Blog of the Rose

Winners anouncement!

2011-01-06T11:29:00.003+01:00

The mighty number generator has spoken and picked the numbers that won and they are: 11, 35, 4, 9, 37 . And since I did the unsorted generator I'm gonna go with that order to determine who gets what markers.

Small color coordinated set goes to no.11 TheKnittingPatch

Small mixed set no.1 goes to no.35 CraftyNeedles

Large mixed set no.1 goes to no.4 Patricia

Small mixed set no.2 goes to no.9 Tammy

Large mixed set no.2 goes to no.37 'dapants

Please send me an e-mail(beagindesign AT gmail DOT com) with your address so I can ship your winnings :D

New Year

2011-01-01T11:06:00.006+01:00

It's been a while, a very long while actually. Every time I've meant to write I've gotten distracted by something else.

It's once again January 1 and Gin's birthday. This year he got a vulture to play with.

On October 25 I started selling stitch markers on Etsy under the name BeaGin Design, and people seem to like them cause I've sold 100 sets since then, more actually. And I've had some custom orders that never even made it to Etsy.
In order to celebrate how well it's going I decided to have a give-away. The only thing you have to do to enter is to leave a comment on this blog-post before noon(my time which is CET) January 6 and then I'll use a random number generator to tell who won.

The prizes you say?
I'm giving away

one set of small color coordinated stitch markers,

2 random sets of small markers

and 2 random sets of large markers.

It is not the random sets on the photos but something similar.

ETA: I should add the the store is quite empty right now but it will get re-stocked once I get home and have the chance to make more markers.

Finished objects and free patterns!

2010-07-31T15:29:00.005+02:00

I finished 2 shawls last week. The first one is the Ishbel made from 3AM Enchantments The One-yarn. And the second is my Baktus shawl/scarf made from BC Garn Lucca Fino Multicolor.

I could have made the Ishbel larger and I wish I had but I like it anyway.

I've also just published my first couple of sock-patterns! They are located under "Free patterns" on the right-side of this blog --->
The first one is Rose's Twist which is a toe-up sock-pattern with cables. It's designed for a sport weight yarn but is probably not that hard to convert for a fingering weight yarn.

The second is Rose's Cozy-socks that I designed to use with an aran weight yarn to make thick, cozy, warm socks for chilly fall nights or for the cold winter times.

Knit, knit, knit...

2010-07-12T20:51:00.013+02:00

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been busy with knitting, re-doing our guest-room, more knitting, working, knitting and so on.

Since we have to finish the guest-room by Friday I'm gonna post after we finish instead of posting pictures now, and focus on knitting instead.

Here is a project I started yesterday, the pattern is Ishbel by Ysolda Teague. I'm knitting it in 3AM Enchantments The One in a color-way that is unnamed as far as I know. It was a gift from Keri at 3AM. I love knitting with this yarn, it feels amazing and knits up beautiful.
I'm using size 6(4.00 mm) circular Signature Needles that are just as amazing as the yarn. I love that the cable swivels in the join, and the stiletto-points are to die for! Most(nearly all) of this shawl has been knit while I've been watching The Knitgirllls pod-cast, it's great and I think I'm addicted :D

Here is my very small progress on Moonfleet by Janine Le Cras and the yarn is Eos from The Unique Sheep in the colorway Wild Parrot.

Next up is a cozy thick sock I'm knitting in preparation for the colder parts of the year. It's knit in Järbo Raggi Aran weight yarn on needles size 6(4.00mm). The pattern is a simple K2P2 rib.

And there is a ankle-sock knit from an unknown brand of yarn, simply sold as undyed yarn from an e-shop. I dyed it my self with Kool-Aid during the Ravelympics. It's a wool/bamboo/silk-blend. The pattern is Tic-Tac-Toes by Wendy Johnson.

And last up of the WIPs are my Norwegian Rose socks in Wollmeise. I love this yarn but haven't felt the knitting-mojo for these socks for a couple of weeks.

I do have a few finished projects as well, one pair of ankle-socks and one pair of mitts knit from Austermann Step.

Porch plants, painting and new layout

2010-06-20T12:47:00.005+02:00

I came here to post some new photos of the flowers on the porch, some started blooming while we were away so it was fun to come home and see what color the flowers had.
But when I signed in to Blogger I got a message about new layouts and to make a long story short I ended up making a new header and changing the background.

