Filed under: Books, Favourites, Knitting, Stuff, WIP | Tags: a song of ice and fire, audio book, Harry potter
I just finished Harry Potter!
I started reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this spring. I really loved the series when I was growing up, but I somehow got stuck on this last and final book. Perhaps I childishly thought that I could prevent the story from ending (especially with the ending I though inevitable) if I just didn’t finish it so soon. And also I was a little tired of the books being so similar – and slightly too actioned-packed (I could have spend lots of time just exploring the universe and the magic).
So how did I finally get through it? A good friend of mine gave me the audio-book version. It turns out that knitting (or any other sort of craftiness) and audio books are a perfect combination! It is almost like returning to childhood, when my mum used to read to me (actually she still read to me when I was passed 14, but never mind that).
In the end I really liked the series and the story turned out completely satisfying (and I am such a critical person).
But now I need a new “fix” for my story-listening-cravings to go together with my Christmas Knitmares (I am actually very productive these days)!
My drug of choice is another great fantasy novel that I somehow got stuck reading (admittedly, I am not much of a reader). George R. R. Martin’s “A game of thrones” is the first of 7 planned novels in the series “A song of ice and fire”.
So my fellow crafters and bloggers, what are you reading or listening to? Anything you can recommend?
Right now I can’t wait for the holidays so I can spend lots of time listening og knitting! Those will be the days!
Another thing I am really looking forward to: Christmas eve! I can’t wait to see my family open their presents! I am really excited about each and everyone! When the time is rigth I will show you what I am talking about! 
Okay – I’ll just give you a small preview of my makings this year! It’s a garment, it’s super soft, it’s a nice brown color and I’m enjoying every stitch of it!
When I really need to get away from it all (working 2 jobs, dorm-related work, etc.) I light candless, put on Billy Holiday on my stereo, make a pot of tea and…
curl up in my little knitting corner. When you don’t have a lot of space, it is nice to make little areas for different purposes.
I can sit here for hours wrapped in my blanket knitting away. My door is open so that people can drop by, and that just adds to the cosyness of it all.
Here I am working on a pair of “New years day” socks for Tina, our dorm cook who also received the slippers I made. The Socks were done by the end of Socktober, and I’ll make a post about them when there is a nice sunny day to take nice pictures of them.
My second pair of jaywalker socks 
Allmost finished. That is the great thing about UFO’s they are such a quick knit.
To take a brief walk down memory lane, here are my first pair of Jaywalkers that I made for my sister
Today’s cute oddity is “Winged Heart Tattoo” by annypurls
Tonight I finally got some knitting done and it felt great! Today has actually been quite an active day. Starting out at Mik from 9-16, then going to an emergency meeting at the dorm, then helping my væsen (a new guy at the dorm, who I am assigned to help get settled in) with his first cleaning, then running with 17 other alumni and the finally knitting!
After a small years break I’m back at working at my Odessa hat Hopefully it will be done soon. Though it is slightly flawed (my inner perfectionist screams) due to the small break.
So here is a small update on what I’m working on these days. I finally wound up the Sorbet Yarn (the Yarn I colored myself in an earlier post) and started knitting it. It is another pair of Jaywalker socks, i know there are some re-runs in my productions these days. But I am not sure that there will be enough yarn for a whole pair, so i might have to switch pattern.
People at my dorm (GAHK) are starting to be interested in my knitting, and some have asked me to knit them something But you know, one thing at the time.
I just finished Swatching for my new project and I am quite excited!
I am using Kid Mohair yarn from Fonty in an eggplant sort of coulor. Needles size 3,5mm I think, but I am thinking of using a smaller size instead (quite the opposite of what I usually do, I usually go a size up)
Here is the result. And so far I really like it, it is easy to remember and still pretty. Now you are probably wondering what this wonderful swatch is for!?
Thada! I introduce to you The Lace Top from the book Glamour Knits by Erica Knight!
This will be my first official attempt to make an actual garment (besides socks and accesories)! So wish me luck
