i have decided to move! not physically, i did that last year, but to move my blogging. i really like wordpress, so i’m not moving far away, but in the future, you’ll find me here: www.ble...
we’ve passed the solstice and the nights are getting shorter. vacation started at midwinter for me and we’ve spent the christmas out of town. the serious lack of snow in stockholm was dep...
We’re spending the yule tide away from home this year. I’m looking forward to good food, reading and… knitting, of course! I couldn’t wait until we’ve arrived, and broug...
i decided to knit one christmas gift this year. it was a quick and easy knit. quite satisfying! wristwarmers and vincent pattern: my owm design: me! yarn: 100 % wool, nanok from love garn yarn source...
we’re still waiting for snow and the temperature is annoyingly high, but december is just around the corner and it really is time to wear those woolies now. i’ve been knitting quite a lot...
another pair of mittens are in progress! these are not traditional at all, spillyjane has designed loads of quirky knits, and i particularily fell for her sausage mittens wurst. i’ve made a dif...
the island of gotland, in the middle of the baltic sea, has a rich heritage of knitting patterns and traditions. it’s also an island that has special meaning to me having spent many summers the...
you know that lovely hat by kate davies i mentioned a few weeks ago? well, i bought the pattern at once, but didn’t get around to buying the yarn. emmy, a blog and ravelry friend had also falle...
this jumper is not only a jumper. it’s the essence of what i consider a cosy, warm and soft autumn jumper to be. autumn colours pattern: placed cable aran from interweave knits, fall 2007 desig...
i’m also making little chirping bird noises now. here.
the very best season of all. a friend gave me a whole box of apples from her garden peeled apples apples, onions, sultanas, ginger and spices i’m knitting mittens while everything… …...
some things take a long time to finish. like the green cotton cardigan i finished this summer, for instance. these socks weren’t on the needles quite as long as the cardi, but still, it took me...
i want to knit everything this woman designs! she has just released a brand new pattern, sheep heid, a hat with sheep on! what can be more wonderful for us sheep and wool enthusiasts? i have bought a...
according to smhi (swedish meteorological and hydrological institute) autumn normally arrives in the stockholm area on october first (the meteorological definition of autumn is when the average tempe...
no it’s not just me, lots of creative people gathered at nordiska museet (the nordic museum) yesterday for a whole day dedicated to yarn, mad about yarn. there were knitting, i-cording, spinnin...
my new (not green) cardigan is finished and i’m very satisfied with the result. even though i doubted the design of it, especially when the knitting bit was done but i still had the seaming to ...
you were born at midwinter 1995. fritz keeping me company you used to sleep on my pillow. when you were younger you draped yourself around my head lika a halo, when you got older you had your own pil...
i carry this around with me almost everyday. right now i’m working on the hampton cardigan from new england knits. i hope to finish it this weekend. my knitting bag the yarn i’m using is ...
and not just any school: hv-skola! or handarbetets vänners skola, in english the school of the association of the friends of textile art. a truly wonderful place! a few years ago i took their basic k...
…and this time it’s not green. swatching thanks to all the lovely comments about my recently finsihed cardigan and shawl! you’re so sweet!
fly on your wings like an eagle, fly as high as the sun! icarus wings sorry, couldn’t help it, but how can a dedicated maiden fan like myself not associate this particular knitting project with...
it’s still summer, i know, but i’m getting ready for autumn… one finished shawl, check! and i’m blocking the crap out of it right now! nicer photos, pattern comments, near dis...
i’m really glad that this old thing is finally finished. if i’d started it now, i would have made some changes and paid more attention to the details, but it’s still a wearable and ...
i’m really not a travel knitter. i sometimes bring knitting on my travels, but it usually stays in my bag the whole time. it’s not that i don’t want to knit while travelling, i norm...
boxes of yarn may come in handy when you least expect it. for instance when painting cupboard doors we’re using them when renovating our kitchen. cupboard doors were green, now they’re gr...
on an impulse, i decided to try to finish this old thing instead of buying new yarn for a summer project. i started this cardigan in june 2005, so if i finish it soon, it will only have taken me six ...
this is actually my first 2011 fo, but i haven’t gotten around to taking some decent photos of it until now. it’s a very simple scarf in a knit and purl pattern in grey wool that i traded...
i can’t remember a time when i completely focused on one knitting project as i’ve done in the last month. well, i can remember, it was when i first started knitting in 2004. in the beginn...
even though all the wonderful snow has now melted and the temperature is above freezing most of the time, it is still winter. winter evenings spent in front of the fireplace with a whiskey and some k...
the cats normally wake me up at around 8 o’clock on saturday mornings. after feeding them, i usually have a few hours to myself during which i knit and watch a movie. fritz likes to lie next to...
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