Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Nominated for a Bobby Award!


Guess who's in high spirits!

I just discovered that one of my projects has been nominated for a Bobby Award on Ravelry in the category "Best Use of Texture in a Project". Thrilled to pieces!

This is a sweater I knitted in 2008 using the old Scandinavian twined knitting technique, which I had learnt about a year earlier from Anne-Maj Ling. I wrote a short entry about the technique in October last year.

My "Marzipan" sweater is a personal favourite project of mine, a lot of work (it's a time-consuming technique) but also a lot of fun. I don't think I've ever learnt so much from a single project.

Another thing I'm excited about is my new job. I just started teaching at a school in dear old Uppsala, where I studied in the 90s. Here's a photo of the street where the school is. Not bad, eh?


17 comments:

Ulla V. said...

Et stort tillykke med både nominering og nyt job!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations. What a wonderful way to start the New Year. Good luck. What do you teach?
Ron in Mexico

Satoko said...

Wow, grattis!
Hoppas att du vinner priset!

mono said...

GRRattis masse med nominasjonen OG ny jobb! =)

MaryjoO said...

congrats on the nomination!!

Gunilla said...

Grattis! Du skulle verkligen vara en mycket värdig vinnare! Jag håller tummarna för dig.

Yarndude said...

Congratulations!

inglesidebelle said...

Congratulations on the nomination! You deserve the award.

And have fun in your new job.

Kerry said...

Congratulations on your nomination. Where on Ravelry can I vote for you?

Marias garnhändelser said...

Grattis! Jag har röstat, undra om man kan göra det flera gånger:-)

Asplund said...

Thanks, dear friends!

Ron: I teach basic Latin, Greek and linguistics for teenagers.

Kerry: there's a link in the entry (the words "a Bob Award on Ravelry") which will take you to all the categories. I've spent quite a lot of time there admiring projects etc. It's really difficult to vote!

Maria: jag tolkar det som att du inte har tröttnat på tröjan! :D

ylva said...

Vad roligt! Gratulerar!!! Till både nomineringen och jobbet. Nu när du är i stan kanske vi kan ses på nåt stickkaffe´?

Ylva

Asplund said...

Självklart - ska bli kul att ses! Kollade Uppmaskan-gruppen på Ravelry i förrgår och insåg att jag hade missat en träff på Linné, men det blir ju fler tillfällen. Yll och tyll har väl också kafé fast på onsdagar?

Eva i Stäket said...

Grattis till nomineringen! Jag ska skynda mig in och rösta!!
Det där vackra gatan ser ut som Trädgårdsgatan, eller? Jag pluggade Textilt hantverk på IHV där förut innan institutionen flyttade.

Sanna T Sköld said...

Grattis!!! Jag skall också gå in och rösta!!! Lycka till med nya jobbet!!!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, and best of luck!

Asplund said...

Vilket underbart ord, "storsnutad"! Och tack för lyckönskningar!