Anyway, here are some Midnight Dahlias that didn't have flowers when I bought them so I had no idea how they would turn out.

Then there is this gorgeous hot pink pelargonium, it's even brighter in real life.

Another Dahlia, also much brighter in real life.

This is a "Blue Bird" or Delphinium Pacific-Hybride

While we were away on vacation we visited some friends of my parents that are painters and I bought a painting. It's perfect for our gray wall in the living-room.
It's called Nebula and was painted by Per-Olof Eklund.

The only problem is that now I want another painting to put on the right side of the right wall-light. And I know that there was a nice small painting in the right colors in their studio.

Long time no write...

2010-06-09T20:16:00.002+02:00

Well... It's been ages since I blogged last, sorry! Since then we've been to a big dog-show in Norway, it was so much fun even though Gin decided that judges are horrible horrible persons and that he most definitely wouldn't show his teeth or let the judge touch him at all. Oh well, guess we'll give it another go after he's out of his teenage-phase.

I've also some some planting of flowers in pots on out porch, here is how it looks now.
Gin decided that the photos needed more Shiba-butt in them :D

My socks are finished!

2010-04-18T11:16:00.004+02:00

I finally finished my socks. They fit perfect and I had lots of yarn left, actually I could have made them almost-knee-socks. I will make the pattern available as soon a s I figure out how to do a chart and have the energy to write it up. It will be the first pattern from BeaGin Design :) Hopefully more will come :)

Knitting news

2010-04-03T16:13:00.002+02:00

Perhaps I should make a post with my knitting-progress as well?

Well, I finished my Bavarian Cable socks, they fit great and I love them :)

I also made a key-chain sock from the sample-yarns I got from The Loopy Ewe.

More details can be found here

I've started a new pair of socks that I'm designing my self. Can you call it designing when I got the cable-pattern from a stitch-dictionary?

And a new shawl, well I started it a while back but haven't gotten around to posting about it yet.
It's Bradywine Shawl by Rosmary Hill.

Oh, I have to show you the wonderful stuff I got from Keri and Stacy in the first Tempted/3AM Enchantments club package for 2010!

Spring is here!

2010-04-03T15:40:00.004+02:00

Spring is finally here, and I've got the photos to prove it :D

There is also photos from our walk yesterday, it has been way too long since we took any new pictures of the dogs so here they come :)

Beautiful Bea!

Tigerfight!

Bea and Gin on a bench.

Hunting Gin... he's going for the kill of the tiger toy we brought.

Flying Gin.

Gin is doing his best at showing him self even though the angle isn't the best :)

This is the same snowpile that you can see here

Sock KAL and Ravelympics

2010-03-04T21:27:00.003+01:00

I finished both the Socks from the toe up KAL for February and my Ravelympic knitting in time.

Here are my socks for the Sock KAL.
They are a teeny tiny bit too short in the foot but they are still wearable. But now I know that I need to make socks a little bit longer next time.

And here is the mitts I knit for Ravelympics. I'm very pleased with how they turned out and I have been wearing them every day this week so far :D

Ravelympic knitting

2010-02-22T18:40:00.003+01:00

I decided to frog the mitten I knit last weekend and instead knit mitts with the same pattern except I added 5 rows of K1P1-ribbing in the beginning and the end.

I'm very happy with how this mitten turned out and I can't wait to finish the second one so I can wear them. Tonight I'm going to knit a heel on my Mallow-socks though.

Fun in snow!

2010-02-21T16:40:00.002+01:00

Since we've gotten crazy amounts of snow this winter and got some more the last few days I felt it was time for some photos of fun in the snow =D
I'll let the photos do the talking today.

No, he's not lying down, he's standing on top of more snow =D

I'm actually standing on a smaller pile of snow, the "hill" the dogs are on is at least 2 meters high =D

Our front door, our apartment is the windows to the left of the entrance.

Ravelympics and socks

2010-02-18T13:12:00.005+01:00

Since Ravelry is hosting Ravelympics during the winter Olympics and I decided to join I assume I should blog a little about it as well.

