Knit-aholic!

Hello, my name is Vanja, and I am a knit-aholic! Hey Vanja....

Okay, maybe I am exaggerating a wee bit; but sometimes when I get started I can't seem to stop! As soon as I finish a project I want to start a new one! However, sometimes I get out of the mood and don't knit for months...

This last year I've really been in the knitting-mood and I wanted to post some of my projects! I haven't taken photos of everything I've made, like for example the approx. ten pair of slippers I've knitted in 2012 and then one special photo that I can't publish, cause it's a gift that can't be revealed quite yet! But at least here is a taste:

Jumper for the little princess, Navia yarn - made Summer 2012

 

Matching hat, Navia yarn - Summer 2012

One of the 4 hats I made as Christmas presents (2 were purple where this one is maroon, Navia yarn) - Christmas 2012

Jumper for my better half, so that he can stay warm during the Scottish winter! Navia yarn - Summer 2012

Another jumper for gumma's princess, Navia yarn - December 2012

Jumper for me, purple and black Navia yarn - Summer 2012

Blue bolero for me, made with mohair - Summer 2012

Thin jumper, Navia yarn - December 2012

My most resent project, purple and black with Sirri yarn - January 2013

Crochet baby blanket for Emma's little Benjamin, Navia yarn - Summer/Autumn 2012

For little Benjamin, Navia yarn - Summer/Autumn 2012

Although the price for knitting-needles in Edinburgh is less than a 1/4 of the price in the Faroe Islands, the yarn is more expensive.. Or at least the type of yarn that I like; and if I had had access to it here, I'm sure that I wouldn't get any university stuff done, but would just be knitting!

Soo,, what do you think? ;)

Another Year Commences!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My new year's eve was mostly spent with the lovely little family of my best friend :)

There was sushi, cake, champagne and other lovely things to indulge us with and we even lit fireworks with gumma's little princess! All in all a very nice evening which will be remembered!

Soo,, thinking about new year's resolutions I have to say that my biggest one is to be able to speak more Spansh! I am still making an effort to learn it and my vocabulary is slowly growing..

The Spanish in-laws will hopefully be coming to Edinburgh for a visit in April, and since they don't speak a word of English, I will need to know more than simple formalities if I wish to be able to communicate with them...

I am using podcasts from iTunes and a course on the Rosetta Stone program to learn, but the Rosetta Stone program has a annoying amount of repetitions which are driving me crazy... But I think I will just have to endure cause I believe it to be beneficial in the end!

So all you lovely people out there! How did you greet the new year and what are your new year's resolutions?? :)