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Ei ferieuke, tre kluter

@brittarnhild

Tenk, to uker med høstferie, det er det jammen lenge siden jeg har hatt. Og begge ukene tilbringes i Italia :-) Første uke er gått, i alle fall nesten, det er ei bonushelg i tillegg til de to ukene, så det er enda leeeeeeenge til jeg skal reise hjem. Vi fløy fra Trondheim kjempetidlig på morgenen forrige fredag, og var i Italia såpass tidlig at vi rakk lunsj på veien mellom flyplassen utenfor Roma og Terracina. Nå har det blitt kvelden på en ny fredag, åtte gode dager i denne fiskelandsbyen mellom Roma og Napoli, Terracina, som vi oppdaget for mange år siden da gode venner kjøpte leilighet her. En leilighet vi har vært heldige og fått brukt mange ganger. I morgen tidlig kjører vi opp til Roma, men altså, ferien er på langt nær slutt enda.

Eldste datter Ingrid og yngste barnebarn Milian er med oss på deler av turen. Milian er bare 8 mnd, så både mamma, bestemor og bestefar har hendene fulle, og koser seg veldig med det. Blir ikke mye strikking og hekling av det, ikke så veldig mye lesing heller, og det er heilt greit. For en velsignelse å få lov til å bli så godt kjent med et barnebarn :-)

Men helt fri tar ikke pinnene. Tre bomullskluter har jeg heklet denne uka, og alle tre skal bli gaver her nede. Denne ensfargede på det siste bildet blir igjen i leiligheten her i Terracina, den blå skal til min indiske mamma som nå har flyttet til Roma og bor hos sin datter der (jeg skal fortelle mer om henne senere), det oransje skal etter hvert til gode venner på Murano, glassblåserøya utenfor Venezia. Alle tre klutene gis bort sammen med hver sin oppvaskbørste i tre sammen med en liten pengegave til årets TV-skajon, #påpinnenefortvaksjonen2019

 

Hva #påpinnenefortvaksjonen2019 betyr snakker jeg mer om i denne episoden på YouTube:

 

 

The secret crochet, a purse

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Drumroll.......the secret crochet is finished. A purse.

With the orange broche made by women at the city mission in Trondheim.

I think it turned out even better than I had seen in my mind when starting it :-)

 

Day 3 of the secret crochet

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It is Friday, tonight my youngest brother Torodd Wigum will conduct a concert in Kristiansund, a coastal town a few hour´s drive southwest of Trondheim. Terje and I are on our way there together with my parents, and the secret crochet. I smiled when I read Ardi´s comment about orange and Britt Arnhild, yes, you are right Ardi, I love orange.

The project continue to grow, may be it is possible to do a correct guess now? Or tomorrow.......tomorrow will be easy, I promise :-)

 

 

Day 2 of the secret crochet

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I have finished one of the black skeins, cotton, and the project is growing. Dagmar´s guess is that it has to do with Christmas. My answer is - no, it hasn´t :-)

I bought five skeins for this secret project, but from what I can see now, I will not need all of them. 3 or 4 should be enough I think. The orange button, which I showed on my instagram account @brittarnhildsstrikkedagbok the other day, will take part in the secret project.

 

..............any guesses today?

 

Secret knitting, or rather crochet :-)

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Quite some time since my last secret knitting series now, so here I am again. Though this time it is not knitting, but crochet. I know it is a bit early yet, but who wants to give the first guess :-)

Grandma Olga´s old blankets

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In my dear aunt Solbjørg´s livingroom there are two old wool blankets. Both of them filled with colours and memories. The one you see in the back was made by aunt in the late 60ies, early 70ies, the one in the front made by me in the same period. I guess I was 14 or 15. Both of the blankets were crocheted for my grandma Olga, and for as long as she lived she used at least one of them daily, the other ready for guests, especially for when one of her sisters came on visits.

Both throws are crocheted in leftover yarn. Yarn left over from the many items of clothing knitted by my me, by my mother and her two sisters, by grandma Olga and probably also left over yarn given to my mother from friends. It was grandma Ragna Josefine, my father´s mother, who taught me to crochet grandmother squares. 

Usually you make small squares and crochet or saw them together. I don´t know if it was me or aunt Solbjørg who first made one huge square, row following row following row, but looking at the two blankets now makes me smile. I love the bold way we have used the colours, I will never forget how frustrated I was in forth grade when my art and craft teacher told me that green and blue could never, I repeat never! be put together.

May be you want your blanket back, aunt Solbjørg asked me again yesterday, as she has done before. No, I don´t want it back. I want the two pieces of female family history to stay together. And who knows, may be one day I can inherit them, be their proud owner.

 

Crochet in Tenerife

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In a tiny little village, east of Santa Cruz. We were walking around. Looking for a place to have coffee. Photographing birds. Breathing in the atmosphere.

Then, look what I found :-)

Do you know how to crochet grandmother´s squares?

 

In those days.......the little shepherd boy Samuel

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My new nativity is finished.

The latest addition was born last night, the little shepherd boy Samuel, and his dad.

Over the holidays I hope to add some sheep, and may be a few other figurines.

The story has been ready for more than 2000 years.
In those days.......

 

But the shepherd boy Samuel´s story is not written yet.

In those days the little shepherd boy Samuel.......

Third king

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The magi is complete.
now on to the shepherds.

 

Second king

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I am back in Norway, and the second king is born. This one comes from Africa, and has travelled a long, long way, following the star.