As my first event I choose Mitten Moguls and Cable Cross-Country, I'm competing with my mittens. Pattern is Bella's Mittens by Marielle Henault. Yarn is Cascade 220 in Savona Rose.

Then I realized that I could dye some yarn for the Downhill Dyeing event. I got out the yarn (60% wool, 20% bamboo & 20% silk) and the Kool-Aid. I used 2 bags of Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade Kool-Aid Twist and 1 bag of Pink Lemonade Kool-Aid. I used less than recommended amount of Kool-Aid since I didn't want the colours to be too bright.
I got my medal for the Downhill Dyeing yesterday, it's to the left =D

I'm also taking part of the Socks from the toe up KAL this month. I'm doing the free patterns though. We're knitting Mallow-socks and I'm using Lorna's Laces Shepherd sock in Daffodil.

I've also gotten a bit farther on my Festivus sock, I've turned my first heel. Keri that wrote the pattern is also the source of all the knitting-bags I use :D

And I've finished my first Bavarian Cable sock and I'm at the heel-turn on my second! Yay! I'm going to try and finish them this month. But I'll probably finish the KAL first.

This weekend I'm going to Syfestivalen, I need to get some DPNs for the thumbs on my mittens and I'm going to look for a Niddy Noddy and some undyed yarn. And maybe a getting-started-kit for spinning yarn.

Swap package from Keri!

2010-02-13T22:56:00.009+01:00

Earlier this week my swap-package finally arrived after a 3 day stop at the post office since they didn't let me know they had it there *grr*

It was awesome! I love everything in it!

Keri sent me:
A wonderful interchangeable needle-storage made of beautiful Dala-horse fabric.

A gorgeous accessory-pouch in Navy Fields of Sheep fabric.

Tempted Good Grrl in the color Dala-horse, it's really wonderful.

7 flavors of Kool-Aid so that I can dye some more yarn :D Will use some of these for the Downhill Dyeing event at Ravelympics :D
There was Jerky and chocolate. Chocolate seems to have disappeared, suddenly it was just all gone ;) I've still got most of the Jerky left but only because I put in the cupboard to not eat it all at once.
There were some chew-bones for the dogs. Gin and Bea loved them!

There were also BBQ-sauces & BBQ-rub. And a Caramel Pecan Apple Butter that taste wonderful!
And plastic sheet protectors in US-letter format, it's impossible to get here and I need a couple, now I think I have enough for a lifetime ;)

There was a wonderful white wolf as well.

Wolfie unfortunately arrived with a broken leg but it healed up nicely with some super-glue :)

I really loved my package. And all my interchangeable needles got immediately stuffed into their new home. And the Sheep-bag got filled with my fixed circular needles :) Yarn is waiting for the right pattern but will probably become a shawlette.
BBQ-sauces got tried tonight for dinner and they were great!

Keri is a wonderful swap-partner and I really appreciate having her as my friend.
She's the one who got me to sign up for the Ravelympics as well, all I needed was a nudge ;)

What a diffrence a year makes

2010-01-02T11:28:00.009+01:00

I can't belive my little pup is already one year old. It seems like it was only yesterday he was this small.
He's the one in the middle, photo was taken by breeder Helene.

Here he is at 8 weeks on the day we took him home.

And then his ears started to rise so he looked like this.

And he grew and grew. And we started showing him on dog-shows which went very well, he became BIS-2 pup on a big show in August.

And here are a couple of photos from the last week and from his birthday yesterday.

Photo taken by my dad on chirstmas-eve.

With his birthday-present.

Gin one year old!

Bea also got a present but cared more for the treats :-)

Lots of knitting

2009-11-18T20:37:00.002+01:00

It's been a while sine my last update. Ive gotten some knitting done, a pair of socks for me, a pair of mittens for my sister. I've also started a new pair of socks for me, a shawl/scarf and a round shawl as well as a pair of gloves.
So this will be a post with lots of photos.

I'll start with my socks.
Here is Mock Cable Socks (pattern by Wendy Johnson) knit with Cherry Tree Hill Supersock select semisolid in Azure.

Next is Bavarian Cable socks (pattern by Wendy Johnson) knit with Wollmeise Sockenwolle Twin 80/20 in Sonne.

