Filip's Coming Home Outfit / Filips hentesett

Here's the outfit Filip wore as a newborn when we brought him home with us from the hospital. Don't think I ever blogged about this. Isn't it the cutest ever? I actually picked the pattern and the colour before I knew whether we were having a boy or a girl. (I think I suspected we were having a boy from the start, because I did not make or buy a single pink thing.)

The ride home from the hospital was the most nerve-wrecking ever, we'd never had such precious cargo before! It was snowing, it was cold, and we were immensely happy to return to our home with our beautiful boy, although wondering if we really were worthy of such a treasure of a baby. Filip, however, was very cool about his first car ride ever, he slept the whole way home.

If you have children, what was your first drive like?

Details: My mother made the jacket and the hat (+ matching socks) and I made the pants. The yarn is a lovely woollen baby weight yarn and was perfect for dressing a wee newborn (or maybe not wee, really, he was 4076 grams!). Pattern in Norwegian only.

Her er Filips hentesett, har ikke blogget om det tidligere. Bestemte meg for mønster og garn lenge før jeg visste om vi fikk jente eller gutt, kanskje underbevisstheten min visste at det ble gutt, for jeg hverken lagde eller kjøpte noe rosa. Hentesettet er strikket i Lanett og det var perfekt for en liten nyfødt vintergutt! Kjøreturen hjem fra sykehuset var forøvrig den skumleste kjøreturen jeg noen gang har vært på, aldri før hadde vi hatt så dyrebar last! Filip, derimot, tok det hele med stor ro og sov hele veien hjem. Hvis du har barn, hvordan opplevde du hjemreisen fra sykehuset?

Filips mormor strikket jakka og lua (og selvfølgelig matchende sokker), og jeg strikket buksa. Lua hadde usedvanlig god passform, syns jeg, men var likevel utrolig lettstrikket. Strikket en lue i Nøstebarn-ull etter samme oppskrift (ca), som kan sees på bildet i forrige post.

Mønster: Sandnes hefte nr 0714

Garn: Lanett fra Sandnes

Pinne: 2 og 2,5

It's when you look at outfits like these you realise how quickly they grow up.

Going back to my roots / Tilbake til røttene mine

A few weeks back I went back to my parents' place. Needless to say, I had a marvellous time. Spending time with family and friends is priceless, and especially so when you meet them so seldom.

I had great plans for knitting and sewing while there, but the only thing I came around to was starting this vest. Knitted a lot of it on the long drive to get to my parents' place. Knitting makes long drives SO much more pleasant!

I love this vest and this is the second one I've made for Filip, he's outgrown the first one. I remembered the first one turned out to be a bit on the short side, so I tried to make this one longer than called for in the pattern, but NOTE TO SELF: Make next vest of this kind even longer!! But it should last him quite a while though.

While at my parents' place I tried pulling potatoes for the first time. I loved it. Something very fascinating about pulling something edible out of the ground. And everything tastes better (or maybe you just appreciate it more) when you've grown and/or harvested it yourself.

One day I will have a big garden with its very own little potato patch. I have a rather long "One day I will...."- list. A few other things on this list: One day I'll have a big house (there must be plenty room for more children and to have guests over, you know), white and oldfashioned-looking. One day I'll have a big garden (surrounding the named house, of course) with a little orchard where my children can play and eat apples and plums and pears to their hearts' content and till they all have tummy aches.

What's on your list?

(Pattern is in Norwegian, but I found a free similar-looking pattern here. (Although this vest has a rounded neck, while my vest has a square neck.) Anyway, this vest is a super easy knit.)

Jeg var på besøk hos foreldrene mine for noen uker siden. Jeg hadde store strikke- og syplaner, men alt jeg fikk gjort var å komme i gang med denne vesten til Filip. Det er den andre vesten jeg strikker til Filip av denne typen. Den er superlett å strikke og uunværlig i babygarderoben, spør du meg.

Jeg tok opp poteter for første gang, fra mammas åkerlapp. Det var utrolig gøy, og aldri har hjemmelaget potetstappe smakt så godt! En dag vil jeg ha en hage med en liten potetåker. Jeg har en ganske lang "En dag vil jeg...."- liste. Noen andre ting på denne lista: En dag vil jeg ha et hvitt, stort (det må jo være plass til flere barn og gjester!), gammeldags hus, gjerne en sveitservilla. En dag vil jeg ha en stor hage, med masse frukttrær, hvor barna mine kan leke og spise epler og plommer og pærer til de får vondt i magen. Hva står på din liste?

Mønster og garn fra Nøstebarn. Strikket på pinne 4. Lignende gratis mønster her. Lua er også strikket i Nøstebarn-ull (Askeladden), basert på et mønster i Sandnes hefte nr 0714. (Lua begynner å bli litt liten nå, men den er strikket nedenfra og opp, så vurderer å bare rekke opp så vidt på toppen og strikke den litt lengre. Praktisk!)