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September 23, 2006
Birthday girl
Hi everyone, I have so much to tell you! First of all, thanks for the nice comments on the Vanalinn Gloves from 'A Gathering of Lace'. I made a page for them in my finished things album, where you can find all the details of this project.
Last weekend, it was my birthday. To celebrate, my dear sister took me to the Breibrink in Annen.
Breibrink
Brink 16
9468 BP Annen
This shop is well worth a visit. They sell yarn by Katia, Phildar and Gedifra among others. I was really happy to see some yarn by the Norwegian firm Garnstudio (you know, the one with all the free patterns online, even in Dutch!)
The shop is conveniently arranged, look at the lovely colors of the yarn. You can't see all the yarn they have in this picture, there is more right next to the embroidery floss. It was difficult for me to control myself (I have enough yarn at home to last me a life time) but I managed to walk away with only 3 balls of Garnstudio Eskimo, a gift from my sister.
I plan to make felted mittens out of it. I just love the greyish-blue color. By the way, if you decide to visit the Breibrink, make sure you also go to the Ryahuis in Zuidlaren, only 5 km from Annen. They're both great shops, and they sell different things.
The rest of the weekend, my birthday went on and I was spoiled big time. Take a look at these:
Knitting books! I've already started to read 'A History of Hand Knitting', it's very interesting. I'll show you more of the other two books in the future, but I can tell you right now they're great.
I also did some knitting during the last week. I finished a pair of beaded alpaca wristwarmers.
The design is from the booklet by Pinnsvinn Design my brother brought back from Norway for me. I adapted it somewhat, and I'm very happy with the result.
Yesterday, I started the Bayerische Sock by Eunny Jang (you can find part 1 here)
So far, I like it, even though it is a bit hard on my hands. I also like the Cable Net socks in the new edition of Knitty.
Posted by saartje at September 23, 2006 10:36 AM
Comments
excellent yes the gloves was so nice and now the socks from eunny i do the same in orange for halloween here http://orange2006.canalblog.com/
with opal uni socks yarn. my socks isn't online right now but (asap )
good knitting
Posted by: monique/England at September 23, 2006 12:05 PM
Happy Birthday! You, too, knit Eunny socks!!! There are many french knitters along you - but not me, alas... I find all her models really incredible!
Posted by: fleur at September 23, 2006 1:26 PM
Alsnog gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! Leuk om de foto's van de breibrink te zien, 'k heb wel wol bij hun besteld via internet, dus kende de webwinkel wel (of course) Die sok lijkt als prachtig! Fijn weekend verder...
Posted by: friesfroukje at September 23, 2006 1:45 PM
Happy birthday saartje!!
I have two of those books you got (baby booties, and last minute knitted gifts), and I like them both.
Posted by: Rineke at September 23, 2006 2:03 PM
Wow, Happy Birthday!! Those are some fabulous gifts and that sock is looking great!
Posted by: Firefly Kelly at September 23, 2006 4:26 PM
Happy belated birthday, Saartje! Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend-- how nice, for your loved ones to spoil you so. And I love your beaded wristwarmers-- is it cool enough to wear them already?
Posted by: Yuki at September 23, 2006 5:18 PM
You've been busy! The wristwarmers are great - I've been longing to try beaded knitting :0)
And I love the lace gloves from your last post - well done!
Posted by: Charity at September 23, 2006 5:38 PM
Meid, allereerst van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag en wat heb je een leuke verrassing van je zus gekregen!!!Met diepe zuchten heb ik je post gelezen. Wat een zalige winkel, wat een mooie foto's. Mijn moeder,zusje, vriendin en ik willen al naar Zuidlaren en we bestellen regelmatig bij de Breibrink, maar als we een trip gaan maken dan gaan we naar beiden.
Posted by: Tijm at September 23, 2006 5:58 PM
It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday. Allow me to add my best wishes for your special day.
Saartje, you've done something very dangerous--posted the Garnstudio web site. I'd never been there before. The patterns there are WOW!! I've already printed up two hat patterns that I might make for one of my grandsons. I spent the last fifteen minutes browsing there and have barely scratched the surface.
There's not enough time to make everything I want to make!!!
Posted by: Ev at September 23, 2006 6:24 PM
Happy belated birthday! I love the Bayerische Sock, but they seem a little to ambitious for me to start right now. I can't wait to see your version- I love watching you and all your small, intricate projects.
Posted by: Ami at September 23, 2006 6:39 PM
Oh what a wonderful shop!! I am in awe of your knitting ability - I am only just getting the hang of cables so you can see how impressive your lovely knitting is to me!
happy happy birthday to you!
x
Posted by: katie at September 23, 2006 8:07 PM
Hallo Saartje,
Van harte gefeliciteerd, sinds je artikel in Landleven heb ik je site gevonden en ik lees het altijd met veel plezier. Ik heb het geluk in de buurt van Annen en Zuidlaren te wonen, vooral het Ryahuis is een sfeervolle winkel en je wordt er heel leuk geholpen.
