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January 5, 2006
Happy new year!
It was the first new day of 2006, and with a whole week off ahead of me, I thought I was going to post lots of entries to my blog, with beautiful pictures (because I have all day to take them, in flattering natural light). And here I am, at the 5th day in 2006, with just an entry with almost no knitting content apart from a crappy picture, taken on the train tonight.
Those will be socks for T.
Anyway, I wish everybody a fantastic 2006 with lots of knitting! The last couple of days, I have been very busy, answering emails and working on a new photo album for my blog (I'll come back to that in a minute). All this because of The Article in the Dutch magazine Landleven.
I think it has attracted a few Dutch readers to my blog. And not all of them are comfortable reading English, they tell me. So I have been thinking what I can do to make it a bit more accessible for them. So when you see a couple of words and sentences appearing on my blog in the next days and weeks, don't be afraid, I'll still write in my usual as-good-as-it-gets English!
On thing I already did in the last days, is make a new picture album of my finished knitting, in which I incorporated my old website. I also translated all the English notes I wrote on the old website back to Dutch, so it is now truly bi-lingual! And that's good, because I just noticed today that I won a Knitting Blog Award from Jenla! Look at their January first entry and scroll down to #45. Wowie! Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoy my blog!
This weekend I plan to read all your comments about Baltic knitting more carefully and make a list of all the wonderful links. Tomorrow (actually today, as it's past midnight), I'm planning on visiting a yarn shop I've never been to before. It's in Bergen, which is about 2.5 hours on the train from here. Lots of knitting time! Have to download some knitting podcasts to listen to on the road!
Posted by saartje at January 5, 2006 11:25 PM
Comments
Saartje, all the praise for your blog and knitting is very well-deserved! I nominated you for Best New Blog in the Knit Blog awards. Scroll down and you'll see your URL:
http://queerjoe.blogspot.com/Knit%20Blog%20Award%20Voting3.htm
I've seen a few bilingual knitting blogs so I think you should go for it!
Posted by: Nanette at January 6, 2006 3:03 AM
I don't read Dutch but, are those your swedish mittens in the article? I'd recognize them anywhere. They are my all-time favorite knit item in blog land to date! I've searched for the title online, but no luck. Any ideas? Thanks for the photos of the stamps! Very cool.
Posted by: diane E. at January 6, 2006 3:20 AM
Happy New Year to you too! I just love your blog and your knitting and look forward to seeing what you knit in the year ahead :D
Posted by: Jackie at January 6, 2006 5:26 AM
Please, post bigger pics of the Landleven article, we'd love to take a closer look at it.
:)
Posted by: Helene at January 6, 2006 8:52 AM
I love your new knitting gallery, I especially like the mittens and gloves. I must make more of those in the future.
Posted by: julia at January 6, 2006 9:25 AM
Really like your picturegallerie, looks very professional! How was your trip to Bergen? And how's your mermaid doing?
Posted by: ajoursteek at January 6, 2006 9:34 AM
Gefeliciteerd, Saartje. Mooie breiwerken!
Posted by: Berthi at January 6, 2006 11:04 AM
congrats on your blog award! so cool!
i jumped a little when you said you were going to bergen - took me a sec to remember there are bergens all over the world ;-)
Posted by: kris at January 6, 2006 11:40 AM
Happy New Year! And may I also offer my congratulations to you on all the accolades your blog is receiving. It really is beautiful.
Posted by: Laura at January 6, 2006 1:14 PM
Your gallery is simply amazing. I admire your talent very much!
Posted by: Beth S. at January 6, 2006 4:09 PM
this blog is great. the link is on polish forum for knitting. gratuluję i życzę szczęśliwego nowego roku ;) happy new year!!! :)
Posted by: agnieszka at January 6, 2006 7:58 PM
Wat ziet je fotoalbum er goed uit. En wat heb je toch een mooie dingen gemaakt. Vooral de wanten. Ik krijg echt zin om ze ook te gaan maken.
Posted by: hanneke at January 6, 2006 9:19 PM
I like your blog very much too. I also have this nice book "handspun homneknit": it looks very small and discrete but I like it very much, like a kind of treasure that would be offered by a granmother?
Posted by: fleur at January 6, 2006 10:24 PM
Hallo Saartje
Ik heb jouw artikel in landleven gelezen, prachtig.
Een extra stimulans voor iedereen om weer te gaan breien, heerlijk rustig en ontspannend. Als je eens met mohair wil breien.... Ik fok met angorageiten, die 2x per jaar worden geschoren. De vacht is dus de mohair. prachtige haren om mee te spinnen of te weven en ook voor poppenpruikjes wordt het gebruikt, lange krullen.
Succes
Diny
Posted by: diny at January 16, 2006 7:53 PM
Ben nog bezig met de Noro hat.De wol bebruikt hiervoor is dat een(1) kluwe met verschillende kleuren of verschillende ballen met eigen kleur?
Is het normaal bij verwisseling van kleur of wol
een "line" van averechtse steken te krijgen?
Graag een beetje help.
Groetjes Christine Spek Fortune, California
Posted by: Christine Spek at January 16, 2006 8:44 PM
Geweldig je artikel in landleven!!
Zelf heb ik 6 kinderen en ben ook verslaafd aan inbreien vooral de noorse patronen!!
Alle 6 hebben ze er dan ook wel minstens 1.
Zoek je nog patronen kijk dan eens bij Ribbels in Leiden!!www.ribbels.nl
Veel succes verder!!
Posted by: Cobie at January 17, 2006 5:18 PM
