Mousie

My little niece had birthday earlier this month. I decided she should have a cute little mousie of her own and that this would be the perfect opportunity to finally knit Ysolda Teague´s Mousie from the book Whimsical Little Knits (you can also buy the pattern online here).  

This was the first time I knit a toy and it was surprisingly fun. The pattern starts with the tail/Icord and is knitted in the round, ending with the tip of his nose. I used léttlopi for this one and the pink yarn used for the tail, ears and nose is dyed with madder root.  This irresistible little mousie is not only really really cute, but also an extremely quick knit...

  

  

And just because I was having so much fun with my new lens... 

inspiration

Right?

You just have to keep your eyes and your mind open!

About this picture: it´s taken with my iphone on a plane 

app used: "Rhonna designs" and  "Filterstorm". 

macro

I´m fascinated by my new macro-lens and all it´s possibilities. Looking at those pictures, one can discover things that normally aren't visible. I guess it takes a lot of practice to learn how to manage a macro-lens but it´s really worth it and practicing is so much fun! Here are my first shots:

one thing I didn´t realize was how interesting portraits can turn out, using a macro-lens.

this one is one of my favorites...

Diversity

I have a mission. I really want my boys to be proud of what and who they are. I also want them to be tolerant of other people and to understand that diversity is a wonderful thing. Wouldn´t the world be a boring place if we where all the same? 

 

Joy of the day

 

My joy of the day... ohhh.... what a beautiful morning...

 

My joy of the day

I´m feeling inspired by the tumblr joy of the day

My joy of the day

 this monday is...

...that it´s getting cold enough to wrap myself up in icelandic wool

origami mobile

On a weekend in August, we went on a short road-trip and took walk on one of our favorite beaches on the south-coast. I found some really beautiful pieces of driftwood - two of them where just perfect for a origami-mobile I´ve been wanting to make for a long time now.

Material:

2 long pieces of wood (I used driftwood)

nylon-thread

glass beads

felted beads 
washi-tape
for the cranes: this tutorial on youtube

 

 

 

small things - big things

 When it comes to creating, I have a thing for "unusual material". Everywhere I go I´ve got my eyes open for interesting things (some people might say I´m crazy, but that´s why I love spending time at big hardware stores like Bauhaus). 

The other day I went to  a place where they sell material for the fishing industry: chains, ropes and yarn to make fishnets among other things. I fell for some white, shiny, soft and flexible yarn they use for fishnets. I didn´t know what I was going to do with it, but it was way too pretty to just leave it there :-) 

I started by making a crochet-cover for a mason-jar I use for pencils at my workspace, just to get a feeling for the material.  I used one of my biggest crochet-hooks and now I´ve got a lot of  ideas on what to do next with this exciting material! 

A LOT of beautiful yarn for fishnet-making...

... makes an interesting texture when used for a crochet-cover

I used really thin cotton-yarn for this one - a interesting contrast to my fishnet-yarn-cover

 

together in peace and harmony 

A month of craft photos

Nr. 1: me in action in my workspace 

a month of craft photos?

I stumbled over this interesting post (from january 2012) on the "untangling-knots" blog, on a "month of crafts photos"... I thought, why not join, even if it´s a bit late, since this sounds so interesting and creative? 

I´m going to post a few pictures at a time, once a week instead of 1 picture a day, since I haven´t really got the time to post photos every day of the week, starting Friday the 9th of August.

Who want´s to join me?

Magic

I was walking in 101 Reykjavík yesterday... and how could I pass this amazing view without taking 

a picture first? 

picture taken on my mobil (nokia c5) at Harpan (on the right in this picture)

perfection

Isn´t it amazing, how many beautiful colors one can find in one flower? 

This is perfection

wonderful old thing

Remember this post about my Agfa Clack camera from the 50´ies/´60ies? I shot some more pictures with it, and I still can´t believe how well it works. The only thing that I really do need is a tripod to make the camera stay completely still while taking pictures with it.

I must admit, that I really do love this simply wonderful old thing... 

Pictures taken in Sweden

 

 

Pictures taken in Iceland 

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

the only one

When I was 6 years old one of my biggest wishes was to have a pink woolen sweater. 

For my first day in school my mother fulfilled this wish and put some pink pants on top... 

I can still remember how happy I was wearing my new pink pants and my sweater - the only pink one I ever got...

 

Here I am, wearing my pink pants and pink woolen sweater that day, 

with my wonderful friend Ásthildur

Wordless Wednesday

 

creative in another way

I´ve been creative in an unusual way: creating the right atmosphere in my new home

my favorite things at my new home are...

This wall: it´s made out of special stones (Drápuhlíðargrjót) and I loved it the minute I walked into the house for the first time

the table: it was left in the house by the former owners & it looks like it was made 

for this house

this whole room: the livingroom, it´s so big, bright and beautiful

... having my own garden: can´t wait to grow my own herbs, veggies and flowers

... having my own working-space/craft room with this view: 

sneak-peek on my working space I: I carved the fish myself with a little help by my mother

the rest was found on the beach in Arnarfjörður (Westfjords) last summer 

sneak-peek II: from the Westfjords

sneak-peek III: remains of my youth

 my boys love our new home too... 

... but THEIR favorite thing about it is this football-game that was left in the house 

by the former owners

I must say, I love almost every little thing about this house - and the longer I live in it, 

the more I like it    

... and it has such a wonderful ´60/´70ies flair to i