grønlandsperler, dvs småbitte
glasperler, som jeg strøede ud over sweaterkjolerne dels som bling-bling-effekt
dels for at aflede opmærksomheden fra sammenstrikninger af masker<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I also found tiny glass beads that I worked into the sweater dresses partly as
a bling effect, partly to hide decreases of stitches.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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er strikket rundt på strømpepinde nr 3 af 25 g 4-trådet garn, og desuden har
jeg som sagt brugt nogle glasperler samt sytråd og en tryklås. Dertil kommer
event. en piberenser til bøjle, eller hvis en sådan ikke kan skaffes, et par
småpinde, som surres sammen med (sy)tråd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Slå 16 m op på 2 strømpep og str 14 p gl-str, idet de første 2 p str en
smule strammere end resten af arb. Luk 3 m af i begynd af de flg 2 p. Der er 10
m på p. Lad ærmerne hvile og str<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Slå 48 m op på 4 strømpe-p og str 2 omg ribbort (2R, 2VR) x12 en smule
strammere end resten af arb. Fortsæt arb i R-str, idet der på hver 4. omg tages
1 m ind forskellige steder på omg således:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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omg: 6R, 2Rsm, (10R, 2Rsm) x 3, 4R<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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er 36 m på omg. Str 3 omg lige op. Næste omg str: * 1R, tag 1R ud, 17R, 1R ud,
*, gentag fra * til *; der er 40 m på omg. Str 4 omg lige op. På næste omg
lukkes der af til ærmegab: </span><span lang="DA" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DA;">Tag 2 m
tilbage, * luk 4R af, 15R *, gentag fra * til *; der er 32 m på p. </span><span lang="DA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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bulle og ærmer samtidig med at der laves slids i ryggen, dvs at arb herefter
str frem og tilbage i gl-str således: 16R (= bulle), 10 R (= ærme), 8R (=halv
bulle), slå 3 nye m op til underfald, 8R (= halv bulle),10 m (= ærme); der er
55 m på p. Str 7 p lige op og begynd indtagninger til åget, idet der startes
ved venstre side af slidsen i ryggen således:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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er 28 m på p. Str en smule strammere end det øvrige arb 2 p ribbort 2VR, 2R,
idet der på 1. p str 2m sm 6 gange jævnt fordelt over omg. Luk de resterende 22
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Sy ærmerne og ærmegabene sm m madrasst (se evt. Vores post andetsteds på
bloggen), fæstn slidsens overfald oven på underfaldet m et par sting, sy
tryklås i nakken, sy eventuelt perler i grupper på to eller tre og enkeltvis
skønsomt fordelt oven på sammentagne m, hæft alle løse ender på VRS af kjolen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arb = arbejde; evt = eventuelt; g = gram; gl = glat; m = maske(r)
eller med; msm = masker sammen; nr = nummer; omg = omgang(e); p = pind(e); R =
ret; Rsm = ret sammen; sm = sammen; str = strikke eller strikning; VR = vrang;
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sweater dress is worked in the round on dpn #3 (US), about 1 oz of sport weight
yarn, a few glass beads as mentioned, sewing thread and a small snap.
Additionally a pipe cleaner can be used as a hanger, or alternatively a few
sticks held together with sewing thread.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CO 16 sts onto 2 dpn and work the 14 rows of stockinette sts, working the first
2 rows a bit tighter than the rest of the work. BO 3 sts in the beg of the foll
2 rows, leaving 10 sts on the n. leave the sts and work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Co 48 sts onto 4 dpn and work 2 rnds of rib (K2,P2) x 12 a bit tighter than the
rest of the work. Cont in K sts, dec 1 st on every 4 rnd like this: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are 36 sts on the rnd. Cont 3 rnds without dec. Next work: *K1, inc 1 K-wise,
K17, inc 1 K-wise*, rep from * to *, there are 40 sts on the rnd. Cont 4 rnds
without dec. BO on next rnd for arm holes: Go 2 sts back, *BO4 K-wise, K15*,
rep. from * to*; there are 32 sts on the rnd.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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body and sleeves and at the same time make a slit in the back, now working back
and forth in stockinette sts this way: K16 (=body), K10 (=sleeve), K8 (=half
body), CO 3 new sts (band for slit), K8 (half body), K10 (=sleeve); there are
55 sts on the n. Work 7 rows, begin dec starting by the left side of slit on
back this way:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sew sleeves and sleeve holes together with mattress sts (se our blog post about
it elsewhere on the page), with a few stitches, sew top slip on top of bottom
slip at the end of the slip, and sew on snap on the top. Sew on glass beads in
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When I was a young child I found my mom's dresses from the 50'ties to be very cool. We used to play dress-up wearing them, imagining</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> that we were fine young ladies. Later when I was a teen and well into my twenties, I got into wearing vintage clothing from the 40'ties. Now, another generation is repeating the pattern (don't we all end up doing exactly that!); my 17 year old daughter has revived my funky late 90'ties red and yellow patterned pants. We updated them by shortening the legs with cuffs that look like they are casually folded up. The waistline is high and the legs loose so she needed something short and sassy to complete the outfit. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Da jeg var barn, syntes jeg, at min mors kjoler fra halvtredserne var meget skønne. Vi plejede at klæde os ud i dem og lege, at vi var fine damer. Senere fra da jeg blev teenager og op til langt ind i tyverne gik jeg i vintagetøj fra fyrrene. Nu er der en ny generation der gentager mønstret (ender vi ikke alle med at gentage hinanden!); min syttenårige datter har genoplivet mine funky rød-og gulmønstrede bukser fra sidst i halvfemserne. Vi opdaterede dem lidt ved at korte dem af med opslag der er syet sammen, så de ser ud, som om de er bare er foldet op. Bukserne har høj talje og er lidt løse i snittet, så hun havde brug for en kort og fræk top til at fuldende billedet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Hun vil gerne klæde sig anderledes, hvilket er inspirerende, når mor er designer, så jeg fandt på noget, der passer til en ung kreativ kunstner som hende: en kort soltop med åben ryg og et ribbånd, der er lidt mere spænndende end en almindelig rib. #Talitha er meget tilfreds med resultatet, og havde den på for første gang til en spoken word og musik forestilling hun var med i sidste måned på #C Street Cafe i West Palm Beach, Florida. </span></span></div>
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multiple requests for an adult version of the TALITHA Yoke Vest I made for my
daughter five years ago. Now the adult version of the pattern in five sizes
ranging from XS to XL is here!</span></div>
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of calculating and knitting, making corrections, and checking stitches for all
the sizes over and over again. But it was a labor of love and so worth it in
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og om igen. </span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Men det var det v</span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">æ</span><span style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">rd. </span><span style="color: #002060;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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as a stand-alone pattern as well instead of only offering it as a knitting kit.
There are lots of great yarns out there that can work for this pattern, and my
original concept of using Louet</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">s Merino Wool to create a 110% scratch free vest (because it was
made for a child), may not apply in the same degree for an adult. Besides<span style="color: #ff1c28;">,</span> so many people are allergic to the lanolin in
wool, so they should have an option to substitute the yarn.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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besluttet ogs</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> at lave designet tilg</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ngeligt som selvst</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ndigt m</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">nster i stedet
for kun at tilbyde det som garnpakke. Der er mange andre garner p</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> markedet,
der kan bruges til denne opskrift, og mit oprindelige koncept med at bruge
Louets Merino uld til at strikke en 100% kradsefri vest (fordi den var til et
barn), er n</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">dvendigvis ikke s</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> vigtig for en voksen. Desuden
er der mange mennesker, der er allergiske over for lanolinen i uld, og disse
mennesker b</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">r ogs</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> have muligheden for at finde
et egnet garn til at strikke deres egen vest.</span><br />
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<span lang="DA" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pattern for women in English can be purchased here </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opskriften til kvinder på dansk kan købes her:</span> <a href="http://www.amioamio.com/da/produkt/151555/">http://www.amioamio.com/da/produkt/151555/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Traditionally wool has always
been preferred for color stranding because of its elasticity and ability to
retain the shape well, but there are many other yarns on the market that can be
substituted provided the knitting gauge and drape also will be taken into
consideration. Alpaca for example has a good elasticity, whereas cotton has
none! Another aspect that changes drastically in substituting Gems with the
suggestions below is the brightness. These yarns are more muted than the bright
Gems Sport, but I think that it may turn out to be an asset for adults.</span><br />
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<span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Traditionelt
set har uld altid v</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ret at fortr</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">kke til m</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">nsterstrik pga dens elasticitet
og evne til at holde formen; men der er mange andre garnkvaliteter, der kan
bruges, hvis strikkefastheden og den m</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">de, det opskrikkede falder p</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, ogs</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> tages i betragtning. Alpaca fx
har god elasticitet i mods</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">tning til bomuld! Et andet
forhold, der drastisk </span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ndrer udeseendet p</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> vesten, er, at Gems farver er
meget klare, hvorimod garnforslagene nederst her er mere afd</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">mpede, men
det kan nu v</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">re en fordel, n</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">r vesten skal v</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">re til en
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sts = 1" on US 3-5/3.5-4 mm</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><br />
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Alpaca/10% Cashmere/10% Camel/15% </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Classic Elite Fresco: 60% Wool/30% Baby Alpaca/10% Angora with a
gauge of 6</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">½</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> sts/inch on US 5/4 mm. See website for additional colors: <a href="http://www.yarn.com/webs-knitting-crochet-yarns-classic-elite/webs-knitting-yarns-classic-elite-fresco/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwnZShBRDfxqzr55rcyMEBEiQA1iRNP8SQjCGv3IMozeD0jVxZEl4aOTOe5krEuYPwepIicBQaApNy8P8HAQ">http://www.yarn.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.yarn.com/webs-knitting-crochet-yarns-classic-elite/webs-knitting-yarns-classic-elite-fresco/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwnZShBRDfxqzr55rcyMEBEiQA1iRNP8SQjCGv3IMozeD0jVxZEl4aOTOe5krEuYPwepIicBQaApNy8P8HAQ"><br /></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The gauge in TALITHA: Two color stranded
knitting from diagram A on 3,5 mm/US 3: 16 sts x 24 rows = 6.5 cm/2 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">½</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> in
by 8.5 cm/3 </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">½</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> in.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> When substituting yarn for the <span style="color: #002060;">vest,</span> it is extremely important to keep changing
needles (going down a size) until you come very close to the gauge. We find
that most needle recommendations from yarn companies result in a too loosely
knitted piece<span style="color: #ff1c28;">,</span> which affects its ability to
retain the shape.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060;"> Strikkefastheden for TALITHA: </span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">M</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">nsterstrik i to farver fra
Diagram A p</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> rndp. 3,5 mm:<br /> </span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">16 m x 24
r</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">kker: 6,5 cm x 8,5 cm.</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> N</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">r garn </span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ndres i
denne vest, er det meget vigtigt at blive ved med at skift pinde (g</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ned i st</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">rrelse),
indtil du er meget t</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">t p</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> den korrekte strikkefasthed.
Vi synes, at de fleste pindeangivelser p</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> banderolen resulterer i et l</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-ascii-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">st
strikket materiale</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #ff1c28; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,</span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> hvilket giver et uformeligt
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different yarn and you are happy with the outcome, send us some pictures and we
will be happy to post them here.</span></span><br />
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meget gerne poste nogle billeder af den. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <i>Top in black</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">We finally
finished the pattern in English for this summer top. I have been wearing it
quite frequently here in Florida for some years now ( during winters as well
actually), and it has become a standard part </span>of<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> my warderobe
with black shorts or a black skirt. It becomes a bit dressy with the skirt and
some black high heeled shoes, but can also be casual with a pair of shorts. It
has received lots of compliment</span>s,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> too, not being your average Florida
top!</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="color: #20124d;"> </span></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vi er endelig blevet færdige med opskriften på engelsk til denne
sommerbluse. Jeg har haft den på
mange gange her i Florida i løbet af de sidste fire somre (ja, og vintre for den sags skyld), og den er blevet del af
basisgarderoben med sorte shots eller nededel til. Den kan være sporty med shorts eller være til finere brug med nederdel og et par
højhælede sko. Blusen har høstet mange
komplimenter. Det er jo ikke den mest
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> We used LUXOR EXTRA FINO/bmz </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%;">100% Egyptian mercerized 2 ply cotton from
BC Garn in Denmark. It is still available at <a href="http://www.garn.dk/">www.garn.dk</a>. Another option is</span> Alba pictured below, and it might be a little softer than Luxor.</span></div>
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26 to 34 sts = 10 cm/4 inches on needle size 2.5 mm/US
2½ - 3.5 mm/US 3 or 4.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our pattern calls for <b>: </b><span class="A2">28 sts X 38 rows on 3 mm/US 3 = 10 x 10 cm/4 x 4 in, so
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="A2"><span lang="DA">Vi har brugt
LUXOR EXTRA FINO-bmz 100 % egyptisk
merceriseret </span></span><span class="A2"><span lang="DA">2-trådet
</span></span><span class="A2"><span lang="DA">bomuld</span></span><span class="A2"><span lang="DA">
fra BC Garn i Kolding.
