I knitted myself a new dishcloth last night. Just a quick and easy thingie, no pattern, just made up as you go... Made from 100 % cotton so it's nice and soft and will absorb water well.
It goes well, colourwise, with the spices on my worktop, don't you think? 
I used knitting needles 5,5 mm so the cloth is a bit loose, not too bad though... I think it'll work anyway.
Last week was winter holiday at Maja's school, so the girls and I spent the whole week at my parents house. The girls really enjoyed spending time with mormor and morfar (granny and granddad)... especially when mormor would read to them.
New slippers for Susie....jpg)
Same slippers as Daddy's, just another colour..jpg)
They were a bit too slippery on the wooden floors though... so they weren't used that much... I'm now making another pair... for Maja, this time. These slippers were really easy and so much fun to knit that I might even have to make a pair for myself as soon as Maja's slippers are done....jpg)
Susie had her 2nd birthday while we were away on holiday. My mum made her a cake and I made the chocolate decorations... teamwork is always good...
I'm wondering where the time went though... How did this little poppet...
...become this little girl in just two years? (Susie insists that she is three though... and a baby...)
I just finished knitting these slippers:
Two tones of blue sports yarn. They were going to be slippers for me, but the gauge was all wrong... so they turned out too big...
... and now they're slippers for my husband. They'll keep his feet nice and warm.
Since my last post was about how much snow we got last saturday, I thought I'd end this post with a photo of what the world looked like the day after, on Sunday... even more snow... I spent the best part of two hours trying to dig my car out... (compare this photo with the 3rd photo down on my previous post to see how much difference one night made....)
... it still looks like this. .jpg)
It's not often I give up doing anything, but today I had to... I was going to walk to the post office to post a parcel, it's only a five minutes' walk, but I had to turn around before I was half way there because of the snow. Maja had brought her skis, so she was ok. But I'd put Susie in her push chair (in the hope that she would fall asleep)... bad move. The pavements weren't properly cleared of snow, and it was absolutely impossible to push the pushchair through it....jpg)
So we turned around and went home... I still needed to get Susie to sleep though, so I was pacing back and forth in front of our house for half an hour until she finally closed her eyes. The neighbours must have thought I'd gone mad.... Maja was happy though... playing in the snow and having a ball.....jpg)
Just to show you how much it has snowed today... This was my veranda at 14.45....jpg)
...and here it is at 21.05... You can hardly see the banister...
There are some more photos from today in my facebook album if anyone is interested... (don't know if I have to add you as a friend for you to see the photos... if so, let me know and I'll be happy to add you.)
We've got a new family member... He is small, green and very cute and his name is Judas... He used to be my brother's budgie, but my brother is travelling a lot with his work, so he couldn't keep Judas anymore and asked us if we wanted to give him a new home. I don't know if there is a reason behind the name, but... I don't think it's a Judas... rather a Judith... (I'm quite sure, actually)
Anyway... the girls are sooooo excited. They're fighting, well almost fighting, over who is going to let him/her sit on their shoulder or head...
Susie was quite determinded from the first time we took him out of his cage, that he should not sit on her hand but on her head... 
Maja just wants to hold him all the time. She doesn't care where he sits, as long as it's on her...
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