at home - baby toy: oslo / october 2012

this is supposed to be a crab... i think he looks funny, i still haven't learned the basics of crocheting

the baby gym is much more fun with home made toys

at home - baby toy: oslo / october 2012

i made this for my baby boys high chair.
a friendly face to watch and a healthy vegetable to get to know before he will even taste it.

at home - a shelf: oslo / august 2012

in our new appartment there was an ugly bookshelf kind of like this one.
it was white on one side and metallic on the other.

i decided to cheer it up

and i put it in the nursery room

at home - a stool: oslo / may 2012

  ok, i'm back after some time off the blog... and i will try to post pictures more regularly again. these months i haven' had a lot of time. i've moved to another apartment and i have given birth to a fantastic little boy. i haven't had much time for any knitting but i've tried to make our new home a nice and cozy place. here is one of the things i made:

a standard ikea Bekväm step stool

which i think looks nicer with some paint and fabric

at home - candles second batch: oslo / march 2012

a new batch of recycled and reused candles

this time all candles reminds me of the '70s

more stripes :)

and even more stripes :D

at home - a pincushion: oslo / february 2012

i made this pincushion for a crafty friends birthday :D

another good idea from the mollie makes magazine

at home - baby boots: oslo / february 2012

these i made for my little baby boy who lives in my belly

at home - candles batch one: oslo / february 2012

home made by recycling pieces of burnt down candles

these i gave to my mom for mothers day
(which in norway is on the second sunday of february)

green marble candles

well these are a bit boring...

i like pairs that are matching, but not equal

at home: oslo / january 2012

i bought myself an iphone and i wanted just the right cover for it. and you know that is not possible to buy :) so i made this cover based on an idea from the magazine Mollie Makes:

i'm sorry that the colours of the photos are not the same.

at home: oslo / november 2011

i forgot to take photos of all the christmas presents i made...

but here are one of them - my boyfriends new socks:

at home: oslo / november 2011- february 2012

i told you i wasn't an expert on knitting... in november i got this book by arne & carlos on how to make knitted christmas balls (julekuler) knitted in traditional norwegian patterns. and the book said it was quite easy and excellent for beginners, and it seemed like one could knit a ball in just an evening. i thought it might take a little longer for me, but after two weeks i gave up cause i thought it was more important to make christmas gifts instead of this stupid ball. but after a couple of months i took it up again and finished my first ball. so now, in february, i have my first christmas ball ready for next christmas!
here it is:

not exactly a christmas tree...

i'm quite satisfied, and i think i will knit faster as soon as i learn how to knit with two threads at the same time