Garnet fås
stadig Så vidt jeg
ved, men jeg tror at Alba, der vises på
billedet nedenunder, vil være en
god erstatning, og det virker også lidt
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mellem 26-34 masker</span></span><span class="A2"><span lang="DA">
= 10 cm p</span></span><span class="A2"><span lang="DA">å
en 2,5 eller 3 strikkepind. Vores SAXILD
mønster
har en strikkefasthed på 28 m </span></span><span class="A2"><span lang="DA">=
10 cm, s</span></span></span><span class="A2"><span lang="DA"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">å prøv det!</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;"> </span></span></span><span lang="DA"></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: black;">www.ravelry.com</span></a> as <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span style="color: black;">www.garn.dk</span></a>, the link is here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The SAXILD pattern in Danish or English is available here: </span><br />
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we about a year ago we published our Deer stockings, one of our customers was troubled
by the fact that the amount of stitches forming the lower deer border by the
ankle showed a ‘deformed’ animal. Point taken I have now changed the pattern so
the decreases from knee to ankle are done all the way around narrowing each
repeat when every decrease is being worked. Thus we have a stocking with a
better fit i.e. not baggy around the ankle.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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rensdyrstrømper, generede det en af vore
kunder, at frisen med rensdyr nederst på
anklen ikke gik op, men viste et 'deformt'
dyr midt bagpå. Den kritik tog jeg til mig, så nu har jeg lavet en ny opskrift,
hvor indtagninger fra knæ til ankel
foretages hele vejen rundt på visse omgange og således, at hver af rapporterne
bliver smallere for hver gang, der er
blevet taget ind. Derved opnås en
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the customer found that the heel was too large. I also welcomed this criticism and
created a so called ‘French Heel’ which has a beautiful fit and is more elastic
around the foot.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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new pattern, which by the way is available in two sizes, one for men and one
for ladies, now not only has a perfect fit but also a more elegant look.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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herrer, som fås her: </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/charlotte-kirkholt-designs/207229">buy now</a> </span></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">har altså nu ikke bare en perfekt pasform, men fremtræder også mere
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we are sending out the updated new pattern to all customers who previously have
bought the pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Knitting <i>Jytte</i></span>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-51524753377721005632013-01-30T20:50:00.003-05:002014-08-29T16:57:40.620-04:00Atlantic Doll Sweater<br />
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<span style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a long time since we
have written on the blog. Not because either side of the Atlantic hasn't been
knitting; but a year ago Charlotte began working full time in Activities at a
senior residency in Palm Beach. That takes up most of her time, and when kids
need to be transported to basketball and riding, and sleep overs and.....and.....and,
time to write on the blog has been put on the back </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #002060;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">burner.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;">Det er længe side, at der har været aktivitet her
på bloggen. Det er ikke, fordi der ikke er blevet strikket en hel del på begge sider af Atlanten; men Charlotte fik for et års tid siden fast heldagsjob som legetante for rige gamle damer på et ollekolle i Palm Beach. Det tage rigtig meget af hendes tid, og når børnene også skal til basketball og ridning og sleep-overs og ... og... og, kniber det med <br />
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</span><span style="color: #002060;">Here in Rørvig I have been
knitting a lot, so much so that patterns needing editing are piling up. My New
Year's resolution is to work through the pile, and I'm beginning with a pattern
for a sweater and a pair of stockings for the America Girl Doll/ Götz Doll
(18"). </span><span lang="DA" style="color: #002060; mso-ansi-language: DA;">The
pattern is available on etsy and ravelry. </span><span style="color: #002060;">We
call it Atlantic Sweater because the pattern and design for that style have
existed for centuries on Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark. When I was a
girl in the forties every child and adult wore sweaters like that, to keep warm
in the frigid Siberian climate so dominant back then, and wasn't it the
greatest hit among the youth in the sixties and seventies?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her i Rørvig er
der også blevet og bliver stadig strikket rigtig meget, således at opskrifterne nu hober sig op til korrekturlæsning. <br />
Mit nytårsforsæt er derfor at få ryddet op i bunken, og jeg begynder med opskrift på en sweater og et par strømper til American Doll/Götz Puppe 18", som nu fås på Amio, Etsy og Ravelry. Vi kalder den Atlanterhavssweater, fordi mønster og design til den slags sweaters har eksisteret igennem århundreder både på Island og Færøerne og i Danmark. Blandt andet da jeg var barn i 1940erne, havde alle og enhver, både børn og voksne, lignende sweaters imod den sibiriske kulde, som herskede dengang, og var det ikke i 1960erne og 1970erne, at de var et stort nummer blandt unddommen?<br />
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Happy Knitting<br />
og god fornøjelse<br />
Jytte.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-13008784222411442862011-11-16T21:15:00.001-05:002014-08-29T16:36:59.157-04:00Nordic Stockins<br />
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cold. This brought to mind the Scandinavian Star and Deer Stockings my mother knitted for
the entire family several decades ago, which Charlotte enthusiastically wrote
about in "About us" in this blog. I went inside, searched though all
my stuff, retrieved the old worn out socks, and began a new pair based on the
ones shown in the photo below.</span></span><br />
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</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">For et par uger siden da jeg gik og
frøs om knæene under havearbejdet, kom jeg til at tænke på de skandinaviske hjortestrømper,
som min mor for mange år siden strikkede til alle i familien, og som Charlotte
skrev så begejstret om i "Om os" her på bloggen. Jeg gik ind, stod på
hovedet i gemmerne og gik så i gang med de gamle, slidte strømper som udgangspunkt.</span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Her er de elskede strømper, så udslitte at Jytte </span></span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">blev
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="DA" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">nødt til at strikke en ny fod i noget ligende brun uld.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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above the knee. I imagine that it is not only grannies susceptible to cold who
would like the long version, but also teens and young women fashionably dressed
in winter shorts/skirts. If you feel it is too much work knitting the long
stocking, there is a shorter version as well. Finally you can knit just one as
a Christmas Stocking for presents.<o:p></o:p></span></span>
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grafisk arbejdstegning ud af, både på knæstrømper og på 'over-the-knee'
strømper. Jeg forestiller mig, at det ikke kun er kuldskære mormødre, men også
teenagers og unge kvinder i vintershorts, som kan have glæde af den lange
udgave; men hvis man synes, at den er en ordentlig mundfuld at gå i gang med,
er der også en lidt kortere udgave.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had so much fun making these Nordic stockings, that I did get
a little carried away, so now we offer five pairs of finished knitted stockings
(one above-the-knee pair, and four below-the-knee) on www.amio.dk and
www.etsy.dk. But you can also just buy the pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></span>
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af disse nordiske strømper, at vi nu har fem par færdig str</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ikkede (et par af de
lange og fire par knæstrømper), som vi tilbyder på www.amio.com og www.etsy.com.
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because scarves are so immensely popular these days I thought it would be fitting for this left-over-yarn-project. It's a small job (we don’t want to run out of yarn), it is quick (well, knitting on size US 2/ 2.75 mm may not be the super highway method of working but it will progress at a good speed. ) Finally, I wanted a scarf that I can get to wear during the subtropical winters here in South Florida. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Siden halstørklæder er så populære for øjebliket, synes jeg, at det kunne være en god ide til dette restegarnsprojekt. Det er småt (vi skulle nødig løbe tør for garn), det går hurtigt (ja, på pinde 2.75 ikke vanvittig hurtigt, men alligevel), og endelig kunne jeg godt tænke mig et tørklæde, der ikke er for varmt i Floridas subtropiske vintre.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I only have small amounts of each color, the scarf had to be multicolored somehow; stripes are always nice for scarves I think. The only problem is that there is usually a “wrong” side where the stripes don’t look so good. Hence the reversible striped scarf which "looks-great-on-both-sides" idea came to be.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Chevron striber i retstrikning er den perfekte løsning til et farvemønster der skal have to retsider</em><span style="color: #073763;">.</span></span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Strikket i let uld-silke til det ikke så kolde vejr. En anden fordel i at strikke dette tørklæde i et tyndt garn er, at det er mere elegant end hvis det var lavet i tykt garn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- You might even be up for creating something new out of your own stash this summer. When designing it is sometimes fun to set up guidelines beforehand like I did here, with three objectives to be achieved:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever you do, enjoy knitting in a lighter yarn during the warm months - and if you begin now, there is plenty of time to finish before autumn or winter!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hvad du end vælger, så håber jeg, at du nyder at strikke med et lettere garn denne sommer - og hvis du starter nu, har du masser af tid til at blive færdig til efteråret eller vinteren!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Alpaca is a wonderful material to knit with and I have been enjoying making two sets of mittens for my two old girlfriends Kirsten and Kirsten. They both had to endure the exceptional cold winter and spring in Northern Europe, so they each got a pair of mittens for their birthdays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Alpakka er et vidunderligt materiale at strikke med og jeg har nydt at lave to par muffedisser til mine to gamle veninder Kirsten og Kirsten. De har begge måttet udholde endu en lang vinter og et udsædvanligt koldt forår i det kolde norden, så de fik et sæt pulsvarmere i fødselsdagsgave.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <strong>About Alpaca:</strong> It is a very soft yarn with various length of fiber depending on the quality, but most fibers have a length of 18-26 microns, which puts it in the same class as cashmere and kid mohair! It has the same absorbency as wool meaning it’s able to absorb a good deal of moisture while keeping the skin dry and warm. But contrary to wool, alpaca doesn’t contain lanolin since the alpaca doesn’t secrete lanolin like the sheep. This makes it a great alternative for people with sensitivities against wool. Because the fiber, or hair, is hollow it’s also 3 times warmer than wool and doesn’t peel. Many recommend simply hanging it in the open air to ‘dry’ clean because it contains so much sulfur it will self clean through the oxygen in the air. But if you would like to wash it use woolight or a good hair shampoo. Lay it flat to dry in the right shape (like wool) on a towel, and the knitted piece will stay nice for many years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <strong>Om Alpakka:</strong> Det er et meget blødt garn med forskellig fiberlængde afhænig af kvaliteten, men de fleste fibre har en længde på 18-26 microns, hvilket putter det i samme klasse som cashmere og kid mohair! Det har samme absorberingsevne som uld d.v.s.at det kan opsuge en del fugt fra huden og samtidig holde den tør og varm. Men imodsætning til uld indeholder alpakka ikke lanolin, da alpakkadyret ikke udskiller lanolin lige som fåret. Det gør det til et godt alternativ for mennesker med følsomhed mod uld. Fordi det er et hult fiber, eller et hår, er det også 3 gange varmere end almindeligt uld og fnugger ikke. Mange anbefaler at ’hænge det til rensning’ i den fri luft istedet for at vaske det, da det indeholder så meget sulfur at de renser sig selv via ilten i luften. Men vil du gerne vaske det så brug woolight eller en god hårshampo. Læg det flat til tørre i den rigtige facon (ligsom uld) på et håndklæde, så vil det holde sig pænt i mange år.</span>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-89871896995479744812011-01-29T16:58:00.005-05:002011-07-27T08:50:43.591-04:00Welcome to the Royal Twins<div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvKEsBYyRDWRw1mRC9e_IViCSIqhJ3T3aTr7DELokjUXawG5U1XkcHy13ajpHeC6S8sb0hGLtJXDqbiszr1MQHqz9TL-g7jcjbWkbfgrTbkxAY6N8BhJmJRauqIgK0nU-JNhYdZFfe5U/s1600/kgl.+tvillinger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="238" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562912277367634562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvKEsBYyRDWRw1mRC9e_IViCSIqhJ3T3aTr7DELokjUXawG5U1XkcHy13ajpHeC6S8sb0hGLtJXDqbiszr1MQHqz9TL-g7jcjbWkbfgrTbkxAY6N8BhJmJRauqIgK0nU-JNhYdZFfe5U/s400/kgl.+tvillinger.jpg" style="border: currentColor; display: block; height: 238px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One week old Danish Royal twins 2011</span></div><div style="border: currentColor;"><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jytte: Denmark has yet again entered into a royal frenzy! This includes the media and most of the population, including me!</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> </div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because on this grey, foggy January afternoon their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary introduced their twin prince and princess to the public. They were born last Saturday but didn’t leave the Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen University Hospital - until today because thad jaundice.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jytte: Så er Danmark gået i royalt selvsving igen! Alle medierne og det meste af befolkningen inklusive migselv! For på denne tunge, tågede januareftermiddag præsenterede Kronprins Frederik og Kronprinsesse Mary deres tvillingeprins- og prinsesse, som blev født i lørdags, og først i dag kom hjem fra Rigshospitalet, fordi den lille prins har haft gulsot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">We are familiar with that in our family since among my lovely princes and princesses (grandchildren) we also have a set of twins, a boy and a girl, also with parents of different nationalities. Just like the royal babies, our set saw the light of dawn at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, but that was 12 years ago, and our princess also had jaundice and needed to go in the light box for treatment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Det kender vi godt her i familien, for blandt mine seks dejlige prinser og prinsesser (læs børnebørn) har vi også et tvillingepar, en dreng og en pige, også med forældre af hver sin nationalitet. Som de kongelige babier begyndte de ligeledes deres tilværelse på Riget i København, men for tolv år siden, og vores prinsesse havde også guldsot i nogle dage, så hun måtte i lysbehandling.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Below my twins are about 19 months old playing in some knitted sweaters I made for them. What ever happened to these lovely sweaters?</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">Charlotte: They were passed down to Ole's kids: Kathrine, Rasmus and Hans. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana;">Nedenfor leger mine tvillinger ca. 19 mdr. gamle i nogle trøjerjeg strikkede til dem. Hvad blev der egentlig af dem?</span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana;">Charlotte: De gik videre til Oles børn: Kathrine, Rasmus og Hans.</span><br />
