Yarn Along - Kotes es olvasas

I have two passions that keep following me in life. One of them is reading, and the other one is knitting. I am sure this is not a revelation for you, if you read my blog from time to time. However, today I am going to combine the two with this icon, Yarn Along.
The idea behind this icon is to match up two things you enjoy. It could be a description of a knitting, and some musings over a book; or it can be a picture to illustrate your progress in knitting/crocheting and the book.
This is how I join in with Ginny on Wednesdays about knitting and reading.

So I have great news! My 5 hour sweater fit the baby! In fact it is a little big on him, which is  a plus.... that I forgot to measure it to have a comparison in the future, is not so nice.

I am on my next adventure for this pretty boy, I fall in love with this geometric pattern, and started a baby blanket for him.

 I am progressing pretty well, and got a 60 inch circular needle. I started with the dpns and then switched to 2 23 inch circular needles, and even that seemed almost short. I am knitting with 100% cotton, not so fond of it, but I think it will be nice for the summer. I miss wool. The touch the flexibility, and the warmth.
I am reading Sweater Quest by Adrienne Martini, I like it. I was amazed at the Alice Starmore saga in the book. I am all for copyright, but this was a bit too much for me.
I am at times wondering how I don't have enough of knitting. I read about it, I can search for patterns for hours and knit... yet I am not getting enough... I am glad, that this is so intense, but at times I wonder, for long will this last?
Ket dolog van amit soha nem unok meg, az olvasas es a kotes. Gondolom, ez nem nagy hir, ha mar olvastatok a blogot, de most elhataroztam, hogy osszekotom oket a Yarn Along gombbal.
Itt az az otlet, hogy ossze hozzuk azt, ami orommel tolt el minket. Az lehet egy kotes/horgolas leirasa, es egy konyvrol valo monfondirozas. Es lehet egy foto is, amin a konyv es az alakulo kotes/horgolas van.
Igy csatlakozom Ginny szerdai olvasok es kotok oldalahoz.
Kaptam fotot a kis modellemrol, ahogy edesen alszik az uj pulcsijaban. Egy kicsit nagy lett, de ez nem baj. Az mar inkabb, hogy elfelejtettem lemerni mielott elkuldtem.

Elkezdtem egy ujabb kis ajandekot neki, ezuttal 100% pamut fonalbol. Nem kellemetlen, de vastag, es hat a gyapjuhoz kepest egy napon nem emlitheto. Itt talalhato a minta.

Kozben ezt a konyvet olvasom, ami arrol szol, hogy egy no szeretne kotni egy Alice Starmore pulcsit. Es hat errol ir, meg mas kotessel kapcsolatos kalandjairol illetve olvasmanyairol. Eleg szorkoztato.
Ha nyers forditasban szeretnetek errol olvasni itt tehetitek... a gimis angol orakat jutattja az eszembe, amikor valahogy ugy jott ki egy forditasunk, (igaz csapat munka volt) hogy: mindenhol latta, de sehol sem talalta. Na ez szalloigeve vallt, sot meg ma is hasznalom egy akkori angolos oszt.tarsammal.

Yarn along -Kotes es olvasas

I have two passions that keep following me in life. One of them is reading, and the other one is knitting. I am sure this is not a revelation for you, if you read my blog from time to time. However, today I am going to combine the two with this icon, Yarn Along.
The idea behind this icon is to match up two things you enjoy. It could be a description of a knitting, and some musings over a book; or it can be a picture to illustrate your progress in knitting/crocheting and the book.
 This is how I join in with Ginny on Wednesdays about knitting and reading.

 I am showing pictures of a shawl blocking. This is Layered, which is 2 shawls in one. This was a test-knit, that I finished too late.I am bummed out about it, since I was so happy I could knit it.  I yet have to take proper pics of it and send it to Diane. She is very talented, check out her other designs as well!

As I knit I listen to The Help. I am almost done with "reading" the book. I am sad it is going to end!!! I still did not see the film... do you ever do this, that you want to read the book first, and then see the film adaptation?

 Ket dolog van amit soha nem unok meg, az olvasas es a kotes. Gondolom, ez nem nagy hir, ha mar olvastatok a blogot, de most elhataroztam, hogy osszekotom oket a Yarn Along gombbal.
Itt az az otlet, hogy ossze hozzuk azt, ami orommel tolt el minket. Az lehet egy kotes/horgolas leirasa, es egy konyvrol valo monfondirozas. Es lehet egy foto is, amin a konyv es az alakulo kotes/horgolas van.
Igy csatlakozom Ginny szerdai olvasok es kotok oldalahoz.

