Crochet jacket - The Beginning!

I've finally started to crochet the jacket that was meant as a present to one of my friends. The yarn I'm using is Dale Vipe - Mørk lilla(Dark purple).

It's a yarn made of Egyptian mercerised cotton. Very nice quality with a beautiful shine and it's very soft and smooth. For the jacket I'm crocheting I'm using triple thickness, this gives me a heavy and almost tweed like structure. Perfect for a Chanel inspired jacket!

It seems like it's going to be a lot of rainy days the next couple of weeks, so I'm hoping to finish it within July. Hmm, no, I'm going to finish it, not just hoping!

Sincerely

Mrs von Kvenna

Pinterest addiction

Got to know Pinterest a few months ago and have been a bit addicted ever since. Some of my friends started pinning a while before I did, and I swore that I would never be a part of it, as I did with facebook and twitter, but in every case I ended up joining.

Even so, Pinterest have some great features. When you are browsing the Internet you can just pin the things you want to remember to one of your Pinterest boards. You can also browse random pins and search for pins at the Pinterest page. The whole page is full of every ones favourites, so most of the pins are great, which is why the time fly by every time you visit.

My name at Pinterest is Mrs von Kvenna. I have some favourite categories that I most often pin to. My absolute favourite is crafts, how you make things and inspiration. But I also love clothing, colours, gardening, sweet and yummy stuff.

These are some favourites -

Sincerely

Mrs von Kvenna

Making birthday presents

One of my good friends has her birthday today! 23 years old! Congratulations!

I've had a project this year to make the birthday presents to as many as I can handle. Early in the spring I bought a Norwegian magazine called Made by Me. It was a great issue with lot of nice patterns and inspiring ideas. For my friends present I chose a simple Chanel inspired cardigan to crochet.

The first issue was get the yarn I needed. My friend likes dark and rich colours, so I chose a dark purple. What I didn't know was that this was a new and popular colour, and even if I ordered the yarn in a normal good time, I got it three weeks late.. And then I needed some measurements, but since my friend lives a bit far from where I live we don't meet very often.

And today it's her birthday, I got her measurements and yarn, so now I only got to start and finish the present. A bit late, but it's coming.

Thank you for your patience!

Sincerely

Mrs von Kvenna

Rainy days

This is a typical rainy day. I woke up in the morning looked outside and it was dark and the rain was pouring down. My plan to paint cupboard doors outside then got cancelled and the only thing left is laundry and some cooking in the afternoon. The laundry is now left with the machines, but what should I do with the rest of my day?

I have lots of projects that would be nice to play with, but since my husband is sleeping in my study it's hard do get to the equipment I need. So, nothing involving sewing machines, painting or crafting are possible.

Colouring books

When you have worked in a kindergarten for a while you will start to take colour from it. In the beginning I was a bit uneasy around the children since I had very little experience with toddlers and small children. It didn't take to long before I was cured, but I still think it's hard to know what to do in some difficult situations, and what action is proper for each situation.

But after a while you get into the children's activities, like colouring. Since I'm a arts and crafts teacher I love to make things, drawing, painting and so on. But I've always thought colouring is a bit dull. Now, I think that was because I hadn't been introduced to the right colouring books.

New beginning

After a year with lots of new experiences, I felt the need to redo myself.

I've got a whole list of reasons -     Got married
                                                    Lost both of my grandmothers
                                                    Started on my masters project
                                                    Quit my masters project
                                                    Did nothing for two months
                                                    Started working in a  kindergarten, a primary school and high school

All this led to a new perspective on life. Now I'm relaxed and happy. Before was I stressed out because I did not now if I could get a job since I've never worked always studied. But now I know, there is always a need for teachers, and that's good for me since I'm a teacher.

Also decided to start my masters project again with new energy and relaxed attitude. My problem have been that I want to do things perfect. What I've learned is that you don't have to do EVERYTHING, but do the most important and do that well. I have to remind myself that often.

Therefor a new blog to the new beginning.

Sincerely

Mrs von Kvenna