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</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of years ago we made a pattern and a knitting kit for baby cardigans in Zephyr (wool/silk) which we sell in our etsy store (see link on the right). Now I have been knitting another little pink and baby blue cardigan to be sent to Royal Court at Amalienborg in Copenhagen with our heartfelt congratulations!</span></div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For et par år siden lavede vi opskrift og kit til babytrøjer i Zephyr uld/silke blanding, som vi snart tilbyder i vores butik på www.amio.dk (se i højre spalte) og på det sidste har jeg haft gang i strikkepindene igen og strikket en lille lyserød trøje og en ditto i lyseblå, som nu bliver sendt til Hoffet på Amalienborg i København med vore allerbedste lykønskninger til dem allesammen derinde.</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">Update: The twins were baptized (on my twins birthday April 14th) Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander and Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Updatering: Tvillingerne blev døbt (på mine tvillingers fødselsdag den 14.april)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Charlotte: Christmas time is drawing near again. Today is the 2nd of December and I am, once more, behind decorating and preparing for the season. The advent wreath is half done, I made the wreath from fir branches and we had the one candle lit this past first Sunday in Advent. But I still need to decorate it. The situation with the calendar light is much worse! My 12 year old son, who takes a keen interest in times and seasons – and moreover processes an unyielding need to have these events take place in a most proper order, has reminded me several times to go to storage to find Christmas decorations and the calendar candle. We saved one from last year where we were so lucky to have two visitors from Denmark each bringing a candle with them. You cannot buy these calendar candles in America, kind of strange considering the creativity of the American businessmen.</span></span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">Charlotte: Juletiden er atter over os. I dag er det den anden december, og jeg er igen lidt bagud med juleriet. Adventskransen er halvt færdig, jeg har kransen, og et lys var da tændt i søndags på første advent, men vi mangler stadig at dekorere den. Langt værre er det med det manglende kalenderlys! Min 12 årige søn, som har utrolig meget tjek på tider og begivenheder - og frem for alt en urokkelig sans for korekt rækkefølge af disse begivenheder - rykker mig endnu en gang for at hente julepynt og kalenderlys der er opmagasineret et andet sted i byen. Vi har gemt et lys fra sidste år, hvor vi var så heldige at have to besøgende fra Danmark, der hver bragte et. Der findes endnu ikke kalenderlys på det amerikanske marked, hvilket kan undrer en når man tager den kreative amerikanske forretningssans i betragtning. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;">However we are ahead of the game in some areas. We have been weaving Danish Christmas hearts with the kids since early November. They now have their own page on etsy where they are for sale.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">Men på nogle områder er vi faktisk på forkant med juleriet. Vi har flettet juehjerter i stor stil, og børnene har deres egen etsy side hvor de er til salg. </span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/heartofchristmas">http://www.etsy.com/shop/heartofchristmas</a><br /></span></span></div>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547293853963148754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ClGHP9Dh8-1jq9CJE_5RAplQlpkrXB-kVkXz2r0fjIgtfVoZz76aCy5C8Qi38bfJ-3Fu7ObDbpjLKpABqaxY65YhBWe4U6iQtIFku9UkcbZBMqGCSYP4vMLeKuf5mqjJizVWbQv-Q74/s400/Copy+%25282%2529+of+DSC02847.JPG" style="display: block; height: 225px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> <span style="color: #333333;">When Jytte was here last Christmas, she knitted a mini sweater to hang on the Christmas tree. It is of course red (but flecked) with a braided panel and raglan sleeves. We used a pipe cleaner to make a hanger. The pattern in English and Danish is available for free in the right hand menu. </span></div>
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<br />Da Jytte var her sidste jul, strikkede hun en lille sweater til at hænge på juletræet. Den er selvfølgelig julerød (men med nister), strikket med raglanærmer og en snoning midt for. Vi har brugt en piberenser til at lave en bøjle til at hænge den på. Opskriften er i menuen til højre.</div>
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547280455555265762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6H-spyiCT8eielSuiumqvX5Rz-8ibrUMS8ndS8SH7J7TjFoedwVRhL_-ReQnhO-EYLgET34C2dk9A8QaGuPntu7w3crbkO8sFUYwK39KTDuLcJbxlIFxdFYn6itkyWHVoYZT2vIlEpfg/s320/sweater+med+piperenserb%25C3%25B8jle.jpg" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 239px;" /> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Jytte: I have just seen on Swedish TV that a strong Polar wind form NE Russia is going to envelop us for a while. So it seems like we have to prepare for another freezing cold and snowy winter – and it has already started! So I have been working on my thin knitting needles because my lingerie in Zephyr (half wool, half silk) is just the thing for this kind of weather. Out in the countryside in old houses like mine, it can get quite nippy in the morning when the fire in the wood stove has died down during the night. Not even an electric heat pump can warm up the house without a meter runaway. This is when an ultra thin set of lace underwear makes a remarkable difference. It is so thin that you can still wear close fitting clothes even though you are wearing a second set of underwear. So I have been knitting. I have a sister and a couple of girl friends who have established themselves in the countryside like me, and I think they would love underwear like this for Christmas. Of course there is a limit to how much I can knit but a couple of them are knitters so they can have a knitting kit instead. This also served as the perfect opportunity to finish a new model. It has been requested that we make an underwear pattern for beginning lace knitters. Three of the kits <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/danishknitdesign?section_id=5361849">http://www.etsy.com/shop/danishknitdesign?section_id=5361849</a> we offer (HANNE, LOUISE and JYTTE) are for experienced to advanced knitters, CHARLOTTE is less demanding, but still our customers would like to see an easy model. KAREN is it, knitted in the round in an easy clover pattern. The ”undershirt” is a camisole knitted as a tube with the clover pattern featured across the bust. The shorties are knitted in the allover clover pattern also on a circular but the gussets are in stockinette stitches; uncomplicated knitting in a cute model in vanilla with ice blue edging. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">Jytte: Jeg har lige set på svensk tekst tv, at vi i lang tid får polarvind fra nordøst i Rusland, og at vi derfor nok skal belave os på en lige så kold og snerig vinter som sidste år, og den er jo allerede godt i gang! Så nu har jeg haft gang i de tynde strikkepinde. Mit undertøjsstrik i Zephyr (halv uld halv silke) er nemlig genialt, når jeg fuldstændig uden beskedenhed overhovedet selv skal sige det! Ude på landet i gamle huse som mit kan det nemlig være lidt køligt om morgenen, når brændeovnen er gået ud sent på natten, og Ikke engang en nymodens elektrisk varmepumpe kan varme tilstrækkeligt op alene, uden at el-måleren løber helt løbsk. Her er det så, at et ultratyndt sæt undertøj i kniplingsmønster gør underværker. Faktisk fylder det så lidt, at selv med almindeligt undertøj inderst inde kan man have kropsnært tøj på. Altså, jeg har haft gang i strikkepindene. Jeg har en søster og et par veninder, der har indrettet sig på landet ligesom mig, og jeg tror, at de vil blive rigtig glade for at få sådan noget undertøj i julegave. Naturligvis er der grænser for, hvor meget jeg kan nå at strikke; men et par af dem kan da strikke selv, så de kan få kits at fornøje sig med.<br />Det var så også anledning til at lave en nye model færdig. Vi er blevet anmodet om at lave en undertøjsopskrift for begyndende kniplingsstrikkere.Tre af de kits <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/danishknitdesign?section_id=5361849">http://www.etsy.com/shop/danishknitdesign?section_id=5361849</a>, vi tilbyder HANNE, LOUISE</span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">, og JYTTE er for dem, som har nogen erfaring. CHARLOTTE kræver lidt mindre; men nogle af vore kunder har altså efterlyst et sæt, som skulle være nemt at gå til. Det er blevet KAREN strikket på rundpind og med et meget enkelt kløvermønster. ”Undertrøjen” er en corsage, d.v.s. et glatsrtikket rør med kløverhulmønster over barmen. Trusserne er også strikket på rundpind i kløvermønstret, men med glatstrikkede kiler i skridtet. Altså ikke kompliceret strikning, men en supersød model i vanilje med lyseblå kanter.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547289226882355666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoEY5rfoFZxai4xU-tMI4Rml5BG9tQyzD4iFTy3y-iMk-MWExfq-rwKfSJcioa9SZ2ZQpgVagJxACmVTkZxDVwABJzk_gDyfLBwSaAZ6lzLoEYhegkNHbxYBbmea3woenFCxK0OZrrwA/s320/KAREN+uf%25C3%25A6rdig.jpg" style="display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /> <br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">The camisole needs a pair of shoulder strops sewn on. The shorties just need to have the gussets sewn together in the crotch. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">Corsagen mangler at få et par skulderstropper påsyet og trusserne skal blot syes sammen i skridtet og have en elastik i taljen.<br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"></span>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-40671214237543529502010-09-24T14:16:00.032-04:002011-06-20T16:10:35.064-04:00Scandinavian Color Stranding<div align="left"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">This color stranded design is a truly Scandinavian fusion between a Norwegian all over tree pattern and a Swedish Bohus yoke featuring the white Danish Amager doves. </span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> I started this vest for my daughter on the long car ride to North Carolina last summer. The many hours sitting in the passenger seat were perfect for knitting the two color body pattern. By the way, when knitting with two colors at the same time, you can keep both strands of color over your index finger alternating between the two of them as you knit. This works only when knitting continental style. This way the floats lie nicely along on the wrong side without puckering.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"> Jeg startede denne vest til min datter på den lange køretur til North Carolina sidste sommer. De mange timer jeg sad i bilen blev godt udnyttede og jeg strikkede næsten hele bundmønstret færdigt på turen. For øvrigt er det en god ide når man strikker med 2 farver, hele tiden at have begge garner over pegefingeren og så strikke dem skiftevis. På denne måde lægger garnet sig i jævne lænker på bagsiden uden at strikketøjet trækker sig sammen. Se lænken til youtube nedenunder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;">Here’s a link showing the continental two color method:</span> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana;"> If you are really adventurous and sort of ambidextrous try combining the English and the continental method by working with one color in the left hand using the Continental method and the other yarn in the right hand using the English way of “throwing” as they call it. I found a good video for that especially if you are an English style knitter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> I knit continental style and use the first method described above, it works well for me; all the floats are stretched evenly along the inside and I can work quite fast this way.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">Jeg striker selvfølgelig på den danske måde, eller hvad de her i USA kalder den kontinentale (og nogle gange kaldes det den tyske) måde, og bruger den første ovennævnte metode når jeg strikker med to farver. Det fungerer fint for mig, strikketøjet bliver jævnt og jeg kan strikke temmelig hurtigt på den måde.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"> The all over tree pattern on the body is inspired by an old Scandinavian simplified tree repeat which I changed slightly in order to enhance the graphic expression. The first color combination is based on my daughter's favorite color; light green. We chose ‘Willow’ in Gems Sport from Louet as the main color. It’s a light soothing green that goes well with French Blue for the tree pattern. A darker green adds depth and, of course, there must always be white in a traditional Scandinavian knitting pattern. Lastly, add a dash of Candy Apple Red as a contrast, and you have a fun TALITHA slipover. Since this is intended for children and youth the bright and jewel like colors from Louet work great, and the softness of the yarn makes it a perfect choice. No complaints here about ’scratchy homemade’ sweaters!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">Bundmønstret i vesten er inspireret af et ældre skandinavisk simplificeret træ mønster, som jeg ændrede lidt for at det grafiske udtryk blev stærkere. Den første farvekombination er baseret på min datters yndlingsfarve; lysegrøn. Vi valgte Willow i Gems Sport fra Louet som bundfarve. Det er en mild grøn der passer godt sammen med French Blue der er brugt til træ mønstret . Den mørkere grønne giver dybde og så er der selvfølgelig altid hvidt i et traditionelt skandinavisk mønster. Strø lidt Candy Apple Red ud som kontrast, og du har en livlig TALITHA pullover. Siden denne vest er designet til børn og unge, er de klare og juvel agtige farver fra Louet helt rigtige og blødheden i garnet gør det til et perfekt valg. Der bliver ingen klager over en ‘hjemmestrikket kradser’!</span><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525717962426101154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWLiblZo94mJEagL_NWIr0yWW62NkS4XwTy2SKO1_al6zfL6zboo6AnFToMr3hkdBAWc01dHPWswhC79ufZg3Y4wcoBVsFm0ZaLGnXFz0V9nwaLeIs7sHcuA5jfb60anEeWizVI8fqO0/s200/TALITHA+Aqua+IV.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"> A second color version ‘Aqua’ is also finished in a size 12. Since I started last winter our daughter has grown so she almost fits the new one! But she has approved of that color combination too, aqua is cool! A third color combination is in the works, it’s just too hard to stop playing with those colors once you get started! But I think Jytte is going to make that one, I have some other projects to finish. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066;">Nummer to farvekombination ‘Aqua’ er også færdig i str 12, siden jeg startede sidste vinter har vores datter vokset så meget at hun næsten passer den nye. Men hun har også godkendt den nye farvekombination, aqua er cool! En tredje farveholdning er også på bedding, det er ikke til at lade være med at lege med de farver når man først kommer igang. Men den tror jeg nu Jytte kommer til at strikke, jeg har andre projekter der skal gøres færdige.</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVZK14HH_JnyoIFpLif9K9iRqe8PFh8NLmyeJn1_cVdpCww45rX7gU-OXsS6SpdEPaSe8__trxQGtd2TD9hdUQl9sgH7DYgyHCdqfX8A7_q52fAI7OX_l6JAcAZYZfpEWiCfmvWhZyk8/s1600/TALITHA+Aqua+kit+w+text.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525711107336348370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVZK14HH_JnyoIFpLif9K9iRqe8PFh8NLmyeJn1_cVdpCww45rX7gU-OXsS6SpdEPaSe8__trxQGtd2TD9hdUQl9sgH7DYgyHCdqfX8A7_q52fAI7OX_l6JAcAZYZfpEWiCfmvWhZyk8/s200/TALITHA+Aqua+kit+w+text.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 188px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /></a>We have just finished making some knitting kits in ‘Willow’ and ‘Aqua’ available for 4 different sizes: 8, 10, 12 and 14. The idea being that the customer only needs to buy the yarn needed for that particular size. The yarn becomes cheaper for the consumer this way because although there are 5 different colors. It’s not necessary to buy a whole skein of each when just 25 or 50 g is needed. This way we can offer each kit 25 % cheaper than if the consumer bought the yarn at an independent ya<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLB7ShHLIPJkEl0_xwOtfQHo8xXwDj3s_oIn4isukCBJis5Xcujjn2oOtr11hYLE2QndpVsRC46eqXu14Abiw1iXaIQpH2bz7x3W_3Ndix-ZboRW5CGGn258Ko0tTeDWV_oxGLf_4fqU/s1600/TALITHA+Willow+kit+%26+text+.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525711392164312002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLB7ShHLIPJkEl0_xwOtfQHo8xXwDj3s_oIn4isukCBJis5Xcujjn2oOtr11hYLE2QndpVsRC46eqXu14Abiw1iXaIQpH2bz7x3W_3Ndix-ZboRW5CGGn258Ko0tTeDWV_oxGLf_4fqU/s200/TALITHA+Willow+kit+%26+text+.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 186px;" /></a>rn store. In this economy I think that’s pretty smart! The pattern is written in both Danish and English of course because we serve both the Nordic countries, UK and North America.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066;">Så nu har vi lavet nogle strikke-kits i ‘Willow’ og ’Aqua’ færdige i str 8, 10, 12 og 14. Ideen er at man kun køber så meget garn som der er brug for til den strørrelse man vil strikke . På den måde bliver garnet billigere for kunden fordi selvom der er 5 farver, er det ikke nødvendigt at købe et helt fed af hver når kun 25 eller 50 g er nødvendig. Således kan vi tilbyde et kit 25 % billigere end hvis kunden købte garnet i en garnforretning. Det er da ikke så dårligti denne økonomi! Mønstret er selvfølgelig både på dansk og engelsk da vi henvender os til både norden, Storbritanien og nord Amerika.</span></span></span><br />
<div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05wMR7xrlqvrlum8klnA360P0Bn0RV3VwLdBpOqO4Cp1p61iKsUgvh3HW-TafiO8J2Vmsqvwj2AYS836yDhvMMpM2V1capnAK9AO-VxO1blO-SMKBqWuFBFIEa1yGTxmsG7ZFkoucy8U/s1600/TALITHA+3.JPG"></a></span></span></div>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-20857470576608897502010-04-27T08:24:00.000-04:002011-03-27T09:03:57.674-04:00Spring babies / Forårs babyer<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344218600602302418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0Y-WvbqjtNhnZJPNpuTo7rQXhhyphenhyphenCtnfYRDD3zQzSEkDGPLlW_wFk38cWm0KMTkc69OUeBcjBaKOegtMmkf0WpP_413ovkZbykB2H80kGBvyKS2nX3Jar_vqnG2bn6GEuxiEKya4CpA8/s400/sommer+%26+efter%C3%A5r+2008++-++strikket%C3%B8j+bl.a.+for%C3%A5rsstrik+2009+023.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />
<div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"> Jytte: I have just been visited by a very noble visitor indeed; the doe which co-habitats with me on my property. Our doe has presented me a new addition to my garden; a tiny fawn staggering about on her thin Bambi legs on the grassy walkways just a few meters outside my window. Who knows maybe the doe even gave birth in my garden, where she frequently has been treating herself to my roses and earlier this year found the tulips utterly enjoyable. However that may be, all of a sudden the doe and the fawn got up out of the long grass in the ‘birch grove’ in the back of the garden, where maybe it just had been born because mom was licking the kid thoroughly all over and the kid was struggling to gain her balance walking about. What a wonderful sight ! A real Bambi au natural! Actually I’m a little ambivalent in my relationship to deer because they completely manhandle my rose bushes if I forget to cover them with a fiber cloth before their dinner time, but on the other hand they are also so precious. Every garden should be an animal habitat with birds, insects and crawlers, porky pines, frogs and toads…and deer of course.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Jytte: Jeg har lige haft fornemt besøg. Meget fornemt besøg, idet nemlig rådyrhinden, som jeg deler matriklen med, har været her at præsentere yngste skud på stammen: et lille bitte, bitte kid, som sammen med moderen vaklede rundt på sine tynde tændstkben i de nyslåede græsgange blot nogle få meter fra det store vindue i min vinterhave. Måske har hinden ligefrem født kiddet her i haven, hvor hun delikaterer sig et par gange om dagen - for tiden helst i mine rosenbede, men fx tulipaner tidligere på året er også en livret. Hvorom alting er: Pludselig rejste hinden og kiddet sig fra det lange græs i 'Birkelunden' midt i baghaven, hvor kiddet som sagt måske netop var blevet født, for moderen slikkede det længe og omhyggeligt over hele kroppen, og kiddet havde svært ved at holde balancen, når det forsøgte at spankulere rundt.Et helt vidunderligt syn! Som Bambi på isen! Bare in natura! Egentlig har jeg et lidt ambivalent forhold til rådyr, for de maltrakterer i den grad mine rosenbuske, hvis jeg ikke omhyggeligt dækker dem til med fiberdug hver aften inden deres spisetid; men på den anden side er de jo også så yndige. Og i en rigtig have skal der da være dyreliv: fugle, insekter og krible krable samt pindsvin, frøer og tudser og hvad ved jeg - og rådyr naturligvis..</span><br />
