New Hello Kitty kal

Read more about the new Hello Kitty poncho kal over at Ravelry :)

I'm making something like this...with loads of flowers and a HK motif.

More knitting purses

I got some orders on sewed knit purses, so I've had my hands full sewing lately. Its fun to experiment and mix and match fabrics. I love the Shabby chic style! I went to my local fabric shop today and got some new fabrics. I'll sew some more knit pures this weekend I think I think :)

Apart from this, my daughter and I went to a 'Juletrefest', a christmas party, yesterday. She wanted to wear her Norwegian folk dress, and I think she lookes so cute in it. The movie below shows her dancing around the christmas three...even though she's more interested in my camera. What is momy filming right now..hmmm..lol

Shabby chic handbag

I'm really crazy about stitcheries now days...and have combined a stitchery and patchwork on this handbag. The handbag has a pocket in the front, and 5 inside for my mobils, ipod, keys etc. I'm going to make a similar large tote. When I pick up my daughter at kindergarden she always brings so much stuff and drawings with her, so now the car is filled with STUFF that soesn't make it to the house.

I'll also make some smaller ones to give away to her friends birthdays. I think they will ook cute and personal if I add their names to them. On of my new years resolutions is to not buy any gifts this year. I find my daughters room filled with plastic toys, they break easily and they are no fun! Sooo..a small handbag and crochet amigurumi will do the trick instead, at least for her girlfriends :)

Stitcheries

I've signed up for the Stitch 2008 along, Since I haven't tried this out before, I did a test block with an angel - Love is spread on angels wings. So after finishing this I finally dared to do the january block of the stitch along. It says ' To må man være'...which is Norwegian for 'Two makes a pair'. It's quite nice I think, even though the bees and the birds looks a bit funny. There will be 12 blocks in the along, one each month. I want to sew them all, and maybe make a large quilt out of them, which'll be my first quilt ever!!!! Today T made a Hello Kitty block, that I'll quilt and make into a ballet bag for my beautiful daughter :)

Happy New Year

Happy new year!!!! I have had a great Christmas Holiday and New Years Celebration!!! We went to the mountains for a couple of days, and did some skiing. My daughter even got to try out some slalom. It was so much fun!!!



And here she is skiing...it was so much fun watching her.

New Years Eve...nothing is like a big bundle of fireworks...even though it was a bit scary for some..lol



I even got around to doing some knitting. A stitching bitch hat for men. I really liked the way it turned out. And last, but not least...the felted Hello Kitty mittens, which are the second pattern in the Hello Kitty Mystery kal.

The Hello Kitty Mystery kal has begun :)

It's Christmas Eve...meaning the Hello Kitty Mystery kal has finally started. Since this is a mystery kal, the participants will receive one pattern at a time, receiving the next pattern as they go. As you can see, the first items are a felted crochet headband for grown ups, and a knitted hat for kids. I made a blue flower first, but I just had to rip it off and replace it with a pink one.

Apart from this, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Hope to see you all in 2008 :)

Busy bee

I've been quite busy these last couple of days. I've finished off some Christmas pressies, mainly hats and felted mittens for friends and family. Here are the crochet Japanese hats (have made loads of them now) I made for two friends, and a little baby.

I also made felted mittens for hmmm and hmmm. The heart ones was my favourite, its fun to just try different stuff while you go. The mittens are my design :)




Last night (stayed up faaaar to late) I sew two purses for my knitting and crochet projects. I always have at least 10 projects to work on at a time, and I hate to store and bringing them around in plastic bags. I look like a real bag lady...I tell you! But now I will sew lots and lots of these purses and put away each project neatly in its own bag :)

Stitch 2008

Some of the 'ladies' over at hobbyboden has planned a Stitchery along for 2008. There will be a block to make every month, starting of course - in January 2008. I have just recently brushed the dust off my sewing machine, and started to sew again. I have also admired LOTS and LOTS of the nice stitchery made by bloggers, but I have never ever tried to do a stitchery myself. However, Miss Oslofia is not afraid of trying something new...so I will join up on the fun. The January motif is really cute, and 12 different designers will post a different design each month.

I actually did some stitching las night, which somebody...not naming names here...suggested to be coasters :)

Hello Kitty Winter Mama is done!!!!

The grown up set for the Hello Kitty Mystery kal is finally done...pjuh! I've used the same colours as for the kids set, white, red orange and pink. This is also a 3 piece set (I'm a bit like rainman...have to work stuff in uneven numbers....lol).

Now I have to write down everything nicely...which usually is a nightmare. This time around I tried to write down everything on my computer as I went along, but like any new year resolution...it went straight down the drain!

3 weddings and a funeral...

...not really, but we have went to a wedding, christamas preparation party, and the theatre in the last couple of days. Our friends Kai and Carolina got married last week, so we had to go and throw some rice on them. My daughter thought that it was so boring in the back with me so she went up to the best man (our friend Arvind) and got a better view during the cermony :)

My baby has baked gingerbread, made a Christmas stocking and santa clause and mrs santa clause. The gingerbreads went down before we got a chance to take pictures, they were soooo good!

We also went and saw a play called 'reisen til julestjernen', and old Norwegian Christmas story about a princess that are looking for the christmas star. I've been seeing the movie every christmas since I was a child, so its so fun to see it with my daughter. This time we saw the play, where the story was a bit different. However, my baby was enjoying herself, and asking when she could patricipate in a play. They had kids in the play aswell, and their sewn outfits were so nice and winterish...giving me an idea of knitting something similar with really bulky wool. I think that will be my Christmas project. I'm thinking of making a dress, a sweater, leggings and a hat. The clothes will be white and light grey, with a bright red hat to top it. I made a sketch of it, I suck at drawing...I know!!!!

Santa Lucia

My daughter had a Santa Lucia celebration at her kindergarden yesterday. It's her that 'dances' in the middle. The kids had baked ginger cookies and Lussekatter (Lucia buns), and the parents got glue wine to go with the cookies. It was really cold outside, but it was worth beeing a bit cold and just watch the kids when they came out to sing for us :)

Hello Kitty Winter Kids set is done!!!!

The kids set for the hello kitty mystery kal is done...and here are some sneek peak pictures to show the colours I choose for the project. I tried not to use pink...but sorry guys, the first blue flower I tried just didn't give me any LOVE so I had to take it off and make some pink flower power instead. I dont know why I even bothered to try something else than pink..which surely is my thang...lol

I've posted a shopping list over at Ravelry.

Now I just have to do the finishing on the crochet grown up set, and I'll post the shopping list for that set in a day or two...probably two :)

SnB Knitting cafe

I went to my first knitting cafe tonight, with ladies from Hobbyboden crafts community. It was really fun to see some of the crafters IRL, to chat and to drink coffee and doing some crochetting. I started on a new project today, the Cloud bolero. It's a really fast knit, but with the lace and all (involves to much thinking for my little brain) I decided not to bring it to the knit cafe.

I started on a new crochet 'japanese' hat instead, which is a really easy and quick project to make. I finished it off when I got home...I just couldn't go to sleep before the rose was done! It's for my SIL, and I hope she'll like it :)