Annas Dagar

HELLO!

2009-11-03T18:55:00.007+01:00

Just a quick hello, just to let you know I'm still alive. Life is going on very much at the moment so therefore I'm a little absent here.

Shy little Bunny is freezing in this cold grey weather of ours, so I made her some cloths in very soft wool to keep her warm and cosy. I think she likes them, don't you!?

A hat, a dress and some shoes!

And I also got this great award from MiA with the lovely blog Min Inspiration, she is also one of the girls behind one of my favorite places, Mönster Arkivet. Thanks MiA, your inspiration is also mine.

I pass this award on to:

Louise at Polliver. I love here sense for details.

Med Nål och Tråd, for the very inspirational blog and her work with Mönster Arkivet.

Until soon (I hope)

Anna xox

Chrocheted Baby Owl

2009-10-24T18:44:00.003+02:00

On a very rainy day we spotted this little baby owl hiding here and there on our farmyard.

This is my first version and I just made it up along the way. It's about 10 cm (3,9 inches).

Fun little project and I think I might try out a mini version to use as Christmas tree decorations, wouldn't that be cute!

Have a lovely saturday evening, here it will be infront of the fireplace with yarn and chrochet hooks!

Anna x

I won!

2009-10-20T20:23:00.002+02:00

This super cute mini mushroom box from the lovely Francesca at Certain Creatures! It already has it's own chair, high up safe from small curios babyhands!

Thanks a million Francesca I love my tiny little mushroom box!

Anna x

Shy little Bunny!

2009-10-17T19:05:00.009+02:00

Even long before I know how to chrochet I wanted to make chrocheted toys, or amigurumis. I never thought it would happen though. To read a pattern, well not the actual reading but to read and understand and then make something that looked simular to what the pattern described seemed to be an impossibel task for me.

But after some training and reading and trying out a few patterns I finally tried to make my own little Bunny.

So here she is my shy little pure wool Bunny. About 20 cm from head to toe. After finsihing and sewing the parts together I gave her a good brush to create a bit of a worn look (not very clear on the photos).

Me and my little Bunny wish you all a lovely evening!

Anna x

Work today!

2009-10-13T19:02:00.009+02:00

Sometimes my work brings me out in the fields. Todays work was a photo session with Bambi and Kim.

Bambi appeared in the last issue of the Danish hunting magazine "Jagt, vildt & våben" modelling for an articel about Bracco Italiano.

:: Bambi to the left.

Today it was time to make some new photos.

Some of you "dog people" out there can see how focused Bambi is. She loves her work and is full of power.

Kim giving Bambi directions.

:: Bracco Italiano is an Italian Pointing Dog.

A great freezing cold autumn day. Now it's time to sit down by the log fire and do some crocheting ;o)

Anna x

THANK YOU all so much for your heart warming comments and emails on my last post. It's so lovely to have you all out there.

Still here...

2009-10-07T21:49:00.004+02:00

but busy as a bee with all kinds of things. I will do some catching up with you all as soon as possibel, I miss visiting you.

Here is a peek of what I been up to (oh no, still the same twins just a year older... ;o)). Hanna and Sofia turned one the 2nd of October. These pictures are very personal but I thought I share them with you so you can see how big of a deal this is for us.

Hanna and Sofia were born 6 weeks to early with an emergency cut, since the three of us, all
of a sudden were in a life-threatening situation. It was a very difficult first week but since that week everything has been going more then well.

So HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY to my babies, mamma loves you oh so much!

Sewing for my twin girls

2009-10-01T19:57:00.004+02:00

1st of October and definetely atumn, already dark mornings and much colder weather. To keep Hanna and Sofia warm in their baby carriage I made them some cosy pillowcases and a duvet cover.

Until soon

Anna x

More info about glögg here since many of you wondered about this tradition.

Ten things about me...

2009-09-30T18:32:00.004+02:00

A got an award twice (!) this week, thank you so much Louise at Polliver and Med Nål och Tråd! And with the reward I have to reveal 10 things about me. So here we go:

I love coffee, an italian espresso makes me smile!
Just passing by a hospital makes me sick and I find it difficult to breathe...
Since 2005 Iam my own boss working from home.
I just learnead how to chrochet Christmas 2008 (thanks to my mum). Now I'm addicted.
I'm a tiny bit like "Monica" from the TV-show Friends, I like it clean - with 3 kids and 3 (big) dogs it's a constant battle inside of me...
I love GLÖGG, it has to be the Swedish kind, every year we also make our own, it takes about 8 weeks and then you have the most divine glögg for cold winter evenings infront of the fireplace!
I sometimes find myself day dreaming about yarn!
I find it almost impossible to learn how to speak Danish. Not the words but the dialect. (I do understand Danish perfectely I have to say to my defense).
You know I'm Swedish. Right!?
My kind of sweets Djungelvrål!

I pass the award on to:

Corry at Dutch Blue
Nina at Tabiboo

Anna x

A playful weekend!

2009-09-27T18:42:00.004+02:00

I wish you all a lovely week!

Anna x

Miaow!

2009-09-23T19:24:00.004+02:00

When I found this POINTY KITTY PATTERN
I just had to try it. But since my Kitty got a very furry head she looks more like a little lion... and for the first time in my life I tried blanket stiching by hand...and the result, well just say I need some more practise but it was really funny to make Pointy Kitty so I will definetely give it another go!

Anna x

THANK YOU!

