Hi again, and hippi pappy new year (quote Pooh bear). I have made more than one attempt to post a quick update but seem to have a problem connection to wordpress. Today I finally succeeded. So, what’s new? I managed to finish Hjalti’s vest on aðfangadagur, or approximately at noon December 24th! The trousers weren’t finished until the morning of the 25th, Christmas day. I was quite pleased with the outcome:
Hjalti wearing his first Icelandic costume and eating Cheerios
Hjalti's home made Christmas chlothes
The plan was to make him a pair of skinnskór, I only managed to finish the pair of insoles, or íleppar (also called rósaleppar), needed for the shoes. Here they are, made of Kambgarn as well as the green knee-high socks and the skotthúfa (tasseled hat)
Rosaleppar fyrir Hjalta úr Kambgarni
The aim is to make the shoes before Hjalti’s 2nd birthday, which is only a month away!
Last saturday I finished a toddler’s lopapeysa, made for a friend’s daughter. I gave it away yesterday. And yesterday eventing I finished knitting my first baby surprice jacket, intended for the brother in law’s one month old daughter. I actually cast on for the project the day befor she was born, knowing (in my heart) that is was a girl. Today I’ll buy the buttons and wash it.
But the thesis… The professor says it’s too much to publish as an MSc thesis and thinks I should save 2/3 of the work for a Phd. My supervisor hasn’t read it through yet so I’m still waiting for her comments. So, unfortunately (very, very unfortunately), despite my efforts, its not over yet.
January 27, 2009 at 6:05 pm |
Geðveikt! Alveg hreint. Mikið er Hjalti myndarlegur í heimatilbúnu jólafötunum. Þau eru mjög vel gerð.
Skelltu þér bara í Ph.D.-ið
Fyrst að þú ert komin 2/3 leiðarinnar (ja, plús einhverjar einingar í kúrsum og pappírsvinna og svona).
February 23, 2009 at 12:34 pm |
Einmitt það sem ég ætlaði að segja!