Ket kepet rakok fel errol a kendorol. Layered a neve, mert ket kendo van osszefogva, es igy retegesen alkotnak egyet. Valahogy nagyon lemaradtam ezzel a tesztkotessel, pedig ugy orultem neki. Meg nem is szedtem le a tukrol, hogy az eseserol is csinalhassak par kepet, es elkuldhessem Diana-nak. Nezzetek meg mi mindent tervez, mert szerintem tehetseges es szepek a munkai!

Mikozben kotok, A Segitseg cimu konyvet hallgatom. Sajnalom, hogy mar majdnem a vege fele jarok, mert nem szeretnem hogy vege legyen. A filmet meg direkt nem neztem meg, mert elobb a konyvet akartam "kiolvasni". Ti is szoktatok ilyent csinalni, hogy elobb jon a konyv olvasasa, es utan a film, ha van rola film adaptacio?

Happy Holidays! - Kellemes Husveti Unnepeket!

 The eggs were dyed with beets (came out brown, no leaf print there), paprika (came out almost invisible but the leaf print is really nice on it), red cabbage (came out really pretty blue with cypruss leaf motives) and curry (which became really light yellow with strawberry leaf motives).
A tojasokat termeszetes alapanyagokkal festettem meg, a barna szinu az cekla, aminem rozsaszinnek kellett volna kijonnie, azon nincs level nyomat. A paprikas az alig hagyott szint, viszont a level nyomata az olyan szepen kirajzolodott, hogy az karpotolt.A curris az halvany sarga lett es az eper levelek nem nagyon latszanak, de a szine tetszik. A voros kaposztas az a szep kek szin, es cuprus hajtasok a level motiumok.

 There is no Easter without the kitchy but cute and yummy Godiva rabbits, lambs and chicks.
 Es persze nincs unnep a kis giccses de finom csoki figurakkal.

Short bread cookies, that came out really crumbly, so I did not get to ice them, but maybe you have t wait a day, this morning they held up better...
Vajas suti, ami eleg porhanyos volt frissen, igy nem tudtam mazolni tegnap este. Ma reggel jobban neztek ki, lehet hogy varnom kellett volna egy napot a mazolas elott?

Spring with all it's joy - Csodalatos tavasz

Spring is better conveyed in pictures. Here are a few beauties inside the house... my geranium awake, peonsies wait to be planted, and my cut hyacinth just post bloom, but still gorgeous.

Tavasz szepsege szerintem kepekkel jobban illusztralhato. Ezek a kepek a hazon belul keszultek, egy ebrededo muskatli,sarga arvacsaka amit el kell hamarosan ultetnem, es egy mar elszaradt jacint, de meg mindig milyen gyonyoru!

Yarn Along - kotes es olvasas

I have two passions that keep following me in life. One of them is reading, and the other one is knitting. I am sure this is not a revelation for you, if you read my blog from time to time. However, today I am going to combine the two with this icon, Yarn Along.
The idea behind this icon is to match up two things you enjoy. It could be a description of a knitting, and some musings over a book; or it can be a picture to illustrate your progress in knitting/crocheting and the book.
 This is how I join in with Ginny on Wednesdays about knitting and reading.

I am almost done with this little cardigan. I made it for my niece's Son, who is two weeks old now.... I hope it will fit him. They live in Europe, so it is a "test knit" for size...
I have to crochet around, and make a loop for a button and find a button. The ones I saw in Michaels were not my favorite. This is a warm yarn, so he might be able to wear it for a few weeks and then with the warmer weather coming, I will start a new one with cotton.
The book is a collection of essays of people who knit in Brooklyn, and share how and when they started to knit. I love the idea, and it is an excellent light reading before I go to sleep.

 
Ket dolog van amit soha nem unok meg, az olvasas es a kotes. Gondolom, ez nem nagy hir, ha mar olvastatok a blogot, de most elhataroztam, hogy osszekotom oket a Yarn Along gombbal.
Itt az az otlet, hogy ossze hozzuk azt, ami orommel tolt el minket. Az lehet egy kotes/horgolas leirasa, es egy konyvrol valo monfondirozas. Es lehet egy foto is, amin a konyv es az alakulo kotes/horgolas van.
Igy csatlakozom Ginny szerdai olvasok es kotok oldalahoz.