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</div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344214798018513490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFBZUadOBmnEKy9cqouZrNcPBiz9-f1cvLp0xpakuO-IJ4P7umeV9dcP3m8gTAxJEIIPrzTG6u3M0qXNl3HJwvzmF4TF99G2e3uy-FdiQeaWrxguKLCuFfDaQ7R7Slr9GtKc4pKEmZnQ/s320/mormors+r%C3%A5dyrkid.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"> But people also give birth particularly in the months of May and June. Our French Danish Princess Marie gave birth to a son the 4th of May, a boy with black hair weighing just about 5 kg (11 lbs.) measuring 49 cm (19.5 in), so he would fit the smallest bay cardigan I have made, that is if we were purveyors to Her Majesty’s Court. The cardigans are knitted in my favorite yarn; Zephyr Wool-Silk lace weight, both very soft and goes a long way in use. The smallest cardigan (size 0 months) weighs just 30 grams, so in this economy it wouldn’t be a luxury making this – also if one wanted to make a little girl happy knitting doll clothes for a baby doll.</span></div><div> <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Men menneskene får også børn især i maj og juni måneder. Prinsesse Marie fødte en søn den 4. maj, en lille sorthåret dreng, der målte 49 cm (19.5 in) og vejede 5 kilo, så den mindste af de babytrøjer, jeg på det seneste har kreeret, ville passe ham fint, hvis vi her i Danish Knit Design ellers var kongelig hofleverandør. Trøjerne er strikket i mit yndlingsgarn Zephyr Wool-Silk Lace Weight, som foruden at være dejligt blødt og luftigt også er meget drøjt. Fx vejer den mindste trøje (str. 0 mdr) kun 30 g, så i disse krisetider ville det ikke være den store luxus at gå i gang med strikkepindene - heller ikke hvis man ville glæde en lille pige i familien med dukketøj til en baby dukke.</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344214798426329090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UrwiS9WxOlH06bvBePUkTiBElwx4wwM36kcdB6OXD8isCJRNc9iqMxeX9Ot5pAwrxFyHrkJHiwVVtPUsZ4FC1jHZ-tb66hx9guwZJ2mwEflaaf9tQStyGIOt7Z3SXpdse31WwMK6_Og/s320/sommer+%26+efter%C3%A5r+2008++-++strikket%C3%B8j+bl.a.+for%C3%A5rsstrik+2009+044.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;"> A cap to be knitted in one piece matches the cardigan. The patterns are almost ready in sizes 0, 3 and 6 months and the kits will be available in rose, light blue or vanilla with blue or rose edging.</span><br />
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It was a joy actually being able to wear it here in the sub-tropics! </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#333333;"></span><br /><div><div><div align="left"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;color:#000066;" ></span></div><div align="left"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;color:#000066;" ><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></span></div><div align="left"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;color:#000066;" ><span style="color:#cc0000;">DANSK:</span>Den lange vinter er stadig en del af landskabet over hele verden. Det bliver bare ved med at sne og sne i Danmark, og selv her i Syd Florida har vi permanent koldt vejr . Selvom vi ikkeI har hvid vinter, får vi alligevel endelig brugt vores sweatre mere end bare et par dage, ja selv halstørklæde og huer har vi haft på. For længe siden er jeg blevet færdig med en beret til vores RØRVIG kollektion. Det var en glæde faktisk at kunne bruge den her i det subtropiske!</span><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442251316325271330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaaaNBrzFjFIBlrq_tYyCC6H8vcdK6EDJIVLn__-Oy-MwWMibk9Rtu39Dd20qItCp1FqiVNsmsUr8x0QV7zs3YEO6lU3-0APC_9Z6gMVppa8BZwDfJ9ibuONumECBD9Lhrs5kpHdhmqM/s400/R%C3%98RVIG+beret+1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443052313740686738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TosIQ1Le_D4tubjezKET_KqM3k_XbO-PW8jvEVgPUg49MtjjU5PLyptzPe0pLHltsAhZeZTQpxp1HpuQXDjWUO863ESHSp-O0wJR5iMrPZtqfGJ1pD_fe1ef07d1UPLr_Oziv8zEYQI/s320/R%C3%98RVIB+BERET+6.jpg" border="0" /><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidifont-family:Dotum;" > RØRVIG Beret knitted in Edelweiss<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-: 217font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#333333;">The beret is the newest member of our Aran inspired line of accessories, and has an oversized crown which is so modern right now. It holds the shape nicely because of the way the pattern and the increases are placed. But of course it also has to do with the yarn. It is made in Mountain Mohair from Green Mountain Spinnery. It is such a pleasure to work with this yarn, it knits up very nicely and once you wash it, it becomes softer and softer. When using Edelweiss it also becomes whiter when washed. Another plus is that no chemicals are used to moth and shrink proof the yarn, and it s made here in America, which is a good thing these days. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-: 217font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#333333;">Aran knitting takes its name from an island named the Isle of Aran off the coast of Ireland. The technique of working several braided panels together on a textural background most likely came from Scotland via the "Herring Lassies". They were young knitting girls brought to Aran to work in the fishing industry, knitting on their wonderful textured Guernsey sweaters (or Gansy) whenever there was a pause between the arrival of the fishing boats. They probably shared the technique with the Aran knitters and eventually braided cables and bobbles were developed as additional techniques. The result is a very complex and rich expression in the Aaran sweaters.</span></span></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443052320881394114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPZ3iTGl_gf4fLa9ev_tVfSiAYROO76iwFKTD6ndPXSwty4jgTPBDIyYAN8cu3OREl0bu-IrxwljEtkHVPFBOxaB4DbKjUCzZiAAeI7ougdedmCGNktprCo6RKFM6gvGX2ujrgkRpePY/s320/Detail+of+R%C3%98RVIG+scarf+2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-: 217font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#333333;">In our Aran line we have kept the design simple, being Danes we prefer the pared down expression with simple lines that you will find everywhere in Scandinavian design from textiles to furniture to architecture. Our pattern consists of only two main parts: A diamond and some small twists, texture like seed stitch inside the diamante, double seed stitch outside and twisted rib on the brim of the hats combined with cables adds plenty of expression. For us it's enough, first of all it fits the Scandinavian taste that "less is more" and secondly; accessories are small pieces of clothing and we don't want to overload them with busyness, after all accessories are just that; items that compliment your outfit. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442249559419310754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2G29NTe0wfVgGkmQpjTTN5fWxgnJPtU3zMMunu4KO5Q4mYiBcfawyCub4gVF-Kz6wxMc6tNaM0YpzJYW92i9QgPWZxFQfJ2fWYPCylUNQ9nePNETaNOSn9Ojd62s5F75zzUX8yhjEvfs/s320/ISSEFJORDEN+t%C3%B8rkl%C3%A6de2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442249565730900242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKx5o9SgxjGWK_nuuIYWBhTIwCCHVL89jjQVZg_CGafAWB8tBuz8TnMwKUygUGVXcBdbyIUeTWyQIqvt4hLIN01zJiHD-aSMuxaxezRNm0D8e5VJ7QccUVBUnsDqqYc-OPgTAjeWxi6c/s320/ISSEFJORDEN+hue1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;color:#000066;" >Bereten er det nyeste medlem i vores Aran inspirede tilbehør. Den har en meget stor puld, som er så moderne lige nu; men den måde, mønstret og udtagningerne er placeret på, gør, at den holder formen flot. Men det har selvfølgelig også noget at gøre med kvaliteten af garnet. Garnet, jeg har strikket den i, fra Green Mountain Spinnery i Vermont, er fantastisk dejligt at arbejde med. Det giver et flot produkt og bliver blødere og blødere ved hver vask. Når man bruger Edelweiss, bliver det også en del hvidere efter vask. En anden fordel er, at der ingen kemikalier er brugt til at beskytte mod møl og krympning; ja, og så bliver det produceret her i USA, og det er en god ting i disse tider.</span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#000066;">Navnet Aaran strik stammer fra en ø ud for Irlands kyst, der hedder "Isle of Aaran". Teknikken med at arbejde forskellige snoninger sammen oven på en tekstureret baggrund kom sandsynilgvis fra Skotland via "Sildepigerne" (The Herring Lassies). Det var unge piger, der blev bragt til Aaran øen for at arbejde i fiskeindustrien, og som brugte pauserne mellem fiskebådenes ankomst til at strikke på deres Guernsey sweatre (eller ganseys). De delte formenelig deres relief strikketeknik med de strikkende Aaran kvinder, som efterhånden udviklede udtrykket til også at omfatte snoninger og bobler. Resultatet blev et meget komplekst og rigt udtryk i de nu meget kendte Aaran sweatre.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#000066;">Vi har valgt at holde designet i vores Aran mønstre enkle. Vi er jo danskere og foretrækker det enkle udtryk, man finder overalt i skandinavisk design, fra beklædning til møbler og arkitektur. Vores mønster består af kun 2 dele: en diamant og nogle små snoninger; men når de strikkes i forskellige relief strikketeknikker, tilfører de en hel masse ektra designmæssigt, som perlestrik inden i diamanten, dobbelt perlestrik udenfor og drejet rib mixet med snoninger i bremmen på huerne. For os er det nok. For det første passer det ind i vores skandinaviske smag, at Less is More, og for det andet er tilbehør små stykker beklædning, og vi synes ikke, at de skal dænges til, eftersom de jo blot er genstande, der kompletterer den øvrige beklædning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443052439456250594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHz6i3D3JNbZy-BIi3w5R-T3Ts6DeurxIKhYiyNFiB5F7nJMuXy5E43QCtkW13sRBSZbhK2zSVjRjaxL0gbS3gikUvtZraBHFf0_gfykSr4-DIHLWKlYP0QbqihpTPp2gYzjtx0ElUrk/s400/SILKEBORG+1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-: 217font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#333333;">Jytte has also finished the SILKEBORG sweater, it is knitted in Jagger Spun's Heather and you can read about her inspiration for this design <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">here.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#000066;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;" ><span style="color:#000066;">Jytte er også blevet færdig med Silkeborg sweateren. Den er strikket i Jagger Spun's Heather, og du kan læse om hendes inspiration <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">her</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 4.95pt 0in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'font-family:Dotum;color:navy;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-62038063444625627632009-11-29T19:35:00.016-05:002010-12-08T12:28:59.230-05:00Knitted Christmas Ideas<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></p><div align="center"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409691585602600546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rsvyKMXdoJKUFQMbpOv-fsIo5XJqavnZOCxlydAZSe6WwfVAYXto-XdzQjjRpTHCEVkLKO0BR1eW4Er8Cvt_Ah4uvfrRAZKOHIA942lOoI1L_XLKL3GAHMngyY84v20wxb6uzCNBuAU/s400/teh%C3%A6tte+4+copy.jpg" border="0" /></strong></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><strong>FREE TEA COSY PATTERN FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER</strong></span></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#660000;">No purchase nessary, just use the download link to the right.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:Arial;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#660000;">IN ENGLISH:</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It's a shame that neither of my two female grandchildren play with dolls anymore. That means I can't use them as an excuse for being interested in doll clothes. Except for the fact that I now, as an older adult, accept that I am compensating for my childhood doll trauma which happened when I was only six years old.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I wrote in the post "About Jytte" in Nov. 2007 of my mother's wonderful large porcelain doll with real hair and eyes which opened and closed; this doll was a model for my very first creations accomplished with Aunt Jane who taught me to knit. For a long time I was able to handle the doll well; but one lovely summer day while I was sitting on the stoop with the doll in my arms watching the boys horsing around in the street, Edmund, the neighbor's son, pushed me in his enthusiasm. I dropped the doll; its head hit the pavement and splintered into a thousand pieces. My mother was naturally both annoyed and upset; but probably not as much as me. First I was inconsolable then I completely, lost interest in dolls; an immature child's way of handling something very painful I guess. The fact is I never played with dolls again. The following Christmas I received a plastic doll in the same size from my parents; but I didn't like it and never played with it or any other dolls.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#333333;">When my American grand daughter was given an American Girl Doll a couple of years ago, that sparked my interest again. At the same time I purchased a Götz doll (about the same size)and she is now sitting in the sofa wearing some of the creations I made for both her and her American "sisiter" on the other side of the Atlantic. </span></p><div align="left"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#660000;">IN DANISH:</span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000066;"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Verdana', 'sans-serif';" >Det er en skam, at de to piger blandt mine børnebørn er vokset fra at lege med dukker. Det betyder jo, at jeg ikke har dem som undskyldning for at beskæftige mig med dukketøj. Men jeg har fundet på en ny berettigelse, nemlig at det er i orden i min høje voksenalder at kompensere for min barndoms dukketrauma., som fulgte i kølvandet på en begivenhed allerede, da jeg var seks år.</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Verdana', 'sans-serif';" ><o:p></o:p></span><br /></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#000066;" >Jeg fortalte i mit første indlæg her på siden "Lidt om Jytte" fra nov 2007 om min mors vidunderlige, store porcelænsdukke med ægte hår og øjne, der kunne lukkes og åbnes; om hvordan dukken blev model for mine første strikkerier sammen med Tante Jane, som lærte mig kunsten at strikke. I lang tid gik det godt med min håndtering af dukken; men en dejlig sommerdag, da jeg sad på trappestenen foran min mormors hus med dukken i armene og betragtede drengenes vilde leg i gaden, stillede naboens søn Edmond sig op ved siden af mig og skubbede i kådhed til mig. Jeg tabte dukken, og idet den ramte flisefortovet, splintrede hovedet i så mange stykker, at det aldrig ville kunne repareres...... Min mor blev naturligvis både ærgerlig og ked af det; men egentlig nok ikke så ked af det som jeg selv. Først var jeg utrøstelig, og dernæst mistede jeg fuldstændig interessen for dukker - et umodent barns kluntede forsøg på at komme af med noget, der gør rigtig ondt, må man formode. I hvert fald legede jeg aldrig mere med dukker. Den følgende jul fik jeg en celluiddukke i samme størrelse af mine forældre; men jeg blev slet ikke glad for den, og jeg legede aldrig hverken med den eller andre dukker. </span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Verdana', 'sans-serif';" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Verdana', 'sans-serif';" ><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000066;">Først da Charlotte kom i dukkealderen, dukkede interessen op igen, og jeg fabrikerede en smule dukketøj (blandt andet syede jeg en fin dåbskjole i prikket moll, husker jeg); men dengang havde jeg travlt med mand og hjem og børn og arbejde og studier, så det blev ikke til så meget.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000066;"></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Verdana', 'sans-serif';" ><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;color:#000066;">Imidlertid har jeg taget lidt revanche, siden min amerikanske datterdatter fik en American Doll for et par år siden. Samtidig benyttede jeg anledningen til at anskaffe mig en Götz dukke (ca. samme størrelse), og hun pynter nu i sofaen iført nogle af de creationer jeg har lavet både til hende og hends amerikanske "søster" på den anden side af Atlanten.</span></span></p><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409690765124050866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOYVFHJqC9CcUcdNcs-_-v8AbKsXqYVP5hZk9zvMr3DrR9AFELZRAm-XKn49KeH5rncze9xY_5JYPZTgQoHSBGpUWuJXNEgwiNWzTTNMfAsn7vOBhLvHOmvJeUCcbavI-mjod6Whyphenhyphen5EM/s320/Ffrakke+m+klokkehue.jpg" border="0" /> <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Coat with bell-shaped hat<br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409690468606930178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQOrKMsSaYY7jL6PLYKQmMbXSEzySKa5l91N4fD0pklevyZs4hoxOwicFj2XbOr0ef-Kn9biJfc2pHcUDGKmJG-9qKb03h1lTuZ-UPLFcUKFBzZmPmZ-2_hYro8TfJRZeb6FonfskUm0/s320/AGD+s%26p+bukse+og+r%C3%B8d+cardigan.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"> Pants and cardigan<br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409689527737859122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2wQbxenUS6PT6I-r7TRKpmhyphenhyphen162xtSIeBUSbf5oMJBJkw6uYcUCpNIE5uRn3V-ADlZySK_UM52SnmBtcGvotzhMc6Yxj4H6RDuaRdtBLl1kW25QlIYntb94r1I0JR6dveowrRpQpgp6U/s320/20020101_0892.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:11;" ><o:p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';font-size:11;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-20667145060235919352009-11-05T11:53:00.040-05:002011-03-27T09:48:33.422-04:00Color Knits<div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403961459012215426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1VAIVCCRiPItMx43ShvEo8zDIsIno-mNTz2N_NItuGRq5R61C982B37ruxHoUcih-_-PCdIll3w0MWW9NbxQAnRorLcCkIdmAh5A9_YjF5pKCEImEOqwGBIhfaYPx1qwX0HChlwNpARA/s400/039.