Next is the mittens I made for Linda.
The pattern is Bella's Mittens by Marielle Henault, yarn is Cascade 220 in Charcoal Grey.

Here is the first glove of mine. Pattern is Knotty by Julia Mueller, yarn is Cherry Tree Hill in Burnished Berry. THis glove is actually finished but this is the most recent photo.

And here is my circular shawl. Pattern is Order to Chaos by Wendy Johnson. Yarn is Dream in Color Smooshy in Chinatown Apple. I've gotten further along on this shawl but havn't taken any new photos yet.

And last, a scarf/shawl. Pattern is Baktus by Strikkelise. Yarn is BC Garn Lucca Fino Multicolor.

Lots of news

2009-09-27T21:18:00.015+02:00

Lots has happened since I wrote last.

Last weekend, on Saturday, we went to a Shiba Inu-meeting/get-together/picnic, it was great. I sold raffle-tickets, and bought some as well. I won some useful stuff.
Gin got to meet his mom as well as his breeders and the people we had as teachers for our puppy-class this spring.
Bea got to lay in the sun for as long as she wanted, and they both got to meet lots of other Shibas which I think they enjoyed.
Here's a pic of Bea in the sun.

On Sunday I went to Kolmården with some Shiba-friends to meet the wolves.
They have a couple of groups of socialized wolves that they use for wolf-encounters. That means you get to go in to the pen with the wolves. It was a wonderful experience and I will go again as soon as I get a chance!
The alpha-male and female decided that my hair was either smelling really nice or wasn't dirty enough. I think I'll just let the photos Susann took say the rest :D

The next couple of wolf-photos are taken by Susann.

I took a few photos my self as well, here they are.

I also had my birthday this week. I got some really nice presents. From Roger I got Doctor Who season 1 and five of Wendy Johnson's sock-patterns. From my parents I got enough yarn (Dream in Colour Smooshy Chinatown Apple) to knit Wendy's Order to Chaos circular shawl. And some training-mats to use for blocking lace. From 2 of my sisters I got shower-stuff from Lush, some of it pictured here along with some Scrubbies I made today. And from my father-in-law and his girlfriend I got some nice Kauni Effekt-yarn that I will use for a triangular shawl I think.

I also finished mom's socks this weekend. She loves them and apparently they fit perfectly :D

Whew! That was a long post.
Goodnight!

Socks and hat

2009-09-13T17:10:00.003+02:00

I'm done with the first of mum's socks and almost finished with the increases on the second sock.
In between the socks I finished a hat I started for my self this winter. I havn't got any photos yet but it will come...soon I think. Not sure when.
Not feeling to good right now, hot and cold at the same time, my throath seems a bit scratchy and I've had a massive headache all day(but that's probably since I didn't drink enough water, or fluids at all, yesterday). Drinking tea with honey now hoping it will help.

Mum's sock

2009-08-23T15:26:00.002+02:00

Mum's sock is coming along nicely. Got about 4 patternrepeats left and then of course the cudff. Who knows, maybe I'll finish the first sock tonight?

Here's a photo for now.

Honto-No Ginjiro BEST IN SHOW-2 yesterday!

2009-08-17T09:20:00.002+02:00

Yesterday me and Gin went to the dogshow in Nyköping. It ended up being a great day since he became second Best in Show puppy!
Here's a photo of the happy puppy and me.

Photo taken by Helene Nordwall.

Socks and Elephant

2009-08-12T23:05:00.003+02:00

I've been knitting a pair of socks for my self the last month, and they are finally finshed. They are a bit too big but who knows, they might fit better after I wash them even though I seriously doubt it. But they are fine for wearing indoors and maybe even while I'm out if I'm wearing the right shoes.

After I finished I started a pair of socks for mom, On-Hold socks by Wendy Johnson They knit up really fast. I'm 1 inch short of starting the increases for the heel. Yay!

In elephant news... Gin has finally ripped all of the filling from his blue elephant. It now makes me think of the harness they lowered the cow with in Jurassic Park when feeding the Velociraptors... after they finished it that is... Here's a pic...

And to finish, here's a pic of Bea and Gin having a rest on the couch.