Mar majdnem kesz vagyok ezzel a kis kardigannal. Az unokahugom ket hetes kisfianak keszul, remelem jo lesz ra, de mindenesetre ez lesz a teszt kotes, ehhez majd tudok viszonyitani kesobb.
Amugy is meleg a pulcsi, es jonnek a melegebb napok, (remelem) igy a kovetkezo az mar pamut lesz.
Most meg korbe kell horgolnom, es egy kis gomblyukat kialakitanom meg valahonnan elovarazsolni egy prezentalhato gombot... amit tegnap a boltban lattam, nem tetszett.
A konyv az egy essze kollekcio, mindegyik essze bemutat egy kotost aki Brooklynban el, es arrol szol, hogy mikor es miert kezdtek el kotni. Pont jo laza es szorakoztato kis olvasmany mielott elalszom.

Yarn along -kotes es olvasas

I have two passions that keep following me in life. One of them is reading, and the other one is knitting. I am sure this is not a revelation for you, if you read my blog from time to time. However, today I am going to combine the two with this icon, Yarn Along.
The idea behind this icon is to match up two things you enjoy. It could be a description of a knitting, and some musings over a book; or it can be a picture to illustrate your progress in knitting/crocheting and the book.

 I went to the library yesterday and got some gardening books. I have done the pruning, and it seems I had done things the right way. However I am not recommending this reverse way of doing things... I could have done more pruning, like the honeysuckle, but the spring came so fast, this will have to wait.... In the front I would like to make a vegetable/flower garden. I see other people have had the same idea, and found my book to help me through the process.
I am knitting Miralda now. It is a slow process, somehow I don't knit every day. I am loving the process though... I had a love and not sure if I do relationship with my yarn, at times I thought it was too red or too shiny. Right now I am happy with it, and it is nice to knit with it as well. (As I look at these pics, you can not see the real red color this yarn has, and it does not seem shiny either.)

Ket dolog van amit soha nem unok meg, az olvasas es a kotes. Gondolom, ez nem nagy hir, ha mar olvastatok a blogot, de most elhataroztam, hogy osszekotom oket a Yarn Along gombbal.
Itt az az otlet, hogy ossze hozzuk azt, ami orommel tolt el minket. Az lehet egy kotes/horgolas leirasa, es egy konyvrol valo monfondirozas. Es lehet egy foto is, amin a konyv es az alakulo kotes/horgolas van.

Tegnap a konyvtarban talaltam par kerteszkedessel kapcsolatos konyvet. Mar mondjuk megmetszettem, amit tudtam, ugy tunik, nem csinaltam nagy kart, de azert nem ajanlom hogy utana olvassatok el, hogy mit kell csinalni :) meg metszhettem volna mast is, peldaul a loncot, de mar az idei gyors tavasz miatt errol lekestem.
A haz elott szeretnek egy kis viragos vetemenyest kialakitani, es ehhez is talaltam egy klassz konyvet.

Kotes teren a Miraldaval vagyok elfoglalva, lassan de biztosan haladok. A fonalat most ujra szeretem, valtozo a lelkesedesem miota megvettem. Van hogy tul pirosnak tartom, tul fenyesnek... stb. De most pont tetszik es jo vele kotni. (Se a szine, azaz elenksege, se a fenye nem latszik a kepeken.)

Pizza for lunch

Today we picked up pizza dough from a local pizzeria. I had no idea they actually sell dough, but our local butcher recommended this idea. We had potatoes and Gorgonzola cheese at home, and decided to make one of our favorite toppings from Cascarinos.
We used a mandolin to have thin slices of the potatoes and onions, and crumbled the Gorgonzola onto the pizza.  This was a delicious lunch. Quick and resourceful, as we try to use things we have at home, before we go shopping.

The caramel colored bits are figs. A karamel szinu darabkak fuge csemegek.

Ma hazafele beugrottunk a pizzeriaba,hogy vegyunk egy kis pizza tesztat. Nem tudtam, hogy arulnak kelt tesztat, de a szomszedban levo hentes ajanlotta ezt a megoldast.
Volt itthon krumpli es Gorgonzola sajt es igy az egyik kedvenc pizzankat tudtuk ujra krealni itthon. Legyaloltuk nagyon vekonyra a krumplit meg a hagymat, meglocsoltuk a pizzat, ratordeltuk a gorgonzolat, es mehetett is a sutobe.
Nagyon hamar kesz lett, es finom volt. Az adta az otletet, hogy majdnem minden alapanyag megvolt itthon. Es probunk mindent felhasznalni, mielott meg elmennenk egy nagyobb bevasarlasra.