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 299px;" /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">Charlotte: During the summer yarn arrived from Louet and it just set my head spinning with ideas for color work. Because the yarn is very soft, it</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latinfont-family:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';">'</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">s perfect for kids, you won</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latinfont-family:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';">'</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">t get any complaints about it being scratchy in spite of the fact that it is 100% wool </span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latinfont-family:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';">–</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;"> but it</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latinfont-family:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';">'</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">s merino wool!</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Charlotte: Denne sommer kom der garn fra Louet. Det gav mig bare så mange ideer til mønsterstrik. Fordi garnet er blødt, er det bare perfekt til børn, for det kradser ikke, selv om det er 100 % uld – men det er merino uld!</span></span></span></div><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403960702860816994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mlMiqf3FMQCfVgrxGv4vT6u24vdGZUkePctzmnoi79JQgjF96mFg8r8fZdwIY8szPtoBJpSrs0G-pP-RoFcVIBaPphVctSgB2VAJee8FcEm6qYyUrSyjoi02cEE-pEbEBqZso1VS0GQ/s320/Autumn+09+004.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;"> My first project was a vest for my daughter using 5 of the colors. The loooong car ride to North Carolina this summer was perfect for knitting the two color body pattern. This all over pattern is inspired by an old Scandinavian simplified tree repeat which I changed slightly in order to enhance the graphic expression. Since this is intended for children and youth the bright and fun colors from Louet are perfect. My daughter</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latinfont-family:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';">'</span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">s favorite color is light green so that is the main color with French Blue as the contrast color. A darker green adds dimension and of course there must always be white in a traditional Norwegian knitting pattern. I added a yoke because I've been reading Poems of Color, the story behind the Swedish Bohus designs by Wendy Keele and of course I had to make my own version of it. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAvWQOMZYTXgKx9P3iSQAK1WCe4qKwhHYah0YswwSnZVntgPedw-KJc-9AHREwOcnF3604QpmgnDMWhLJ181Uc1d8khdbVYdboGqRae_r0ESNRr3HQqCsyapKQwE6zWT9x4uiFGqmFLw/s1600/TALITHA+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400679926583353330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAvWQOMZYTXgKx9P3iSQAK1WCe4qKwhHYah0YswwSnZVntgPedw-KJc-9AHREwOcnF3604QpmgnDMWhLJ181Uc1d8khdbVYdboGqRae_r0ESNRr3HQqCsyapKQwE6zWT9x4uiFGqmFLw/s400/TALITHA+1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 299px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">This design is a truly Scandinavian fusion between a Norwegian all over tree pattern, a Swedish Bohus yoke featuring the white Danish Amager doves.</span></em></span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #000066;"><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"> Mit f</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">rste projekt var en vest til min datter med fem af farverne. Den meget lange k</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">retur til North Carolina denne sommer blev brugt til at strikke den to-farvede bul. Grundm</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">nstret er inspireret af et </span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">ldre skandinavisk rapportm</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">nster af et forenklet tr</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">, som jeg </span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">ndrede s</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"> det er mere stringent. Denne model er til b</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">rn og unge, s</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"> de klare og livlige farver fra Louet er perfekte. Min datters</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">favoritfarve er lysegr</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">n, s</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"> det blev grundfarven med fransk bl</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"> som kontrastfarve. En m</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">rkere gr</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">n giver dimension i m</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">nstret, og s</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">å</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"> skal der naturligvis altid v</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">re hvidt i et traditionelt norsk strikkem</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">nster. Jeg tilf</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">rte et b</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">restykke, fordi jeg l</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">ste Poems of Color, historien bag de svenske Bohus designs af</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">Wendy Keele,</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">og jeg blev selvf</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">lgelig n</span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ø</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">dt til at lave min egen version.</span></span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405794578473428146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtieIeC9LaU0GJfD02uoY4EYcLF6axl-VlfagfBDkiCb4t94C_HaxhPBoiNZ66QBHVZzfIO4tsH4MHc9UYozxemhhyphenhyphenBuMYcicj1EYqeC-ltP6u-OmDlXWhoaZgNxhv6ShlcahEq2hMnAM/s320/20020101_0975.JPG" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Here is my current project; another vest one size up in a different color combination.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #000066;"></span></span></div></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #000066;">Her er jeg igang med endnu en vest i en større størrelse og ny fave sammensætning.</span></span></span></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The yoke designs were very popular all over Scandinavia during the fifties and sixties. The Bohus version is perhaps the most well known, but the Danish sweaters I grew up with were more inspired by the Icelandic versions. We used to call them Greenlander sweaters because the yoke resembles the beautiful beaded collars the Greenlanders would wear as part of their national costume. I'm convinced the idea of richly colored yokes in sweaters stems from these intricate beaded collars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">Du kan l</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latinfont-family:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';">æ</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">se mere om kraverne her:</span></span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.groenlaenderdragten.blogspot.com/</span></span></a> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Jytte: NORWAY is a wonderful country, and a beautiful one, too. I know for I have just been there for the 12th time now. It is not that I know the country very well. I have been to Oslo a couple of times and many years ago, we used to ski in Telemarken when my childen were children. However, in recent years, I never get any farther than the archipelago off the south east coast where my beloved sister lives with her family on a tiny island called Sandøya, or simply 'Øya'. Their house is in a small forest, sitting on top of the Archaean rock with the basement drilled into it.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It goes without saying that my sister and I shared a marvelous autumn vacation, knitting and crocheting quite a lot, as well as enjoying the outdoors in her fairy tale garden with a Monet bridge spanning across the entrance gorge. Flowers and shrubs have been strategically placed in shallow pockets of homemade soil generated from kitchen garbage and newspapers. No commercial soil here, it's just too expensive to ferry across the fjord.Norge er et vidunderligt land, et vidunderligt smukt land. Jeg ved det, for jeg har lige været der for 12. gang; men det er ikke fordi jeg harset særlig meget af landet - et par ophold i oslo, 3-4 skiferier for mange år siden, da mine børn var børn. I de senere år er turen imidlertid altid gået til en af mine yndlingspladser i verden: Den norske skærgård i Skagerak,og især den lillebitte Snadøya - eller blot Øya- hvor min elskede søster søsterbor inde midt i skoven oven på urfjeldet, som husets kælder er sprængt ned i. </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">However, this blogspot is not about gardening (my other passion besides knitting), so let me return to knitting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">My sister and brother-in-law are finally going to become grandparents. Their daughter-in-law is scheduled to give birth to a baby boy any time now. His name will be Vetle, an ancient, Norwegian name which means "Little Bear that has survived his First Year".The father-to-be, my favorite nephew, was very nervous that the women of the family on both sides of the Skagerak sea would indulge into very 'femi' (feminine) things. Therefore, I have knitted a dark olive green cardigan, using the small balls of colored yarn left over from the Bohus 'Wild Apple' yoke jumper that I knitted for myself a year ago (see our post from November 2008), and it came out quite well, I think. But of course I owe the <span style="font-family: verdana;">honour to Kerstin Olsson as my 'design' is very close to the original Bohus one.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="DA" style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Jytte: NORGE er et vidunderligt land, et vidunderligt smukt land.Jeg ved det for jeg harlige været der for 12. gang; men det er ikke fordi jeg har set særlig meget af landet - et par ophold iOslo, 1-4 skiferier for mange år siden da mine børn var børn. I de senere år er turen imidlertid altid gået tilen af mine yndlingspladser i verden: Den norske skærgård i Skagerak,og især den lillebitte ø Sandøya - eller blot Øya -hvor min elskede søster bot inde midt i skoven oven på urfjeldet, som husets kælder er sprængt ned i.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="DA" style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Vi har selvsagt hygget os, min søster og jeg - med og uden strikketøj, og de fleste af de mange skønne efterårsdage ude i hendes helt fortryllende have - med en Monet bro over slugten og strategisk placerede bede, som er skabt i hulninger i fjeldets overflade fyldt op med jord, eller kompost som vi siger i havesproget, for den består udelukkende af formuldet køkkenaffald og sammenkrøllede aviser. Ingen købejord her. Det er alt for dyrt at fragte over fjorden. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span lang="DA" style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="DA" style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Men nu er denne blog jo ikke en side forhavebrug (min anden passion ved siden af strikkeriet),så lad mig vende tilbage til strikkeriet.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="DA" style="color: #000066; font-family: 'verdana; font-size: 100%; mso-ansi-language: DA'font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana;">Min søster og svoger skal endelig være bedsteforældre til en lille dreng, som skal kaldes ved det gamle norske navn Vetle, der betyder lille bjørn, der har overllevet det første år. Faderen, min yndlingsnevø, har været nervøs for, at familiens strikkeglde kvinder på begge sider af Skagerak skulle kaste sig ud i noget alt for 'femi' (feminint), så jeg fandt strikkeposen frem med garnrester fra den Bohus 'Vildæble' sweater, som jeg strikkede sidste år (se vores post fra november 2008). Der kunne lige blive til en lille trøje i et design, som er stærkt inspireret af originalen, og jeg er temmelig stolt af den, selv om designet jo ikke er mit eget</span>. </span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;"></span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-: minor-latin;">While Jytte was visiting her sister (the expecting grandmother) in Norway, autumn leaves became their inspiration for the photo </span><span style="mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;">shoot! </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA; mso-bidi-: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #000066; font-size: x-small;">Da Jytte besøgte sin søster (den vordende farmor) i Norge, blev efterårsløv inspiration til deres foto shoot!</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I mentioned earlier, we spent some beautiful, sunny autumn days outside on the island, but also a few hours in front of the computer, studying and admiring an outstanding collection of old cardigans and 'gensere' (Norwegian for sweaters) collected and categorized by Annemor Sundbø and exhibited at an old factory she acquired several years ago.</span> </span></div></div><span style="font-family: 'Dotum', 'sans-serif';"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">These textiles date back to less affluent times when everything had to be recycled. When people needed new, warm quilts they had to bring their old sweaters into the factory in order to supply the wool filling. If you are interested in traditional Norwegian knitting I highly recommend that you take a look at </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">www.annemor.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: small;">. There is a text in English too. You will be in for a treat. There are 551 sweaters and cardigans, 74 pairs of stockings, and about 50 pairs of mittens !!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="DA" style="font-family: 'Dotum', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DA;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">I wish you joy viewing them.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #000066;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;">Indenfor i de par regnvejrsdage, vi trods alt har haft, har vi naturligvis snakket og strikket, og vi har værret på nettet for at beundre en enestående, usædvanlig samling af gamle gensere (norsk ord for sweaters) og trøjer, som Annemor Sundbø fandt i en fabrik, hun overtog for mange år siden. De stammer fra virkeligt magre tider, hvor alt skulle genbruges, så når man behøvede nye vattæpper med uldfyld, måtte der leveres gammelt uldtøj til fabrikken. Hvis du er interesseret i traditionelt norsk strik anbefaler jeg et kig på </span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;"><a href="http://www.annemor.com/">http://www.annemor.com/</a> Alle sweaterne figurerer under overskriften Fillehaug (det betyder noget i retning af rodebunke). </span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Der er 551 sweaters og trøjer og 74 par strømper og 50 par vanter!!! Jeg ønsker dig god fornøjelse!</span></span></span><br />
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All day, from dawn until dusk, my time is spent in the kitchen and in the garden, while taking knitting breaks in a deck chair on the lawn. It is a slippery mess with cherry plums making windfall everywhere. In the kitchen, the best berries are made into marmalade with white rum. The tomato plants too, are wildly prolific now that I have allowed them to spread on the south facing wall of the conservatory, and they reciprocate with new fruits almost every day. It is almost painful harvesting them before they ripen, but green tomato marmalade has to be made with unripe green tomatoes. Later, on a blistering winter day, this will be a great treat on toasted bread with a cup of tea.</span><span style="color:#1f497d;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span> <div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">As for blackberries, I have given up trying to keep up. I need time to knit too. Now that I have finally finished the summer models (a bit overdue one might say), I work on patterns for small-scale Christmas gifts that we shall soon offer at Danish Knit Design. And they need to be translated....However, an intensely blue September sky, makes it all go so much easier, and every now and then I allow myself to relax in the deck chair while admiring all this 'mellow fruitfulness' which John Keats (1795-1821) describes so brilliantly in his poem: </span></div><div><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;"><em>To Autumn</em></span></div><div><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,</span></em></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">Close bosom friend of the maturing sun;</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">Conspiring with him how to load and bless</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;</span><span style="color:#1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">To bend with apples the moss'd cottage trees, </span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">and fills all fruit with ripeness to the core;</span><span style="color:#1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells</span><span style="color:#1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">With a sweet kernel; to set budding more</span><span style="color:#1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">And still more, later flowers for the bees,</span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">Until they think warm days will never cease,</span><span style="color:#1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif';color:#000066;">For summer has o'erbrimmed their clammy cells.</span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';color:#1f497d;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></em></p><div><br /><span style="color:#000066;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#000066;">Another part of summer in Denmark is of course the sea and the old fishing boats providing inspiration to those last Matimime summer knittings. </span><br /></div><div><span style="color:#333333;">En anden del af den danske sommer er selvfølgelig havet og de gamle fiskerbåde der hardannet inspiration til det sidste maritime sommerstrik.