We have just bought new furniture to our living room. We still miss lamps, carpets, shelves, chairs to the dining table… but we did receive the sofa a few weeks ago, and two chairs this Monday.

And considering the time we will spend here, I will have to make afghans. Not one. TWO! And Fred did really like the Great American Aran Afghan (GAAA) as it can be viewed here. TWO of this! But that will be after I have finished the Mermaid by Hanne Falkenberg.

Did I tell you I have done great savings to my yarn-purchases? By cycling to work and doing a bit of exercise, I have gone from a X-XL to a S-M size. That is many grams of yarn for every new garment I knit :-) Because of my intense biking on my inherited bike from my father-in-law, we bought a new bike for me today!!

7 Responses to “Planning ahead - new knitting”

Dette var kjempe stilig Nina. For en forbedring. PÃ¥ bildet ser det ut som om bordet “crashet” litt, men det kan være fargen pÃ¥ blizen.
Og så den flotte sykkelen! Ser dere har vært spandabel med ekstra utstyr! Her skal det måles tid og distanser. Lykke til.

Wow! Two aran blankets, that’s going to take you quite a while. What color will you do them in?

And congratulations on the biking. That’s something I will need to do once my knee heals.

congrats on the exercise success! keep it up, its great!

Aha, nÃ¥ skjønner jeg hvorfor du er blitt sÃ¥ utrolig slank og flott. Det var kun for Ã¥ spare garn! (he,he) Du mÃ¥ jo ha gÃ¥tt ned 4 størrelser, ja da “koster” det jo ikke stort Ã¥ strikke topper som du gjør. B-) Jeg forsto ikke det med GAAA, til Ã¥ begynne med (dÃ¥rlig tid) Det blir helt lekkert. Lykke til.

I can’t wait to see your afghans. Congrats with the biking, im starting to do a bit of exercise too.

WOW, det står det respekt av, så flink du har vært!

Aran afghans are fun. I have a thing for them myself….. but may I suggest you do two different ones? The one you have picked is lovely. But there are so many more options, so I think you should make a second one in the same yarn but different design. I have one on the needles and one recently completed and it’s fun to change it up a bit.

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