Posted by: Janet at September 23, 2006 8:20 PM
Happy Belated Birthday! Your birthday sounds like a blast, full of knitty things!
Posted by: wanda at September 24, 2006 5:30 AM
Alsnog van harte gefeliciteerd! Wat heb ik de afgelopen week al veel mensen gefeliciteerd met hun verjaardag!
Wat ben je lekker verwend!! Het ziet er allemaal erg goed uit!
A History of handknitting.... lijkt me zeer interessant!!!
Posted by: Berthi at September 24, 2006 10:43 AM
Hoi Saartje, nog van harte gefeliciteerd.
De websites van de Garnstudio waren ook voor mij nieuw. Ik heb er echt van zitten genieten.
Gisteren met mijn vriendinnen op stap geweest en ik heb ze de eerste van hun wanten gegeven, ze vonden het een erg leuk idee. Nu moet ik dus starten aan de tweede ronde. Want de eerste is in nov. jarig. Ik kom tijd tekort, heb nog zoveel breiplannen. groetjes ineke
Posted by: Ineke Kool at September 24, 2006 2:10 PM
Proficiat met je verjaardag!
Veel plezier met al je mooie kado's. Je polswarmers met kralen zijn erg mooi geworden, net zoals je handschoenen uit het vorige bericht, net zoals alles wat je breit..*zucht*:o))
lg,
Myriam
Posted by: Myriam at September 24, 2006 4:52 PM
Hey! Nog gefeliciteerd!
I still have to start my wristwarmers, too much other stuff going on... I love yours by the way, they make me want to hurry up and make a pair of my own!
:-)
Posted by: saskia at September 24, 2006 7:09 PM
A very Happy Birthday. Thanks for sharing the link to those free patterns. Your beaded wristwarmers are really lovely. It would be too warm here in England for them at the moment.
Posted by: Zoe at September 24, 2006 8:16 PM
Happy Birthday, Saartje,
Your beaded wristwarmers are so lovely and thanks for your free pattern. The next winter is comming soon!
Bayrische Socken...a very nice pattern.
The Drops Garnstudio Shop is in Hannover,40 km far from my Hometown Hameln. I`m very lucky about this.
Here the link:
http://www.wollkultur.de/
Posted by: Maartje at September 25, 2006 8:43 AM
Good luck with the socks!! Eunny's are just gorgeous and yours look like they are going to be just as beautiful!
Posted by: britt at September 25, 2006 1:46 PM
Gefeliciteerd! En wat een schitterende boeken heb je gekregen. Je handschoenen en je polsbandje zijn in één woord beeldschoon!
Posted by: yvonnep at September 25, 2006 4:49 PM
TIP!!!!
Komende vrijdag en zaterdag zijn er open dagen bij de breiwinkel 'De Breibrink'.
Er is onderander 20% korting op garens van Garnstudio! Dus Saartje, als je afgelopen weekend nog spijt hebt gekregen van iets wat je neit gehaald hebt van hen, dan kun je dit weekend je slag slaan.
Posted by: Tijm at September 25, 2006 6:44 PM
Hallo Saartje
Ich hoffe, dass Du etwas Deutsch verstehst :-)! Du hast ja einen tollen
Blog - gratuliere. Deine Wristwarmers sind einfach wunderschön. Hast Du
eventuell Anleitungen für diejenigen mit den Perlen drauf?
Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz - Manuela
Posted by: Manuela at September 27, 2006 5:09 PM
Thanks for the link to Garnstudio! I have been looking for a good slipper pattern and I think I found one! It calls for the Eskimo, too, which looks lovely, but no suppliers in my area and no luck with the links on the website... typical, now I am on a quest. So, enjoy your birthday present! The socks look fab, too, btw. I have been lurking and enjoy your blog. Thanks.
Posted by: heather at September 28, 2006 11:30 PM
Oh My! That yarn store looks fabulous. I've never seen one so thoroughly packed and neatly aranged like that. It's akin to Knitters heaven (sans the bathtub full of plush yarns :)
Posted by: emily at September 29, 2006 8:32 PM
Ik ben blij met het nieuws van september vooral over de link naar het vilten van breiwerk. Afgelopen 2 jaar waren we op vakantie in Noorwegen en daar wordt het veel gedaan. Daar mijn Noors nog niet je dat is, zocht ik patronen in het engels of nederlands. Ik vond ze in het boek: Knit one, Felt too. Echt een aanrader. ISBN: 1580174973 Maar nu nog wol zien te vinden. Dus ik ben blij met het adres is Annen. Daar ga ik binnenkort eens naar toe.
Bedankt.
(en de groeten van Rina)
Posted by: Sytske Kan at October 7, 2006 8:57 PM