</span><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6LAjIPsgUrBGZjkRkM3cPluMbt1Ou8KuWvpbVf5A8pgzBd1hxD8r_fPJZbpZFOyFUyncQ7hEZNXWhPsoL5wgAa-L2qp6zzmaukhcH9p2YZP8K_W8SzmfdUPI9O99hfhdsF59eCU2q78/s1600-h/25.jpg"></a></p><p><span style="color:#000066;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvuisqbMYPnf4sbDvPVPhCn_qQv9dHZDSo0m8IIKm5280C4UpCgon22ZYbV83QjmeWZl8OI5nAFwBHe1V5Nyj_ZxlhDeWLv73gyD4RQe_BePi1OO74p6BVIGrdhyphenhyphenOtQmovnGXWLaf_uQ/s1600-h/P1010099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385360486251384322" style="FLOAT: right; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGS_ZEw5PQ3c6I4iUtlb_vcwZ0WrG84b3vH9LxGkZZCBtGb34RjAlERoAX7RHOuJxCPKiMoTjY8yPJvX91OUDmSik0r_6w6unm6BNWbhgwhpy7m4hYOX25XRFtuTK5-Hon-OCOmjEwVw/s320/Hvid+cardigan+m.stribet+bluse+1.jpg" border="0" /><span style="color:#000066;">Maritime summer Cardigan and striped top in Luxor Fino Cotton<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385359740364714978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hUfyfvz-AexAGRpCjP-FG4GAnsTy__yRSRANLJEn5nKalesVihSsRnE9qrS6bEjJzfOD5U7UHJINWFC_wwvRFtFCtmyRE0SsNczr0VKAl7_e496a4CfIK9BTI6__9lQBDaHvFpE-3II/s320/stribet+bluse+2.jpg" border="0" /></p></span><div align="center"><span style="color:#000066;">This striped top is a good beginner project<br /><br /></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:Arial;color:#333333;" >Det er det mest vidunderlige vejr i Danmark for tiden, og dagene tilbringes lige fra morgenstunden, til solen går ned, i køkkenet og i haven, ind imellem i liggestolen med strikkeri. Vi smatter rundt i nedfaldsmirabeller, og inde i køkkenet koger vi marmelade med hvid rom af dem, vi plukker ned fra træerne. Og tomatplanterne, som jeg endelig i år har succes med, fordi de har fået lov til at brede sig på orangeriets sydvendte vindusvæg, kvitterer med fine frugter næsten hver dag; men det gør næsten ondt at høste dem, inden de modner, hvilket imidlertid er nødvendigt, når grøn tomat marmelade er et must sammen med en kop te på en sur vinterdag. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:Arial;" ><span style="color:#333333;">Brombærrene og blommerne har jeg opgivet at følge trop med. Der skal også strikkes og laves opskrifter til de julegaver i småtingsafdelingen, som vi senere vil tilbyde på Danish Knit Design - og opskrifterne skal oversættes ...</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="left"><span style="color:#333333;"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:Arial;" >Det hele går imidlertid meget lettere, når solen skinner fra en intenst blå septemberhimmel</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';" > </span><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:Arial;" >, og ind imellem tager jeg mig tid til at slappe lidt af i liggestolen, mens jeg kigger ud på al den frodighed, the 'mellow fruitfulness', som John Keats (1795-1821) beskriver så vidunderligt i sit digt 'To Autumn' trykt oven for dette indlæg.</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-ansi-language: DA;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';" ><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan"><span lang="DA" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS', 'sans-serif'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi mso-ansi-language: DAfont-family:'Times New Roman';" ><o:p></o:p></span></p></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-27616455438488251402009-09-03T08:16:00.024-04:002014-07-31T12:24:34.593-04:00Armholes in lace knitting/ Ærmgab i kniplingsmønster<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #333333;">Vi lovede i sidste post at vise nærbilleder af hvordan ærmene sys i vores sommer model LAVENDEL. Ja...så gik der lidt længere end planlagt, vi kørte en tur til North Carolina og derefter til Georgia. Vi trængte til at komme lidt væk og jeg besluttede ikke at tage den bærbare med! Så det blev ikke til blogpostering men derimod til en masse strikning mens min mand kørte. Mønsterstrikning på rundpind er genialt til lange bilture, produktet er næsten færdigt men derom senere i en anden post.</span><span style="color: #000066;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #000066;">We promised in our last post to show pictures of how to sew in the sleeves in Jytte’s summer blouse LAVENDEL.Well…some time has passed, we went on a road trip to North Carolina and Georgia. We needed to get away and I decided against bringing the laptop! So no blogging, but lots of knitting while my husband was driving. Intarsia in the round works great while riding in a car, I almost finished the vest but more about that in a later blog.</span></span><span style="color: #000066;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066;">Beautiful Lindvall Falls in North carolina </span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Here is LAVENDEL in profile with a nicely finished sleeve. The armholes have a selvedge of 3 knit stitches forming a firm edge making it easier to sew in the sleeves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #333333;">Læg ærmet ovenpå på ærmgabet og sæt knappenåle i hele vejen rundt så begge stykker passer sammen.</span><span style="color: #000066;">Position the sleeve on top of the armhole and pin </span><span style="color: #000066;">down </span></span><span style="color: #000066;">making sure both pieces match up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;">Sy ærmet på ærmgabet med madras sting, arbejd på retten af arbejdet.(Se vores inlæg fra august 2008 om hvordan man syr strikketøj sammen med madras sting)</span><br /><span style="color: #000066;">Sew the sleeve on to the armhole edge with mattress stitches working on the right side of work. (See our post from august 2008 about sewing knitting together using mattress stitches)</span><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkDC5Anp50lykP4ISPr_cGcavTCwpB6QxBa9Zko_ghvgApErZgD2A-xoz5D_mJzxhASpMrwB5xpg1TV_jo0n4A0UWIbdiwn0lKJr5aIB_AFg8e2fCX6C3ClAeHe-721XQEnsBvH020iU/s320/Botanica+Kollektionen+08+(32).JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377214876309960274" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #333333;">Sy i den miderste af de 3 ret kantmasker</span><span style="color: #000066;">Sew into the middle stitch of the 3 knit stitches</span></span><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KlT8JRrIDLEZVlTuHgl3JJcu_mgJh-89pK4oI8mBFcpGdiVFmq1r-Dkl25zpXMogRQAJ6KMhRNHJfaLHdzfmFaZux2QKyQl7qy__IWPIKQ7GvV_sQQsirVcG8mw02pKhiN77r85xrYM/s320/Botanica+Kollektionen+08+(33).JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377214666467605618" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><br /><br /><br />
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DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-18082803919991716402009-08-13T08:22:00.002-04:002011-03-27T09:06:48.980-04:00Summer knittings in cotton<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #000066;">Charlotte: Although it is summer in Florida with average temperatures of 93F,the heat has not yet reached its maximum. Because of this we are consigned to indoor living during the summers. This is completely opposite from summers in Denmark where I always embraced winters as a time to sew, draw and knit. And since we have time off I actually have had time for knitting. I just finished a tank top in Luxor Fino, the Italian cotton Jytte wrote about last year. It’s been a long haul but it finally came together. I wanted to knit something for all year use if you live in a climate like Florida. The design is inspired by the many summer bungalows spread along the coast of Denmark. If you are Danish or have visited you probably have seen the older wood houses, resembling log cabins, stained black with lots of tiny white window frames. I’m glad they are still around. When I grew up we had a summer house like that, and it is seared in my memory as it no longer exists.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;">Charlotte: Sommeren er over os her i Florida, varmen er endnu ikke på sit højeste, selv om normaltemperaturen er 34 C, og det er uden fugtighedsindexet, der gør varmen endnu værre. Vi er i den pudsige situation, at vi opholder os mere indendøre end udendørs, lidt den omvendte situation fra Danmark, hvor vinteren jo er tiden for indendørssysler. Så nu, da vi har sommerferie, har jeg faktisk fået tid til at strikke lidt mere. Jeg er lige blevet færdig med en top uden ærmer i det lækre italienske bomuld Luxor fino, Jytte skev om sidste år. Jeg ville strikke noget, der der kan bruges det meste af året, hvis man bor i et klima som jeg. Designet er inspireret af de mange sorte sommerhuse ,der ligger spredt rundt om i det danske landskab. Hvis du er dansk,ved du, hvad jeg mener, de ældre sorte træsommerhuse med hvidsprossede vinduer, der heldigvis stadig kan findes. Da jeg var barn, havde vi sådan et sommerhus, og jeg må sige, at det står ætset ind i min hukommelse især, fordi det ikke er mere.</span></span><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359816486536589010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBq0z1WlYgKHc6Z0EzQe5OCi4zIdSbtSxSaQSzBjaGyMhWG6NgkaIuTJTgKxE-3uubyDmZ90rVfv52O0C85fU7RgSzcp1RxviMqIq5Eh3x3lvrbaxQuFYoX8mF363WV7AZ5MnnSAAxN8Q/s320/Saxild.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 239px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: #000066;"> Saxild: Finished tank top</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-size: 85%;">Luxor Fino cotton and detail of Saxild</span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #000066;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #000066;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #000066;">It is mainly the dominant black color of the house that inspired me, adding a bit of white from the windows but also grey and brown tones from the surrounding trees. The pattern in the V-neck are just stripes in beige, rust, brown and ochre worked in a mix of purl and knit. It sort of becomes the window of the blouse. It is an easy model to knit, something quite manageable for adult beginners. The yarn is wonderful, it is tightly twined which is one of the things we are looking for in a yarn used for a shapely design like this. It will keep its form nicely and won’t sag like most other cottons. I have many memories of disastrous cotton blouses from my teenage Mayflower knitting days, Somehow it always ended up as a shapeless sag dangling around the hips – or even worse; the waist!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"></span><br />
<div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 100%;"></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;">Det er hovedsagelig husets dominerende sorte farve, der har inspireret mig, tilsat lidt hvidt fra vinduerne og de grå og brune nuancer fra de omkringstående træer. Mønstret i v-udskæringen er blot striber i beige, rust, brun og okker strikket i et mix at ret og vrang. V`et bliver næsten til blusens eget vindue. Det er en nem model at strikke, som jeg godt mener, at voksne begyndere kan binde an med. Garnet er skønt. Det er stramt tvundet, hvilket er en af de ting, vi kigger efter i garn, der skal bruges til en ”figurstrikket” bluse som denne. Det holder fasconen flot og bliver slet ikke slasket, et problem man ellers ofte støder på, når man strikker i bomuld. Fra mine teen-age tid mindes jeg mange sommerbluser der blev strikket i Mayflower bomuld de endte alt for ofte med at blive til noget formløst slask, der dinglede rundt om hofterne – eller endnu værre om taljen!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 85%;">More inspirations for summer blouses</span><br />
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Jytte has also been knitting in the Italian cotton and made some new designs. They are inspired by the summer flowers in her garden, sort of a Botanica theme . The photo of the rose and heliotrope below are of course the inspirations. First a summer blouse in a wonderful shade of lavender. The Frost Flower lace pattern is yet again the pattern (I don’t know if she ever gets tired of knitting that pattern!) but what is really genius about it is that it is a 2-in-1design being both a tank top and a blouse with sleeves. The yoke for both is the same with a finished 3 stitch edge around the armhole. Well, of course you have to choose whether you want to knit it with or without sleeves since no one wants to sew in sleeves more than once, but you can begin knitting the top and then decide whether you want to add the sleeves.</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><br />
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Jytte har også strikket i det Italienske bomuld og har lavet nogle nye designs . De er inspireret af sommerblomsterne i haven, et Botanica tema. Heliotropen og rosen nedenfor danner selvfølgelig inspirationen . Først en sommerbluse i en skøn lavendel. Det er endnu engang Isblomstmønstret, der har stået for tur (jeg ved ikke om hun nogen sinde bliver træt af at strikke i det mønster!) Men det er et smart to-i-en design, hun har lavet, således at det både er en ærmeløs top og en bluse med ærmer. Grundopskriften på bullen er den samme med en kant på 3 masker i ærmegabene. Ja, man bliver selvfølgelig nødt til at vælge, om man vil lave den med eller uden ærmer, for der er vel ingen, der gider at sy ærmer på mere end en gang, men man kan så at sige strikke sig en top først og bagefter vælge, om man vil sætte ærmer på.</span></span><br />
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<div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">I næste blog sætter vi nogle fotos på, hvor man kan se, hvordan ærmgabene er lavet, og hvorledes monteringen af ærmerne bare bliver superflotte p.g.a. den førnævnte ærmegabskant. Det kan være noget af en udfordring at montere ærmer i kniplingsmønstre, fordi alle hullerne i kniplingsmønstret gør det til en rodet og sometider forvirrende affære.</span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">The other design in cotton is a Chanel inspired cardigan in a dark purple with ¾ sleeves.</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Den anden bomuldsmodel er en Chanel inspireret cardigan i mørk lilla med trekvart lange ærmer.</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359144793774063074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEHqULRFHudclFby8tZh_-TuLD03dFpdnZxXu3WQ1zDa7Y10F01htP0RVuEycEVAE76sAGAToc-Ut-l-NJEenU20PGOgVQ6Sh0D_ljn4EUfg4Eqgbw32pppmdkm6C_PG55lwN-v_Qhg4/s320/Botanica+Kollektionen+08+(11).JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 239px;" /><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">The cardigan is worked in plain stockinette stitches with two small lace knitted pockets and corresponding pattern decoration on the sleeve. Combing the above tank top with the cardigan makes it a twin set worthy of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.<br />
<span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;">Cardiganen er strikket i glatstrikning med to små lommer i hulmønster og tilsvarende mønster dekoration på ærmet. Hulmønstret er naturligvis...bladet fra Isblomstmønstret! Hvis man kombinerer ovennævnte top med cardigangen, har man et flot sæt a la Jackie Onasis.</span></span></div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #000066; font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #000066;">Uhm.. I think Jackie O also inspired the newest variation – it is a variation of the botanical theme and turns maritime with the blue and white colors. Still very classic and summer-like.</span><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: #333333;">a, Jackie O blev er vist også inspirationen til den nyeste variation – Den afviger lidt fra blomsterfarverne og bliver lidt mere maritim med de blå og hvide farver, men den er stadig meget klassik og sommerlig.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #000066;"><strong>Jytte:</strong> I hate January and February in Denmark! Because of the weather. But since a positive attitude helps you through difficultie, I also thank my Lord and Maker for not being one of my ancestral mothers three or four hundred years ago. They lived on Amrum, a small island off the western coast of Southern Jutland/Germany, and like us they probably got through the dark winter months by knitting aided by artificial light. Light not from bulbs or diodes but from lamps fed by whale oil supplied by their whale hunting men at Lofoten, exercising their dangerous job with harpoons shot from small rowboats. Add to this their uncertainty in knowing if they or their land would be lost to the sea when the massive winter storms pressed enormous volumes of water through the Channel between France and England. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Jytte:</strong> Jeg afskyr januar og februar i Danmark! Men eftersom man bedst kommer igennem ubehageligheder ved at være positiv, takker jeg også min Gud og Skaber for, at jeg ikke er en af mine formødre, som levede for tre eller fire hundred år siden på Amrum, en lille ø ude i Vadehavet vest for Sønderjyllands/Tysklands kyst. Ligesom os, der lever i det mørke Nord i dag, strikkede de sig sikkert gennem mange mørke timer ved kunstigt lys, dog hverken fra glødepærer eller dioder, men fra tranlamper, som deres mænd skaffede brændstof til som hvalfangere på Lofoten, hvor de udøvede deres farlige erhverv med harpuner fra små robåde.Og om vinteren vidste de aldrig, om de eller deres land ville blive skyllet væk af de vældige vandmasser, som de frygtelige vinterorkaner pressede igennem Kanalen mellem Frankrig og England. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #000066;">It never gets quite that bad where I live. We do have a hard-set SW wind today, and it whips around the house, but although my small peninsula between the Kattegat Sea and the Issefjord is not much larger than four or five square kilometers, we never get severely flooded; probably because Funen and Jutland protect us. But it is really cold today! The stove gulps up wood. It makes a pleasant sound and sight through the glass door, a favorite pass time of your subtropical children, Charlotte. </span><span style="color: #333333;">Så galt går det trods alt aldrig, hvor jeg bor. Ganske vist huserer der en strid sydvesten vind i skrivende stund, og den piber om hushjørnerne; men selv om den lille halvø her imellem Kattegat og Issefjorden vel næppe er større end 4-5 kilometer, skyller vi aldrig væk og har faktisk heller aldrig alvorlige oversvømmelser - vel sagtens fordi vi ligger i læ bag Fyn og Jylland. Det er altså hundekoldt i dag. Brændeovnen sluger en masse brænde, og flammerne knitrer lystigt bag det hærdede glas i lågen sådan, som dine subtropiske børn synes er så hyggeligt, Charlotte. </span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Charlotte:</strong> Yes, when it is really cold in the North, we get the kind of weather that I like here in South Florida - sweater weather for outdoor wear that is. This winter we have actually had more days than usual where wearing a sweater outside isn't enough and would have liked the warming heat from a wood burning stove. I do love the winters here ..... but summers, that is another story!