Hemlis 2

I haven't written here for a while. It's because I'm pregnant (which is a very happy thing), but not feeling well at all and having a hard time keeping the food I eat (or, to eat it too). But I'll be back as soon as I'm feeling better. Hopefully it'll be soon.



1. Vilken sorts garn tycker du mest om? (Ull, akryl, bomull osv.) Är det något material du absolut inte tycker om?
-> Naturgarner (ull, bomull, silke etc). Blandgarner och effektgarner kan också vara kul, men jag tycker inte om billiga akrylgarner à la stormarknadsutbudet etc.

2. Vilka är dina favoritfärger?
-> Jag gillar de flesta färger.

3. Är det någon färg du absolut inte tycker om?
-> Är inte så förtjust i pasteller och neonfärger. Rosa är väl inte min favoritfärg, men gammelrosa tycker jag ändå är fint.

4. Vilken sorts stickor tycker du bäst om/använder du helst? (Trä, metall, plast? Rundstickor, raka, strumpstickor?)
-> Jag är väldigt förtjust i rundstickor och stickar så mycket som möjligt på dem. Då kan jag sticka på väg till och från jobbet utan att slå till mina medpassagerare med stickorna ;-) Men jag både har och använder andra typer av stickor.
Strumstickor i trä är något jag skulle vilja ha, men inte har kommit mig för att köpa ännu. Men förr eller senare så :-)

5. Hur länge har du stickat? Anser du dig vara nybörjare, avancerad eller mittemellan?
-> Jag lärde mig sticka i skolan och har sedan, lite sporadiskt, stickat småsaker. Jag började sticka lite mer regelbundet när jag var på Island 2003 och sedan dess är jag fast. Jag är väl inte direkt nybörjare, men inte heller avancerad. Så, ja, någonstans mittemellan antar jag :-)

6. Dricker du kaffe? Te?
-> Jag dricker te och choklad, men inte kaffe.

7. Är du allergisk mot något?
-> Nej

8. Vilken slags musik tycker du om?
-> Jag är nog mycket av en allätare, men dansband göre sig icke besvär att försöka ta sig in i huset.

9. Favoritgodis?
-> Choklad!! Fast jag är en riktig sötsaksgris och gillar det mesta.

10. Håller du på med någon annan "skapande hobby", förutom stickning? (Spinna, scrapbooking, virkning osv.)
-> Jepp, massor! Bara ta en titt här på bloggen. Det är alltifrån smycket till papperspyssel. Jag håller på att lära mig spinna också, i sakta mak dock.

11. Vad tycker du är roligast att sticka? Mössor? Sjalar? Tröjor? osv...
-> Jag gillar mössor, fast just nu är jag lite insnöad på barntröjor (är gravid).

12. Prenumererar du på någon sticktidning?
-> Nej.

13. Har du något drömprojekt på önskelistan?
-> Jag har designat en kofta någonstans inne i mitt huvud, men vet inte riktigt hur jag ska få till det i verkligheten. Men en dag så!

14. Använder du pulsvärmare/handledsvärmare? I så fall, vad är ditt handledsmått?
-> Jag har inga, men har tänkt prova på att sticka någon gång. Jag tycker det är fint. 15 cm är handledsmåttet.

15. Tycker du om att sticka pulsvärmare?
-> Se ovan.

16. Stickar du sockor?
-> Hm, jag är en sådan person som har lite svårt för att sticka två likadana saker. Men jag ska skärpa mig för jag vill gärna prova på både sockor och vantar.

17. Vad har du för fotstorlek? (T.ex. längd, omkrets på tjockaste stället.)
-> Skostorleken är 37. I centimeter blir det 23 eller 24 både på längden och omkrets på tjockaste stället.

18. När fyller du år?
-> 7 maj.

19. Stickar du med pärlor?
-> Jag har provat på det och kommer nog att göra det igen.

20. Vilken slags böcker (ej stickning) läser du helst? (Deckare? Fakta? Romaner?)
-> Jag älskar böcker - alltifrån matböcker och pysselböcker till faktaböcker, romaner och bilderböcker. Är en fegis dock, så deckare och thrillers (för att inte tala om skräck) är inget för mig.

Titta gärna i min andra blogg http://lillalivetstort.wordpress.com för att lära känna mig lite bättre.

Inspiration

Shops like this tend to be a bit too expensive for my taste, especially if they are situated in central Stockholm (like this one). But they're a great source of inspiration. I look at the things, shapes, colors and patterns and come up with my own crafty ideas.

Magic

In my garden.

Sewing

I'm not good at sewing, I only have very basic skills. But, as with all other craft projects, that hasn't stopped me from trying. I've made many mistakes throughout the years, but for each of them I learn something.