Office-dog no 1

2009-08-02T21:26:00.002+02:00

As promised a photo of Gin working as an office-dog ;)

Office-dogs

2009-07-31T12:16:00.002+02:00

I work for a temp-agency and the last three weeks I've been working in our office.
What I like the best about working in our office is that I get to bring my dogs with me to work. Yay!

Bea thinks this place is creepy and prefers to hang around the kitchen keeping watch.
Gin thinks it's great, lots of room to run around and play. And you even get treats every now and then. And there are other people than "mum" and "dad" to pet and play with him! Yay! Or rather "Woof".

Pictures will come when I get home and can upload them from my cell.

Dog-show no 2!

2009-06-14T17:34:00.004+02:00

We went to our second dog-show yesterday. It went great! Gin was BOB, Best puppy in the Group (BOG??) and.... BIS-2 puppy!!! Yay!

My laptop is here!

2009-05-26T23:56:00.002+02:00

Yay!

My laptop has finally arrived. It's a plum purple Dell Studio 1555.
Pictures will come any day now...

Our first dog-show

2009-05-21T19:08:00.003+02:00

Me and Gin survied our first dogshow.
Result? Gin was BIR and got an HP. They didn't have a group-final for the puppies, instead we went straight to BIS, he didn't get any placement there though. I think he was too tired, and had to poop, and he refused to do it there. But four very first dog-show I'm very pleased.

Here's a photo from today.

Roger and Bea were there as well but we didn't show Bea. She needs to lose some weight first...and gain som fur...she lost her "pants" last week.

Gin & Bea

2009-04-19T12:09:00.005+02:00

I finally found a puppy-class in the club where I want to go, Södertälje BK. It starts on May 4th. Hopefully we'll get a spot, I did reply only hours after I got the email stating that they we're going to have another puppy-class.

I also entred Gin to his first show, it's on May 21th. I think I'll be more nervous than him.

Bea and Gin gets along great! They play a lot! He never wins...it might seem like he's about to win when they wrestle but it always end up with her sitting on top of his head *lol*

He grows quickly, he already weighs 7,1 kg, well he did last wednesday at least. I think he'll be about 7,5 this week. I have to find a way to measure his height though.

Here are some photos of Bea and Gin!

lousy at blogging

2009-02-09T16:38:00.003+01:00

I've been really lousy at blogging lately....or at all actually.

I've been working, knitting, reading, and visiting our puppy instead =D

Yes, we're getting another dog, another shiba inu, his name is Honto-No Ginjiro but we'll call him Gin.

Here's a picture of him that we took when we visited yesterday. He's 5,5 weeks old and we get to bring him home on Februay 28th.

Mamma Mia!

2008-12-12T22:27:00.003+01:00

This is one of my favourite parts of the whole movie. If you only watch the movie to see this it's worth it.
Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgård in brightly coloured spandexsuits, singing and dancing. You just have to love them.

Zuma bag

2008-11-21T21:37:00.002+01:00

Yay! My Namaste Zuma handbag in Peacock is on it's way!
I just got a message telling me that! Hopefully it will get here in about a week, maybe in time for next weekend?

I can't wait to get it!

Visit down south...

2008-11-17T11:38:00.003+01:00

We're down south (outside Gothenburgh, in Lödöse) visiting my parents this weekend since my dad turned 60 years old yesterday. We had a great party that mum made great food for! We're going home in a couple of hours, and will be home about 6 hours after that.

This morning me and R (husband) took Bea for a nice long walk, we were out for at least 75 minutes, maybe more. And it's cold here, ice one the puddles, frost on the grass. We brought the camera along and got some great pictures I think, those will come up later on when we've gotten home and emptied the camera.

I've gotten some knitting done this weekend as well, since we drove down on saturday morning it was perfect light for knitting all the way, even though I didn't knti all the way. But I finished the toepart of one sock so I could start knitting on the footpart yesterday. I also knitted about 20 cm on my scarf. And a couple of rounds on my super-green socks. Pictures will be posted later, see above.