</span> <br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Charlotte:</strong> Ja, når det er koldt nordpå, får vi det rigtigt dejlige vintervejr, som jeg kan lide her i det sydlige Florida, sweatervejr, sweater som overtøj altså!. Og ja, der har faktisk været flere dage end normalt denne vinter, hvor sweateren ikke har været nok og hvor vi gerne ville have haft den dejlige varme fra en brændeovn. Men vinteren her, den elsker jeg ..... sommeren, men det er en anden historie! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Jytte:</strong> Most of my day is spent wrapped in a blanket "doing armchair gardening", reading Proust or Thomas Mann and .....knitting of course. While the stitches are adding up a new lace pattern on my sample, I'm mentally designing new models for the spring. This time it's baby clothes inspired by the fact that Prince Joachim and his French wife, princess Marie are expecting a baby in May.We are so ecstatic about our royal family here in Denmark and happy to copy them; but since a lot of babies do get born in May anyway, we're anticipating that many expectant mothers and grandmothers would like to knit some light summer cardigans for the new world citizens.</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Jytte:</strong> Det meste af tiden tilbringer jeg svøbt i en plaid med "armchair gardening", Proust- eller Thomas Mann læsning og ......strikning naturligvis. Mens maskerne føjer sig til hinanden på en prøveklud med et nyt hulmønster, arbejder jeg inde i hovedet på nye forårsmodeller - denne gang babytrøjer inspireret af, at Prins Joachim og hans franske kone Prinsesse Marie, venter barn til maj. Vi er jo så glade for vores dronningefamilie her i Danmark og efterligner dem gerne; men der kommer i det hele taget en masse børn til verden i maj, så vi forestiller os, at mange vordende mødre og bedstmødre vil få lyst til at strikke lette sommertrøjer til de nye verdensborgere. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Charlotte:</strong> I'm working on a gift long due; a pair of wrist warmers for my good friend. The yarn is 100 % cashmere, so soft and warm. I have been rubbing the yarn in front of a movie on tv in order to determine if it fluffs. It mustn't fluff! That's what her old angora warmers did. Lene plays flute in the old and often cold Danish churches, so she needs her wrists warm without the distracting fluff flying about her face. I have to make them in black because musicians always wear black when they play at concerts, very elegant, but for the purpose of photographing for our blog, it can be difficult to actually see the lace pattern</span>. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Charlotte:</strong> Og jeg begyndt på en længe lovet gave; et sæt pulsvarmere til min gode veninde. Garnet jeg bruger er 100% cashmere, så blødt og varmt. Jeg har siddet og nulret det foran en film i fjernsynet for at se om garnet fnugger. Det må det nemmelig ikke! Det var problemet med hendes gamle i angora. Lene spiller fløjte i de gamle og ofte kolde danske kirker, så hun har brug for at holde håndledene varme uden fnug der flyver rundt om ansigtet og irriterer! De skal selvfløgelig strikkes i sort for musikere har jo altid sort på når de spiller koncert, meget elegant, men på fotografierne til vores blog kan det nok være lidt svært at se hulmønstret. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #000066; font-family: trebuchet ms;">I have used an old lace pattern which I found in Gyldendals Sy og håndarbejdsbog (Danish handiwork encyclopedia) from 1961. It's also in the English/American book: Traditional Knitting Patterns from Scandinavia, British Isles, France, Italy and other European Countries by James Norbury. Published by Dover Publications. Traveling Vine it's called. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: #333333;">Jeg har brugt et hulmønster som jeg fandt i Gyldendals Sy og håndsarbejdsbog fra 1961men det er også i den engelsk/amerkanske bog: Traditional Knitting Patterns from Scandinavia, British Isles, France, Italy and other European Countries af James Norbury, Dover Publications. Han kalder det Traveling Vine. </span></span><br />
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<br />DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-14217635120861249242008-12-01T08:34:00.000-05:002011-03-27T09:15:36.071-04:00Knitted Christmas ornaments<span style="color: #660000; font-family: 'lucida grande';"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><strong></strong></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: 180%;">Merry Christmas everyone!</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> As Christmas is drawing near and it was the first Advent of Christmas a few days ago, I'm pulling out all the decorations and found our woven Christmas hearts that we all - even the kids- have become quite proficient in making. Once again I'm reminded of all the wonderful traditions and decorations we Danes have, that make this season so very special and certainly so when living abroad.<br />
Some years ago Jytte sent me a book about the Danish woven Christmas hearts in paper. It was very welcome as we struggled to get into the Christmas spirit here in South Florida among palm trees and tropical weather. The kids and I have used it every year and made some beautiful ornaments that you can see below.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Nu da julen nærmer sig, og det var første søndag i advent i forgårs, har jeg haft kasserne med juledekorationerne fremme igen og fundet julehjerterne, som vi alle- selv børnene - er blevet så gode til at flette. Endnu engang bliver jeg mindet om alle de vidunderlige traditioner og dekorationer, vi danskere har, og som gør disse heligdage helt specielle, når man bor i udlandet.<br />
For nogle år siden sendte Jytte mig bogen "Flettede julehjerter" af Francis Jordt og en pakke glanspapir. Det var en velkommen gave, når man som dansker prøver at komme i julestemning i det subtropiske Florida blandt palmer og tropesol. Børnene og jeg har da også brugt den flittigt og fået flettet nogle fine hjerte, som du kan se her:</span></span><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276327185096992306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_QG4PpvNBIAjzazxnhZjN5J1kmQpGHps5-cp1ge4Ps31sgbFRQZRKjPdLKDuwYXCQXjR5SUPbIMOpf0V7en8cetwwdGx7pPrNLczjpHhETS9cwUdmgTmtJ81UlQOmLf4g9cPa82P-bU0/s320/20020101_0844.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 239px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><span style="font-size: 85%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Weaved in a Danish paper with one glossy side / </span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Flettet i glanspapir</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 85%;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weaved in wall paper / </span></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 85%;">Flettet i tapet</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Although they are not knitted objects they are still interesting from a textile designers perspective; the weaving of the heart is done in such a clever way, that they open up and function as a basket to hold candy or nuts. An excellent example of an old craft item being both beautiful and useful at the same time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Selvom julehjerterne ikke er strikkede er de alligevel interessante for en textildesigner, fordi vævningen er så smart udtænkt at hjertet kan åbnes og fyldes med lækkerier indeni. Et rigtigt godt eksempel på hvordan et gammel håndværk både er æstetisk smukt og brugbart på samme tid.</span><span style="color: #660000;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>A little history about the braided Christmas heart:</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> </strong>In the beginning of Francis Jordt's book there is an interesting description about the history and significance of this tradition, here are some highlights:<br />
When the Christmas tree was brought to Denmark in 1808 along with it came the ornaments, although it is not certain whether the weaving of the hearts originates in Germany or Denmark.<br />
Today the tradition lives on only in the three Nordic countries, but particularly in Denmark.<br />
The oldest still existing weaved heart was made by Hans Christian Andersen, who apart from being known as a great author also was a talented paper cutter. The heart is exhibited in his museum in Odense, Denmark.<br />
When Denmark lost the war to Germany in 1864, the most southern part: Sønderjylland was given over to Germany. The Danish minority was forbidden to speak Danish and flag the red and white "Dannebrog" national flag. But the suppression only strenghtened nationalist feelings and at Christmas time the trees were decorated with flags, paper roses, candles and braided paper hearts all in red and white.<br />
During the German occupation from 1940 to 45 the hearts again became a symbol of national independence and this tradition strengthend. Now they are a national treasure on our trees.<br />
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Give it a try yourself, here is a good site with simple instructions: </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>Lidt om det flettede hjertes historie:</strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong> </strong>I begyndelsen af Francis Jordts bog beskrives hvordan traditionen med det flettede julehjerte startede, og det er et stykke spænende kulturhistorie:<br />
Da juletræet blev bragt til Danmark fra Tyskland i 1808 fulgte der også julestads med, Tyskland har en rig papirflettetradition; men om det flettede julehjerte har dansk eller tysk oprindelse vides ikke helt.<br />
I dag findes traditionen kun i Norden, og særligt i Danmark.<br />
Det ældst eksisterende flettede hjerte er lavet af H.C. Andersen og kan ses i hans hus i Odense.<br />
Da Danmark i 1864 tabte krigen til Tyskland og måtte afstå Sønderjylland til prøjserne, måtte mindretallet i Sønderjylland hverken tale dansk eller flage med Dannebrog. Men undertrykkelsen styrkede kun tilhørsforholdet til Danmark og til jul blev juletræet pyntet med flag, papirsroser, juletræslys og flettede hjerter altsammen i rødt og hvidt.<br />
Under den tyske besættelse fra 1940 til 1945 blev hjerterne atter en gang symbol på den nationale bevidsthed og traditionen blev yderligere styrket. Nu er de et nationalt klenodie på vores juletræer.<br />
(Ibogen er fyldt med mange spænnende og udfordrende skabeloner,prøv selv!). </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I did try to knit a heart like this using the domino technique so well developed by vivian Høxsbro, but that was not a sucess, much too complicated for me and yarn is too soft a material to hold the shape. Unless you use paper yarn maybe. Instead I did come up with a quick project using some leftover sock yarn and beads for knitted Christmas balls.The pattern is below:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Jeg har prøvet at strikke et hjerte som disse i Vivian Høxbros dominoteknik; men det blev ikke nogen succes, alt for kompliceret en afære for mig og garn er for blødt et materiale til at holde formen ordentligt. Måske ville papir garn virke.I stedet har jeg lavet et nemt lille julekugleprojekt i overskuds strømpegarn og perler. Opskriften kommer her:</span><span style="color: #660000;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 130%;">Christmas ball</span></span><br />
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A set of size 3 double-pointed needles<br />
size 3 crochet needle<br />
sock yarn<br />
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needle<br />
3 in diameter craft foam ball<br />
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This is a basic pattern just to get the size and the dimensions right. Have fun with this, changing colors and adding beads. Once you have increased to 60sts you can make figure pattern consisting of12 sts repeated 5 times, like the heart on the red ball.<br />
CO 5 sts onto 3 ndls, Rnd 1: Inc 1 st in each st around = 10 sts, Rnd 2: Inc 1 st in each st around = 20 sts, Rnd 3: * Inc 1, K2, inc 1* repeat from *, Rnd 4: place marker, K around and distribute all sts on 4 needles, Rnd 5: *Inc 1,K4, inc 1, rep from * = 40sts, Rnd 6 and 7:K around, Rnd 8: * Inc1,K6, inc1, rep from* = 50sts, Rnd 9: K around, Rnd 10: * Inc 1, K8, inc1,rep from* = 60 sts, Rnd 11 - 35: k around (possibly adding a figure pattern). Rnd 36: *K6, K2tog, rep from *= 53 sts, Rnd 37: *K4, K2tog, rep from* = 45 sts, Rnd 38: K around, Rnd 39: * K 3, K2tog,rep from * = 36 sts ,Rnd 40: *K2, K2tog, rep from * = 24 sts<br />
Leave a 3 feet long tail of the yarn, cut, thread the needle and pull yarn through the remaining sts. Darn all other loose ends on WS and steam lightly according to our directions in the post on this site, but do not pin.You just want the knitting lightly steamed so the yarn joins get flat. Put the craft ball inside and pull the yarn tightly so it closes. Double up the long tail and using a crochet needle make a string of 34 crochet sts. Sew it in place making a loop and darn the last ends.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: #660000;">Sæ</span>t perler på sådan her: Tråd dem på nålen først og strik dem ind som der ses på de her to billeder.</span></span><br />
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et sæt strømpepinde nr 3<br />
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7.5 cm flamingokugle<br />
Dette er et løst basismønster bare for at få pasformen korrekt. Du kan lege med farverne og sætte perler i. Når der er taget ud til 60m kan du indsætte et 12 m figur mønster gentaget 5 gange som hjertet på den røde kugle f.eks.<br />
Slå 5 m op på 3 strømpepinde,1. omg: Tag 1m ud i hver m hele omg ud = 10m, 2.omg: Tag 1m ud i her m hele omg ud = 20m, 3. omg: * tag 1 ud, str 2, tag 1m ud, gentag fra *, 4:omg: Str rundt, sæt markør og fordel m på 4 p, 5: omg: * tag 1 ud, str 4, tag 1m ud, gentag fra * = 40m, 6. og 7: omg: Str rundt, 8.omg: * tag 1 ud, str 6, tag 1m ud, gentag fra * = 50m, 9:omg: Str rundt,10. omg: * tag 1 ud, str 8, tag 1m ud, gentag fra * = 60m, 11. - 35.omg: Str rundt (strik evt. en figur ind), 36.omg: *str 6, str 2m sm, gentag fra = 53 sts, Rnd 37: *str 4, str 2m sm, gentag fra * = 45 sts, Rnd 38: Str rundt, Rnd 39: * str 3, str 2m sm, gentag fra * = 36 sts, Rnd 40: *str 2, str 2m sm, gentag fra * = 24 m.<br />
Lav en 90 cm lang ende af garnet, klip, tråd nålen og før den igennem maskerne.Hæft de andre ender på bagsiden og pres forsigtigt iflg. vores anvisninger i en anden post her på siden,men knappenåle er ikke nødvendige. Strikketøjet skal bare have nok damp til at samlingerne mellem farverne bliver flade og pæne. Læg flamingokuglen indeni og stram garnet til, så åbningen lukkes. Læg garnet dobbelt og hækel en lang snor med 34 m. Sy den i som hank og hæft de sidste ender.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"></span>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-67544921874872534842008-11-12T12:55:00.001-05:002010-12-08T12:44:59.609-05:00Rosehips and Wild Apple / Hyben og vildæbler<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267971663029647490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkeizlb3bYDt75E5EF-AdYFK6HlDGiHHC8w7ScA6EWuFRgF69YXuSRx-j6IX_k2BsgwysPZ4wgTKIC_sjGLB092YvKxZb923CDHNZe7G46jWg1EAGyGZ17xQm3UWNrcrv3fEl5iY98TU/s320/Elizabeth+rose.jpg" border="0" />
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333333;">Efteråret er over os. Ude gløder de sidste blade på træerne, inden næste blæse- og regnvejr fælder dem, og Queen Elizabeth og Dale End roserne står stadigvæk med lidt forkrøllede balkjoler tillige med de hvide japanske anemoner. Og georginerne har åbenbart heller ikke tænkt sig at give op endnu. De mørkerøde ball pompons er blevet lidt mere blå i farven nu, hvor det er blevet koldere, og de sidste knopper når sikkert ikke at udfolde sig.. Efteråret har altså indfundet sig usædvanlig sent i år - og tak for det! </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;">Now it's time for indoor things and these days I have Rosehips and apples on my mind. Specifically wild apples, since I'm knitting away at the famous Wild Apple jumper Svenska Bohus Stickning added to their line in the 1950's. It is exceptionally beautiful, but rather difficult to knit. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333333;">Men så er det tid for indendørssysler, og jeg har hyben og æbler på hjernen for tiden, vildæbler nærmere betegnet, idet jeg strikker på livet løs på den berømte Vildäpple jumper, som Svenska Bohus Stickning lancerede engang i halvtredserne. Den er ganske usædvanligt smuk, men temmelig vanskelig at strikke, så jeg tilbinger rigtig mange timer med de glødende vildæbler, som i øvrigt minder mig om de hyben, som rosa rugosa sætter, inden de takker af. Måske fordi jeg hver dag i temmelig lang tid har renset dem for deres genstridige kløpulver. Det er et overordentlig sent arbejde og noget værre snask at skrabe frøene ud af frugtkødet med en teske, med mindre man tager fryseren til hjælp. Efter at have befriet frugterne for haserne og halveret dem fryser jeg dem ned i mindre portioner for, når de er gennemfrosne, at tage dem ud igen, tø dem en smule op og banke dem mange gange hårdt mod køkkenbordet, så frøene løsner sig. Jeg gør det som sagt blot med et par håndfulde ad gangen og skyller dem allesammen til sidst under rindende vand samtidig med, at jeg "skummer" de sidste frø af. </span>
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<br /><span style="color:#000066;">As I'm spending a lot of time working with the glowing wild apples I am reminded of the fruit from Rosehip (rosa cania), which are growing along many coastal shores in Denmark. Lately I have been looking a lot at them also and cleaning away the stubborn itchy seeds inside. It is tedious work and a messy business scraping out the seeds with a teaspoon, unless you use the freezer as well.
<br />After cutting the fruit in half and removing the hull, I bag the fruit in handful sized small bags and freeze them until they are frozen solid. Then I take them out again letting them thaw just a little, then bang them against the counter top to loosen the seeds inside. I work with just a few handfuls at a time, Then I scape the seeds out with a teaspoon and finally rinsing them in water to get rid of any stay seeds.
