How`s you`re charity knitting / Strikk for veldedighet

Today I want to let you in on two things;

 #1  is my sister. She is the most unselfish human being I have ever had the pleasure of knowig. For as long as I can remember, she has always been thinking of others wellbeing before her own. And she`s used this for those who are less fortunate. May it be human or animals.
Oh, the things she has brought home!  (animals, I mean!)
Today, she is the co-leader of a volunteer organisation that helps rescue or find lost animals.
If someone calls in a missing animal, or an observation of a lost animal, she will gather a group and go looking for them. And the volunteers are many! This organisation is her "baby", and she puts a great deal of pride in it. And people respect her for it! Me included.
Now, when it comes to less unfortunate people, she is allso very active. Amongst many things she is an active member of the Red Cross. Beeing that Norway is a country of wild nature and raw winters, we have a lot of weather. And things happen in hard weather or tough nature. Again, there she is, my sister, to rescue you down from the mountain, or out of the dense forest whit a broken leg. It actually happens! A lot more often that you`ll think!

#2    A new idea was born. The facbook group "Varm et hjerte", or "Warm a heart", is a group where volunteer knitters can knit a warm scarf or hat, or both! and donate it to the homeless and drug addicts in the capital city of Norway, Oslo. I was recently there, and the things I saw....  The contrasts are huge from this big city to my hometown. The winter is upon us, and a great deal of people are out cold on the streets every day, trying to survive.
The goal whit this group is to gather enough charity knitted items. All items must be sent to her. And when she goes back to Oslo in january, she can deliver off a big, warming lot of knitted hats and scarfs to a chosen central (a controlled central).

Now, what do you think of this idea?? Great, huh? Everyone  can join in, but this might be most relevant for those who live in Norway.
So whit this, I encourage you to knit, knit, knit and give it to those less fortunate!

Picture is taken from Google

Something fishy!

I recently got a sort of od knitting request from a friend.

He wanted me to knit a fish. A fish hat. And not the kind you would wear when you go fishing.

Well, of course you can, but you know what I mean...

The pattern is from Knitty.com

Check it out! They are really cool :D

And here`s mine two:

I hope the new owners like them:)

Big decisions

If you saw this post yesterday, you remember that I was looking for a pattern 

wich i could use my faboules green merino yarn on :)

I feel like I scanned the intire Ravelry, and offcours, I found lots and lots 

of patterns I wanted to make, but the truth is that I have only 300 grams of yarns, 

so I had to find the pattern whit the "right" amount of yarn.

These were the chosen ones:

All patterns are soooo nice, but I had to cut them for various reasons, like amount of yarn, yardage and wrong gauge.....

Soooo.... Then I remembered that I just bought this book from Pickles , 

and from the very first time I saw it, I instantly fell for it!

This one:

(picture from Pickles.no. You can find the pattern here. Allso in english!)

Pickles have soooo many great patterns for women and children in all sizes.

You should really check it out! Again.... the site can allso be seen in english.

I startet testing the gauge today, outside, while the kids were playing. But unfortunately 

it was so cold that my fingers froze. 

Can you imagine this in green? I can :D

I really think it will turn out great!

I have never tried this specific technique, called the rasberry knit. Pickles allso have a great video on it, so there is really no problem. Just remember to not knit TO tight!

Signal Green?...

So, I love green! I really do! But personally I`m kind of an "army" green or "moss"-green kind of type.

Those colours suit me. But none the less, I love other kinds of green to!

And when my local yarn store had 30 % of ALL wool yarns today, 

I skipped on over (even if my wallet was empty) and saw these 6 bundles of lovely green baby merino wool from DROPS Garnstudio <3 <3 <3

I HAD to have them! Even tough it`s not a colour I wear, it could be!

I mean, this would be soooo cool to make a cardigan, ore something like that.

I only hope it is enough... 600 grams...?

(searching Ravelry as we speak!)

Here is a picture of the loveliness and it is so soft!

I would have bought lots and lots more wool yarn at this sale, but you know...

the wallet-thing.....