I managed to finish my mother’s shawl last night. I’m glad to have it done, and I’ll be going to the post office first thing tomorrow morning to send it on its way to Denmark.

Min mors sjal er færdigt, og er klar til blive afleveret på posthuset i morgen for at blive sendt til Danmark.

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Design: my own
Yarn: 170 gr Ombelle by Laines Fonty; 70% mohair, 25% wool, 5% polyamid; 145 mt/50 gr
Needles: 5.5 mm bamboo circular
Blocked Size: 175 cm across the top, 90 cm down the middle
To like or not: I don’t like this yarn, but the shawl turned out kinda’ ok.

Tags: FO, ombelle, shawl, sjal

De Quervain’s Disease is the fancy way of saying tenosynovitis of the wrist, and it’s the reason I haven’t been knitting much the last couple of weeks. I only have mild symptoms, but previous experience has taught me that if I ignore them it will get much worse.
Anyway, here is my current project. My mother brought the yarn, Laine Fonty’s Ombelle, with her the last time she was here and asked me to make her a shawl. I don’t think this yarn is particularly well-suited for lace, but I know my mother wanted something with holes, so this is what I came up with. Hopefully she’ll like it.

De Quervains Syndrom er seneskedehindebetændelse i håndleddet, i mit tilfælde begge håndled, og da jeg har kunnet mærke at det rører på sig igen har jeg holdt igen med strikningen de sidste par uger, selvom jeg faktisk har haft god tid til at strikke. Jeg ved nemlig af erfaring hvor slemt det kan blive hvis jeg ikke passer på, og den fejl gør jeg kun een gang.
I øjeblikket strikker jeg sjal til min mor af noget garn, Ombelle fra Laines Fonty, hun havde med sidst hun var hernede. Jeg synes ikke det er specielt velegnet til hulmønstre, men jeg ved at min mor gerne ville have noget med huller, så jeg har valgt at strikke et ganske enkelt hulmønster. Så må jeg så se om det kan bruges.

Tags: ombelle, quervain, shawl, sjal

I wasn’t really planning on posting pictures, but since Rain asked, here she is. These pictures were taken a couple of days after we found her.

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Many wishes of a blessed Ramadan to all Muslims around the world!

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Snowy is a kitten and joined our family on Friday afternoon. DD2 and I found her at the side of the road when we returned from DD2’s monthly appointment with the orthodontist. She was soaked (it had been raining) and looked awful! Skinny with a giant belly, not to mention filthy! She obviously wasn’t quite well, so we took straight to the vet who diagnosed worm infestation and a respiratory infection. Because of the respiratory infection, we haven’t been able to give her a proper bath yet, but just wiping her down made a big difference. The vet estimated that she is about 5 weeks old, and we believe she was probably abandonded. The first day she was here she meowed almost nonstop, but she has already settled in as if this was always her home.

Snowy er den killing som flyttede ind hos os i fredags. DD2 og jeg fandt hende i vejkanten da vi kom hjem fra DD2s månedlige besøg hos bøjletandlægen. Det havde regnet, og hun så mildt sagt forfærdelig ud! Det var ret tydeligt at hun havde det dårligt, så vi gik direkte til dyrlægen med hende; sådan har vi nemlig i bogstaveligste forstand lige om hjørnet. Orm og luftvejsinfektion lød dommen. I øvrigt kunne dyrlægen oplyse os om at hun er ca 5 uger gammel. Den første dag var hun meget utryg og mjavede næsten uafbrudt, men hun er allerede faldet godt til og opfører sig så man skulle tro hun altid havde boet her! Vi gætter på hun endte op i vejkanten, fordi der var nogle der ikke gad have hende.

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Happiness is that after 23 years he is still the one.
Happy anniversary sayang!

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