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<br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;">So what is all this work for? Grandma Osine's Rosehip Marmelade which for several generations has been a big hit in our family, served on toasted white bread accompanied with a nice cup of tea - I recommend Darjeeling Singbulli. The reciepe for the marmelade is here:</span></p>
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<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;"><em>1 kg (2 1/4 lbs)of cleaned hips (about 1 1/2 kg (3 1/2 lbs) of the whole fruit)
<br />2 3/4 dl (1 1/4 cup) water
<br />1 3/4 dl ( 3/4 cup) apple vinegar
<br />1/2 vanilla bean with a cut slit through the length of the bean
<br />1/2 kg (18 oz) sugar
<br />1 unsprayed lemon
<br />preservative or a spoonful of alcohol, white rum is perfect
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<br />Use a steel pot and add the hips, cold water, vinegar and the vanilla bean. Bring it to a boil and cook under a lid at a low heat until the fruits are almost done (circa 15 min.)
<br />Add the sugar and let the marmelade continue cooking at low heat without a lid while stirring often until the hips are soft and beginning to become mushy. Cut the lemon in slices, then into small pieces and stir into the marmelade. Remove the pot from the heat and add preservative according to directions or use a spoonful of alcohol. Remove the vanilla bean.
<br />Pour the marmelade into clean scolded glasses (remember to put a silver spoon into the glass when you poor boiling water into it so it won't break). Place a piece of wax paper dipped in
<br />liquid preservative ont op and close lid imediately (Or use a wax sealer).</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Og hvad skal jeg så bruge resultatet til? Mormor</span> Osines hybenmarmelade, som i flere generationer har været et stort hit i vor familie på ristet brød for eksempel som ledsager til en kop dampende varm te - selv sværger jeg til Darjeeling Singbulli. Opskriften kommer her:
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<br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#333333;"><em>OSINES HYBEN MARMELADE</em></span></p><p><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>1 kg rensede hyben (ca. 1 1/2 kg hele hyben)
<br />2 3/4 dl vand
<br />1 3/4 dl ganske almindelig lagereddike
<br />1/2 stang vanille
<br />1/2 kg sukker
<br />1 usprøjtet citron
<br />konserveringsmiddel eller alkohol, hvid rom er perfekt
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<br /><p><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Put de rensede hyben i en (stål)gryde med det kolde vand, eddiken og den flækkede vanillestang.. Bring det hele i kog og kog frugterne næsten møre u n d e r låg ved svag varme (ca. et kvarter).Tilsæt sukkeret og lad marmeladen koge videre u d e n låg under jævnlig omrøring og ved svag varme, til frugterne er helt møre og begynder at koge ud. Skær citronen i skiver og derefter i småstykker, som vendes i marmeladen. Tag gryden fra varmen og tilsæt konserveringsmiddel ifølge brugsanvisningen på emballagen, eller brug en teskefuld alkohol. (Hvid rom for eksempel er perfekt.) Fjern vanillestangen.
<br />Hæld marmeladen på rengjorte og skoldede glas (husk at sætte en sølvske i glasset, når det kogende vand hældes i - for at det ikke skal splintre). Læg et stykke pergamentpapir vendt i konserveringsmiddel øverst i glasset og sæt straks låget på.
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<br />DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-40506819665656402762008-08-13T21:58:00.003-04:002014-07-31T12:25:05.804-04:00Sewing knitting seams together using Matress Stitches/ Syning af strikkede sømme med madras sting<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>Syning af strikkede sømme med madras sting</strong>
<br />Et andet aspekt i færdiggørelsen af striketøj er at sy sømmene sammen så usynligt som muligt. Vi foretrækker at bruge madrassting, især når man syr for-og bagside sammen på en sweater, der er strikket i glatstrikning, fordi resultatet kommer til at se ud, som om det er strikket sammen. Men denne usynlige kvalitet er også rigtig god, når man skal sy ærmer i, da kanterne rundt om ærmet og ærmgabet ofte ikke er de pæneste med de mange indtagninger. Fordi madras sting ligger imellem kantmasken og masken ved siden af, gør denne syning det muligt at lave en flot sammensygning af ærmekuplen.
<br />Begynd med at lægge de pressede stykker ved siden af hinanden. Du skal forøvrigt altid arbejde på retten, når du syr med disse sting. Nedenfor vil vi ved hjælp af et andet af Jyttes designs i Luxor bomuld vise dig, hvordan man syr et ærme i et ærmegab. Første skridt er at sy ærme- og skuldersømmene sammen med madrassting. Saml to to horisontale lænker, der løber langs kanten og masken ved siden af, op. Dette er smukt illustreret adskillige steder på nettet og i bøger. For at ungå forvirring skal jeg nævne her, at jeg normalt samler to lænker op i stedet for blot en for at undgå en tyk søm. Undtagelsen er, hvis garnet er meget tykt. Jeg trækker også garnet igennem med det samme i stedet for at vente, til flere rækker er syet ,fordi jeg føler, at jeg bedre kan kontrollere stramningen af sømmen. Et andet aspekt i færdiggørelsen af striketøj er at sy sømmene sammen så usynligt som muligt. Vi foretrækker at bruge madras sting især når man syr for-og bagside sammen på en sweater, der er strikket i glatstrikning, fordi resultatet kommer til at se ud, som om det er strikket sammen. Men denne usynlige kvalitet er også rigtig god, når man skal sy ærmer i, da kanterne rundt om ærmet og ærmgabet ofte ikke er de pæneste med de mange indtagninger. Fordi madras sting ligger imellem kantmasken og masken ved siden af gør denne syning det muligt at lave en flot sammensygning af ærmekuplen.
<br />Begynd med at lægge de pressede stykker ved siden af hinanden. Du skal forøvrigt altid arbejde på retten, når du syr med disse sting. Nedenfor vil vi, ved hjælp af et andet af Jyttes designs i Luxor bomuld vise dig, hvordan man syr et ærme i et ærmegab. Første skridt er at sy ærme- og skuldersømmene sammen med madrassting. Saml to to horisontale lænker, der løber langs kanten og masken ved siden af, op. Dette er smukt illustreret adskillige steder på nettet og i bøger. For at ungå forvirring skal jeg nævne her, at jeg normalt samler to lænker op i stedet for blot en for at undgå en tyk søm.Undtagelsen er, hvis garnet er meget tykt. Jeg trækker også garnet igennem og strammer efter hver to sting (istedet for at vente til adskillige rækker er syet), fordi jeg føler, at jeg dermed bedre kan kontrollere stramningen af sømmen.
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</strong>Another aspect of finishing a knitted project is sewing together the seams as unconspicuous as possible. We like the Mattress Stitches especially when joining the front and back side of a sweater knitted in stockinette stitch because the knitting appears to be continuous. But their invisible quality also works very well when sewing sleeves into armholes since the edge around the armhole and sleeve with all the shaping often do not look too pretty. Since Mattress Stitching is done in the space between the edge (selvage) stitch and the stitch next to it, this sewing technique makes a beautiful gathering of two pieces of knitting.
<br />Begin by laying the blocked pieces out side by side. By the way, you will always be working on the right side of the work with this technique. Here we are showing how to sew the sleeve into the armhole using another of Jyttes new designs in Luxor cotton. First step should be to sew the sleeve and shoulder seam together using these Mattress Stitches. Pick up the two horizontal bars running between the edge stitch and its neighbor. This is nicely illustrated in many other places on the web and in books. To avoid confusion I should mention here that I usually pick up two bars or loops instead of just one to avoid a very bulky seam. The exception would be working in thick yarn. I also tighten the yarn after every two stitches (instead of letting the rows accumulate) as I feel I can control the tightness of the seam better.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Juster sømmen som det er nødvendigt, så den altid er pæn og flad. I dette tilfælde er skuldersømmen strikket sammen i vrang, og det er således den vandrette lænke, der skal stikkes ind i (se foto øverst). Slut af med at sy alt sammen og væv enden ind på vrangsiden.
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<br />DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241734547356667678.post-61657789944249259352008-06-15T12:19:00.001-04:002010-12-08T12:46:49.919-05:00Tips til hvordan man presser sit strikketøj/ How to Block the simple way<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#333333;">Posten her på dansk</span><span style="color:#333333;"> er lidt anderledes end den på engelsk, fordi vi faktisk kun bruger én metode til at presse vores færdige strik i Skandinavien. I Amerika bruges der adskillige versioner, som ofte er temmelig tidskrævende for ikke at sige tålmodighedskrævende! Vi indrømmer gerne, at komplicerede pressemetoder ikke er for os. Vi vil nemlig hellere bruge tiden på at strikke!<br /></span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Vores udgangspunkt er, at det hele begynder med hvordan strikketøjet er strikket. Min mor og jeg har altid strikket temmelig stramt. Vi foretrækker at bruge et halvt til et helt pindenummer mindre, end angivet på bandarolen, hvilket gør, at det færdige resultat holder formen meget fint og ikke bliver slasket. Vi har lagt mærke til at der især i de nyere opskrifter er en tendens til en noget løs strikkefasthed, hvorved det færdige produkt mister sin form og fald og i enden ikke bliver brugt fordi det slasker. Forudsat du følger vore retningslinier m.h.t. strikkefasthed og altså tager dig tid til at strikke en strikkeprøve, vil du også få et flot færdigt resultat og derfor ikke have nogle problemer med at bruge vores enkle pressemetode. Hvis du strikker løst skal du gå ned i pinde størrelse og hvis stramt op, så dit resultat svarer til det angivet i vores strikkeprøve. Dette er udgangspunktet for en enkel presning der blot vil hjælpe det færdig-strikkede produkt til at holde den form det allerede så flot har.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000066;">In Denmark we mainly use a medium hot iron on top of a European tightly weaved dish towel to steam block our knitting. In America there seems to be a lot of different blocking methods, and most of them seem to us very involved and time consuming. We readily admit that blocking is not our favorite part of making a knitted project, and we would like to offer some tips that can help keep this process simple so you don't have to use a lot of equipment like frames and special T-Pins.<br />In our mind it really begins with the knitting. My mother and I have always preferred knitting our garments with a fairly tight gauge, we tend to use smaller sized needles than suggested on the yarn in order to end up with a knitted project which is able to hold its own shape very well. We have noticed, especially in newer patterns, that the gauge tend to be pretty loose. This should be avoided as the knitting looses it's shape and drape, and ultimately it's wearability. Providing you take the time to make a swatch and pay attention to the gauge in our patterns you should be able to achieve similar satisfying results and won't have to do a complicated blocking. If you are a very loose knitter you should go down one needle size or if you tend to knit very tightly you should go up one needle size so your swatch matches our tension guide. This will set the stage for a simple steam blocking which will help the knitting keep the beautiful shape it already has.<br /></span><strong></strong><br /></span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Hvordan man presser strik med et strygejern:<br /></strong>Opvarm strygejernet og sæt indikatoren ifølge det materiale, du har brugt (hvis du har strikket i uld, sæt den på uld o.s.v.) Hvis du bruger et dampstrygejern, vær sikker på at damp er slået fra!<br />2. Bred strikketøjet med vrangsiden opad ud på et håndklæde og sæt knappenåle i ifølge de angivne mål i opskriften। Der presses altså på vrangsiden.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000066;"><strong>Instructions for Steam Blocking:<br /></strong>Preheat an iron set at the level according to the material you have used. (if you have used wool, set it to wool and so forth). If you are using a steam iron make sure the steam setting is OFF!<br />1. Place garment on a towel and pin it to the towel according to size measurements given in the pattern.</span><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212151909747709394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="240" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5UfD73E-eiPR-2SBTqtK_Zhzz4me1fw_XGnis6GLUWFImpPFpwYO8LxM3GH1bgAxkIgJTAgi27RoCGGEnaI16Lb2ZV7d_GLe7f62jgzsWnfWQbNvjYMqAuJG7rIDZVdFi5sLWi4uzx8/s320/P1010078_0330.JPG" width="320" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#333333;">2. Skyl et viskestykke, vrid det hårdt op og læg det oven på strikketøjet. Sæt det varme jern let ned på på viskestykket i et par sekunder, løft det op og sæt det ned igen ved siden af i et par sekunder. Du kan nemt se, hvor du er kommet til, fordi viskestykket bliver tørt der, hvor strygejernet har været. Sørg for at du ikke stryger på normal vis ved at glide jernet over stoffet, men løft det og pres ned, før du flytter det til et nyt sted.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#000066;">2. Wet a dish towel, wring it out, and lay it over the garment piece. Place the iron on it for one or two seconds, lift the iron up and press down again for one or two seconds next to the previous place. You will see where you have been as the towel gets dryer where the iron was placed. Do not iron the regular way by sliding it over the dish towel, but lift it up and press it down when moving to a new spot. </span><br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212144711787155522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2ECjOefIonkSSX7zsMRq68KuOg3GPBdDwW0gkzA9NfX7rIPoftwppa_oeh9sFSKIydkhwaNhasQTmt0IID-hPfe7GAFP95s6dl8BN6ywHYlDKMK9eWwiXPIJIzNs5oC4a8qTd5-DGPY/s320/P1010068_0320.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212145443811978850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZ5j5hlVcVVZ5CFtKWcMYoQfpd1Gybfy9Q07bEtQk5NIlwKbQq6HGFC62ZDz2Lr9rbKl9UVOG_WB5Ectv1tDTxFc0IbZ2aTZus3iS9owqbRH0BE7f7n5tZNBSPmMy8nkJjVs6BtA6aJs/s320/P1010071_0323.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Så nemt er det! Lad strikketøjet ligge på håndklædet, til det er helt tørt.<br />Hvis du laver en sweater eller et andet arbejde, hvor der skal sys sømme sammen, gøres det nu. Derefter kan sømmene presses som før, men på vrangen. Tilsatte kraver og lignende presses også tilsidst.<br /></span></span><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;">3. That's it ! Leave the garment on the towel to dry completely.<br />If you are making a sweater or another project which requires sewing seams together, your next step will now be to sew them together. Afterwards repeat the steps above (except for the pinning down) and steam the seams on the wrong side. If you have added a collar that should also be steamed on the wrong side.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212145800830704322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eo_VevM6aglQuBOTTBjyVV9Ix-9XWAsBCcvwqWH6bSk5wdmme6V01POYTFYOls33SldqIoQ6L4h2GywL5wC5nppaVnSBpHpAWyvCJeKIY6N8fszrXxuexU-yZAWOrndkT5rzAft54NA/s320/P1010073_0325.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212154903097455682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaq2JmRTyDgNjlfCkpDnPbuTdWIC-TnqqrnilrsjmJzjguYbO0qzd4fYkl4gEtFxCdDVMKSrEQ0lbLbU1Yih2KYtrmAwsH-BxRnEMp3s-ga9i8EgmJZwtp5rUcbJFF109cMziQG67MiWo/s320/20020101_0356.JPG" border="0" /><span style="color:#333333;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#333333;">Vi har brugt prøven her i det egyptiske bomuld fra Italien, som Jytte strikker sommerbluser i, til vores presse teknik så du endelig kan få et billede af det garn vi har omtalt i de seneste poster. Det er mercericeret og folder formen fantastisk flot. Desværre er farven ikke rigtig her på billedet,men jeg vil prøve at justere den meget snart. Eller endnu bedre, jeg tager nogle billeder af den bluse min mor arbejder på, siden vi rejser til danmark her i sommeren</span>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="color:#000066;">For our sample used in our blocking instructions, we used a swatch in the Egyptian cotton that Jytte is using for our summer blouses, so that that you can finally get an idea of the yarn. It is mercericed and has a very nice drape. Unfortunately the color didn't come out right, but I will try to adjust that soon. Or better yet, since we are going to be in Denmark this summer, I will photograph the blouse my mother is working on.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>DanishKnitDesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913211348700709535noreply@blogger.com0