I sometimes try to follow patterns and instructions, but since I have a very limited "sewing vocabulary" I often have to give up simply because I don't understand what they mean. This one I made without a pattern or instruction.

It came out almost as I wanted it (the photos are before ironing etc, though).



Recently I bought a book, Sew what! Skirts, which I found very useful and inspiring. I learnt more about how to sew withouth a pattern - or rather, how to make my own - and make it simple and personal. This was my first attempt (olive green linen and old thrifted sheets):

Snail

I'm as slow as this snail when it comes to write about my crafty adventures. I'm knitting, sewing, beading ... I take a couple of photos. But do I write about it? No. Slow, slow me.

sewing + day in my life

Today I've been sewing two pictures for a craft project. I'm way too delayed ... :( But now, finally, I've finished it. This is for February.

And the picture below is for October. The one who will have the picture got married in October (at least as far as I can remember ...), hence my choice of motif.



To see more of my day, go here.

atcs

The other evening I made some new atcs.

house

I like this house.

by the water

Lazy warm summer days ... Well, maybe not so much. I'm working during the day, but the evenings by the water next to our house, oh my. We've lived here for three months now and I love love love being that close to both the lake (photo) and the sea.

Here I go the evening walk with Zam:


And guess what I'll be doing this summer ...

thrifting

Lovely weekend and lovely early summer days. Eating fruit in the garden, delicious icecream in city and walking by the water. Yesterday I went to a flea market and I did find some great stuff. But on my way from the market to a shop I passed by a small yard sale. Most of the things had belonged to an old lady it I found really good things for a really good price. I'm seldom lucky when it comes to flea markets, but this time I was.

earrings

Tomorrow's my friend's birthday and I made her some earrings.
The photos are quite bad, but, well, here they are ...

wip again

Last weekend was the baptise of my nephew Lukas and this weekend ... I've just been relaxing ... Or, hm, rather the opposite: I've been working in the garden. However, that is kind of relaxing for me. Just me and my dog at home, everything calm and quite and in our own pace. I have been crafting a bit, but, as before, it's my WIP and I still have no finished results to show you. I was crocheting a bit yesterday evening and today I continued this:




To see photos from my garden, you can go here.

vegetables

It's not that I don't do anything, not that I don't craft. It's just ... that I haven't finished anything ... yet. Everything is a WIP (work in progress).

Like this one:


Or this one (we'll grow vegetables):

Spring weather and book reading

Spring is in the air, flowers in bloom.

In a book swap I got those wonderful things from my friend Fillan:


And this is what I sent her:

another WIP

Work in progress, a slow progress ;-)
Sewing, sewing, sewing.

atc

Yesterday evening I sat down and made some atcs (since I had, earlier that day, found alphabetstamps and wanted to try them in some way). Earlier (before my time on flickr) I used to make a lot of atcs, but now I haven't made any for a very very long time. It seems I've lost it a bit ... lost my ability ... or how to say. But if I keep doing some more, I'm sure it'll come back. In any case, I had a good time making those.

I wasn't sure what would be the best, to scan them or to use my camera. In the scanner some shimmering and subtile effects of the paper and stamps was lost or almost lost. I tried to capture that on a photo instead. But ... the scanned atcs look more bright and happy, I think. Which one do you prefer, scanned och photographed?

Scan:


Photo:

like a summer day

It's been a wonderful weekend with summer temperatures, sunshine, flowers in bloom, long walks in the forest and by the water ... Not so much crafting, not any organizing in the house at all ... but who cares ... I'm crocheting a bit and I washed some fabric that I'll turn into a baby blanket, but when the sun is shining and the birds are singing, I prefer being outside, in the garden, working, photographing, being lazy.

Here's a frog I met today:


He, or she, doesn't live in our garden. But in our garden we have birds and butterflies and quite often two deers are visiting us.

some more yarn

Yesterday I visited a new shop ... and came out with some more yarn. Did I need any? No? Yes! I always need yarn! Of course ;-)
I love this organic cotton.

Now I have to crochet. Really really have to. The yarn is crying "Maria, coooome, coooome". So, I have to go.

spring is coming, is here

I really like it here in our new place. It's so close to Stockholm (not more than 20 minutes by bus), but still out in the nature, surrounded by trees and water. I have been knitting a bit, crocheting and I've made some cards. But I can't remember where I saved those photos.

Spring is here, however they say cold weather will come tomorrow ... :( But next weekend, it'll be even more sunny and warm than it's been lately! I hope they're right.

I have created a blog which is about enjoying the small things in my every day life. You can visit it here.

My little nephew, Lukas.

I'm back!

I finally have the internet again! Hurray!!