2009-09-21T19:06:00.006+02:00

Thank you so much for your sweet comments and emails, it really warms my heart.
The doctor prescribed some medication for sinusitis so now I'm recovering (slowly since I'm allergic to most medicine...) The dark cloud that's been hanging over my head is letting the sun shine through again and I'm starting to be my normal happy self!

Testing something new

Bits and pieces

Birds are ready to fly (if they survive Hanna and Sofia's treatment...)

On going project, can you guess what it will be!?

Have lovely monday evening, kids are all tucked in their beds so I'm heading for my corner of the couch and I think some knitting!

Anna x

And the view from my last post is from the Monastery of Børglum, we look up to that top from our farmyard. Very close to us and every time we drive to Frejas nursery we pass by, on one hand you have the ocean and on hand farmland.

A glorious morning!

2009-09-18T11:12:00.002+02:00

Stunning view this morning, don't you think!

I'm off to the doctors, nothing serious, but I have the flu for the fifth week in a row and it certainly doens't help me getting back on track.

I wish you all a lovely, lovely weekend and see you on monday again (me, as a new healthy Anna ;9)).

Anna x

My kind of weekend!

2009-09-14T22:02:00.001+02:00

Happy monday!

Anna x

Me and my scarf

2009-09-10T20:24:00.007+02:00

I'm always almost behind the camera so today I present me, Anna. Maybe this is an overdose but don't worry I will jump right back the camera again! And the thing I wanted to show you is actually not myself, it's my new very purple scarf. I saw a similar pattern in a blog sometime ago, but I have forgotten where so I can't link back to it. Sorry...

And thank you dear blogging friends for asking how Iam. I'm ok, it's just been too much of everything good, and not so good, but like they way of life it will solve, just needs a bit of time. And then very soon (too soon) Hanna and Sofia are turning one and that has kind of overwhelmed me a bit. They were born 6 weeks to early under a bit of dramtic circumstances and I think it's catching up on me now. All in all to much for my brain to handle at once. Ok, so enough of whining.

Do you like my new scarf, I kind of love it already!

Anna x

(And yes, it's always a dog by my side, this time Rucci)

Correction: Obviously the english word is shawl, I'm off agian (with the english dictionary under my arm ;O)).

Spiderweb

2009-09-09T22:32:00.003+02:00

All these threads...it hasn't been to easy these last couple of weeks.

Anna x

Plum picking

2009-09-05T21:04:00.004+02:00

All of a sudden the sky was blue, so me and Freja decided to pick some plums.

Under one of the lilacs we found some atumn crocus.

The plums sweet and delicious.

Mirabells

A well spent morning!

Anna x

Just another scarf...

2009-09-03T18:39:00.004+02:00

This one is chrocheted in Muskat from Drops Design, I love to chrochet in this yarn.

Shades of green and purple, not normally me but I think I like it. When I started this little project I was not plannning for it to be a scarf but a scarf it became!

Already in good use since the weather is very autumn like at the moment.

Maybe I should warn you, I'm currently working on 2 more scarves, so a scarf autumn it will be....

Anna x

September

2009-09-01T20:04:00.002+02:00

Anna x

More chrochet!

2009-08-29T09:27:00.005+02:00

This kit was a gift from my mum. Fun and quick project for an evening or two.

Now I just have to figure out what I will use it for, I think it would look lovely as I toy basket in Hanna and Sofias room.

Have a lovely, lovely weekend!

Anna x

Blanket - done!

2009-08-26T08:32:00.004+02:00

After seeing this I had to make one. My intension was just to make a little square but the little square turned out to a blanket instead, and I'm very happy it did. Already in use, late evenings in "my" (well, the rest of the family is happily giving me that corner since it's covered in yarn, chrochet hooks...) corner of the sofa.

Sweet life!

2009-08-24T10:44:00.001+02:00

Hannas first meeting with a duckling!

I wish you all a lovely week I will be back soon (very soon if work allows me) with some finished chrocheting!

Anna x

Beautiful August!

2009-08-22T19:15:00.004+02:00

Today we visited our neighbours, they have a beautiful garden and a lot of homegrown veg and fruits. Hannas and Sofias stroller was all filled up when we went back home!

Have lovely saturday evening

Anna x

Wednesday flower :: Wisteria

2009-08-19T19:05:00.008+02:00

This will be my last wednesday flower for this time, have a lovely wednesday evening

Anna x

How to... chrochet potholders

2009-08-18T18:26:00.005+02:00

Some of you wanted to know how I made the chrocheted potholders. So I will try to show you, since I almost can't understand to read a pattern myself I think it's better with pictures and some words and then we have to hope for the best... The technique is not mine, it's very old and in Swedish I think it's called "våffelmönster", honeycomb pattern. I will use US terms ( I hope...). So here we go, puh...

Chain 42 (depends on the yarn of course, just remeber you will work in pairs).

Then chain 3, counts as your first double chrochet, dc, stitch. (Red)

Continue with dc stiches until the end of the first row.

Second row (white) chain 3, counts as your first dc stich. Turn.

Then you make one dc stich, and that's your first pair. (Sorry it's a bit blur here but I was falling of the chair and under time pressure ;o)).

So now you make a dc stich around the 3rd dc stich on the first row. And then one more and that's your 2nd pair.

Work in pairs until the end of the row.

Then you just continue the same way until you have square.
Chain 3, always counts as your first dc, then one dc = first pair
Then you make one dc around the 3rd dc on the previous row and then one more = 2nd pair
And that's how you work your way until finished.

I really truly hope this makes sense, and that my english is understandable.

Anna x

Butterflies!

2009-08-17T19:57:00.006+02:00

Have a lovely week, I will be back soon with some chrocheting!

Anna x