Kransekage:-)

Nu er det jo nytaarsaften i aften, og selvom man bor i Canada, saa boer man da have kransekage. Jeg kom dog foerst lige i tanke om det i gaar, hvor man selvfoelgelig ikke bare lige kan koere ud at koebe en (Canadierne spiser nemlig ikke kransekage, saa den skal bestilles i god tid), ja saa var der ikke andet for end selv at lave en - og det kan man da vist godt se. ha ha ha. Jeg har dog smagt paa den (lavede en ekstra ring) og den smagte nu rigtig godt, saa pyt med hvordan den ser ud, ik? Rigtig godt nytaar:-)
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It is New Years Eve tonight, and even though we live in Canada, we ought to have "kransekage'. I did not think of this until yesterday, which of course was way too late to order one (the canadians dont eat "kransekage", so you cant just go out and buy one), so I had to make one myself, which I must say you can tell. ha ha ha. But it tastes all right (I had made an extra ring, that i sampled), so who cares what it looks like, right? 
Happy New Year:-) 

Min julekjole/My Christmas Dress:-)

Som tidligere naevnt, saa har jeg allerede haft min nye symaskine i brug.
Jeg fik blandt andet syet en kjole om, som jeg koebte til et vinter bryllup, men som jeg har haft haengende i skabet siden. Kjolen var simpelthen for farverig til at vaere en lang kjole - og saa kunne jeg ikke lide at den ikke havde stropper da jeg ligesom ikke har den stoerste barm til at holde en kjole oppe:-)

(jeg undskylder paa forhaand den ringe billedkvalitet, men det er lidt svaert at selv at tage hel figursbilleder).
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As mentioned earlier, I have already been using my new sewing machine. 
Among other things, I altered a dress that I bought for a winter wedding, but since then it has just been hanging in the closet - as I found it a bit too colorful for a long dress and I did not like that it was strapless as I do not have breasts large enough to keep a dress in place:-)

(I apologize in advance for the poor picture quality, but it is pretty hard to take full figure photos on your own). 



Saadan saa kjolen ud foer (med min sorte Bh under. ups!)/The dress before (with my black bra straps showing. woops!):
 

Og efter/and after:-): 

Min foerste julegave/My first christmas present

Denne dejlige symaskine kom med posten den anden dag, og den kom straks i brug. Bordet den staar paa er ogsaa en julegave, da jeg var saa traet af altid at skulle sy ved stuebordet. Nu kan jeg sy i ro og fred i kaelderen - og hvis jeg ikke bliver faerdig saa goer det ikke noget - det maa gerne ligge indtil jeg tager det op igen. Okay nu skrev jeg lige i ro og fred, men katten Odin var helt ustyrlig den foerste aften jeg proevede paa at sy. Den skulle absolut sidde paa stoffet, eller i skoedet eller snuse til naalen - saa til sidst gav jeg op og satte Odins kurv op paa bordet - og det virkede - han spinder veltilpas i kurven, mens jeg syr - hvilket jeg syntes er noget saa hyggeligt:-)

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This beautiful sewing machine came with the mail the other day, and I started using it right away. The table that it sits on is another present, as I was getting really tired of always sewing at the dinner table. Now I can sew in peace and quiet in the basement - and if I do not finish - it`s okay, I can just leave it till next time. Okay I said peace and quiet, but Odin, our cat, was acting crazy the first night I tried to sew. If he was not sitting on the fabric, he was in my lap or trying to sniff the needle, so finally I gave up and placed his ``nest` on the table - and it worked - he sleeps in the nest while i sew, which I think is super cozy.      

Ulv + Abe/Wolf + Monkey

Jeg er efterhaanden ved at faa lavet lidt julegaver til mine niecer. Foerst proevede jeg med at lave denne ulv
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I've started to make christmas presents for my nieces. First I tried to make this wolf:

Men den er ikke blevet helt saa god som jeg gerne ville have den til at vaere - Har lavet nogle smaafejl, og saa skal jeg nok ned paa en haeklenaal nr. 3 isf 3.5, da man kan se fyldet igennem.Men jeg tror den bliver rigtig god naeste gang. Heldigvis saa kan Emma rigtig godt lide denne "proeve" ulv, saa den har hun faaet at lege med:-)
Opskriften paa ulven har jeg fundet her.
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But it is not as good as I want it to be. I have made some mistakes, and then I think I need to use a crochet hook no 3 instead of 3.5 as you can see the stuffing though the crocheting. But I think it will turn out really nice next time. Thankfully Emma likes this "test" wolf, so she now has it to play with:-)

I found the pattern for the wolf here. 

 
Jeg har ogsaa lavet denne soede abe:
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I've also made this cute monkey:

Jeg har laant opskriften paa hovedet fra denne abe. Garnet er det nye laekre oekologiske bomuldsgarn fra markno. Det hjalp selvfoelgelig ogsaa at jeg denne gang haeklede paa pind 3 og ikke lavede store synlige fejl, saa den kan jeg vidst godt vaere bekendt at give videre?
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I've borrowed the pattern for the head from this monkey.  The yarn is the new organic cotton yarn from Markno. It helped that I this time used the right size crochet hook and I did not make any big visible mistakes, so I think I can give this away?

Spidsnæsehuen er færdig:-)/the hat is done:-)

Nu er jeg endelig blevet færdig med huen til Emma:-). Det tog lidt længere tid end beregnet især fordi Odin lige syntes han skulle lege med garnet, saa det blev helt filtret og svært at strikke med. HUSK! næste gang at gemme garnet væk og IKKE lade det ligge paa bordet:-)
Jeg syntes selv  den er blevet ret saa flot.
Opskriften er lavet af Malle. Garnet er Semilla garn fra Markno.

Man kan koebe strikkekits med garn og opskrift her!

Der er ogsaa et billede af fisken. Den er strikket i det samme garn. 

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I finally finished the hat for Emma:-) It took a bit longer than expected especially because Odin decided to play with the yarn, which made it a giant rat's nest and hard to knit with. REMEMBER! next time to hide the yarn and NOT leave it on the table:-) 

I think the hat turned out rather nice. The pattern is made by Malle. The yarn is Semilla yarn from Markno.

There is also a picture of the "fish" that I finished the other day. It is made of the same yarn as the hat.