Wev'e also had quite a lot of game-sightings this week. Earlier this week Bea made a run for some hares (? rabbit-like but not rabbits) and this friday she tried to get some ducks for lunch, she was on the leash and on got one leg dipped in the lake before giving up that tought tough.
Later the same day she and R spotted 2 hares and 2 deers during the evening walk. And when we drove down here on saturday we almost had an accident with a moose, we have good brakes though and managed to stop several meters from it when it crossed the road. I've never seen a real live moos that close before, only a hint of it in the woods beside the raod when I was a kid.
Then when me and Bea took a morning walk yesterday and I stupidly enough had her free she made a run after 4 deers, she came back after a couple of minutes though but it was enough to make me terrified and get a stress-headache :S I leashed her and we kept walking. After about 10 minutes I look into the forest beside the path I was on and see 2 mooses about 50 meters from me... I'm pretty sure it was a moose-cow(?) and her calf but I'm not sure. After that we picked up the pace and quickly headed home. Too bad I didn't have a camera with me and today they didn't show them self :/

Shiba Inu puppy Cam

2008-11-01T20:55:00.001+01:00

I got a link to the cutest webcam ever!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam

How can you not want a puppy after looking at these cuties for a while???

Wonderful!

2008-10-12T20:59:00.002+02:00

My Forest Canopy Shawl is finished and I have the picture to prove it =D

Finished!

2008-10-09T23:07:00.003+02:00

Yay! I finished my Forest Canopy Shawl tonight! I'm going to block it tomorrow and take some photos of it to show you.

I've been working a lot lately and that's why I havn't updated my blog.

Clear up...

2008-10-03T17:59:00.002+02:00

Maybe I should clear something up. It's not my dog that was put down on monday. It was a friends.

Sadly another shiba-girl we know got put down today as well after a period of illness :(

Sweet little Dowa stole my heart the first time she tried to bite my arm...she was 6 weeks old when I met her and her mouth definatley couldn't reach around my arm.

So today we honour bot Umai and Dowa and we will keep your memory in our hearts forever.

Rest in peace

2008-09-30T22:04:00.007+02:00

Today we light a candle in honour of the magnificent Umai av Enerhaugen who sadly passed over the rainbowbridge today after a period of illness. She was a great Shiba Inu and will live on in her children and grandchildren.

Yarn!

2008-09-29T18:25:00.004+02:00

When I got home today my yarn for the Halloween Myster Shawl was waiting for me! Hooray!
It's so beautiful!
And I should get the beads for the shawl tomorrow and maybe even the needles I need.
Right now I'm terrified of winding this wonderful yarn into a ball though.

The yarn is Zen Yarn Gardens Bellisimo Lace made of 70% Alpaca 20% Silk and 10% Cashmere in the colour Midnight Velvet. It's a skein of approx. 100 g or 1300 yards.

Feeling better

2008-09-27T21:10:00.003+02:00

I'm feeling better today, at least enough to go to work tomorrow, don't want to miss another day of double money.

I went yarn-shopping today. Hunting for the perfect yarn-combo for my first Pratchgan-square. I didn't get the perfect purple yarn I found but I'm going to use two other yarns instead trying to make it a bit sparkly =) I already have fluffy green and fluffy orange and I got some fluffy Yellow today as well =) I'm gonna do a swatch of them tomorrow.

It feels like my Forest Canopy Shawl (FCS) is an endless project, even though I only have 16 rows left right now. Might be able to do 2 rows before bedtime tonight though. And a couple more tomorrow.

Goal for tomorrow: Finish last body pattern repeat of Forest Canopy Shawl! If I do two rows tonight I only have four left for tomorrow. And then I can start with the edge.

Bea is the best dog ever. All cuddly with me when I was feeling sick yesterday. Not complainen at all about the really short walks around the medow. Here's a pic of her when we were out walking earlier this week. For some reason I can't seem to get her to stand up in front of the camera :/

Know I'm gonna go knit on my FCS! And then go to bed.

Nite nite!

Sick

2008-09-26T22:47:00.004+02:00

Been sick all day long. :/
Didn't even have the energy to knit :( I did manage to make some stichmarkers though. A jumpring, a bead and some superglue and voilá!

And tomorrow the first clue for the Halloween Mystery Shawl -08 gets released, yay! I havn't gotten my yarn yet but I can always use my extra time for bead-hunting and making sure I understand the pattern =)

At last...

2008-09-26T15:08:00.001+02:00

I finally decided to create my own blog.
So here it is.
I will be writing about my life, my Shiba Inu Bea and my knitting.