I’m enjoying my knitting, a lot.

I’ve finished the hat I made for my sister (I’m probably going to write up the pattern for it when I make the exact same thing for my demanding brother), gotten over the most trying part of making the mens socks (læster) which is the casting on of the first one *yawn*.

The Faux Russian Stole is cruising along , I enjoy how the pattern is written and constructed to the extremes. I’m making it for my BF grandmother, she’s been extremely kind to us in the financial ruin we call our life. Of course, my response to this kindness is to knit something beautiful to her. A lace shawl in alpaca it is

The pattern is the first one I knit out of A gathering of lace, and I love it (love it love it love it!).

Pictures of stuff will come in a few days.

Why haven’t I posted about what I’ve been knitting in a while.

Because I really haven’t been knitting much, I have on the other hand been meddeling in politics.

I’ve been to the Norwegian Social Forum. I have been catching up on some political litterature and feminist issues. A lot of schoolwork also comes into the reasons to why I haven’t done as much crafting as I usually do.

In norwegian (the largest course I have this year) we are to read three books, I’ve had two mini-exams. Been to a seminar on new-norwegian (or whatever you’re supposed to call it, a sub language of norwegian I have to master for school).

Add the fact that I’ve celebrated my 20th birthday, been to work a lot and tried keep in touch with friends and family. + housework…

My prioritasions goes towards not making more than a couple of christmas gifts this year, maybe just one shawl and say that it’s enough (the economy dosen’t allow much more than that anyway…)

Oh, and a computer crash. Complete crash, the OS of the machine dosen’t start up at all…

[stressed, who? me? give me antoher cup of coffee will you] 

After not struggeling with insomnia for 6-7months, it just had to come and bite me in the ass.
Hard.

I’m so tired…..
(whine)

Emerald is enabeling me again, this time for intarcia mittens. Last time it was for lace shawls (resulting in both kiri and my olympic flower basket)

She´s been making stuff out of these patterns, and just look at her things… I crave having my own skully socks and fair-isle skully mittens… And thinking about it, I probably have some Dale of Norway-Hauk in my stash, if not, I know I have some Falk… (let the knitting completly consume me)

Christmas/Yule knitting:

I’ve started thinking about it allready. And this year I’ll probably limit myself to 4-5 projects, I think I said the same thing last year, but this year, everything is going to be different. Knitters has to say that, don’t they? Problem is that I don’t want to knit things for people this year, I don’t want to make them stuff. Most of what I did last year has been used once either because it itches, or it made their head look funny or…. I don’t know. Depends if I can afford gifts at all this year, with my current lack of economy to speak of, it dosen’t look like it… More rambelings on the subject will probably come the next couple of months. If I don’t just say “feck it” and only knit for myself for a while (the next decade maybe).

I dreamt about merino, soft and turquise. About angora, fluffy and pink, and buttery yellow chasmere.

I dreamt about cables, and miles of coppery merino lace weigth.

And the soft, subtle changes in colors, in the the single plies held together in trekking xxl.

I dream, because, my complete lack of cash, makes dreaming the only possible thing with such luxery.

…. yes, and the dream of ebony needles.